Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1888-11-03
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ss DEMooaAcx,eAli.
a great big sun spot showed itself
aboYs the horizon Of the Democratic
patty last week. and the phenomena i
growing larger q the day Of election
grows nearer. Like Banquo's ghost, sit
viii not down"-t will not tout"
damned spot" though it be.
The issue Of this campaign 10 the
tariff, the Democratic claiming that the
people are '.robbed" through hesystsm
Of protection which the Republicans
insist has brought prosperity to the peo-
pie ~ q whole. AZ usual when . great
struggle ID on between the two political
parties Of this country, England comes
in a. the ally Of the Democracy. She
supported the Democratic rebellion bs.
cause she desired, first, to see the Union
dismembsrsd. and secondly, she wanted
the cotton Of the south and 4 free mar.
ket for her manufactures. In the politi-
cal struggle now going on in this coun.
try England is anxious for the success
Of the Democracy, because that party
favors free trade, and free trade will
maze a great market for English goods.
The Republicans have pushed the
Democrats * close to the wall on this
issue that it became necessary for the
Cleveland managers to deny the truth
of the charge that there is . mutual I'M
derstanding between their party and
free trade England, but 10 /! and behold.
While the Democratic denial is not yet
cold. along comes Lord Lionel Sackville
West, the British minister at Washing
ton, and c~onfesses, over his own sigma
ture, the very charge that the Republi.
cans have made and the Dem ocrats
have denied.
One E. Murchison, an Englishman of
Pomona, California, writes the British
minister confidentially and expresses q
desire to know il Mr.. Cleyeland really
meant what he said in his retaliation
message. MI. West answers, also cor
fdentially. and assures the California
man that Mr.. Cleveland was not in earn
est; that the message was simply in
tended to make Mr.. Cleveland popular
among the Irish. and that after the
election the president, il reelected, will
prove himself to be the true warm
friend of Great Britain. Mr.. Murchison
stated in his letter that he knows OF a
large number Of Englishmen who have
become naturalized for the express pur.
pose Of voting for Cleveland, because
they liked his free trade doctrine, which
they recognized would be agreat benefit
to "the mother country" but, Nj.
Murchison writes. the retaliation mess.
age had alarmed them, and in behalf of
his English. friends he wanted to know
the exact situation. Minister West
writes Mr., Murchison that he has no
doubt Mr. Cleveland is all right, and he
ADVISES all Englishmen to vote the
Democratic ticket.
These letters have both been made
public; hence the damned dark spot"
that twill not out" above the horizon Of
the Democratic party. Minister West
admits writing the letter, but now that
he sees the great mistake he made as a
foreign minister-meddling with the
politics of q foreign country-and re.
alizes the damage that he has wrought
IN the Democratic china shop, he sim.
ply says that he has been ''trapped."
0Mr. Vests weak explanation does
not explain. He wrote his own opinion
and expressed the hope Of England,
whose accredited agent he is, in regard
to British preference In IL presidential
fight. The charge Of the Republican,
that England is the ally Of the Demo.
cratic party is sustained. Gen. Harrison
has charged the Democracy with being
the commercial agent of Great Britain
and Minister West has practically said
that Gen. Harrison is right. Nowif Gen
Harrison should be 81 unfortunate "a tc
he defeated for the presidency, he car
say, as several other great men have
said before him. 81 would rather bt
right than president"
But Gen. Harrison will be both righl
and president. The tide turned in tn,
doubtful states two months ago. w.
said last week that every northern stat.
would go Republican. We said so be
cause we have not lott confidence in tn,
good common sense of the Am ericar
people. There is a principle at stalk,
this year calculated to arouse the hear
of every Republican north Of Masor
and Dixon's line; and when the Repub
lican heart is aroused; when faction,
have been united and local strife allayee
in the party, victory is assured.
SEES |r- -F. ~.
STAND BY YOUR GUNS.
Mr.. Aafhowas anlandi1 -odiroaa Mon