New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-09
HON. 1T LOOKS N ENGLAND.

While the action Of the Minneapolis Conven-
ton is coudcd with uncertainty in the United
States. one thing is clear from the Eng
lish point of view. That is the supreme in
tcrest which England has at stake in the de-
feat Of the candidates TO be nominated this
week. whoever they may be. A London jour
nal succinctly remarks "No assembly in the
history Of the attcrday American politics has
been Of equal interest in England. The can
didatc selected will stand rs the exponent Of
Protection by its latest engine, the Mckinley
Tariff bill, which blocks the American markets
against British manufactures. \ Republican
victory in the coming election would rctard
for a long time the progress of the sound com
mcrca doctrines that undcrlie the commercial
greatness of Great Britain and alone maintain
British asccndancv." That is an explicit dec
laration from London that the success of the
Republican candidates this year will be n stag
gcring blow To the business interests of Great
Britain.
No more striking evidence could be offered
that the Republican party stands for American
interests than this emphatic confession from
the English press, following, as it does, the
recent tribute 10 Protection and Reciprocity
rendered by Lord Salisbury. The English
manufacturer is Indifferent to the aspirations
of eminent American statesmen for the Prcsi-
Dental nomination at Minneapolis, but he is
directly interested in the defeat of the party
which has defended the Protection policy with
inhexblc courage for thirty years and within
two years crowned its work by enacting the
Mex nlcy Tariff and securing the successful
negotiation of long series of Reciprocity
treaties If England to-day is confronted on
all sides by hostile tariffs and excluded from
the commercial advantages of zollvcrcins and
minimum schedules, it is because the Repub-
lican party in America has carried out with
amazing success the Protection and Reciprocity
policies England has tried to convert her own
colonies and foreign nations to Free Trade
and has failed in every quarter. She has failed
because the Republican party has made Amcri-
can prosperity under high tariff the marvel
Of the modern world.
These are facts which outweigh the ambi-
tons of political leaders at Minneapolis. The
principles and policies of the Republican party
are of vastly greater importance than the sue
ccssful intrigucS of factions or the political
fortunes of candidates. The Mckinley Act
it has indicated in every respect the judg-
mcnt of the Republican Congress which en-
acted it, New industries have been established,
prices have been lowered, every factory in the
country is open and running on full time and
all classes are prospering as never before.
Reciprocity has been converted into powerful
lever for opening foreign markets and enlarg-
ing the export trade. This is the work of the
Republican party, and it will be continued if
the November elections are carried by the
candidates to be named this week. Let the
Republicans elect their President and regain
control of Congress this year, and English man.
ufacturers will utterly abandon the attempt to
compete with Americans under existing con-
ditons. That is what Republican victory
will mean, and Lord Salisbury and the London
press fully understand it.