The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-01
WILSON'S BRITISH BANQUET.

When Professor Wilson returns to Amer
lea, Canadians should repeat the London
banquet--Toledo Blade (Rep.)
Professor Wilson never tires of furnish
ing campaign material for his political op-
Observation-Disclosures Post Qnd)
There is every evidence that Congress-
man William L. Wilson. of West Virginia,
now in London. is in the hands of his
friends.-New York Advertiser Rep)
Mr.. Wilson's London banquet speech is
making him quite popular in England. but
1T is not making him any votes in West
observation-disclosures City Journal Rep.)
Englishmen do not give banquets to peo-
pie who take way their trade. They do
not dine American protectionists and praise
their work.-Baltimore American (Rep)
Did Congressman Wilson refer to the
present Democratic administration when
he said that a free government is the most
uncertain and short lived = Mail
Qnd)
We hope that Mr.. Wilson has his engage
ment book full of just such occasions for
the next few weeks; and we trust that
the news agencies will spare no expense
in cabling full reports of them.-Boston
Journal (Rep)
He warned the gentlemen who were his
hosts that his labors for tariff reform were
intended and calculated to enable the
United States to wrest from Great Britain
HC Il ICldl anu maritime Supremacy
New York World Dem.)
When a man has paid for a big dinner
literally. in advance. he has a right to
grumble if it isn't o K. We hope the Lon
don Chamber of Commerce gave William
Ia. Wilson the worth of his services. If it
did, he must have suffered from indigestion.
New York Recorder Rep)
Mr.. Wilson's drivel about the foreign
markets is child's play. In the face of the
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moment deceive himself. 1t is certain that
his English hosts are not deceived. They
wine him and dine him because he is the
savior of British Observation-Disclosures In
quirer Rep)
AS the London papers well say, Mr.. Will
son deserved such honors at the hands of
the British merchants. But what will Mr..
Wilson's more astute associates in this
country think of that dinner? In vulgar
parlance it was "a dead givesaway'' that
will cause them no little chagrin.-Philadel-
phia Press Rep)
Among sensible people the banquet given
to Chairman Wilson by the London Board
of Trade will be looked upon merely as an
honor extended to a well-known statesman.
but a large proportion of voters will be
certain to misconstrue the motives which
actuated it. Therefore it must be classed
as a political miStake.-Chicago Dispatch
Rep.)
1t matters little what English free-traders
may say to Mr. Wilson or to any other
American. What Mr.. Wilson said to Eng
lish free-traders matters much more. and
IL he can be elected after his London
speech it Will only be one more proof that
his constituents are densely ignorant and
shamelessly- servile.-Philadelphia North
American (Rep)
How those same English entertainers
must have smiled behind their handker
chiefs over his credulity and freshness.
they knew what ii was that Chairman
Wilson had done for them. He had openeT
the American market for them. That was
why they were entertaining and applaud-
hosts that his labors for tariff reform were
ing him.-New York Tribune Rep.)