Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1888-10-31
CLEVELAND HAND AND
GLOVE" WITH ENGLAND,
In Her Efforts to Obtain Free
Trade in this Country.
sACKv1LLR AND UPPER.

managers; but knowing that "any po.
litical party which openly favored the
mother country at the present mo-
ment," as Lord Sackyille puts it,
''would lose popularity" the Demo-
cratic managers as matter of course
were exceedingly anxious to keep the
matter a profound secret. The senti.
ments entertained by the British Min
lister were we'll known to the admins
tration at Washington. Cleveland and
his cabinet we'll knew how Sir Sack
vile felt, and they were not astonished
at the sentiments expressed by him
in his reply to his California cores
pondent, but it was the making of that
confidential letter to one of his coun-
trymen who wished to do the mother
country" a good turn, public by pub.
fishing the same, that astonished the
Democratic managers and amazed
John Bull,
If further evidence was needed to
prove that Cleveland's administration
is "hand and glove with England in
her efforts to secure free trade in this
country, that letter Of the British
Minister furnishes it.
Ever since England was thwarted
in her desire to secure a free trade
ally by establishing the Southern Con-
federacy, she has been intriguing
through her Golden club with the
Free Trade Democrats Of this coun.
try to establish free trade here. For
awhile it was kept secret, but now
this fact has become perfectly appa'
rent, and no man of ordinary intelli'
gence can fail to see it, and that Eng
land is quite as anxious to have Cleve-
land elected as are his party friends
in this country.
Probably many of the readers of the
TRIBUNE have read what Sir Charles
Topper said in the Canadian parlia'
ment on the 10th of last April, but il
will do no harm to read it again. Sen
ator Hoar of Massachusetts, referred
to Sir Charles remarks in a speech
| in the U. S. senate last July, in these
words:
"Sir Charles Upper goes on to de-
clare his confidence that the great
Democratic party will remain in the
majority, what he expects from thai
party whose prospects of continued
hold of power he contemplates with
so much satisfaction, and his especial
delight in the Mills bill. He made
one statement to which I hope and be
lieve even some gentlemen on the
other side will not listen without in
dignation. That there may be no mis-
take will quote in his own words:
"Mr. Bayard told us, the American
plenipotentiaries told US, that there
was but one way of obtaining what
we should. You want greater free
dom of commercial intercourse. You
want relaxation in our tariff arrange
ments with respect to natural pro
ducts in which you are so rich and
able. There is but one way to obtain it
| Let us by common concession be able
to meet on common ground and re-
move this irritating cause of difficulty
out of the way and you will find thai
the policy of this government, the
policy of the president and OF the
house of representatives, the policy OF
the great Democratic party Of the
United States will at once take an on
ward march in the direction you pro
propose and will accomplish steadily
that which you would desire in the
only way by which il can be obtained. y
Mr.. Hoar continues his remarks or
this quotation from Sir Charles Tup
per's speech thus: "These were moi
empty words, but the sober utterances
of distinguished statesmen who point
ed to the avowed policy of the govern
ment of the United States as the best
evidence of the sincerity of what they
said. What has happened already
Already we have action by the f1nan
cial exponent of the administration
mean Mr.. Mills. The ink is scarcely
dry upon this treaty before he, as the
representative of this government and
as chairman of the committee on ways
and means, brings forward measure
to do what? Why, to make free arti'
Giles that Canada sends into the Uni.
ted, and upon which last year 81, $780,
900 of duty was paid. Mr.. President,
this is not my charge. This is the
British envoy reporting to his princi'
pal. These words were not spoken in
corner. They were spoken in the
Canadian parliament; they have long
since met the eye of Mr.. Bayard and
of President Cleveland. Sir Charles
Upper doubtless sent them to the
president and secretary of state as he
did the members of the senate; they
have gone uncontradicted to this mo.
ment."
After reading the above and taking
into consideration the laudatory re-
marks by the English newspapers of
Cleveland and his efforts in the direc-
ton of free trade, can any intelligent
man for moment doubt that Presi.
dent Cleveland and his free trade al
lies are "England's best friendsl" Vo-
tiers, think of this before you deposit
your ballots on the 9th of November.
Civil Service reform upsets the
calculations Of many. and blasts their