Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-08-27
WHY THEY HATE n'KINLEY.
A Traveller Writes Interestingly on Foreign
Sentiment.

The Welt Blatt is a weekly news
paper i'm the eGerman Language printed
i'm Chicago. The editor is Mr.. Schnit-
ger He enlivened his issue of April
II by portrait of Major Mckinley.
The result was the receipt of the fol-
lowing letter from n Democratic
friend, now i'm Berlin. which gives
an Snteresting and significant dis
closure of the attitude OF foreign
manufacturers toward Mckinley and
the protective tariff. The writer, a
democrat, urges the publisher to
placate the enemy by leaving poll
tics out of his European edition. but
confess that his own opposition to
Mckinley has been dissipated by
what he has seen and heard on the
other side.
Following is the letter from Mr..
Schnitzer's travelling correspondent.
1t is worth careful reading:
BERLIN, July 22.-My Dear Mr..
Schnitzcr: / received your letter be-
fore leaving Hamburg. and az per
your request called upon your repre-
sentative, Mr.. Lamprecht, and had a
long talk with him. He has every
thing complimentary to say of you
and the Welt Blatt, but deprecates
your action in introducing politics
into the paper just at this time,
when the whole country is excited
over the possibility of Mckinley be
ing president of the United States
He is most assuredly right i'm declar
his inability to further introduce
your paper here, and his letter does
not exaggerate i'm the slightest par
ticular the intensity of the feelin.
here against Mckinley and his pro
tective measures.
Really, If you are i'm the newspaper
business for the money there is i'm it
you could not adopt a more suicida
policy than to publish editions lik,
that of April 15, which Mr.. Lam
prctcht informs me, had a full-pag
portrait of Mckinley, together will
spirited editorial advocating hi
, nomination and election. Mind you
| don't take this position simpl,
because ] am u Democrat. for witt
the rapidly growing sentiment her
am fast awakening to the fact tina
J so strong feeling i'm "A foreign countr,
against protection is a grand argu
ment i'm favor of Republican success
i'm our own country. On every han,
, you hear the most bitter invective
against Mckinley and protection
Asked why they take so much inter
est i'm American politics they answer
J Don't think it is because of our low
for America and Americans. Welov
. their gold. We have no use fo
: Americans and simply tolerate thei
: presence i'm our country because c
, the good money they leave us. w
have no use for America except as
: market for our products" The
; further say: Before the miserabl
/ Mckinley bill became law i'm 1S9
we had a revenue from both sources
+ The Americans that Travelled abrOa
and those who remained at home a
, contributed to our prosperity TIL
( election of Mckinley means the pai
l sage of strict protective laws, an
! that means that all of the America
gold we shall see will be that of til
, tourist" ''Our mills" they say
r Twill he shut down and our peOpl
l idle. and now ] suppose you kno,
: why we are interested in America
r politics"
This feeling, friend Schnitzer. e,
e tends to all classes, and America
= politics in discussed with an avidit
: that would put to shame some Z
our own people.
! On my way over from Hambur
a l happened to be i'm the same coup
l with a party of gentlemen, who di
:. cussed with more than ordinar