The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-08-08

Their EnOTt "tO Defeat Cleveland"
Readers Of the INrELLIGENCEE know
how hard the British newspapers are
at work trying to defeat Cleveland. .
They have read miscellaneous assort-
ment Of extracts from the leading news
papers OF Great Britain, showing how
thay go about it when they are very
much in earnest about defeating some
body. This extract, from the London
Sunday Times, July 10, shows that some
of the most influential of English news
papers keep on saying just the sort OF
things newspapers are in the habit OF
saying in behalf of man whose election
they desire:
The electioneering campaign in Amer
ica ought to be most interesting TO the
English people for historical, political,
philosophical and economic reasons.
The main question at issue Is
English Free Trade against the CONT
mental system OF Protection. The repub.
lie is on trial. Good, conservative gov
eminent, under Cleveland, isopposed by
the rule and ruin party OF Blaine, whose
friends nominated Harrison, and VINO
would certainly be the Secretary OF state
under Harrison administration. Thus
the American people are directly in
yoived in the contest through their
pockets, which will be affected by the
tariff, and their future, which would be
seriously influenced by the restoration
TO power OF such a fire-brand as Blaine,
with his home rule sympathies and anti
Canadian policy. The American cleo
ton is infinitely more important to Eng
lishmen than their own internal politics
! Just at this juncture, and they should
observe every phase Of the campaign
closely and Understandings. It's from
this point Of view that the copious DIS
patches to the Sunday Times are cabIed;;
The result OF the American election will
help to decide many important issues IN
Great Britain.
There is enough in this to keep a
thinking man thinking for u year. The
| Times makes three distinct points.
/. The issue Of Free Trade against Pro-
lection. The party of Free Trade has
nominated Cleveland. The party OF Pro-
lection has nominated Harrison. The
point is well made. No honest Ameri'
can will deny it.
.. II Harrison be elected Blaine Will
be Secretary OF State; which will not do,
because Blaine is in favor Of home rule
Tor the Irish in Ireland, and because he
has some pronounced views about the
decency Of calmly permitting Canada to
slap the United States in the face with a
Goldfish. IfAIr. Blaine were Secretary OF
State he would serve the United States,
not England or her dependencies.
3. The American election is more i'm
portant to Englishmen than their home
politics, and the result may decide i'm
portant questions in Great Britain. More
solid truth it would be hard to get into
so condensed n space No question in
English politics is so important as the
question, how to find work for the I'M
employed; how to avert impending
bankruptcies amongmanufacturers how
to put off the social revolution which
stares England in the lace. Ii the
United States can be induced to hand
over her markets to the capital and the
labor OF England, more will have been
done to insure internal peace than all
else that could be devised by all the
politicians OF the realm.
There is a good deal OF seIfshness in
the game OF international politics, and
iftlr selfish English can whcedlc Ameri-
cans into being so entirely unselGsh
that they will yield their home market,
there will be occasion once more to eel
citrate victory Of the English cunning.
Nothing in the declaration OF this in
dustrial war is at all surprising except
that Americans are found willing to en-
list in the British ranks.