New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-23
MIR. CLEVELAND IN ENGLAND
THE ENGLISH VIEW OF HIS VICTORY AND
OF THE METHODS BY WHICH
IT VAS WON
London, November IL

The Presidential election IN the United STATES
had less interest for the average Englishnan
than the average American might fairy
expect it TO have. The British manufacturing
was interested and he is overjOyed at the result;
believing that he shall now regain his control o.
the American markets, and crush out good many
American industries A few men high in politics
are interested and some Of the ruling spirits the
Foreign Office The Erglishman who has been to
The States"-he cared little, too Perhaps the
handful of English Republicans cared, and some OF
them have probably O vague notion that the detat
Of the Republican party implies the overthrow OF
the Republican principle The papers cared tley
had to write leading articles on the subject and
conceal so far as they could, their unacquaintare
with the facts of the political situation In America
But TO tho majority Of Englishmen or at leas.
of Londoners the Presidential election was topr
less attractive than Lord Mayors Day. or tho dealt
Of the Duke Of Marlborough, or the winner Of the
great race of the afternoon, whatever it may have
been The result Of the election was not given In
the morning papers, and, owing TO the difference
in time between Ncw-York and London, could not
be given. The election of Mr.. Cleveland was
announced positively in the evening papers, which
come out not long after noon. Meantime, the news
bulletins Of the clubs might be consulted BY those
who cared But the London news agencies evident.
~ thought their clients did not wish them to spend
money on such trivial matter as the choice Of the
ruler Of sxty-fvc millions OF Enslish-speaking
people. There were no bulletins on the subject,
or none at any club where looked for them
You viii get otherwise analyses of English opin.
ion the Presidential election, so Ear as IL Is ex.
pressed in the newspapers, and / will not enter
upon the general subject. The enlightenment of
the English mind upon American politics has never
Poc tb. A.
lsh press are for the most part, now as before.
either vague or wide OF the mark or erroneous
The ignorance is carried to a point which often
becomes amusing, and it is general that the
most sensitive American need hardly take offence,
unless he chooses to think it unfriendy In tie Eng
lsh TO be no more familiar with American politics
than is the American with English politics sup
nosinc Mr. Chauncey Depews estimate 10 he 40
curate.
But there are gems of ignorance and misaDre-
hension which deserve a separate setting. Such.
above all Others. is the explanation Of The Daily
News" still the chief Gladstonian organ in London.
that the revolt of Tammany Hall from its Repub-
lcan allegiance the true cause OF the defeat
of President Harrison. The readers Of this wise
sheet are seriously assured that the Republican
loss Of New-York was rendered additionally
bumiliaflng bv the detection of Tammany." This
journal has correspondent in New-iork.
"The Pail Mall Gazette" now tle organ OF an
unknown. or at least unnamed, capitalist. and
edited by the former private secretary to L0Fd
Dunraven. announces that the RepuDlcans hah al
the chances" especially the eymp@tA1cs ol the
farmers: who. according TO the New-loTS cor
respondent above named have r@oI'ed III
bodv. and with them businessmen. ana German
Scandinavian and foreign-born voters Se' er"iN'
II might be pertinent TO ask II all 'ne ioiei-n
,.o..,s Of New-York City. OF whom It's former
Democratic majority has always been hrseN co''
.osod have revolted, where Mr.. Ce'eand gov
r. =: ono majority? Il ia even more "citlnc 10
I.orn from Tile Pail Mall which On TINS pO''"
o,,rodic,s THE Daily News thai though
.rra,nmanv Hall is of Mr.. Clevelsnds party 10
"a now, INDEPENDENT OF that corrpt power ~
.L.. oil the stories Of "pacatiE Senator 'N'
aa % Mr. Cleveland's /" deal" With Iamuany z"
bur tho cruel inventions Of the Sepuonc%F,
" .ro ~ these critics. howevG, agree with eacn
- ohor, details The Daily Telegraph cor,
diets THE Pail Mall just S " The ran Nai,
n,radio,s 1.-The Daily News saying Inc en'uu'
800 oabss,on Of Senator Hii and Of lan'h~V
Irau ,rors,v signifies that Tamsny MADE 1T D''
-a,n in meal or malt in had cash OF po'.I'"'
nd,ontaresn Ii 10 the opinion OF the sam
circulated paper that "neithr DO Mt, n".''s
ord his chief speaker, Mr. Clauncey ~ ~,
..,r IN have taken muca II 'hl- 80, :.
.hoir nropitiation Ct the Irishvote TN ','is' o.
On other points. YOU are yourselves III - ,v;u
,ion 70 Judge But what will y"n' OF WA,
any. man who has sma'telng Of .tis "a
knowledge about American FoNlcS' sly ~
mark? ou chat males
The Republican party stani'for al "''' -
Ir,r,,s - Them in the eye Of many respect
A., ,,ol,ical boss. Tor the eXlstGce OF 'ie n,s
w -, fund with the organize corruption 'iaU
eo,.s from IL. for the rule OF he '"un"H
,:.,,,s of Irish advcntuprS-coaDH; uhr'"o'"'
,1 ,o,,ruod whom no decent Aaerlc2h Vi ''0
,,t1lln class would care to have nSlde his Nv"
house. -. co,o.,a-
rl,o+ rnrcet is from The st Jarcs's Gaze''e'
,ybo.e intimate acquaintance with American py,
;cal statistics is vouchcd for by the renarN u'''
.ponublicanism was the political NTH OF ui"o
an, oS ron Americans in the Northernand EdS'ciH
c.,,os = dozen years ago" IL was he reacuoh
AGAINST the Republican boss when hNelco'co "a.
CLEVELAND Very good, but little further on we
find the same writer saying that the VICTORY =.
Mr. Cleveland was really secured oy lam'iiap
an organization as little reputable as any "''i,
has interviewed in American politics Inc sV1iN
and nossibly stoNd Briton who forms wat ne
uevos 70 he his opinions on models OF ms MIN
,nnst be in an anxious state OF MIND
There is dark saying in " The S'aru"a u~'
"New-York, notwithstanding Mr. Cie'ei'u NJ.
poscd championship Of the purihca'ioH o. -.
Civil Service, has pronounced strongly IN '
favor" What can that possibly mean -
what can our conservative frlends mean VIZ"
they say that, in q political sense, the Nlc"rA ~
ono or the other candidate is not to Great bi'&i"
,notte, of very great importance? This the
explanation: 49, .u,ost
Whichever Party I've IN power, there amoSs
invariably arise occasions which the Go'efh'
mont Of the United States fails, moro or le@ ~
courtesv and consideration toward Great brl''".
That sounds like a serious charge 1t Is low