| Show DARN EGI E GIVES HIS OPINION Says th President Pr Was Right and His Party Was Wrong OF TI ClUSES froth tile lie is II Opposed to lice lite tuh to New York Feb Carnegie has written the thO following Itter to a prominent In Washington n a strong of at the President As Alone one looks over the situation he heIs heIs Is impressed soo b by the fact that the Ires Irel blent has been boen right at the Oral first upOn each ench of oC the three vital stages In the tte drama lie was PS right In del delay In declaring war against Spain when he was alured that Canadian home rule nile horn home rule In Cuba of oC th Canadian ty type was waB In r ch Members of at his own In Congress Congre were Yere I wrong when they the failed to support the I anti and under a gust of oC passion declared war to his advice In the second important crIll crisis Is our leader was also olto right It at first anti showed showell the highest wisdom The PhIlIppines were vere not to bu de the box to be 00 left lett fur Cur Spain to struggle with Again In regard to Puerto lie he hehu hu has been blen right from corn the very nry start The constitutional issue would have hae been avoided and all gone well ell had haIJ he helleen heIteen lleen Iteen loyally loyall supported In Congress lie Ito showed rare iare seeing eln tt It OUr duty to eXtend to that island laland tIme the right assured allured to alt other oIlier parts of at atthe the country tz Iz the Inestimable Ings or of free Cree exchange of oC products When such prominent and loyal loal party In Congress as McCall Powers and othe others declare that thE they cannot vote ote for an any tariff against Puerto meo filco b because ause stint be unconstitutional a halt hall has hal to be called To the votes otell of oC such b by DemOcratic votes means serious trouble for Cor the party Jt It should not be thought of oC It Il Is to be hoped that the parts part leaders leaden In Congress will conclude to the and give Puerto Its constitutional right ot of free exchange Thus In each of oC three thrle crises which have arisen We le tin the President differs from Philip who began drunk and only ended sober ober The President begins riGht and the party will do well vell to note that fact and hereafter tallow follow lila his first advice Our party part In Congress has been wron wrong In opposing the first decision and the President has been wrong In being so easily frightened by threatened o opposition The result of this let us UI hope Is to be that Congress will be more mora Inclined to Coli follow ow the judgment hereafter as first delivered and the President seeing what evil results attend congressional opposition 1111 resolve to stand stam more firmly for Cor what he sees to be right anti true policy I 1 cannot understand how IL a Republican lI administration could alien aban abandon don th the position hitherto by the party that the treaty had become nonexistent The proposed trent treaty even It if defeated os as It surely Is 11 Isto to be will leave leae serious mischief be behind hind since It has recognized time tho Cia Clay Ireat and given it something some thin thing like life lite My ty View Is that Britain should noW be asked to reco recognize once for Cor nil all that no canal will be built buill which Is not to tobe tobe be controlled d by this RepublIc as S It pleases In or var that while we recognize and Ind will respect the rights right possessed b by foreign lowers upon this continent we will press pross by ever every legitt mate means for steadily lessening them until not I a remains and that under no conditions will an any new pow power er or em right ot of Influence ever be per ter miLled This according to m my Mea idea Is I true Americanism and amid I should rather solid ICy American l ower Upon American soil soli by the foot Coot than acquire illusory pOSt pos possessions sessions on another continent by the tho hundreds of oC miles In the me case we have substance In the other ani only shadow bringing grave grae dangers with It J 1 am inclined to agree with you ou that thatto to time the treaty Is to commit political 1011 tI tal suicide for the tho campaign Yours trul truly one who has never voted anything but time the RepublIcan ticket and who hopes hope he ma never be compelled to do so 10 Signed ANDREW CARNEGIE |
