Evening star., 1896-11-05
Comments in the European Capitals
on the Election.
IT WAS 4 BLOW TO CONFISCATl0N
The Americans Praised for the
Stand They Took.
VIEWS ON TARIFF PROSPECTS

All the London papers comment on the
presidential election:
The Sun says: 1.-The great republic has
risen magnificent to a great occasion. 1t
is the uprising of almost a united nation.
and the silver craze has been effectually
scotched, If 1t is not killed. Let Mckinley
throw his protection overheard and cut
away from the heartless plutocrats who
have for years past made the republican
party manufacturers annex. and he will
be acclaimed by one and the republic by
the other.'
The Westminster Gazette says: with the
election Of Mckinley great scare vanish
IS for the moment. But while the perils
of free silver are avoided for the present,
the perils of protection and capitalism in
their mere extreme forms remain to be en-
countered. Putting out of the sight the re-
suits 10 this country which must follow a
fresh access Of McKinleyism, no one who
is friendly to the United States can view
the prospect without alarm. If the tyr
amy of the commercial and financial cor
poretions is not abated. there must be a
gr owth of poprlism and an aggravation Of
Ill feeling, which when the next struggle
comes will threaten more dangerous con-
sequences
The Pail Mail Gazette in the course of
column editorial article, "A LANDSLIDE"
says:
''The decision IS accepted with universal
consent in this country as beirg emphati-
cally to the credit of the American elector-
ate. 1t implies that the democracy, when
confronted with issues vital to its future,
VIII rally to the reality and reDudiate the
shame. Between Altgeld and Bryan, they
succeeded in pulverizing their cause until
dust is substantial in comparison
The article in the Pail Mall Gazette con-
cludes with tribute to President Cleve-
land.
The Globe states: Had the polling run
c.ose, encouragement would have been af-
forded to the democrats to maintain soft
money and socialism as planks in their
platform; but, II the face Of the ignomn-
ious rejection Of these revolutionary prn-
ciples oy the American electorate, the man
ayers of that party can scarcely keep alive
an agitation which has ended so Gisas-
trously.
Blow at COnfiscatiOn.
From an outside standpoint. the most
satisfactory outcome Of the battle is the
crushing blow it strikes al the cause Of
confscation all the world over, au1 the
event clearly proves tha: the avera ge
American elector declines to associate him
self directly or indirectly with the ex-
propria ion of property owners by confiscl-
ton"
The Canadian Gazette has this to say on
the subject:
Canadians join with the English in
hearty CONGRATULATIONS to the great repub-
lie over this fresh evidence of its good
sense and honesty"
The st. James Gazette congratulates the
United States upon the result. and adds
Especially do we congratulate the United
States upon the rout of Altgeld, the an
own state, made the matter almost per-
sonal fight with President Cleveland
The same paper then adds the following
comments:
THE movement will take more than one
such defeat before it is finally killed, and
IT looks very much as if our American
kinsmen are more likely at the beginning
of a great social and economical struggle
than at its eEd.''
The election is the one topic discussed in
all circles, and the representatives of the
American banks and other houses are jubi-
liant.
Bankers View.
Howard Potter Of Brown. shipley &
Company said today: The result rebounds
to the glory and credit of America at home
and abroad. 1t has already had a wonder
full effect upon American securities 1 pre-
dict the advance will be permanent and
that America will enter upon a reign of
prosperity unknown in ten years past"
Walter Burns of ]. S. Morgan & Com
PahS y" uiic never Mcktn-
ley's election, I am surprised at his great
majority, and 1 am especially glad that
anarchism has received such a deathbloW
in Illinois. The effect on American sea;1r-
it1es abroad largely depends upon the ac-
.ion OF americans themselves 1 expect no
large sales until the foreign buyers See how
the buyers in America place orders"
On the Manchester stock exchange busi-
ness opened strong and active throughout.
especially in Americans.
MIR. Bnyard's Comment.
United States Ambassador Bayard said:
The keynote that rises above the con-
fusion and excitement and rejoices my ear
is that the people of the United States,
guided by the instincts Of patriotism and
seif-preservation, regardless of past party
afhliat1ons, have Enthusiastically repudiated
reputation in any form and instructed
those who seek official power that they
must at least assume virtue If they have
1t not, and that public and private obliga-
tions must be placed beyond the reach of
the political Jack Cades of the country. 1t
will strongly tend to re-establish interna-
uonal confidence In the stability and secur-
ity of property intrusted to democratic
governments. and to harmonize interna-
tional interests and assist good relations"
Lord Rothschild said: 81 in common
with all London. have received the news
OF Mckinley's election with delight and
satisfaction. Beyond this, I cannot COM
ment, either upon the campaign use made
of our name or discuss the monetary fu-
ture'
French Views.
A representative of the Associated Press at
Paris had an interview yesterday on the
election with NJ. Ribot, the former premier
of France, who recently returned from a
visit to the United States and Canada. M.
Ribot said:
THE election of Mckinley does not sur
prise me any more than the majority he
obtained. When left America at the end
OF September 1t was apparent to me that
Bryan, in spite Of his tremendous effort.
would not succeed. Yesterday marks an
important date in the history of the parties
in the United States. The energy displayed
by both sides in the campaign and the
anxiety with which the result was awaited
show clearly that the stake at issue in the
battle was not simply a question of gold
or silver. If Bryan had triumphed over the
republicans even with the influence of
former democratic chiefs, with President
Cleveland at their head, his success would
have had, both from a political and q
social point Of view, the gravest and per-
haps the most redoutable consequences
stu, to us Europeans, the election of
Mckinley Is not altogether particularly
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