The Daily Missoulian., 1910-12-13


campaign just ended. The conserva-
tives-mark well the word--solemnly
told the peop,e of England that
American millionaires had contributed
their corrupt coin to the Golfers of the
wicked Irish natiOnalists in order that
John Redmond might rule the British
nation. The American dollar bogie was
not the exclusive property of the ir
responsible street-corner orator. 1t
sometime premier of the British cab
met and the universally accepted
leader of the conservative party. Mr..
Balfour pointed out that whereas 1t
was wicked for Parnell to attempt to
influence English elections by the
money collected in driblets from the
poor Irish of America, three decades
ago. it was infinitely more wicked
now that John Redmond, "the black
angel of this political DRAMA" had got
himself financed by the outrageously
corrupt millionaires of the United
States, whose only aim and purpose
was to overthrow and destroy the
English nation.
The tory party in England appar-
emily cannot conduct campaign
without bogieman. Last January it
was the German war scare, in Decem-
ber it is the American dollar. There
Is, In very truth, most excellent rea-
son for this. tory, and this is not
limited In application to an English
tory, is devoted to the status quo. He
believes In things as they are. He
wants to let we'll enough alone. He
subscribes to the doctrine of lassez
faire. He is usually perfectly content
with the present, looking with fond
and almost regretful recollection to
the good old times of the past and
contemplating with fear and trem-
bling the dangers and the pitfalls of
the future. radical, and this is not
limited in application only to British
radicals. has few regrets for the past.
and is generally complaining of the
present, confident that only the flu
ture is able to cure his ills and all
ments.
Therefore, when change Is sug-
gested. or is made possible. your tory.
fearing the future, naturally seeks to
frighten the people by depicting the
horrors and the dangers of any in
temerence with the condition of things.
Your radical, on the other hand,
paints glowing pictures of what the
change will do for men, and often
uses colors utterly impossible OF reali-
zation. And hence tory politics In its
worst aspect gives rise to senseless
bogies. and radical politics in its most
shameful depths breeds the dema-
gogues.
1t Is, perhaps. curious that Mr.. Bal
four, tory of tories. and states
man of ability, should in. one CAM
paign shake the bogie of American
dollars before the peoples eyes, and at
the same time declare for q direct
referendum.
In England, as a matter Of course,
the radicals had to tear down the
tory bogies with as much earnestness
and solemnity as they were accorded
by the opposition. In the first month
Of 1910 the German war scare had SO
so much real truth in it that it was
in fact quite difficult for the liberals
to pooh-pooh 1t as mere bogie. In
fact, they had to admit the gravity of
the situation and to claim that they
were quite willing and as able as the
opposition to take care of British in
terests in the face of the Teutonic
menace.
but not so with the American dol
lar. One of the first things discovered
Hn%
funds John Redmond had collected on
the American side of the Atlantic
was subscribed in Canada, and that
Sir Wilfred Laurier, prime minister
of the loyal dominion, had headed the
list of Canadian subscriptions, When
setting up their argument for pro-
tective tariff with colonial preference
the conservative orators had referred
to the Canadians as their loyal kith
and kin. Now they We're, by infer
ence, denouncing them as corrupt enc
mics of the constitution and the king
That was not all. Mr.. Lloyd-George,
with some impertinence and a great
deal more pertinence. "asked to know
since when the noble families Of Eng
land had learned to despise American
dollars. He pointed out that many "a
noble house of the ancient realm was
propped and buttressed by American
dollars-dollars from the vaults OF
American millionaires carried across
the water when an American heiress
married an English noble. One noble
duke whose divorced wife was the
daughter of a great New York mil
lionaire, and whose money is still the
dukes. complained that Mr.. Lloyd
George had insulted the nobility OF
England by asking that question.
Mr. Winston Churchill. whose moth
err was an American, and whose father
was of the house of Marlborough
asked what about Mr.. Waldorf Astor
the son of an expatriated American
millionaire whose revenues are daily
and hourly enhanced from the profit
able operation of New York hotels
and restaurants. Mr.. Waldorf Astol
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