The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-10-31
NO LONGER ANY DOUBT ABOUT
ENGLAND'S ATTITUDE.
She Fsvors Clevelsnd's Election, and
the British Minister Says So in
Unmistskable Terms.
Special to n. Y. Tribune, !

! 1Oo ANNSbtoi Shlss OCNt Els-b
prominent citizen of Pomona, who's,
name is withhold under pledges, re,
Gently wrote letter to Lord Sackville
West, the British Minister at Wash.
ington, asking bis advice as TO the
duties of those voters who are Of En-.
glish birth, but still consider England
the motherland. The writer also states
among other things that while 10 former
years many resident Englishmen de.
clined TO be naturalized, the admins.
/ tration Of Cleveland has been so friend
ly toward Great Britain, so kind in
not enforcing the retaliation act, so
sound on the Free trade question, ETC.,
that thousands have become natural.
lied for the express purpose of helping
to elect him over again.
Minister West replied promptly to
the foregoing, and his autograph letter,
surmounted with the British coat of
arms, is in possession of the Times, of
this city, and lie published to day. The
letter is as follows:
BEVERLY, MASS, Sept. l3, 1888.
(Private.)
SIR:-I am in receipt of your letter of
the 4th inst, and beg to say that fully
appreciate the difficulty in which you find
yourself in casting your vote. You are
probably aware that any political party
which openly favored the mother country
at the present moment would lose popu-
larity and that the party in power is fully
aware of this fact. The party, however,
is, 1 believe, still desirous of maintaining
friendly relations with Great Britain, and
is still as desirous of settling all questions
with Canada, which have been unfortu.
nately reopened since the retraction of the
treaty by the Republican majority in the
Senate and by the Presidents message, to
which you allude. All allowances must,
therefore, be made for the political situa-
ton as regards the presidential election
thus created. 1t is, however, impossible
to predict the course which President
Cleveland may pursue in the matter of
retaliation, should he be elected but there
is every reason to believe that, while up
holding the position he has taken, he will
manifest spirit of conciliation in dealing
with the question involved in his message.
l enclose an article from the New York
Times, of August %, and remain,
Yours, faithfully,
l., s, S,SACKyILLE-WEsT
Minister West admits the authen.
ITCHY of the letter, but says it was
private, aud not intended for publica.
tion. The publication has thrown the
Administration into the greatest tur.
moil, and it will not be surprising if
Lord Sackyille. West is asked to 90
home. OF course the Administrs.
tion would mean nothing by such a
course, but it may be necessary to pro.
ceed in that way in a vain attempt to
turn the drift Of public sentiment
which has set in so strongly against it
since this letter was made public. 1t
no longer leaves any doubt as to which
party has the sympathy of old Eng.
land in this campaign, as their own
Minister ought to be good authority.
LATER-After full week of cor.
respondence between Secretary Bayard
and the English government, and find.
ing that England wouldn't get mad
about it, President Cleveland has in.
formed Mr.. Sackville that his services
are no longer needed in this country.
The Presidents action comes too late !;
had he administered a good stiff kick
at the start, without having his party,
for party purposes, demand that he do
something, then he might have made
the American people believe there was
something in his action. But after
waiting full week to see if it would
be all right with England, the kicking
out process comes with bad grace. Too
late, Grover! Your goose is cooked.
Be UP and doing, Republicans .