The record-union., 1894-10-08
CONGRESSMAN WILSON.
THE TARIFF REFORMER ARRIVES
AT NEW YORK.
Claims That His Speech Made Before
the London Chamber of Com
merce Has Been Garbled.
Special to the REcoRD-UN1oN.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
BALTIMORE, Oct. IA Baltimore Sun
correspondent boarded the New York as
she came up from quarantine, and car
ried to Mr.. Wilson the first home news
he had received for some time. His at
tention was called 10 the SUMS report of
the speeches of Major Mckinley, COM
menting on the London speech at the
Chamber of Commerce dinner. He read
this attentively, and putting down the
paper, remarked that 'the best answer
TO all this is the speech l delivered, and
which Major Mckinley is criticislng. If
Major Mckinley is rightly reported, he
has simply garbled my speech by using
the first hall Of a sentence to twist it in
one way, and then omlttIng the last half
which could not be SO used. l knew full
well that whatever l might say on such
an occasion would be thus garbled and
falsely presented to the American people
by protection speakers and papers, and
so | did what / seldom do or have time to
do, dictated and gave to the press an ac-
curate synopsis of my speech, and full
copy Of the address appeared in the Lon
don Times, which called forth long edi-
torial in that pager the next day, from
which Major Mckinley and his followers
may take all the comfort they can draw.
Il went abroad at my doctors sugges-
tions to shake off my unspeakable IA
tigue, SO as to take part as much as posi-
bic in the campaign. In England l
visited friends at Oxford and Cam bridge.
Livery body being, in London parlance,
out of town, saw few public men. The
dinner rendered me was, felt, too great
an honor TO my country and myself 10 be
declined, coming from the great CONNER
cial chamber OF the world. L accepted,
feeling that could not show my appre-
citation better than speak as an American
citizen, and exactly as l spoke here at
home. In this l was not deceived. My
speech was received by the whole audi
ence in the spirit in which it was made.
and while many, perhaps most of them,
may have disagreed with me, / found that
more than one long-headed Englishman
agreed that our reduced tariff would
make US great competitor in the worlds
markets and eventually regain for US our
share of the carrying trade of the world"
In London MIR. Wilson paid not the
slightest attention to politics and saw few
public men, except at the Chamber of
Commerce dinner. The English public
men SO far seem to know but little of the
new tariff, and he has not heard many
expressions on the subject, but, as gen.
eraI rule, the English people always well
come anything that will promote trade.
Mr.. Strauss here interposed and declared
that Mr.. Wilson, with characteristic mod
esty, had tried hard 10 conceal himself
and keep out Of public notice, but the
hospitality of British business men had
learned OF his presence in London and
insisted on entertaining him. The enter
tainers, Mr.. Strauss added. are the great
est merchants in the world, and the COM
pliment paid to Mr.. Wilson. as tribute
to his distinguished ability and great rep
utation as patriot, is one that few Ameri-
cans have received IN foreign country.
Mr.. Wilson repeated that he was perfectly
aware of the use the Repu blicans would
make of the incident, and for him to have
refused it would have been ill-bred,
churlish and cowardly.
Mr.. Wilson was asked whether he had
made any investigation about trusts in
England.
81 did not this time,' he replied. "But
when l was in England in 1889 l did, and
discussed the subject in series of articles
/ wrote for the Sun at that time. Some of
those articles were written from England.
Trusts, as we know them, of course, can
not exist in Great Britain. Where the
world is free to compete, no trust can
corner the market"
With regard to coal, Mr.. Wilson stated
that English syndicates which formerly
owned the Nova Scotia mines we're much
pleased at getting rid of the property.
Practically bunker coal was on the free
list in the Mckinley bill. Foreign steam
ships could and can now buy Nova
Scotia at Boston, New York 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..
Strauss, II have no doubt the people of
West Virginia will insist on putting you
in the Senate"
Il much prefer the House." Mr.. Will
son replied. 1T is far greater and more
attractive for me.''
MIR. Wilson proposes to begin his can
vasS at once.