Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-08
ALONG THE line.
The Political Battle nages
Fiercely.
WHAT WILSON HAS TO SAY
About the Way the Tariff Hits Old
England.
OUR SHIPS, I'D OUR FLAG.
%,f%
WIN Now He Sc, - Us 10 'gh Seas
Again and viii no y, - Mt the
Old stnnd-Governor-t> Sc Cuiber-
son Has Returned to Austin-Wherc
the Speakers Are. u.
OUR ships, I'D OUR FLAG.


more Sun correspondent boarded 80
New York as aha e..me up from QuGran-
time and carried to Mr.. Wilson the first
home news he hal received for some
time. His attention was called to the
SUMS report OF the speeches OF Major
Mckinley commenting on the London
speech and the chamber of commerce
dinner. He read this attentively and
putting down the paper remarked:
'rhe best answer to all this
is the speech delivered
and which Major Mckinley
is criticislng. II Major Mckinley is
rightly reported he has simply gurbled
my speech by taking the first part Of
the sentence TO twist 1t in one and omit
ting the last hair which showed 1t could
not be 50 used. | knew uly whatever
/ might say on such an occasion would
be thus garbled and falsely presented
to the American people by protectlonist
speakers and papers and so | did what
seldom do or have time to do die
tated and gave reuters press full and
accurate copy Of my remarks
In advance and which called
forth the long editorial In
the London Times the next day
from which Major Mckinley and his
followers may take all the comfort
they can draw, / mean now that 1t has
been so gsrbled, to have 1t published
in full and spread over my district. II
| is Just what l have been saying and
shall continue to say to my own people.
/ went abroad at my doctors suGges-
ton to shake off my unspeakable ia
tigue so as to take part as much as
| could in the campaign, In England l
visited friends at oxford and Cam
bridge.
Everybody being In London phrase,
/ "Out of Town" / saw few public m an.
J The dinner rendered me was, | felt, too
! great an honor to my country and my
! self to decline coming from the COM
! nercial bodies of tbs woSI-- S-7- g
cepted, geSgy,S SVcs ,r7uld not show
~ a18Ser1atl0n OF II better than speak
1 ing as an American citizen ana eNaoty
as l spoke here at home In this was
| dpcoived. The speech was received by
the audience In the spirit Of which II
vas made. and while many people
most OF them may have disagreed with
mo 1 round that more than one long
headed Tnglshman who agreed that
our reduced tariff would make us
,rent competitor in the worlds market
and eventually regain for us our snare
or the carrying trade OF the woIlu'
slightest attention to politics, and saw
MT few public men except at the cham
her OF commerce dinner. The Engllsh
nublic men, he said, so FAR seem 10
know but little OF the new tarlr, anu
he heard not many expressions on inc
subject. But as a general RUE tne
Engllsh people always favor anythlhg
that win promote trade; Mr' 81" ~.
mere lnterposed and declared that MI
Wilson. with characteristic modesty,
b,d tried hard to conceal himself ana
reen out OF public notice, but those
BUSINESS men had learned OF ms
presence IN London and Insisted on pe-
ing hospitable. The entertainers MI
strauss added, are the greatest MI M,
chants or the world. ana tne ihi,.a
ment paid to Mr. Wilson was tripute
~ his distinguished ability and great
rsnuration ms patriot which few
amercans have received in foreign
NJ Wilson repeated that he was very
veil aware Of what the Repubhcans
would make Of the incident put 70
have refused IT, ne saio, woui ... al
heep Inbred. churlish and cowarnly,
Mr. wilson was asked whether ne hau
,a,ds any investigation about trusts
In England. ~. .,,,,,
wban / was in England In 1859 l DID
and discoursed the subject IN series
OF articles wrote for the sun az tns
time some OF those articles were witt
ten from England. Trusts, as we know
them. OF course, cannot exist IN Greal
britain. Where the whole world Is free
10 come In and compete no trust can
corner the market" with regard 70
coal Mr.. Wilson understands that the
English syndicate which formerly
ou.ned the Nova Scotia mines were
ynueh pleased at getting rid OF the
property. practically bunker coal was
on the free list In the Mckinley bili
Foreign steamships could and can buy
Nova Scotia coal NJ Boston, New forN
or any other American port free OF
duty and yet they prefer to buy ms
MARYLAND and Virginia coal. This fac'
alone ought TO do away with the scare
about tina free coal.
ar You should unfortunately ne ue
,eated for the house" observed MT
strauss. 81 have no doubt the people o
west Virginia viii Insist upon puttini
you In the senate nm
1T much prefer the house" Mr.. WI
son replied. 1T 10 a far greater ant
more attractive field" Mr. Wilson pro
rnscs to begin his canvass at once. pu
tine le too short for him to go all owe
the large district. but he VIII DO all NJ
can. This work he saya he enjoys