The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-08
WILSON EXPLAINS.
He Says His London Banquet
Speech Was All Right
Asserts That Gov.McKinley Isn't
Quoting Him Correctly.
TO HAVE 1T PRINTED.
Will Spread It Broadcast Over
His District.
TO HAVE 1T PRINTED.

4BALTrAfoRE, Nd, Oct. s.-The Balti-
more sun correspondent boarded the
New York as she came up from quar-
antine and carried to Mr.. Wilson the
first home news he had received in
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 at
tentively and putting down the paper
remarked: 1.-The best answer to all
this is the speech I delivered and
which Major Mckinley is criticising-
If Major Mckinley is rig htly reported
he has simply garbled my speech by
using the first half Of a sentence to
twist it in one way and emitting the
last half which could not be used
knew full well that whatever / might
say on such an occasion would be
thus garbl ed and falsely pres nted to
the American people by protection
speakers and papers, and SO did
what l seldom do, or have time to do,
dictate and gave Reuters Press a full
and accurate copy of my remarks in
advance Ny speech was fairly we IL
reported in the London Times and
called for the long editorial in
that paper the next day,
from which MalO Mckinley and
his followers may take al the com
fort they can draw. l mean, now
that it has been SO garbled, to
publish the speech in full and
spread it over my district lit is just
what I have been saying and just
what I shall to my people. 1 went
abroad at my doctors suggestion to
shake off my unspeakable fatigue SO
as to take part as much S possible in
the campaign In England I visited
friends at Oxford and Cambridge
%
out of town [ saw few public men,
1.-The dinner rendered me was, L
felt, too great an honor to my cOun-
try and myself to decline, coming as
it did from the great commercial
chamb OF the world and / ac-
cepted, feeling that I could not show
nv appreci alton of it better than
speaking as an American citizen and
exactly as / 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, 1
found more than one 1Ong-he aded
Englishnan who agreed that our re-
duced tariff would make US a great
competitor in the worlds mar&e is,
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 Pu bile men 50 far seem to
know but little of the new tariff and
he heard not many expressions of
opinion on the subject But as a
general rule the English people well
come anything that viii promote
trade.
Mr. Isador Straus here interposed
and declared that Mr. Wilson. with
characteristic modesty. had tried hard
to conceal himself and keep out of
public notice But the hospitality of
the British business men had learned
of his presence in London and insisted
on being h0spitable- The entertainers,
merchants of the world and the com
pliment paid Mr.. Wilson, as a tribute
to his distinguished ability and great
reputation as a patriot, is one that
few Americans have received in for
eign country.
Mr. Wilson repeated that he was
perfectly we'll aware Of the use
the Republicans would make of the
incident, but to have refused it, he
said, would have been i'll bred,
churlish and cowardly.
IF Won should unfortunately be
defeated for the house, obse rived
Mr.. Straus. II have no doubt the
people Of West Virginia viii insist on
putting you in the senate.
II much prefer the house" Mr.
Wilson replied. sit is far greater
and more attractive field"
Mr. Wilson proposes to begin his
canvas at once The time Is too short
for him to go all over the large dis
trict, but he will do all he can This
work, he says, he enjoys
HILL ACCEPTS.