The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-29
United States Ambassador Says the
Election of Bryan to the Pres
idency Would BE "a Disgrace.
WOULD IMPERIL BUSINESS
AND BRING DISTRESS To TOILERs
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
He Denounces as n Calumny the State
ment That the Administra-
tion Is Hostile to Germany.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2s.-The German
American Mckinley and Roosevelt League,
Twenty-first Assembly district branch.
held mass-meeting tonight. at which
Arthur Won Briezon read letter from
Andrew d. White, United States minister
to Germany. In his letter Minister White
expressed regret at not being able to at
tend the meeting tonight. saying he was
to sail for Germany on Oct 16. and his
time was wholly taken up. He then ex-
tolled President Mckinley and his policy.
saying:
His defeat and the election of Mr.. Bryan
would not only bring confusion and distress
upon the business interests of the country,
including the interests OF labor, but IL
would disgrace in the eyes of every lover
hearts of reactionaries of every sort, who
see In the success OF republican institu-
tons a menace of their cherished ideas.
'As your meeting is mainly under the di-
rection OF our fellow-citizens of German
birth. may. perhaps. be allowed to say.
that OF all the calumnies ever uttered in a
heated political campaign, one of the most
unjustifiable, in my opinion, is that which
attributes to the present administration
hostile feelings toward Germany. If any
one has had occasion to know the feel
ings of the administration in that respect,
/ can surely claim TO be that person: and
from the beginning of my stay in Germany,
all my instructions from the present ad-
ministration have been TO promote kinciy
feelings between the two countries by
every means in my power. AS result OF
this policy, we have had the settlement OF
various questions left by former admin
istrations to this, for example, the Samoan
question, the insurance question, the reci-
procity feature in the commercial ques-
tion, land the various other matters which
in days gone by aroused some feeling be-
a. -. Il
add that evidence of kind feeling may
also be seen in the personal letter of Pres
ident Mckinley TO the King of Saxony on
his fiftieth anniversary, and the very kindly
treatment of President Harrison by the
present German Emperor, as well as var
ious cordial messages which have passed
by telegraph and otherwise between the
heads of the two countries.
while the commercial and manufactur-
ing rivalry between the two nations has
been and remains continuous and strong
there is no reason why i'll feeling should
exist any more than that IL should ex-
ist between two merchants or manu-
facturers in the same line of business in
either country.
my belief is that the relations between
the two nations are steadily improving and
that the great cause of this Improvement
is the frank and friendly feeling shown
toward Germany by the present admins
tration, which has been cordially recip-
rocated by the present German govern
ment Nor have these friendly relations
Deen ODta1ne0 Dy any SacTluCe OF the rights
or interests of American citizens OF Ger
man birth or descent Never has an ad-
ministration been more watchful over such
rights and interests than has McKinley's."
Mr.. White then reviewed In a general
way the political situation, saying that for
fifty years the German-Americans had
stood by the Republican party and its prin-
ciples, financial and otherwise. and he
could not believe that the Democrats had
now won over these voters TO their side
as has been claimed. In this connection
he writes:
'I believe II calumny TO state that citi-
zens OF German origin who remember vivid
iy the great military establishments OF the
old world, vast standing armies OF hum
dreds OF thousands OF soldiers raised by
the conscription Of abe-bodied men can
be scared from their allegiance to Repub-
lican principles by the fact that the Urited
States finds IL necessary for brief space
OF time 10 add 10 the gallant little regular
army body of $1,000 TO 5000 volunteers
And also believe IL calumny 10 assert
that German Republicans are likely to turn
their backs upon their old party, which
they have so long and vigorously sup
ported, simply because the United States
Is protecting great population OF men.
women and children whom the fortunes
of war has placed under our protection
from murder~and pillagc BY an infamous
banditti"