People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-01-21
SALISBURY VOICES
ENGLAND'S JOY.
REJOICES OVER THE DEFEAT
OF FREE SILVER.

His Remarkable Utterances at the
Lord Mayors Banquet-Encour-
aged by the Attitude of Embassa-
dor Bayard, He Makes Startling
Statements.
That was remarkable language used
by Prime Minister Salisbury at the re-
cent lord mayors banquet in London.
In violation Of precedent and taste,
he rejoiced over the manner in which
presidential election in the United
States had been decided. To be sure,
he was given an excuse for this in
trusion upon the domestic affairs Of an
other nation by the behavior Of Embas-
sador Bayard, whose sense of propriety
did not restrain him from prattling Of
the Republican victory as if the lord
mayors banquet were a Hanna feast to
the helpful Cleveland administration.
Conscious of the fragrant offense
against diplomatic custom of which Mr..
Bayard was guilty, and quite conscious,
too, of his own impertinence, Lord Sal
isbury said he might be permitted to
congratulate the American ambassador
upon the splendid pronouncement which
the great people he represents has made
in behalf of the principles which lie at
the basis of all human society,""
This testimony to England's joy at
the defeat of the Democratic party and
the triumph of the gold standard was
strong enough certainly. But the Brit
ish prime minister went a good deal
further later on. Speaking of the settle
ment of the Venezuelan dispute, he said:
1t is matter Of no small satisfaction to the
government, at q time when anxious social
questions which are Of far more Importance
than political questions are troubling Amer
lea, and therefore troubling the rest of the
world, that we should remove from the board,
at all events, any semblance Of political differ
ence which might hinder our common action
in defense Of the common heritage Of society.
Lord Salisbury is to be pardoned for
talking as if the hordes of barbarism
had been suppressed here at the polls
when the ambassador Of the United
States but a moment before had been
chatting Of the Republican presidential
candidates success as a declaration by
the people Of his country for national
honor, speaking to the human heart
and mind in favor of that honesty which
is essential to the civilization of the
world"
The libeling of nearly half of the
American people as repudiators and an
archists which went on before the elec-
ton and has been continued since the
election produces the natural effect
abroad. Because the Democratic party
proposed the restoration of silver to the
currency the world has had it beloved
into its ears that America is blazing
with social discomfort and ripe for revo-
luton.
The party which invented this libel to
scare the conservative classes and get
their votes and persists in it in self JUS
tifcation for a crime against the good
name of the republic begins to earn its
reward. Encouraged by the American
ambassador, the prime minister of Eng
land promises common action in de.
tense Of the common heritage Of So
ciety."
This, we presume, means that should
the Democratic party win the election
four years hence England is ready to
come to the aid Of Mr.. Lauterbach and
Theodore Roosevelt with her army and
navy to prevent the seating Of a Demo-
cratic president.
The Republican party has lasting
reason to blush for the view that is
taken abroad Of its success at the polls
Its victory has been won at the expense
Of the national honor, for it is the re-
public's highest honor to be known to
all mankind as country whose people
are loyal to themselves and their insti-
buttons and who are capable of discuss
ing and settling nationally and peace.
ably every question of public policy
about which they differ.
The republic has been grossly SLAM
dered and by her own sons. And the
SANDER is believed to be the truth by
other nations. New York Journal.