Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-17


MASSACHUSETTS,.
Henry Cabot Lodge and the Independents
in u Controversy.
CoTesIondence of The Evening Star
BosroN October Is 1892
On Tuesday the periodical address Of the in
dependents of Massachusetts appeared, giving
the reasons why the voters Of the state should
support the emocratic ticket The address is
signed by Henry L. Pierce. Martin Brimmer.
Charles r. Codnan William Lloyd Garrison.
Robert Treat Paine, Theodore Lyman. Charles
Francis Adams. President Eliot of Harvard
University, Col I. ". Higginson. Morefeld
Storey, T. B. Adrich, Z. H. Haskell of the Her.
aid, Clement X. Fay. Jabez Fox and many
others. 1t is q formidable array OF witnesses
against the republican party and their arrnign-
ment Of President Harrison's administration
was sweeping and strong. In closing the letter
attacks his foreign policy, and says:
sG ss poay & MsSssH s Is "s DE-
sor OF international law. who. speaking q lurist
Is means in the nrst PLACE departure from the old
and sa .s poeS ~ TIE fathers 1t means e0urns
Tuesday night Congressman Lodge spoke in
Springfield and immediately took UP the letter
Of the independents. He said: There are Ger
tain signs which foretell the coming Of an cleo
ton surely the frost in the air or q change
in the leaf betoken the fall Of the year. There
may be expected about this time in the Ian
guage Of the Farmers Almanac, nm address
from certain eminent gentlemen to the people
Of this commonwealth asking them to vote for
Mr.. Cleveland. This address appeared this
morning. The siguers described themselves Us
independent Independence OF late years has
sfAd of fha 10
ticket all the time, and as these gentlemen have
voted nothing bat the democratic ticket for the
last eight years llaughterl, l suppose they feel
that they have fairly earned the right to call
themselves independents"
MIR. Lodge then referred to the quotation
from Theodore Woolsey and pointed ont that
President Woolsey had died within three
months after President Harrison's Inauguration
and before any foreign policy had been devel-
oped by the administration. He then added:
Those words we're not uttered by President
woolsey with any reference Whatever to the
administration OF President Harrison. Tho
plain intention Of the sentence as il reads in
this address Is to invoke that great authority
against President Harrison on matters which
occurred after President woolsey was dead"
The independents promptly took up the sub
ject in an open ietter to the Nahant Statesman.
signed by Ninslow Warren, Morefeld Storey
and Richard H. Dana, in which they said: The
language in question was never used by Presi-
dent Woolsey, but was quoted from article
in the Yale Review for August, 1892, written by
his son, the present eminent professor of in
ternational law in Yale College,"
Mr.. Lodge now defends himself in letter
that begins in this unique manner: 81 have Just
received my return from Pittsfield your
letter dated August H. / had already read it
In the Springfield Republican. where it was
dated September II, and in the Boston Herald,
where II was dated October II. l assume that
the last date Is correct" He adds: Il Was re-
ported as saying Quoting from your address):
The foreign policy of President Harrison il
well described by Theodore woolsey.' did not
say it, / read 1t, and what read was this from
your address: The foreign policy Of President
Harrison is well described by Theodore D.
Woolsey'
The initial is Of the utmost importance
Theodore d. Woolsey was president of Yale,
professor Of Internal ional law and an eminent
jurist. His son, Theodore s. Woolsey, is like
wise professor Of international law and an emf
nent 3urist. You refer to him In your letter as
the present eminent professor. In your adj
dress the word present was omitted. In your
| address. according 10 the Herald, Globe and
| Springfield Republican, you attributed the
quotation to Theodore D. .Woolsey; had moth
ing else to 60 by.
II do not see how it can be expected that
any one should have supposed that when your
| published address said Theodore D. Woolsey
| You meant Theodore s. Woolsey, and think
no one can deny that when / referred to Theo-
dore d. Woolsey 40 l did, l referred to him
| correctly.
President Eliot has FASTENED to ridicule me
for laundering without first sscertaining the
| authority on which / spoke, or determining
whether had really Numbered or not He
took occasion to urge the necessity Of being
| prepared before entering upon public debate.
saw, of which this little controversy furnishes
an excellent modern instance"
| The public now awaits the ''retort courteous
from the other side. 1t is only fair to say that
much OF Mr.. Lodges popularity with the re.
| publican masses is due to his readiness to en-.
creditable showing in the division Of the honors
| AJspeaker from Indiana has been in the state
all the week, W. D. Foulke, and he has done
valiant service for the democratic party. He
spoke with Geo. Fred Williams In Brookline and
with Prof William Everett in Lodges district
At Plymouth and at Newton.
| Edward Atkinson, Prof. Eliotand others made
the Tarih Reform League dinner on Wednesday
a notable event politically. It was the frs,
meeting since the Chicago convention and tool
the form of a ratification Of Cleveland a. the
best exponent Of the doctrine they advocate.
| PEOPLES PARTY RALLY.
The peoples party held very successful
rally in fremont Temple the other evening
The house was filed, but that IL no evidenG.
that the doctrines taught are popular here
Rev. DIR. McGlynn made the principal addres,
/ Of the eveniog and carried his audience with
him, even when he referred to the fact that al
eminent ecciesiastic," Archbishop Corrisan
had sat down upon him and his political views
Bostonians. like those ancient Athenians. are
never 80 happy as when they are hearing o,
telling some new thing in politics. religion o,
sociology. That explains the crowd.
Speaker Barrett has been unanimously 70
nominated for the legislature at Mslrose 90 b.
will be ''on the inside of that body during ths
senatorial contest. Mr.. Lodges friends, how
ever; grow more confident Of his advancement
TO the senate the closer they examine tn
primaries throughout the state.