New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-25
COBDENISM ASSAILED.
rxcr1sH PRESS ON THE NOMINAL
TON OF MKINLEY-MR. CHAM
BERLAIN's zOLLVEREIN.

~ lie "T-he Times. in It's oracular way
r.. ~ decisive victory for the Repuphcahs
P.....ooher the nominee OF the Convention, IN
u ,,,l course of things Will succeed MT.
W e az the White House next March.
". ,s the general judgment which mas peeh
Manned by the adoption Of financial plat
COM" undeniable solidity For a month or
w." Governor Mckinley has been described as
.,,t,v politician on high fence, rolling MS
and waiting for his party to build pat
eyes s,oge upon which he could safely plant
'...., and the wire-pullers have been repre-
h"'. as constituencies "stradders." bent upon
E.,r,ng against American credit at home ana
eO"'f Tor the sake Of saving votes and keeping
d ..r,v together. There is already sharp
4 n' ra in the tone Of the English press 1t is
" ,mnracticable 70 speak OF the candidatuie
Governor Mckinley as omen of financial
Yer A great victory has been won for hon
.arance as we'll as protectionism. This result
,..,rlv II reluctantly. admitted by the Eng
$40 today and American securities OF ali
.ns are showing signs Of buoyancy ana up
,ori tendencies.
:, could be idle TO assume that Governor NC
r,,ev Is a popular candidate in England. IN
..rctively Englishmen recognize In him chaih-
,,r ~ American ideas. and an enemy OF inc
s...I nolicy of Great Britain. The GLOBE this
.rsrnoon has an outburst Of what may De ue-
/ .,-had as stark. naked candor although MI
w,x,nevs views on currency are elastic IL re-
IT'S chat is not the case in regard 10 'he
,.rs He has never wavered in his chanpio"-
.h,n NJ protection carried TO the extreme point
s - ~. 6scal system associated with his name
narrated in the Stats many branches ol DIV
W ..oaa suffered severely by loss Of American
-, Ru. no sooner was the tariff modihed
y. W. Cleveland than they began to recover
.. ,osses and In some instances even gained
.rrd Az there IS no reason to suppose That
Mr. Mckinley Is less ardent protectlohls' IMAM
IN his earlier career. his election to the fresi-
hsncv would undoubtedly be a serious ihlsloi'-
une 10 British commerce" This declaration Is
free from ambiguity, and explains with PRECISION
English hostility to Governor Mckinney Inc
tsc, is also clearly discerned that there IS d
mod reason for remposing the hepuDhcdh
tariff system, which toned down by Iresi-
dent Cleveland and his party. The revenue oi
.,a 1-r,,ad States" remarks THE Globe" mo
| knger equals It's expenditure; recurring oehci's
h.vs become as much a rule as recurring sur
puses used TO be-
The best-informed English Journal, respecting
me Republican canvass. has been MI Af'or
.pau Mall Gazette" which under the new edito-
nal MANAGEMENT, is maj htil. Ju8t "'-@ 1919
,,ss,roent ~ American questions. For several
weeks 1t has been confidently forecas'hs 'ne
summation of Governor Mckinley upon sound
financial platform and ridiculing the assumption
that thsre would be disruption of the Republican
party or any act Of political cowardlce on the
mart Of the National Convention. Now that itts
predictions have been fulfilled it has the SAUSAGE
aon Of knowing that II has rot been duped by the
g .. ,act~ iFu ~
Gates II is not now compelled to render tardy
Justice to the Republican party, as many OF us
c6Nsagues are forced to do with very little grace.
NOT does it seek, some Of them do. to break the
force Of Governor McKinley's nomination by as
sering that the currency issue has been brought
to the front and that protection is minor ques-
ton in the canvass. That specious plea does not
deceive mercantile and commercial England. The
4 name of Mckinley means more in England than
,hat of any other American. 1t is name Ike
that Of Golden. 1t sums UP the economic expert
ence and principles of America. 1t characterizes
| q National reaction against Clevelandem and a
lover tariff which have been fraught with disap-
pointment and disaster.
| Mr. Chamberlaln's zollverein proposal may not
be leaven that will leaven the whole lump but it
Is something that is vitazing public discussion
and to that extent il Is already working prnci-
pie All the newspapers had their leaders on the
subject when his speeches were delivered at the
Canada banquet and at the opening OF the Con-
Cess Of Chambers Of Commerce; but these per-
functory utterances. which were mainly critical
and hostile did not dispose Of the most important
controversial question in Imperial politics. Impe-
rial federation has been for long time little more
than Understanding patitude Mr.. Chamber
-hp IN : r.
taken - work out the problem in practical way
He may succeed or he may fall but al least ne
has commanded public attention and compelled
Englishmen to think about it seriously and deeply
No other subject is discussed in England to-day
With equal interest and intelligence.
4 The English have a blunt way Of calling
: spade spade. Mr.. Chamberlain did not ap-
J proach this question as an economist or as a
theorist but the Secretary for he Colonies VINO
Was anxious to strengthen the bonds uniting the
mother country with It's dependencies through
out the length and breadth Of the Empire. He
perceived the Disadvantages Of that splendid
ISOLATION which had fired the imagination OF
phrase-nakers He had mastered the essential
isct that Imperial Federation Is impractcable
without tariff He considered that Paris was
worth mass. He had been free-trader all
DIS life, but he was willing sacrifice the tradi-
lions Of his economic faith for the sake OF estab
hsnng Free Trade Empire with homogene-
GUS tariff system based upon material Imperial
interests He hesltated, however 10 proclaim
amsef a protectionist, but was contented with
describing himself as an Imperialist His ad-
nirers and his critics are more careful and exact
mthe!r definitions They unite In declaring that
us proposals virtually involve reputation Of
Modernism and a reversion to protection.
MI Labouchere is not an economist. but he Is
spain-spoken Englishman. He describes the
troposed zollverein as protection Ia Chamber
an; and that is the general view Of the
natter adopted by practical men. He considers
nat the project Is dream not likely to be real
'sd. owing to the conflict OF commercial interests
tween those concerned and to a doubt to