The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-09-28
WAS HON0RED.
American Statesman Enter
tained by EngIishmen.
Mother Country Benefited by Recent
Changes in Our Tariff Laws.

LONDON, Sept 2s.--Congressman w. l..
Wilson of West Virginia was entertained
nt dinner at the Hotel Metropole last even
Ing by the Chamber of Commerce of Lon
don. There were about 20 guests, and
thoy included United States Secretary Of
Agriculture Morton and his two sons,
Congressman Strnus of New York and q
number Of other leading Americans and
Englishmeu.
After the toast to the queen had been
drunk, the chairman proposed a toast to
the President of the United States. He
referred in eulogistic terms to Americas
former representatives In London-Lowell,
Lincoln and Phelps-and to the present
representative, Mr.. Bayard. the mention
of whose name was greeted with loud
cheers. He extended hearty welcome to
the guests and to Secretary Morton as rep
resenting the American government. The
toast was drunk standing, amid loud and
prolonged cheering.
Proposing "a toast TO the guests, Sir AL
bert Rollit said that Mr. Wilson's name
had become honored and familiar In Eng
land. In honoring the guests, he said.
they were honoring London. and it's
Chamber of Commerce asked them take
back with them q
Message OF Peace and Good VIII.
Nothing, he went on, could be worse
than war between the two great allies.
That was why arbitration In the Ala
bama and Behring sea cases was accept
able to Great Britain. He was not sure
that the worst wars of the future would
not be tariff wars. If, as he hoped, the
period OF tariffs was beginning to end,
hot I'll 10 Mr.
The new tariff might not have realized the
aspiration Of its promoters, but il had es-
tablished frcer system of trade and sub
stituted certainty for an uncertainty to
the benefit OF both countries.
Benefits had already been experienced
in England. Furnaces had been reopened
in Wales and in Yorkshire, and an i'm
petus had been given to the textile indus
tries. He again welcomed Mr.. Wilson
and Mr.. Morton, whose names he had
coupled In the toast.
Mr. Wilson's Hearty Reception.
Mr.. Wilson was greeted with cheers.
which lasted for several minutes. The
various points in his speech were also
warmly cheered He acknowledged the
honor conferred upon him, recited the
events of the long struggle to overthrow
protection, and concluded as follows:
I'VE are being rapidly sobered, though
unapplied by the truth forced upon US of
all human governments that a free gov
ernment is the most complex and difficult,
and judging from the worlds experience,
the most uncertain and shortlived.
"Your institutions are strong, because
they are deeply rooted in the past. 1t is
for you and for us TO show that while
other nations have been great In war, COM
incrce, science, etc, we can be great in
all, and also great in the greatness Of per-
nanent freedom"
Replying 20 the toast to the Chamber Of
Commerce, United States Congressman
Straus deplorcd the fact that the tariff was
ever made party question in the United
States, and urged the formation as promptly
as possible Of an International agreement
10 settle the silver situation. Mr.. Straus as
serted that the compliment paid to Mr. VIII
son 10y the dinner rendered him by the Lon
don Chamber of Commerce would be con.
torted by the ''protectionist press" into "a
mark OF the English sense of obligation at
Mr.. Wilson's efforts in England's behalf"