New-York tribune., 1891-02-20
THE CANADIAN CAMPAIGN.
CONTROL OF MR. FARRERS PRIVATE
OPINIONS DISCLAIMED HY THE
GLOBE"
co1pwIN SMITH ON SIR JOINS TORONTO
SPEECH - COMMENTS OF THE
TORONTO PRESS


roronto. Feb. 19-J s. Wilson. Editor-inChief OF
.rho Toronto Globe one of whose editors, Edward
r.,er has been charged by sir John Macdonald "i'i'
ling written "a little brochure pointing out no"
canada can most enectually be crippled anu Iorcci
,rto annexation published this morning cara " 10
,,o Public" in which he says: lover tAc pr'>"''
j,ions of the members oi its staff public journal
nretcnds or assumes 10 have control MY. faireI -
a newspaper writer; by unanimous consent we beHeNe'
sho ahIe,t writer ON the Canadian press. lie was Gil
I'D nv The Globe to write for The GloDe' anu
hi work has been most faithfully and eliclch'S per
trmcd The Globes course is not dlctdtcu DS any
nolcian. nor by any set of politicians 1t adVoca'
the cause of the Liberal party OuV IL Is Ho' '"0
s!dlzed organ Of the party ,,o
nN..or Goodwin smith, in commenting on inc
oohs delivered here by sir John Macdonald ana I'll
charles Tupper says in part: " Neither i'll uic sP'O
90 tho Prime Minister in that OF SIR CailcS A"If
yas there the slightest attempt to lusll1y Ihc
s,sso,ntion Of Parliament. by which the country -
nut IN an enormous cost Its trade Is dls'uiDou' w
is 6lcd with angry passion and confusion AT '"'I
ot commercial depression. and While the cic'.o
ri,or j. ir,pcrfect and the season Is adverse "
tuu vo.o of the proposal of the Govermcht he"'u''
~ reciprocty itself We hear no more il any oo'
been guilty OF treason, it Is the uu! Va Wv .
Minister AZ The guardian of public justice " pun
the law I'm force against him. not u paOOIo "o'' w
Cor .Ioc,toncerinr purposes on the Platform Ba sup
posing the man guilty., HON NVON w
private Journalist affect the question o. Ieo'P-o''
"The Globe to-day has an editorial on III I %
Macdonald's Roorback." 1t says in par'' 'ii 'U"''
Macdonald's fatterers very FOND Oh 'elii3 Us ~
their idol resembles Lord BcacOnseld We may S"4cS
say that in political character there Is no
whatever Lord Dcac0nSfcld. at all events p"H''
q grand game and in grand style. lie would never
have thonght when the country was looA'"E ior
declaration Of his policy the leading question Vi
,ho d,r and when thousands of his followers were
hanging on his lips, of STOPPING, instead oil Sasl! E
with gravity and dignity the public eApec'a'oh' u
6u his speech with low abuse and with persona! s'a
dal of the most ignoblc kind. Sir Johh khe"
that in opening his campaign hc WAS
called upon to give distinct aceou',
Of his policy on the question of Tecprocy ana 'a'
This was what the whole country demanded at MS
hands But to do it would have been higliy neon
venient because if the measure he proposed isad o.
been substantial he would have lost the itrlhers
vote and IL IL had been substantial, ne Wouu H"'0
lost the vote of the Manufacturers Association
=" The Empire SAYS The full confession OF fnMaN
Farrer that he has been guilty of Writing ana p pun
fishing document to be used hy foreigners, pOlHdn;
ont low Canada can most chcctualy be crlppleu '!u
finally coerced into annexation has been gwen 70 llo
nubIic OF the charge being fully admitted, hoheot
men can come to but conclusion that tHe hosI
atrociIls offence against this Dominion mas Deeh com
mitted and that no skllfuly constructed arguments
explain ii away