New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-24

| the agrcalturists Under the stimulus of this
expansion Of the currency there came advance
in prices. Wheat went up from 10 cents 10 81 10.
! and, as a necessary consequence, there was q
general marking up all around Of values. II the
| Mckinley bill had never been passed there would
have been nearly the same advance in prices
| Of commodities The financial furry has had its
effects. too, but that was produced by causes
| wholly outside of this country"
| A friend Of William r. Morrison says that this
ex.tariff reformer relates with great glee an in
cident of the campaign witnessed by himself during
visit to st. Louis. 1t is interesting because 1t
shows some of the devices employed by the Demo-
cratic campaign orators to produce certain effect
Mr. Morrison said the orator in question. who
had as a subject of his discourse the Mckinley
bill, during his heated remarks took from a ca
pacious pocket pocket-knife. Holding II up to
the people, he said slowly, and with great en-
phasis: Il am q manufacturer Of knives. Here is
! knife which in the past / have been able TO
| put on the market for twenty-five cents and make
a good living profit Now, since Che passage Of
| the Mckinley bill shall be obliged to sell the
same article for fifty cents With this he threw
the knife into the crowd. OF course there was
great scramble and uproar, as the as
semblage was largely made up of working
| form with bag of knives of similar character.
The rest of the orators discourse consisted in
throwing these knives by the dozen broadcast be-
fore the people and shouting I" 25 cents before the
| bill and so cents after" Upward of 1000 knives
were thus thrown out. Mr.. Morrison said he had
| no doubt that every man who got knife voted
against the Republicans and he added, with a
sarcastic grin, that he thought it was one of the
cheapest devices for buying votes ever heard Of In
politics.
Minister Lincoln, who will return to England
within few weeks goes back alone His family will
not follow him until the latter part of the winter
| Mr. Lincoln will in all probability remain In Lon
don the full limit of his term. 1t was widely
published that the Minister intended to resign this
fall and that his homecoming meant his retire
ment. The reason given was his lack OF interest
in his duties abroad following the death of his only
son. He said to me the other day that II his son
had lived he would have resigned this fall IL was
his intention to have brought home his son for
the purpose of having his education completed
here with view to his future establishment in
4 Chicago. Mr. Ishan, his law partner, has also
son. II was the plan of the two fathers to build
! up business to leave to their two boys, so that
the firm of lincoln & Isham would have been
| continued after their retirement. Since the death
| of his son Mr.. Lincoln has an additional reason
| for remaining away In his diplomatic work he
| finds more distraction, and the pressing reason for
| his immediate return having passed, he will serve
out his full term. l had general talk with Mr.
Lincoln concerning the position of American ques-
! tiens in English diplomatic life The CONVEX
| sation was personal one, and therefore not
| ouotable, but it was clear that Mr.. Lincoln
believes that the United States is largely
| Oh inf
try occupies abroad in the discussion of all dipo-
matte disputes For instance, the United States
when it comes 10 settlement of diplomatic
| difficulty is classcd nearly as low as Portugal
in point of consideration. If France Germany, or
even Italy asked diplomatic question, il would
| be Immediately answered. and in q most respect
| full manner If the United States submits ques-
| tion il will be answered respectfully. as matter
| Of course: but almost every other nation OF En-
rope would have precedence in point OF time
while the manner of England in dealing with us
| is much more arbitrary than with many OF the
second and even third class Powers. The reason
OF this is simple. The United States, while strong
| rich and powerful, has not been for years In
position TO assert its authority even in moderate
| way 1t would be useless for a Minister 10 put
himself in the embarrassing position OF making
an imperative demand however true and just
| the basis for that demand. He would know LII
| advance that he would he placing himself IN
| ridiculous position, where he would be apt to be
| made an object rather of amusement than Of
respect. Our position is mending through the
| growth of our Navy. Naval experts say that
| in five wears we will have navy equal TO that
| of France 1t will he only with such navy that
our Ministers will be able to assert themselves In
| the proper way that comes to the consideration
of diplomatic disputes. T. {. CRAWtORD
u rnn uant cnmnetent COOK dress shaker or coach.