Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-05-01
STEWARDS BLAST.
Open and Sarcastic Letter to
President Cleveland.
FOREIGN POLICY GIVEN A ROAST.

Especially with Reference to Hawaii and
Nicarasua - President Accused by I'm
plication Of Being the Tool Of the ~Per-
ndious Briton," with . Brief DEPRESSION
Into the Financial snd Tariff Questions
Peril OF british Rule In America.
KANSAS CITY, May 1-Under a Wash
ington, ID. c., date The Journal prints n
lengthy and extremely caustic letter
written By Senator Stewart, Of Nevada,
to President Cleveland, which has been
mailed to the chief executive. The letter,
which deals principally with the presi-
dents foreign policy, is in part as follows
when I last wrote you did not suppose
that would be called upon so soon to
renew my congratulations for your con-
spicuous bravery in promoting the policy
Of the Mother country. The joint success
Of yourself and Lord Kimberly in plant
ing the British flag and extending British
rule over Nicaragua is admired and ep-
plauded by every loyal subject of the
queen, and will secure for you the love
and respect of all true Engiishmen.
Alludes to the Hawaii Case.
"Thc people of the United States will
view with much satisfaction the prepare
tons which you and Lord Kimberly are
making to present the claims of British
and American subjects who, in the inter
est Of the Mother country, conspired to
overthrow the republican government of
Hawaii. The fact that the conspirators
Oere unsuccessful aggravates the crime of
she republic In maintaining its constitu-
tional government, and furnishes you and
Lord Kimberly ample justification for
demanding impossible reparation to make
an excuse for planting the British flag
and extending British rule over the only
remaining outpost in the Pacific where
military establishment by an unfriendly
power would menace the commerce of the
United States.
Drops Into the Silver Question.
1.-THE object lesson of your broad and
comprehensive craftsmanship is already
instructive. When you have fully Sc
cured the protection of England for our
extended seacoast on both oceans and
the construction of the Nicaragua canal
at the expense of the United States-for
the benefit of Great Britain, your economy
will be appreciated. Although
the policy Of relying on British states
manship is not new, you have enlarged
and illustrated and carried into effect
that policy in such q manner as to make
the American people realize that the
sovereign power to coin money and main
! tain financial policy of our own is in
consistent with that brotherly love and
cordial submission which we owe to the
country that gave birth to our ancestors.
and to whose fostering care we are indebt-
ed for life with such liberty as the Mother
country will graciOusly bestow
Has . Shy at the Tariff.
MAY we indulge the hope that your
fidelity to the British crown has secured
you such influence as will enable you to
induce the Mother cauntry to take charge
of and regulate our commercial relations
| in such q manner as will remove all the
unpleasant and unnatural disagreements
between the two countries with regard to
| tariff legislation. Why should England
be more unwilling to regulate our Gus.
toms duties than to manage 4Pur foreign
relations and to control our financial pol
icyf Keep an eye single to the
| glory and rcnown and the imperishable
name you will leave to posterity by
achieving union of 125,0oO,OO) of Eng.
lish speaking people under the benign and
| unselfish rule Of the British crown.
Yours respectfully. W. NJ STEWART"