St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-08
HIS ADDRESS WAS GARBLED.
Mckinley Dishonest Enough
to Use Only Half Sem
tenceS.
WHY MR.. WILSON SPOKE.
1t Would Have Been Ill-Bred.
Churlish, Cowardly to Do
Otherwise.

BALTIMORE, Nd. Oct. 7.-The Balti-
more Sun correspondent boarded the
New York as he came up from Quaran-
tine and carried to Mr.. Wilson the first
home news he had received for some
time. His attention was called to the
speech of Maj. Mckinley commenting
on the London speech and the chamber
OF commerce dinner. He read this at
tentively, and, putting down the paper,
remarked that 1.-THE best answer to all
this Is the speech | delivered, and
which Maj. Mckinley is criticising. If
Maj. Mckinley is rightly reported ne
has simply garbled my speech by taking
the hrst half of sentence to twist it
one way and emitting the last half,
which showed it could not be so used.
L knew full we'll that whatever might
say on such an occasion would be thus
garbled and falsely presented to the
American people by protectionist
speakers and papers, and so did what
seldom do or have time to do-dic-
tated and gave Reuters Press full
and accurate copy of my remarks in
advance. Ny speech was reported
fairly we'll in the London Times and
calledtforth the long editorial in that
paper the next day, from which Mai.
Mckinley and his followers may take
all the comfort they can draw. | mean,
now that it has been so garDled. to
publish the speech in full and spread it
over my district. 1t is just what l have
been saying and shall continue to say
to my own people. L went abroad at
my doctors suggestion. to shake off
My Unspeakable Fatigue,
so as to take as much part as l could In
the campaign. In England l visited
friends at Oxford and Cambridge.
Everybody being, in London phrase, out
of town, I saw few public men. The
dinner rendered me was. l felt, too
great an honor to my country and my
self to decline, coming from the great
commercial chamber of the world, and
L accepted. feeling that l could not
show my appreciation of it better than
speaking as an American citizen, and
exactly as l speak here at home. In
this was not deceived. My speech
was received by the whole audience in
the spirit in which it was made, and
while many, perhaps most of them, may
have disagreed with me. found more
than one long g-headed Englishman who
agreed that our reduced tariff would
make us a great competitor in the
worlds markets, and eventually regain
for us our share of the carrying trade of
the world"
In London Mr.. Wilson paid not the
slightest attention to politics and
Saw Few Public Men
except at the chamber of commerce
dinner. The English public men, he
said, so far seem to know but very little
of the new tariff, and he heard not
many expressions of opinion on the
subject. But as a general rule the
English people always welcome any
thing that will promote trade. Isador
Straus here interposed and declared
that Mr.. Wilson with characteristic
modesty bad tried hard to conceal him.
sylf and keep out of public notice. But
the hospitable British business man
had learned Of his presence in London
and insisted on being hospitable. The
entertainers, Mr.. Straus added, are the
greatest merchants of the world. ana
the compliment paid to Mr.. Wilson, as
tribute to his distinguished ability
end great reputation as patriot. is ore
l+tnat few Americans have received inta
foreign country. Mr.. Wilson repeated
he was perfectly aware of the use the
Republicans would make of the Incl.
dent. but to have refused it, he said,
would have been ill-ored, churlish and
cowardly. Mir. Wilson was asked
whether he had made any investigation
about trusts" in England.
As to Trusts.
~ did not this time," he replied. "but
when l was in England in 1889 l did,
and discussed the subject in series of
articles l wrote for the Sun at that
time. Some of these articles were writ
ten nfrom England. Trusts, as we know
them, of course, cannot exist in Great
Britain. Where the whole world is free
10 come in aud compete no trust can
corner the market"
With regard to coal, Mr.. Wilson
understands that the English syndicate
which formerly owned the Nova Scotia
mines were much pleased at getting rid
of the property. Practically bunker
coal was OH the free list in the Nc
Kinley bill. Foreign steamships could
and can buy Nova Scotia coal at Boston
or any American port, free of duty. and
yet they prefer to buy the Maryland and
Virginia coal. This fact alone ought to
do away with the scare about free coal.
"If you should unfortunately be de-
feated for the house." observed Mr..
Straus. II have no doubt the people of
West Virginia will insist ON putting
you In the senate"
II much prefer the house." Mr.. Will
son replied. ''It is tar greater and
more attractive field"
Mr.. Wilson proposes to begin his can
vass at once. The time is too short for
him to go all over the large district, but
ho will do oil 10 This RI ha