Sherman On Annexation

New York, Dec. 3.- The Washington correspondent of the Sun says in regard to the question of the annexation of Canada to the UniteJ States: " Senator Sherman was the flrst American prominent in public life to adopt and declare the beiie that the ultímate destiny o[ the two nations are common and that no other solution can be found for the questlons constantly arislng between them. In the course of an hour's talk, he said: 'My belief in the future common destiny of the two Englishspeaking nations of Amer ca has never wavered. I was led to form it by my failure to flnd a lesa radical remedy for the perennal occasions of serious dispute between the two oouutries. The üsheries troubles and the question of the right of free transit ot American goods over Canadian railroads are types of disputes that have vexed the two nations for a century and will continue to disturb them so long as the present condltlons exist. To get rid of these questions we must get rid of the frontier. '"I studied the proposil for commercial reclprocity only to be convinced that lt waa lllusory and impracticable. Political unión 9 anotuer thing. The advantages it offers are more equal. Canada woulil gain all the advantages that reciprocity promises her. The advíiniaoa of political consolidation with Canada to the United States are not less palpable and obvious. If less ímmediate, they will be even Rreater in the long run. 'The political advantages which would result to th s union are emphasized by the present troubles over the flsheries. railroad transit and canal tolls. These and other occasions of border distute would be removed and the gravest provocativo for dispute and irritation taken out of our diplomatic relations.' M ' The commercial and social ties between tlie two countries,' continued the Senator, ' are very close aDd growing more Intímate very yeftr. Two important points for contemplation are the investment of American capital in Canada and the migration of native Canadians to the United States. It is estimated that at least 1100,000,000 of American money is locked up in Canadian railroads, mines and industrial and commercial enterprises of various kinds. On the other hand the census shows that 1,000,000 persons born in Canada are now living In the United States. There is a growing conyic'ion amongthe thinking people in the Domir ion that the future destiny of Canada Is absorption into the American republic. This strenglhens as one goes westward until it amounts in Manitoba to a clamorous inspiration.' "