The Russellville Democrat., 1888-11-01

The Letter written by Sir Lionel sacIxville
West, British Minister at Washington,
on American Politics, Creating No End
of Hubbub- Secretary Bayard and His
Lordship Interviewed.
NEW York, Oct. 2L-The Heralds
Washington correspondent telegraphs
the following account OF an interview he
had with Secretary Bayard concerning
the letter written by the British Minister
in reference to the presidential ei51is-il.
"Permit me to ask, Nj. Secretary, what
effect the published correspondence will
have npon the presidential canvassp'
II think" replied Mr.. Bayard, with
great deliberation, 'that the persons who
dug the pit for Lord Sackville to fall into
will find it q costly experiment.
| believe its effect will be reac-
tionary | do not think that any
sensible or fair minded man can be in
huenced by it. SO far as the presidential
campaign is concerned, have no fear.
What to me is inexplIcable is the ease
with which Lord Sackville allowed him.
self to be drawn into the snare. 1t would
seem to me that he had lived in America
long enough to imbibe at least little of
our Yankee smartness, but it seems that
he has not"
"What excuse, Mr.. Secretary, does
Lord Sackville give for having written
the letter."
81 am not aware that he makes any.
There certainly was no reason for an
swering it. The letter was sent him by
an unknown persona person as mythical
to my mind as the Mrs. Harris OF Sarah
Camp. There is no reason on earth why
he should have noticed it. Every man in
public life receives scores Of letters which
from the nature of their contents it is i'm
possible to answer intelligently. The prop
er course TO pursue in such cases is to pay
no attention to them. That is what Lor d
Sackyille ought to have done with the let
ter of his California correspondent"
"You regard the letter as trick, then"
"Unquestionably; it is bogus upon its
face"
The Herald correspondent also called
upon Lord Sackville last evening. During
the interview the minister said that in his
view of the matter, it was absurd to say
that the minister of foreign country
may not at proper times and in proper
ways express himself in his private char
acter touching the political affairs of the
country.
With regard to the minister's remark
that it is of no consequence to any inter-
est with which he is charged how the
electors vote at the approaching election,
he was reminded that one of the most
persistent arguments used against the
Mills Tariff bill was that it would open
market to British manufacturers now
shut out from competition with domestic
products by the existing tariff was, that,
if this were true, it would seem to be
to the interest of Great Britain
that that party should succeed
which was supporting the new tariff bill.
To this Lord Sackville replied that he
could not presume to add any light or
strength to what Sir Lyon Playfair aud
Mr.. Gladstone have so often told the
British manufacturers; that the limita-
ton of their American market by the in
dustrial policy of the United States is
made up to them in much greater meas
ure by the absence of American competi-
ton in the other markets of the world. He
believed he could say that while certain
special lines of manufacture might find a
temporary or limited advantage in low
er tariff, the general hope of British
manufacturers is that their American
cousins Will stick TO their home market
and leave the rest of the world to Great
Britain and the non- American rivals she
already has"