Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-19
ENGLISH NEWSPAPER VIEWS.
What IL Said In London of the Re
publican Nomination.

What IL Said In London OF the Re-
publican Nomination.
LONDON June 10-The financial article
IN the Times says:
1.-The spectators in the American railroad
market yesterday were disappointed that
the public did not come in had been
hoped. on the mere announcement that a
gold plank had been included in the repub-
lican platform. The explanation is that
the public wisely determined to wait until
a satisfactory solution of the question is in
a fair way of being attained. American
public men and journalists. who talk and
write as if European investors and specu-
lators had some object in holding aloof
from American securities, are utterly mis-
taken. Nothing would please the people
here and on the continent better than to
buy securities If they thought they were
safe. Spectators. especially. are only too
ready to accept and call attention to the
slightest sign that there Is prospect of
the currency system of the United States
being reformed. But we have been disap-
pointed too often to commit ourselves to
any extent A definite declaration ex-
PRESSED In a vote of the people of the Unit
ell States In favor of gold We are sure
would be followed by a great change in the
attitude of European capitalists. provided
1t were accompanied by legislation placing
the treasury In position to make the
standard effective"
COmenting on the st. Louis convention
the Daily News says:
The important fact is not Mr.. McKin-
ley's nomination, which was generally an
ticipated, but that he is compelled to stand
on a gold platform. 1t shows that the
great party. which is now believed to con-
troll the political destinies of the United
States. has repudiated all designs of tam
pering with the currency. 1t also forces
Mr. Mckinley to fight rather as mono
inetailist than as a protectionist. President
Cleveland has done his best to relieve the
democrats from the suspicion of financial
I;nsoundness- But they are not all ortho-
dox economists like Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.
Mckinley will have to uphold the flag of
commercial honesty. 1t Is true that the
republican convention accepted bimetallsm
as practical policy If carried out by inter-
national agreement. But no such agree
ment is possible. this pious opinion may be
reelected. The republicans must be con-
graduated. II not upon their candidate. at
least upon their refusal to have anything
to do with mischievous delusions"
The Graphic says: Mr. Mckinley will
have his hands full If he conscientiously
tries to realize the platform adopted. The
emphatic declaration in favor of gold. side
by side with the solemn progression OF
MISREPRESENTATION. is proof that economic
heresy is not hide-bound against the more
obvious truths of the orthodox schools"
The St James Gazette this afternoon. dis
cussing the effect of the possible presidency
of Governor Mckinley and the relations be-
tween Great Britain and the United States
says:
1T cannot be said that the democrats
under MesSrs Cleveland and Olney have
shown too friendly spirit but we fear we
must not hope for better things from the
republicans Jingoism is not a monopoly
of one party. and We shall be lucky if we
escape further causes of difference during
Mckinley's regime We shall be lucky too
If We succeed as speedily possible in ar
ranging for the permanent arbitration of
which the Marquis of Salisbury spoke yes
terday''
In conclusion tine ST. James Gazette con-
graduates Great Britain on the fact that
If Mckinley is elected the United States will
continue to pay it's obligations in honest
money.
The Globe remarks that 1.-The outside
world would prefer the installation of a
government pledged to both a gold stand
ard and moderate tariff and suggests
that President Cleveland might CONSOLE
date under gold the democrats of the nom
manufacturing states by proposing to con-
tinue the existing tariff with slight modi-
ficationS''
The Westminster Gazette says: THE pro-
lection policy, to which the party is COM
mitted. will doubtless be as injurious to our
trade as before, but for the moment there
will he a sense of relief at the fact that the
republicans are against tampering with the
currency"
The Pail Mall Gazette asserts that 1.-The
shallowness of the silver fraud was shown