Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-11-01

fhs Letter Written hy ~tr ian~t ~a~kvfftr
West. British NiaIster at wa.htaytaa,
on American Politics. Creating NJ EaI
OF Habbnb- Secretary Bsysrd and HI
LorsishIp Interxtewef
NEw YoRK. Oct a--rae H,-rfPs
Washington correspondent teIe-raphs
the following accourt 90 on interview he
had with Secretary Bsyard coucerntu.
the letter written BY the British Miatsfer
in reference to the presidential election.
Permit me To ass. Mr.. Secretary. what
effect tue published correspondence will
have upon the presidential caavasss''
Il think" replied NJ Bayard. with
great dsliberation. ''that the persons yghs,
dug the pit for lord Sacsvil,.s q, f.t. into
Will And IL costly experiment.
believe its effect will BE- reac-
tiouary. I do not think that anv
sensible nr fhir- minded mau can be tn
hnenred b. It. 50 far a. the presidential
campaign Is concerned. | have no fear
What t. me il inexpltcahle is the ease
with which Lorgt Sackvillo allowed him.
self 70 BE- drawn into the snare. IL would
seem to me that he had lived in America
long enough 10 imbibe at least a little ~
our Yankee smactaess. but il seems that
he has not"
What excise. Mr.. Secretary. does
Lord StrSville give for having written
the lettery''
4 am not aware that he mak-s auv
There certainly was no reason FOR an
sweriag L. The letter was seat him by
an unknown person. person as mythical
TO my mind as the Mrs. Harris OF Sarah
Camp. There Is no reason ou earth why
he should have noticed it. Every man in
public life receives scores og letters which
from thu nature ~ their contents il is i'm
possible to answer inteliigently. The prop
er course to pursue in such cases il 10 pay
no attention to them. ThaE is what Lor 4
Sackville ought to have done with the let
ter - his California correspondent"
''You regard the letter as a trick. thsn ~
Cuquestionably; it is bogus upon its
face
The ErrN espondent also called
upon Lard SIckvtlle last evening During
the interview the minister sail that in his
view Of the matter, IL was absurd TO say
that the minister Of a foreign country
may not at proper times and in proper
ways express htmsel. in his private char
acter touching the political affairs % the
country
With regard 10 the minister's remark
that II = o. no con eetlusnce TO any inter
est with which he is charged how the
electors vote II the approaching election.
he WAS rcmiaded that oue Of the most
persistent arguments used against the
Mills Tariff bill vas that it would open a
market % British manufacturers now
shut out from competition with domestic
E products by the existing tariff wa. that.
II this were tue, lt would seem To BE-
To- the interest OF Great Britain
tnat that party should succeed
which was supporting the new tariff bill.
I To this Lord Saekville replied that h.
1 could not presume to aaid any Iighs 81
strength Ia what Sir Lyon PIayfair an
Mr- Gladstone have 81 often told tbs
British manuf .eturers; that the Hmirs-
tion ef their American market by the in.
dastrial policy of the United States i,
mad, gp 10 thenl IN a8ac1 greater NETS
ure by the absence Of American cauI5eti
tlon in the other markets * the world II,
believed he could say that while certain
special lines sf manufacture mighs had
temporary or limited s3vaata. in a low.
er tariff. the general hope % British
manfactHrers : that Their American
cousins viii stick to their home marke
and leave the rest of the world to Greai
Britain and the nan- American rivals sh,
already has -