Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-24
America and Great Britain.

The North Carolina legislature, over
whelmingly democratic in both branches.
yesterday adopted the following resolution:
That the sympathy of the people of
North Carolina is with he family of her
late majesty and with The people of the
British empire In their sorrow at the death
of The great and good Queen Victoria: that
he people of this state extend to his maj
esty, Edward VII, their good wishes. They
hope for him long AMI happy reign, and
they hope that during his reign the ties of
friendship long existing between people
of this republic and Of the mother country
may he multiplied and strengthened, and
that peace, happiness and prosperity may
ever bless the great empire over which it is
his high destiny to reign: that copy of
this resolution be transmitted to his maj
estys plenipotentiary at Washington
This is without doubt sincere deliver
ance. and Is highly honorable to the people
in whose name it was made. 1t expresses
indeed sentiments that prevail all over the
United States. There can be no question
that the wish of the American people Is
that 1.-The ties of friendship long existing
between people of this republic and OF the
mother country may be multiplied and
strengthened Everything supports such
wish-the kinship of language and laws
and the fact that both governments stand
for the greatest measure of civil and relig
ious liberty known on the globe Their own
interests. no less than the interests of all
mankind. demand that they should remain
united in strong bonds of sympathy and
friendship.
And yet it was but recently that the peo-
pie Were asked to rebuke the national adj
ministration for its efforts to multiply and
strengthen our ties of friendship with Great
Britain. The whole vocabulary Of Anglo
phobia was drawn upon 10 denounce the
policy pursued. The simplest plainest ad-
vances and responses on the part of both
governments TO keep in friendly touch with
each other were interpreted for partisan
purposes to discredit the President and his
advisers. Ii was charged that a hard and
fast compact existed between the two gov
ernments. in violation Of all our traditions
and to the endangering Of all our interests
whereby Great Britain had It in her power
10 drag uS into any or all Of her own COM
plications. And the vote of North Carolina
at the November election was given in sup
port of this charge. and for the candidate
for President who was hoping TO benefit by
II. and whose success al the polls was to be
followed by an open affrOnt to Great Brit
ain in the matter OF the South African war.
And thus we have another illustra ton Of
how hollow and insincere that campaign
was. Great numbers of men voted for Mr.
Bryan VINO were bitterly and unalterably
opposed 10 the free coinage of silver. 9th
ers In as great numbers were as bitterly
and unalterably opposed to the general
tenor of the Kansas CITY platform and yet
voted for Mr.. Bryan. And now we are get
ting the proof from all over the country
that the crusade of men like Mr.. Lentz and
Mr.. Sulzer on the subject of "a secret al
lance with England was little to the
stomach OF hundreds of thousands OF voters
who yet. caught in the net of party ma
neuvering. seemed to support 1t.