New-York tribune., 1900-07-16
THE GREAT PROSPERITY IN THE WEST.
DIR. MACARTHUR SAYS HE FOUND MUCH
ENTHUSIASM FOR EXPANSION

The Rev Dr. R s. Macarthur pastor Of Calvary
Raptist Church returned yesterday from lectur-
ing tour of the summer schools and Chautauqua
Assem- bIes of Kansas, Missouri and Iowa He was
greatly impressed by the prosperity he found every
where and by the almost universal sentiment
AGAINST the anti-expansion plank Of the Demo-
cratic platform Incidentally he present at the
Kansas city Convention which nominated Bryan
Speaking Of conditions in the West he said:
EVERYWHERE in the West and especially in Kan
fourishing. Employment is general and prosperity
abundant that IT is difficult laborers to
harvest them Never have found farmers more in
OF my own knowledge I know that expansion is
9P1dar S1d on the ES sbeet b SPOKE on expansion in
Kansas. Missouri and Iowa l do not suppose that
ncents but I not exaggerating when say that
ag ge83eht ever rece%ed m NeWYork city
The fact IS that there is expansion sentiment
IN some parts of the West and Southwest than
there is in the East Expansion has been the char
fo9iiIg II he coyern1enI The obiectons made
by Josiah Quincy and others Of his time have
on that subject and when I added that the OBJ
iections Of today would excite equal laughter In
generous applansse shall be very much surprised
versed IN the approaching election.
DR.. Macarthur was much impressed by the evil
dence Of MI Bryan's personal domination of the
Democratic Convention. and declared that great
er Illustration ever made Of imperial imperial
Another characteristic OF the Convention which
surprised and interested the wall of woe of
which every speech chiefly consisted. Attendance
for few hours was depressing in the extreme. Ac-
cordng 10 the burden of the speeches. there is
httle hope Of perpetUating the Republic. Indeed
there is no hope OF doing except that the Demo-
cratic party be intrusted with the management of
the country s affairs. Judging by the speeches. an
untnformed listener might have supposed that
Spain had been victorious in the recent war and
great section Of our country had been captured
by the enemy.
II seemed to me that the Convention and the
Platform oveFreached themselves in the encourage
Enent given directly and indirectly to the FfIpnos
and TO the Beers. The platform ma kers forgot that
there are great many loyal Americans in this
country and that there are many voting citizens of
British birth who are not the enemies of Great
Britain.
Another characteristic Of the Convention was the
curiosity 10 see Mr.. Croker and the Tammany dele
CATION sat in front Of one man who hearing that
l was from New-Hork inquired If Mr. Tammany
was himself with the New-YOrk delegates He said
he had longed TO see Mr.. Tammany, and once had
almost made up his mind go New-York for
that purpose, Not little fun was poked al Mr.
Croker by Of the local papers. He was quoted
by a reporter OF a Western paper as having de-
bned imperialism the desire on the part OF the
Republican Administration 10 XIII all people who
otd not speak English. Perhaps knowledge of his
own method Of speaking English has led Mr.
Croker 10 be an anti-imperialist IN self defence