New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-13
MR.. HAY ON THE ISSUES.
A RINGING LETTER FROM THE SECRE-
TARY OF STATE.
HE SHOWS HOW THE NATION HAS PROS
PERED UNDER REPUBLICAN POLICIES,
AND DIsPOSES OF VARIOUS DEM

the Secretary of State has written the follow
ing letter 10 Chairman Dick Of the Republican
State Executive Committee. in answer to an in
vitation 10 he present at the opening OF the po-
litical campaign:
Newbury ~ H.. September II.
Hon Charles Dick. chairman Executive COM
mttee Columbus Ohio.
Dear Mr. Dick: | am sorry that my engage
ments are such TO render 1t Impossible Tor
me to accept your kind invitation TO be present
at the opening Of the ONO RepuDllcan Statt
campaign at Akron on September ~. ! regret
this the more. the occasion promises to ne
one Of unusual interest \ stirring campaign
and doubt not a great victory awaits you.
Our opponents this year are in an uniortuna'e
position. They have lost. for all practical pur-
poses their political stock in trade OF recent
years Their money hobby has collapsed under
them. Their orators still shout l6 to | from
time to time from the force of habit but they
are like wisdom crying in the streets IN ".t
respect at least, because no man resardeu
them" With our vaults full of gold, win
suffciency of money to meet the demands OF u
volume Of business unprecedentedly vast and
profitable. with labor generally employed at laH
wages, with our commerce oVerspreadlhg the
world. with every dollar the Government ISSUES
as good as any other dollar. with our 1lnahc"s
as firm as a rock and our credit the best ever
known, It is no time for financial mountebanks
to cry their nostrums in the market place WIN
any chance Of being heard
FREE TRADE ISSUE DEAD.
1t is equally hopeless to try to resusctate the
corpse Of free trade. The Dingley tariH' IN"
legitimate successor of the Mckinley bll-that
name Of good augury-has justified itself by It's
works 1t is not only true that our domestic
trade has reached a proportion never before at
tanned. but the American policy or protectlon-
the policy Of all our most illustrOus statesmen.
Of Washington and Hamilton, Lincoln Grant
and McKinley-has been triumphanty Nlndl-
Gated by the proof that it is eficacious i'm eX-
tending our foreign commerce as in fostering
and stimulating our home INDUSTRIES
our exports Of domestic manufactures reached
in this fiscal year the uneXampled total ot
$3.50 600 900 an amount more than S2OO0DOoo
In excess Of our exports ten years ago IheSe
figures sing the knell Of those specious arsu-
ments which have been the reliance Of our OPP
pOnents for many years, and which are only
fruitful i'm times Of leanncss and disaster.
What is left. then. in the way Of a platform?
The reign Of trusts which the Repuolcahs
themselves manage. having all the requisite eX-
perience both Of legislation and business; and
finally. the which. it seems, was too en-
ciently carried on, and has been too nenenclal
10 the nation. to suit the Democratic leaders
We have been able TO give in our time some
novel ideas to the rest of the world. and none
more novel than this. that great party should
complain that the results of war we're TOO
advantageous.
II will be hard. however to convince the bulk
Of our people that are the worse of because
our flag has gained great honor. our possessions
/ have been extended. our position in the world
/ increased and our opportunity for work ana
usefulness enormously widened through the
fortunes Of and the Valor Of our soldiers
and sailors
DISPOsING OF a GHOST STORY
Being in this desperate need of argument, II
is not strange that they should have recourse to
Action. An attempt is made in the ohio Demo
cratic platform to excite the prejudice or GER
tain classes Of voters against the present ADMIN
stratlon by accusing II Of an alliance win
England The people who make this charge
know it to he untrue, their making it is an in
suit to th intelligence of those whose votes they
seek by this gross Misrepresentation. But as
one of their favorite methods Nf campaigning IS
10 invent a fiction too fantastic 10 contradlct
and then to assume it to he true because II mas
not been contradicted. you may permit me 70
take one moment t. dispose or tnlS EnoSL ST'l ~,
| as it refers to the department with when am
There Is no alliance with England, nor with
any other Power under heaven, except thoSp
| known and published TO the world, the trealleS
| Of ordinary international friendship for pur-
| noses Of business and commerce. No treaty oth'r
! than these exists: none has heen suggested "h
| either side. none is in contemplation. II mas
| rn,er entered into the mind of the President nor
arv member Of the Government 10 torSake.
| under any inducement the wise precept ana
! example ~ the fathers. which forbade en'ah-
! Cling alliances with European powers
FRIENDLY WITH ALL THE WORLD.
need not dwell upon this fact Even the
man who wrote the Ohio platform knows, thert th.r,
is no alliance. But they seek 10 mdke cdPitdI
| in this campaign out Of the undenlahle tact ina
| our relations with England are more HleiluiS
| and satisfactory than they nave ever pcPI ."-
fore II is hard to take such charge serlouSlS
and II II is taken seriously, how can 1t ne treat
| cd with patience? In the name OF common
sense let me ask what is the duty oi the COY
ernmcnt If not to cultivate. Wherever posSI'c'
| hle and profitable relations with olher
| nations? And If with other nations, why ny
| with that great kindred Power Whl'h StaIuS
! among the greatest Powers in the world W What
/ har,, that menace To other countries, is there
! in this natural and benefcent friendship Ohly
/ - narrov and purhlind spirit could see IN II any
/ thing exclusive. II is poor starved near /
! that has room for only one friend -
! II is NOT with England alone that our relations
| are improved We are on better terms man III
the ast with all the nations. win RUSSIA
! our oldtme friend; with the great German I'm I'm
/ ,,iro IN ,bich We are bound 10y SO many ueS'
! with our sister Republic Of France Win l'dN
! Austria and in short. every European every
| Asiatic nation. our relations are growing III III IN
timacy and cordality every year ana "u
friondshIn with our neghbors to the south OF us.
| from the Rio Grande to cape horH' sio"'
! frmer more genuine. day by day.
And why should il not be So fN'I! CIie
/ likes IN be on good terms with the peaceaple
! and tho prosperous especially II theT nos
! ptality Is of that nature that o.hrI P.Gpn P,,5ap,
profit by it; and this Is prfcisely our @ .
! Our trade is taking that vast deVelopineh' III
! which we have been preDarlng through many
| wears Of wise American policy. or sturdy A1helI-
can industry Of thoughtful INVENTION anu ~
| narir,apt bv trained American intelligence. we
| bayo COMO far toward solving the problem when
has 81 long yexrd the econOmists Of the world
| or raising wages and at the same time i1Werlns m
| the cost OF producton-somctnlhG Which ny ilI
| other people have ever accomplished IN an equal
degree We pay the highest wages whlch are
! paid in the world; Sc our goods 10 such au- au-
! vantage that We are beginning To turnlsh 'heti
! To every quarter Of the globe.
WONDERFUL TRADE DENhLoFMtNl l.
We are building locomotives for railways IN
! Europe Asia and Africa; our bridges can pe
~. ~ ,r,orica ferried across the Atlantic,
transported up the Nile and flung across a
river in the Soudan in less time than any Euro,
pean nation. with start ot i"ur 'houSd'i mus. 'i,i ~,
| miles can do the work. We cell iron ware III
birmingham, carpets in Kidderminster' we pipe
The sewers Of scotch cities; our bicycles as
tancc all competitors on the Continent. ONO
| sends watch cases To Geneva
An mis- * 70 the advantage OF all parties
there il no sentiment in II; they buy our wares