Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-09-14
THURSDAY EVENING, SEPT. IA 1899 il

and other poems which have not
wholly obscured Milton and Shakes
peare, and now Secretary OF State Is
out in long letter intended to affect
the Oaio campaign, but a thousand
dollars Of his loose casa, properly sp
pied. would do more in that direction
than if he were to write a letter every
hour from now on till election day
When Mr.. H2y was made ambas ador
m London. although it was notorlousIy
an era of small men aud small things,
people wondered how be had ever OBJ
tained the appointment oyer others
who had rendered some little party
service and profe3sed, at least, med
OGRE ability. Hardly any one could
answer the question. The heather
god Plutus, however, is reported to
have winked one eye and said that "ne
and Hanna were running things -ow-
ad.qs." aud that Hanna said "Col."
Hay had put up hundred thousand
dollars for the campaign fund, and
"vou mad to give the fellow something
for his money" Ard thus some who
were puzzled were puzzl, d no longer ana
Hav went to London as ambassador 10
discharge important duties at difficult
time with a minimum of capacity. He
was brought back to fill Secretary
Days place, after poor Mr.. John Sher'
man had been forced into the Cabinet
50 as TO make place for Hanna in the
Senate and then turned out to grass
when the turn of Day and Hay had
come around Mr.. Hays pretentions
letter does not throw much light on
thu money question or the tariffquestion.
but then nobody ex pected this from him.
1t is not probable he ever would have
been asked 20 write campaign letter
at all, but the OHIO republicans found
themselves much troubled TO meet the
charge of an Auglo-American alliance.
Mr.. Hay, being Secretary OF State, was
called on to contradict the charge and
accordingly he tells as here is 10 al
lance with England except the ordi
nary treaties aud that DO form = tresty
of alliauce exists. Now, it does not re-
ouire man to rise from the dead to il
form US that written treaty Of this
nature does not exist. Nobody nss
ever asserted that there was oue,
but it il not necessary to have written
treaty formally sigued and sealed in or.
der to constitute an effective alliance.
All that is necessary for the bargain lie
TO have the condescension and patron.
aye OF Great Britain, the mandates Ct
the Loudon press aud the arts Of diplo.
macy on the ons band, and on the oth-
er, the spirit OF snoobery and self abase-
ment, the enthusiasm of lick -spittleism,
the readiness to foreswear the counsels
of Washington and Jefferson, and the
eagerness to copy British imperial
methods and to subordinate American
to British interests. This we have in
abundance in the present admiuistCa
ton, and if Mr.. Hay had no other quail
ifcstion for his high office, except his
money, his readiness to play his part
alone would make him the proper man
to carry out q degraded foreign policy.
He is Que of a certain class of people
in the United States who take natural
ly to this sort of thing, people who can
not stand straight in the presence Of 81
Englishman, especially if he has till.
The administration may find it Coz
venient just now to repudiate this
alliance, but the majority Of
the wealthy class who subscribed the
millions to buy the Presidential cleo.
ton in 1896, are heartily in favor OF
this British alliance and would be very
much Disguised, indeed, if they ueli9v-
ed the administration was at heart OPP
posed to it. On the other hand, the
plain people of America have noted
with aversion the gaining sub
serviency to England, and her
iahueuce upon this adminstra-
ton, aud they propose to stamp
it out along with militarism, imperial
ism and the trusts. We nave notori-
ously British financial policy, and the
people OF the country are not alarmed
q, fanciful, but at a real evil in then
hostility to British foreign policy.
The Secretary's contradiction come.
too late in the day for any one to be-
lieve it. 1t is only part of the same
system of duplicity which now and then
informs US that there is no ADMINISTERS
ton imperial policy, no idea of holding
on to the Philippines, but they are to
have a government of their own in the
Sweet bye-and-bye" As q political
letter writer Mr.. Hay is as mach OF
failure as he was in his long, stupid ard
venomous life of Abraham Lincoln
There two topics, however, that be
might treat successfully. One is, 1.-The
art and mystery of fortune hunting aud