New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-10
pprs1nrvT AND PRIME MINISTER.

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Chicago commands this week large snare
az the Nations interest After an amount VI
discreditable hacgling, arrangements nave oeen
completcd for the laying Of the cornerstone o.
now Federal Building by the Presldehl Oh
the United States The Chlet MaslSuae mas
therefore gone thither, and has peeh receiver
nv the CITY with loyal enthusiasm. Governors
~ States from Maine to Oregon. Senators ana
REPRESENTATIVES, are likewise gathered there'
Thus an incident Of local importance IS mag
njAed into something resembling an event OF
National interest 1t WILL we are sure no
where be regarded with more appreciatve sym
nathv than in this greater city. when only
few DAYS ago was the scene Of n Natonal rs
senohlace and a series OF pageants or unriVailen
magnitude and spendor.
We nav. indeed. well say that the week
dojngs at Chicago are Of international interest.
That is so because Of the welcome presence
there Of the Prime Minister of the DOMINION
Of Canada The constitutions of the United
States and Canada are widely different that
coynuarison Of officers under them is dlln'ulI
We shall not however greatly err If we reckon
v.ithont the least SLIGHT 10 the Governor Gen
eral who has not even an approximate counter
mart on this side Of the line-that Sir Wllfrid
Laurier IS 10 Canada approximately what Mr'
Mckinney * to the United States. Nominally ne
Is merely one Of Her Maiesty's Ministers. frac-
ticallv he IS the chief Magistrate, the executive
hood of the Canadian Nation made such NOT
nv inheritance nor by royal appointment out
Inv the free SURFACES Of n sclf-governing people.
To-davs meeting between the President ana
the Prime Minister Will therefore be a meeting
of two Of the three great Chiefs Of state or the
Moth American Continent It may have no
such political significance as some or the meet
ings Of European soverccns, hut It cannot fall
to he regarded with deep interest by the people
Of both nations.
q am" said Sir Wilfrid Laurler on Sunday
"a Canadian ! am British subject II Is ms
such that Chicago welcomes him. and as such
that this Nation regards him. United states es-
teen for him is none the eSs-it IS rather more
-hccausc he has shown himself just as stanch
and answering British subject as any Of his
predecessors And we are sure that he VIII
esteem This country none the less, and feel him
self none the less welcome here. because he
finds all. from the President down. stanch and
answering citizens Of the United states
Neither Canadian nor Yankee has any use for
traitors or for men without country. Sir VIII
frid would not want TO have dealings with an
American who was ready to sell out the inter
osts Of the 'nitcd States. Mr.. Mckinley would
not care 10 negotiate with n Canadian who did
not prefer the welfare Of Canada 10 that Of any
other land.
These things are SO automatic that # ia amaz
Ing 10 discover now and then some observer
who looks upon patriotism as a bar 10 intcrna
tional friendship. ana upon regard for natona
rights as an obstacle TO the settlement Of inter
national controversies The disorlcrod magma
ton Of n Tolstoi may reckon patriotism to h'
THE dreadfullest Of crimes" TO the sane reasol
love If country IS seen Ia be 10 the nation Wha
self-respect IS to the individual. A man will
no elf-rpspect would be = detestable creature
10 deal with and would be the nation tha
had no patriotism II will not lessen tie strength
Of friendship between the two countries. and !
will not make IN the least degree more difi
cult the Just settlement OF all pending contro
vcr~i.~, even that pertaining TO the Alaska
boundary. for the President 10 recognize in tn
Prime Minister loyal Canadian and Brtisl
subject. end for Sir Wlfrid Lauricr 10 SEQ Fl
Mr. Mckinley loyal citizen and the head o.
more than seventy million loyal citizens Of IN
, United States