The morning call., 1894-10-08
THE REPORTS WERE GARBLED
Although He Carefully Prepared
Them Himself.
HE DID NOT SEEK NOToRlETY.
However, He Could Not Withstand
the Hospitality of His British
Friends.


more Sun correspondent boarded the New
York as she came up from quarantine and
carried to Mr.. Wilson the first home news
he had received for some time. His atten-
ton was called to the Suns report of the
speeches of Mr. Mckinley, commenting
on the London speech at the Chamber
of Commerce dinner.
He read this at.entively, and putting
down the paper remarked: 1.-The best
answer to all this is the speech delivered
and which Major Mckinley is criticizing
If Major Mckinley is rightly reported he
has simply gar bled my speech by using the
first half of sentence to twist it in one
way and then emitting the last half which
could not be so used. 1 knew full well
that whatever / might say on such an
occasion would be thus garbed and falsely
presented TO the American people by pro-
lection speakers and papers. and so did
what seldom do. OF have time to do, die
taed and gave Renters agency an accu-
rate copy of my remarks in advance. My
speech was reported fairly well in the
London Times, which called forth the
long editorial in that paper the next day,
from which Major Mckinley and his fol-
lowers may take all the comfort they can
draw.
II went abroed at my doctors sugges-
tions to shake off my unspeakable fatigue
so as to take part as much as possible in
the campaign. In England L visited
friends at Oxford and Cambridge. Every
body being. in London phrase, out of
town. L saw few public men. The dinner
rendered me was. l felt, too great an honor
to my country and myself to be declined,
coming from the great commercial chamber
of the world. l accepted, feeling that L
could not show my appreciation OF Ii bet
ter than speaking as an American citiZen
and exactly as / speak here at home. In
this was not deceived. Ny 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 that more than
one lone-headed Englishman 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
| Sigh est 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 heard not many express
| sions of opinion ON the subject, but as
general rule the English people always
welcome anything that will promote trade.
Mr. Strauss here interposed and declared
that Mr.. Wilson, with characteristic
mndesty, had tried hard to conceal him self
and keep out of public notice, but the hos
pitable British business men had learned
of his presence in London and insisted on
entertaining him.
The en- ertainers, Mr.. Strauss added, are
the greatest merchants of the world and
the compliment paid to Mr.. Wilson as
tribute to his distinguished ability and
great reputation as a patriot is one that
few Amer leans have received in foreign
country. Mr.. Wilson repeated that he was
perfectly we'll aware of the use the Re-
publcans would make of the incident,
aud for him TO have refused it would have
been Inbred. churisn aud cowardly.
Mr.. Wilson was asked whether he had
made any investigation about "trusts" in
E. Gland.
ST did not this time." he replied; 'but
when I was in England in 1869 l did. and
discussed the subject in series of articles
wrote for the Sun at thai time. Some of
us
Trusts. as we know them, of course, can
net exist IN Great Britain. Where the
whole world is free to compete no trust
can corner the market"
| With regard to coal, Mr.. Wilson stated
tn at the English syndicate which formerly
owned the Nova Scotia mines was 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 buy Nova Scotia coal
at Boston, New York or any American
port free of duty. and vet they prefer to
buy the Maryland and Virginia coal. This
| fact alone ought to do away with the
scare about free coal.
"lf you should unfortunately be defeated
for the House," observed Mr.. Strauss, 81
have no doubt the people OF West Virginia
will insist on putting you in the Senate"
II much prefer the House," Mr.. Wilson
replied. ''It is far greater and more at
tractive field"
Mr.. Wilson proposes to begin his canvass
at once.