New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-08
CLEVELAND FOR FREE TRADE
AND HIS BRITISH PATRONS ARE GLAD III
HEAR HIM SAY II 50 GLIBLN.
uxxpLY POSSIBLE ro STAFF THE FIRE" TRADE
CASH MoSE CLEARLY - rnE PRESIDENT
PRAIsFp FOR PLAYING THE PART OF
BrroCRirE-A sLANDEnEE QUOTED
IN SUPPORT OF 4 sLANDEHER
my ClpLh TO TUH rEInrNE.l
my ClpLh To ruH TEInrNE.,


IN SUPPORT OF .sL,NDEmER.
my c,pr.h TO rny rnInuNE.,
Copv.rahf. lSss Bg TIE Neir- YORK yr'buns
London, July 7-EXpr S ions of the interest
which the British arc good enough to take in the
contest for the American Presidency continue fire.
ouent. Their partsanship for Mr.. Cleveland
grows by what il feeds on, and il feeds mainly on
something which is not truth. The Times has
made discovery of - own 1t h1s discovered u
letter Of General Harrison urbi et orbi, accepting
the Republican nomination The rest OF US nave
heard Of speech, but can find no trace OF ict'er
:" The Times" does not print one, but mus nave
onc-or perhaps flc-simile-for it thrice rciers "
% letter His epistc," sueers The Iimcs 'a"-
not he said to be exactly Interesting hr' CleVc-
lands OF course iss 1t is more; II Is ingenious
and statesmanlikc, and it puts before tnc COUNT,
what the real issue is. Have you any douoo WIKI
the II al issue is? Listen:
" 1t would hardly be possible says ,he nun
dercr after citing PASSAGES from Mr 'leVeiaho
letter t. ru, the Free Trade case mor' ci''r! Vi
more strongly. The arguments when tre'id'nV
Cleveland usas are those which Mr.. Golden used
TO employ. forty-fivc years ago, ana when any
English frco-tradcr wcGld employ now lh'y aEe
purely free trade arguments, and as Such' We are
very glad to sec Mr.. Cleveland using them though
sorry for the popular infatuation when MAKES 1t
dangerous TO give them their right name ii any
of Mr. Clcveand's opponents had SAID mat wha'
cries of agony should not have heard from his
supporters, But il is Mr. Clevelands chiei adVo-
cate in the British press who describes MN as
preaching and meaning free trade put uiSgu'S iis
his real aim and decciving the American people De-
cause of American iniatuation for Protcction'
81. The Daily News is not less explicit. 1t
x,-sf1, m
hrnt,l frankncss, and says: He discusses the
principles at issue in the struggle ana SHOWS
tbot he is n Free Trade candidate in everything
but name The reservation is an important one
for American party purposes Have you eTer
road ANYTHING more cynical? The PRESIDENT
continues this cynic " feels compelled to charac-
terize the attempt to brand him Free-Iradcr
ms dect plion of his enemies. For all that, the
electoral conflict now in progress is conflict
between Free Trade and Protection, and nothing
less 1t would be difficult to say more plainly
that this Free Trading journal believes MT
Cleveland is playing q hypocritical part IN thc
interests of Frrr TRACE.
This pious delvcrancc Is fifty concluded by a
sigh of gratitude over the defeat OF the Bnine
intrigue That there was," says The News
IAN intrigue as our New York correspondent has
asserted no one who has taken the trouble TO
look through The Ncw-York Evening Post Just
TO hand can for one moment doubt" No; nor
can any one who will take the trouble to look
through Tory journal of the baser sort for one
moment doubt that Mr.. Gladstone is iiend IN
human shape. Allow me to correct rather
important error in my dispatch of June 26. 1
did not soy that the story cabled by the New
York correspondent Of The Daily News mas
its support in other dispatches. l said IT fnds
no support Let him have the sole credit OF Ill his
functions y. W. %