New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-05
LORD SACKVILLES INFORMANT.

Mr.. Bayard has declared that Lord Sackyille
had no better facilities for forming Judgment
respecting the Administration purposes than
the humblest American citizen. This cannot
be true. The British Minister enjoyed the con-
fidence of the Secretary of State, and in COM
mon with Mr. Chamberlain and Sir Charles
Upper received from him frank and explicit
declaration of the Administrators tree-trode
policy. How well informed he was appears
from these extracts from Sir Charles Upper
speech before the Canadian Parliament:
Mr.. Bayard states now and has stated throughout
his great desire TO have the FREEST COMMERCIAL
INTERCOURSE between consistent with the po
sitlon and interest of the Two conn
tries He SAYS II We want to sec
the policy of the Government of the United States you
have it in the Presidents message to Congress there
is our policv . say SIR, after reading the
message the report Of Secretary Fairchild and Mr.
Carllse's speech, have como 10 the conclusion that
THEIR POLICY IS JUST AS CLOSE TO THE POLICY
OF THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA AS ANY TWO
THINGS CAN BE-
ASH have said MR. BAYARD TOLD U.s. tho Ameri
can penpotentaries told u.s. that there was but one
way Of obtaining what wished. You want greater
freedom of commercial Intercourse. You want re-
Taxation In our tariff arrangements with respect to
natural products in which you are so rich and
abundant. You will find that the policy of
this Government the policy Of the President and Of the
House of Representatives, THE POLICY OBJ THE
GREAT DEMOCRATIC PARTY Of the United States
will at once take onward march IN THE d.
RECIION YOU PROPOSE AND ACCOMPLISH
STEADILY THAT WHICH YOU WOULD DESIRE in
the only way by which IL can ever be attained
Those were not empty words; they were the SOBER
UTTERANCES OF DISTINGUISHED STATESMEN,
who pointed to the avOwed policy of the Government
Of the United States as the BEST EVIDENCE OF THE
SINCERITY OF WHAT THEY SAID. What
have we seen The ink is hardly dry upon this treaty
before the Committee of Ways and Means brings In a
measure 10 do what2 Why, TO make free articles that
Canada sends into the United States and upon which
last year IL 100000 of duty was paid.
"Mr. Bayard told u.s." remarks Sir Charles
Upper. Lord Sackvllle, then, and Mr.. Cham
berlain shared these confidential disclosures.
The British Minister was informed by the Sec
retary Of State that the ee-trade message
embodied the policy of the Democratic party,
and that the Administration desired the freest
commercial intercourse with Canada and Eng
land. The British Minister was assured by
Secretary Bayard that England and Canada
would profit by the continuance of the Demo
cratic party in p0wer-tbat there would be
freer trade relaxation OF the tariff and sys-
tematic promotion Of foreign interests. BY the
admission of his Canadian associate he received
these declarations from Mr.. Bayard. Natu-
rally, when his opinion was sought by Muir
Gibson, an English-Amercan voter, he was able
to make direct and authoritative reply. He
knew whereof he spoke
As Sir Charles Upper said: "Those were
not empty words" Mr.. Bayafd had convinced
the three British Commissioners that the inter-
eSts OF their country required the continuance Of
the Democratic Administration in power lie
had taught them to be partisans Of the Demo
cratic party. In conducting the diplomacy of Tie