Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-07-06
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Copyright 1888: By the New York Tribune.
LONDON. June 30,-English admiration of
Mr.. Cleveland and dislike of the Republican
party are expressed in the weekly papers not
less strongly than in the daily press. Two
of these will serve as samples of the whole
number. The Saturday Review" sums up
the history of the Chicago Convention in the
STATE ment that the claims of notoriety were
brought into sharp collision with the prefer
ence which is habitually awarded to inof-
fensive obscurty- Its accurate acquaintance
with the subject is proved by the happy con
lecture that in the early ballots Mr.. Sher-
mans name was understood to mean Mr..
Blaine. Not less instructive is its eulogy on
Mr.. Cleveland as a Civil Service Reformer
His election we are told, was due to feel
ing against the established system CT patron
age; yet" continues this oracle, .ssince he
came into power the Democratic party has
probably received more than its proportion
ate share of employment" O, sancta SIM
plicitas. In spite however, of this trifling
i-rcgularity Mr.. Cleveland's consistency and
npartiality have been generally recognized
As fer General Harrison, no one out of
America, and not many American citizens
ever heard of him before he was nominated.
He stands, moreover, on platform unusually
long and osientatiously patriotic. Patriotism
IN Americans has been an offense to THE
Saturday Review" ever since the Rebellion
The Spectator pitches its panegyric on
Mr. Cleveland in a still higher key He is,
says that Journal no doubt by much the more
attractive candidate. The salient qualities of
his character, his manlness. his firmness and
his genuine dislike of corruption, dislike
which comes out strongly in the short speech
accepting his nomination, have touched the
average American, who is not disposed to
resent his strong assertion of the necessity of
the Presidents prerogative as the grand
national check ON jobbery and oppression.
As Free Trader he moves The Spectator
deeply. He and his party are recognized by
their British ally for what they really are.
The Democrats do not avOw themselves Free
Traders, and do not want, they say, to estab-
fish Free Trade but they do want to leave
the money now collected by taxes on imports
to fructify in the pockets of consumers.
That, cries our British friend triumphantly,
implies Free Trade. The Republicans, on
the other hand, are all for wasting public
money, in order to maintain high prices.
This caricature of the policy of the party
which saved the Union comes from an old
friend of the Union. Our old friends here
seem ready to sacrifice everything in support
of the party which will give them control of
the American markets. The Republican Con-
vention, they tell us, after days of intrigue
and hesitation, which wearied or disguised
observers, nominated a comparatively I'M
known man, who. on his merits, would have
no chance against Mr.. Cleveland. Its pro-
gramme would have shocked the old econo-
mists of the Union. 1t is difficult to believe
that men who watch every dollar-this seems
meant as a description of the American peo-
ple--can read it without an air of emotion,
either of apprehension or of annoyance.
The Economist" which commonly dis
cusses American politics as means of en-
larging British exports, is entirely silent.
may add to what | said yesterday on
English opinion that have not met a single
Engl shman who does not wish for Mr..
Cleveland's election, not one who does not
take it for granted, and not one who does not
believe that English trade and manufactures
will benefit by his triumph. G. W. S.