New-York tribune., 1900-07-11
SENATOR HOAR REPLIES.
ERVING WINSLOW CENSURED-THE FOR
MTR WILL SUPPORT PRESl-
DENT M'KINLEY-DISTRUST
OF BRYANTSN
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BOSTON Julv 1O-Senator Hoar tonight replies
in a long letter to the attack which Erving
Winslow secretary of the Anti-Imperlahst
League, made upon him this morning for his de-
cision to support the Republican National ticket.
Referring TO the speech which Mr. Hoar oe-
livered at Marshf1ed, a few days ago MT. WINS
low said; 1T is a melancholy fact that your
venerable hand has been the first to be sullied
with the mud singing of the campaign OF l9oo'
but it has done much thank Heaven, to weaken
the effect of your apostasy to the cause of lib
erty." In reply Senator Hoar says
What said in my recent speech at Marshnelo'
both as to the matter of my continued confidence
in the honesty of President Mckinley my Pur-
pose to support him. my belief that the .r'uIph W pm
of Justice, liberty and republlcanlstn ls 10 pe
wrought out, if at all, through the agency OF tie
Republican party, and my total wan. VI nt Coit,-
dence in Mr.. Bryan and the Democratic party
has been said again and again and again
Mr.. Hoar then cited several instances when in
the most public fashion he expressed his conf
dence in the integrity of President Mckinley
the general excellence of his Administration ana
his (the Senators) intention of supporting him.
For instance, to quote:
On April H. 1900 made speech in the Sen,
a te I'm which stated lust what | have just said
in the Marshfeld speech-that there was TO nay
mind no hope in this business except through tle
Republican party; that had no confidence IN
him and were to be his COunsellors
1 spoke of the dishonor of bimetallism, and
gave as my for refusing to support MI
Bryan that when we had the treaty surrey ne
feated he to Washington and induced ms
followers to give 1t the necessary votes therepy
affirming right to purchase that people VINO
are struggling for their own liberty, and to
subjugate them to the will of the American
Congress.
The treaty was the great battle-ground in this
matter If we desired really to defeat imperial
ism and not simply to make polltlcal capltaI
for Ttyv mt Of i
did then. Your expressions of anger and in
dignation against the Senators who voted for
that treaty, whether under Mr.. Bryan's influence
or for any other motive, were quite as pilteI
and indignant your expressions now about
me- Just before my sPeech on april ,o - you
wrote a letter to me expressing your approoa-
tion of my position in way quite as eXtrava-
giant you now write denouncing precisely the
I suppose it would be too much to hope that
you might be an anti-imperialiSt candidate on
an anti-mDerialist platform. which might be.
and ought to be- perhaps simply the Declara-
ton of independence We might make a mag
nifcent fight with such a leader. and the result
would be the coronation of your heroic defence
OF liberty which in any will remain one of
the most splendid events in American history.
HIS SPEECH OF APRIL II.
Now, you knew when you wrote that in
tended 10 support President Mckinley and that
I had declared my continued confidence in him
and my affection for him again and again in
spite of the great difference on this one question
But as | say | repeated this whole thing at
MarshfieId That is hardly more than pa-
ciarism from my speech in the Senate of April
Il, 1900 That speech you caused to be repub-
lished and printed all over the country. In
deed l had a letter from you asking the cost OF
copies Of that speech, and expressing your adm-
ration of Tiny purpose to stand by Mckinley,
my utter want of confidence in Bryan, and all.
Senator Hoar reproduced a letter dated May
2. 1900 in which Mr.. Winslow says:
have always been Republican. and have al
ways admired and respected your position
Your opportunities for public service, magnf-
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by your attitude, but it seems to that the
condition is exactly stated when you say. 1t
may be that I have had to consider whether the
matter was so important as 1t is now.
Senator Hoar continued; !
Personally, I cannot help feeling that if I cast
my vote for him who promises to do right and
against him who has done wrong and promises
to pursue the wrong. a kind Providence will
somehow bless the act.
Forgive me one word which is suggested by the
phrase you use, Not worthy to loose the latchet
Of the shoes of MI Sumner" l say in perfect
good faith and simplicity that. considering all
the circumstances and conditions, no nobler at
titude ever assumed, and no liberators
name, Rienzi, KOssuth, Chatham Wilbertorce,
Washington, Lincoln will stand above your own
in its pages
Mr.. Winslow, YOU are not alone in this mat
ter. received letters after my speech of April
II at the rate. some of the time, of five hundred
a day They came from Jealous imperialists.
They came from lifelong Republicans. They
came from old soldiers of the Civil War. and
they came, some of them-a very great number
in the Army, of them in service in the
Philippine Islands Some of them differed from
as my purpose to support Mr.. Mckinley.
but they all full of cOmmendatiOn, which
would be out of taste FOR to quote. of my
position.
If you think you best help the cause Of
liberty and true repubcanism by voting for
the who for the free coinage of silver
al 1G to 1. by voting for men who are for refus-
ing millions of American citizens suffrage
home. for overthrowing the independence of
the Supreme Court. and for destroying the safe
guards of property and American labor very
well. Go your way and do your duty as you
ii. ] shall dc mine I see II, and I think
l best do II by speaking a Republican
to Republicans; by keeping my right TO speak
a counsellor and associate of the men
who have wrought everything that has been
wrought for liberty in this country since the
treaty of peace in 1888. and not the associate
through the instrumentalities of the party
men who have been ranged for sixty years
on the side of despotisT and oppression, of dis
honor and of low wages.
| agree that I responsible for my own
conduct, and that 1t is responsibility which
other share. But when you attack me
with charge Of apostasy I have the right to
say that neither you nor the leaders OF the
Ant-Imperialist League throughout the country
believed it to be apostasy when they knew that
l purposed to do 1t.
DANFOPTH MEN AGAINST CROKER