Sunday morning globe., 1901-09-29

I ANh"NA p " NbAAlnANt
interviewing Statesmen and the inde-
prudent Press.
During the troubled and troublous
times intervening between the attack
upon President Mckinley and his
much to be regretted death, one Of our
contemporaries found time to inter.
view a visiting statesman upon the po-
litical situation. Political papers were
silent in politics, but the paper to
which we allude is independent So
called Its independence, however,
never leans in the direction of Democ-
racy, or even fairness.
But to the interview 1t was with
a gentleman who now fills, or attempts
to fill, the place Of the late Zebalon
Vance, Of North Carolina 1t is true,
he don't iii it, and he makes but a
sorry appearance in contrast with that
great statesman.
In his interview, however, he took a
very rosy view OF the political situa-
tion in his own State and said, in sub
stance, that the sound money portion
Of the Republican party and recipro-
city was attracting all the intelligent
business men in that section to the
party in power.
II some people had not long memo
ries this would be refreshing news,
but when it is remembered that the
aforesaid Senator avowed himself to
be an advocate Of free coinage Of silver
at l6 to 1, and actually voted for such
bill, much Of his talk about sound
money loses its point. NO man knows
better than he that IL he had at the
time he made a bargain with the Pop
ullsts, declared himself in favor Of
single gold standard he could not have
gotten a single Popuist vote in the
legislature and would have been left at
home. Having. however, by catering
to Populistic principles and to dissatis-
fed Democrats he succeeded in being
elected Senator, he now glibly talks
about sound money as II he had al
ways favored it, and as If he actually
understood it. His memory is not long,
or. II it is, he believes the memory Of
his constituents is short He endeav-
ors, therefore, through the columns Of
the independent" paper OF Washing.
ton to unbosom himself and thereby
attain a little notoriety.
As to his talk about reciprocity. It is
the merest twaddle. 1t is amusing to
hear such shallow.pated expounders
talk Of reciprocity. Free trade they
are mortally afraid Of. Reciprocity
they hug closely to their bosoms, and
try and play upon the credulity Of
their people. In other words. they pre-
sumo upon the ignorance OF those who
listen to them Reciprocity is free
trade, pure and simple in spots. It is
nothing more, nothing less, and when
learned writer's endeayor to show there
is a wide difference between it and
free trade they betray their own ig-
norance.
Il is Democratic ground, with this
difference: Democrats-the majority of
them-believe in tariff for revenue
only, which Federalists, Wings and
Republicans have always called free
trade. Reciprocity, as It is expected
to be employed by Republicans, cares
nothing for revenue only that by such
free trade special interests will be ia.
vored Therefore, the cry is protection
and reciprocity 90 hand in hand.
But they will not 90 hand In hand
long. The blessings Of free trade, II
practiced under the name of recipro-
city will soon become manifest, and
protection for the benefit Of favored
interests will go. Therefore, Repub.
licans are bending for themselves a
dangerous tool They are coming un-
Willingly, slowly but surely, to the
Democratic position, and some OF their
statesmen are recognizing II.
We have been moved to these re-
marks by the interview which we have
referred to and by the tone Of the Re
publican press, which stands aghast
and with horror at the words free
trade" and roll the word reciprocity
under their tongues as a sweet morsel.
We would fain repeat
'Tis strange such difference there
should be
'Twixt tweedle dunn and tweedle dee"
Evans IncOBsistcncy.