The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-09-05
A SECRET HINT TO ENGLAND.
The Retaliation Message Only n Sounding
oF StnVc Thunder

The Retaliation Message Only n Sounding
ofStagc Thunder.
WASHINGTON, Sept. .4.-SimultaneouSly
with the transmission OF the Presidents
recent retaliation message to Congress a
private communication was transmitted
by the Government Of the United States
to the British Government ut London,
assuring it that it need have no anxiety
as to any official action that would be
taken under the authority that the
President had asked OF Congress ii it
sbould be granted. Assurance was
given that the United States would fur
nish no casus belli in connection with
thpRo matters,
This explains the cable dispatch from
London announcing, from a source OF
the highest authority, that Canada had
been ordered from the Foreign Office to
buck down and ask for some arrange
ment which will prevent trouble with
the United States, no matter Mt what
cost OF concession on the Dominion's
part. II also throws light on the dis
patches from Canada, showing that
while some Government officials there
are r0uting and attempting to excite the
people, the Canadian authorities, who
are directly responsible for the policy OF
the Government, are playing different
tune from that OF few weeks ago.
There are more than intim9tioNs that
the United States has onl y TO ask for
what il wants aud it will get it.
LONDON YgwspArER POLICY EXPLAINED.
In addition to this it explains the at
titude ofthe semi-ohicial newspapers OF
! London, which changed the character
OF their comments upon the Presidents
acts, after the publication OF bis retalia-
ton message, as suddenly us the l'resi'
dent changed, or pretended to change,
the policy OF his Administration after
the rejection OF the Bayard treaty by the
Senate. Previous to that time the lead
ing London journals in sympathy with
the government could not iinG words
strong enough. in which to express
theiri admiration for President Cleve-
land, for his: Free Trade doctrines
and for his success In forcing his
party, against its will, to make
this question the issue OF the great ma
tional campaign. The next day after
| this sduIation appeared, which had been
constantly repdatcd and conched in us
many different terms us the editors ol
those papers were able to construct,
these same journals declared that the
Bresident's retaliation message. was q
1 political strike, the putPose oI which
was to capture the Irish American vote
and from that day to this the whole
tenor OF comment in the semi-olliciaI
Journals OF London has not changed
There has been concert OF accusation
OF the President for the disgracefuI at
tempt he has made to manufacture po
litical capital in Il dishonest way.
To-day the Democratic party contr0It
the more popular and more powerful
branch OF Congress by majority tha
their opponents cannot hope to over
come upon any question that may CONT
before that body and upon which th'
great political parties are divided. I'M
administrative department is absoIutcl!
dictator in every act by President an!
,. a political party that not only spnrns al
advice or respectful suggestions from tn
Republican party, which, fortunately
rarely gives it except in the constitu
: tional way, in public debate and upo
great national or International que'
q lions, in which the responsibility OF tn
q Senate is equal to that OF tho House
i Representatives.
( PURELY A REPUBLICAN SUCCESS.
It In spite OF all these obstacles the r.
:. publican party has adhered to its tri
!. ditional policy, and by its calm, consis
d ent and wise action has not only pr
e vented the President from grossly ou
raging the rights OF citizens OF the Unite
States by the Bayard treaty, but he III
forced President Cleveland, the stronge
B. man and the most skilliul politician tn
l. the Democratic party has had in u
last half century, to reverse his polio