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THE AMERICAN SENATOR THURSTON'S CUBAN SPEEECH. His Impassioned Appeal to Stop Desolation in Cuba-Calls for Force of Arms Sufficient to Sweep Away Spanish Tyranny. ' There has never been a more Unprea tve speech delivered la the United faatea eo-ate than that la which Sena tar Thurston of Nebraska told what be had seen ia Cuba. 8-uator Thurston aid: Ma. Pm-MPnirr I am bare by ootn Bkaad of silent lips to speak oooe aad for all upon the Cuban situation. I treat that no one haa expected anything aaeaational from me. God forbid tbat the bitterness of a personal loss should ladooe me to oolor in the slightest de gree the statement that I feel It my daty to make. I shall endeavor to be honest, conserv ative and just. I have no purpose to stir the public passion to any action not suns rj and imperative to meet the d atlas and necessities of Amerioan re ponsibillty, Christian humanity and national honor. I would shirk this tsak If I oould, but I dare not I cannot sat iety my oonsoienoe except by speaking, aad speaking now. Some three wetks sinoa three sen store aad two representatives in oongreas ao aepted the invitation of a great metro- Citan newspaper to make a trip to ba and personally investigate and re port upon the situation there. Oar Invitation was from a newspaper Whose politioal teachings I have never tailed to antagonise and denounoe and whose Journalism I hare ooneidered de jWwi.'j sensational. But lei ma say, for tbe credit of the proprietor of the paper in question, that I believe the invitation extended to as jraa inspired by his patriotio desire to hate the aotual oxadition of affairs ia Cuba brought to tbe attention of tbe Amerioan people in such a way tbat tbe facts would no longer remain in contro versy or dispute. We were not asked In any way to be come the representatives of the paper; no conditions or restrictions were im . posed upon as; we were left free to conduct the investigation in oar own way; make our own plans, pursue our wn methods, take our own time and decide for ourselves upon the best man ner of laying tbe result of our labors afore the Amerioan people. For myself, I went to Cuba firmly be lieving that the condition of affairs there bad been greatly exaggerated by the press, and my own efforts were di rected in tbe first instance to the at tempted exposure of these supposed ex aggerations. Jar. President, there has undoubtedly keen much sensationalism in tbe jour ealism of tbe time, but as to the condi tion of affairs in Cuba there has been no exaggeration, because exaggeration has been impossible. I bave read tbe careful statement of tbe junior senator from Vermont Mr. Proctor, and I find .that be has anticipated me in almost Ivory detail. From my own personal knowledge of the situation, I adopt ev ery word of bis concise, conservative, epeoMta presentation as my own nay, ore. I an convinced tbat be has, in a seartre, understated tbe facta. Cab ia Lol to Bp-la. After three years of warfare and the as of 8)5,000 Spanish troops Spain haa lost control of every foot of Cuba not surrounded by an actual intrench Bent and protected by a fortified picket line. She holds possession with her armies of the fortified seaboard towns, not be cause tbe insurgents could not capture many of them, but because tbey are un der the virtual protection of Spanish Warships, with which tbe revolutionists cannot cope. In tbe four so called Spanish provinces there is neither cultivation nor railway operation except under strong Spanish military protection or by concent of the revolutionists in consideration of tribute paid. The revolutionists are in absolute and almost peaoeful possession of nearly oae-b-lf of the island, including the eastern provinces of Santiago de Cuba and Puerto Principe. In those provinces they bave an established form of gov ernment, levy and collect taxes, main tain armies, and generally levy a tax of tribute upon tbe principal plantations . In the other provinces, and, as is com monly believed, upon the entire railway system of the island. Under the inhuman policy of Weyler not less than 400,000 self supporting, simple, peaceable, defenseless oonntry people were driven from tbeir homes in the agricultural portions of the Spanish provinces to the cities, and imprisoned apon tbe barren waste outside the resi dence portions of these cities and with in the lines of intrenchment established a little way beyond. Their humble homes were burned, their fields laid waste, their implements at husbandry destroyed, their live stock and food supplies for the most part oon ftsoated. Most of these people were old -ten, women and children. They were thus placed in hopeless imprisonment, without shelter or food. There was no work for them in the cities to which they were driven. Tbey were left there with nothing to depend -pon except the scanty charity of the Inhabitants of the cities and with alow etarvation their inevitable fata. ReTolatlonUU Caeon QMre . . 1 It is conoeded upon the best ascer tainable authority, and those who bave had aucess to the publio reoords do not hesitate to state, tbat upward of 910, 000 of these people have already perish ed, all from starvation or front dlnaiis Incident to starvation. Spain cannot pal aa and to the exist ing condition. She cannot conquer the insurgents. She oaaaot re-astabliah her sovereignty over any considerable por tion of the Interior of the Island. Tbe revolutionist-, while able to maintain them selves, cannot drive the Spanish army from the fortified seaooast towns. The situation, then, ia not war as we understand it, bot a ebaoa of devasta tion and depopulation of undefined dura tion whose end no man oaa see. There has bean bo amelioration of the situation except through tbe oharlty of the people of the United States, There haa been no diminution in tbe death rate among these reooooen trados except as tbe death supply is constantly dimin ished. There ia no relief and no hope exoept through the continued charity of the Amerioan people until peace haa been fully restored In the island and until a humane government bas restored these people to tbeir homes and haa provided for them anew the means with which to begin again tbe cultivation of thesolL Aa an instanoa of the discipline among Spanish I cite the fact that I bought the machete of a Spanish soldier on duty at the wharf in Matansas, on bis offer, for $3 in Spanish silver. Me also seemed desirous of selling me his only remaining arm, a revolver. The pictures in the American news papers of the starving reoonoentradoa arc true. They oaa all be duplicated by the thousands. I never saw, and please Ood I may never again see, so deplore ble a tight aa the reoonoentradoa in tbe suburbs of Matanias. loan never forgot to my dying day the hopeless anguish in their despairing eyea. Huddled about their little bark huts, they rsised no voioe of appeal to aa for alma aa we Went among them. ror Ska tTnltoa at-tea to Anawe. The government of Spain has not and will not appropriate one dollar to save these people. They are now being at tended and nursed and administered to by tbe charity of the United States. Think of the spectaole I We are feeding these citizens of Spain ; we are nursing tbeir sick ; we arc saving such as can be saved, and yet there are those who still say it is right for us to send fond, but we must keep our bands off. I say tbat the time has come when muskets ought to go with tbe food. We asked tbe governor if he knew of any relief for these people except through tbe charity of the United States. Ho did not. We then asked him, "Can you see any end to this con dition of affairs?" He oould not. We asked him, "When do yon think the time will oome tbat these people can be placed in a position of self support?" lie replied to ns, with deep feeling, "Only the good God or tbe great gov ernment of the United States oan an swer that question." I hope and believe tbat tbe good Ood by tbe great govern ment of tbe United States will answer that question. I will cite but a few facta thai cam under tny personal observation, all tend ing to fully substantiate the absolute truth of the foregoing propositions. I oould detail incidents by the hour and by the day, but tbe senator from Ver mont bas absolutely oovered tbe case. I have no desire to deal in horrors. If I had my way, I would shield the Ameri oan publio even from the photographio reproductions of tbe awful soenes tbat I Viewed in all tbeir original gbastllness. Sp-ln'a Doelro tod Army. Spain has sent to Cuba more than 985,000 soldiers to subdue the island, whose entire male population capable of bearing arms did not exceed at tbe be ginning tbat number. These soldiers were mostly boys, conscripts from the Spanish hills. They are well armed, but otherwise seem to be absolutely unpro vided for. Tbey bave been without tents and practically without any of tbe neo essary supplies and equipment for serv ice In the field. They bave been put in I barracks, in warehouses and old build ings in tbe cities where all sanitary surroundings have been of tbe worst possible charaoter. They bave seen but little discipline, and I could not ascer tain that such a thing as a drill had taken place in tbe island. There are less than 60,000 now avail able for duty. Tbe balance are dead or sick in hospitals, or have been sent back to Spain as incapacitated for further eervioe. It ia currently stated tbat there are now 87,000 sick in hospitals. I do not believe that tbe entire Spanish army in Cuba could stand an engagement in tbe open field against 80,000 well dis ciplined Amerioan soldiers. I shall refer to these horrible things no further. They are there. Ood pity me; I have seen them; they will re main in my mind forever and this is almost the twentieth century. Christ died 1,000 years ago, and Spain ia a Christian nation. She has set ap more crosses in more lands, beneath more skies aad under tbam haa butchered more people than all the other nations of the earth ootabined. Europe may tolerate her existence as long aa tbe people of the old world wish. Ood grant that before another Christmas morning the last vestige of Spanish tyranny and oppression will have vanished from the western hemi sphere 1 SUvmoa'a Awfal Work. There waa almost no begging by the reoonoentradoa themselves. The streets af the olties arc full of beggars of all agas and all oondi lions, but tbey are al ajoet wholly of the residents of the cit- Ice and largely of tbe ara,ca'a-al beg gar clw The lecooosatredoe-- moo, worn- end ohildrta atead silent, fact tshiog with hunger. Tbeir only appeal eotnae from their aad eyes, through which one looks m through an oeee Window into tbeir agonising aoola. Tbe present Autooomiit governor of Matanaaa, who speaks excellent Eng lish, wm inaugurated in November laat. Ilia records diaoloaa thai at the city of Metaot-a there war 1,900 deaths ia November, 1.100 la December, 700 ia January and 600 ia February, 8,000 la four months, and thoaa four months un der the administration of a governor whom I believe to be a truly bomana man. He stated to me that on the day of bia inauguration, which I think was the lith of last November, to his per sonal knowledge 15 persons died in the pnblio square in front of the eiecntive mansion. Think of It, O my country men I fifteen human beings dying from starvation in the pnblio square, in the shade of the palm trees and amid the beautiful flowers, in aigbt of the opea windows of the exeoative niauaion I The governor of Matanaaa told ns tbat for the most part the people of the city of Matanias bad done all tbey oould for the recouoentrados, and after study ing the situation over I believe bis state ment la tree. lie said the condition of affairs in the island bad destroyed the trade, tbe commerce and the busioess of tbe city ; tbat most of tbe people who bad tbe means assisted tbereoonoentra dos with food just as long as they could, bnt be said to ns that there were thou sands of the people living In fine bouses, with marble flours, who were in deep need themselves and who did not know from one day to tbe other where their food supply was coming from. Tim Fol Aotloa Baa Coma. I oonnseled silenoa and moderation from this floor when the passion of the nation seemed at white heat over tbe destruction of the Maine, but it seems to me tbe time for action has now come. gKHATOR THURSTON DELIVERING HI3 CUB AX SPEECH. ft.- ' Not action in the Maine case I I bope and trust tbat this government will take action on the Cuban situation entirely outside of the Maine case. When the Maine report is received, if It be found that our ship and sailors were blown up by some outside explo sive we will have ample reparation without quibble or delay, and if the ex plosion can be traoed to Spanish official sources there will be such a swift and terrible punishment adjudged as will remain a warning to the worfd forever. Mr. President, the distinguished sen ator from Vermont haa seen all these things, be knows all these things, ho has described all these things, but after describing them he says he has nothing to propose, no remedy to suggest. I bave. I am only a humble unit in the great government of the United States, but I should foel myself a traitor did I remain silent now. It is too late to talk about resolutions according belligerent rights, and mere resolutions recognizing the independ ence of tbe Cuban republio would avail but little. Our platform demands tbat the United States shall actively use its Influence for the independence of the is land. It was the plain duty of the president of the United States to give to the Lib eral ministry of Spain a reasonable time in which to teat its proposed autonomy. Tbat time has been given. Autonomy ia eonoeded the wide world over to be a aonspiouous failure. The aituation in Cuba has only banged for the worse. Segasta ia pow erless; Blanoo is powerless to put an end to the conflict, to rehabilitate the Island, or to relieve the suffering, starva tion and distress. What shall tbe United States do, Mr. President? "Tbe government of Spain, having lost oontrol of Cuba, and being unable to protect the property or Uvea of resi dent Amerioan citizens, or to oomply with its treaty obligations, we believe tbat the government of the United Btatca should actively nse its influence and good offioes to restore peace and give independence to the island." I am a Republican, and I turn to tbe last platform of my party and I read : "From the bour of achieving their jwn independence the people of the j United States have regarded with ayav pa thy the straggles of other Amerioaa peoples to free themselves freta Ea ropaaa domination. We watch with deep and abiding ia Ureal the heroic battle of tbe Cuban patriots against I cruelty and oppression, and oar best hopes go ont for the full scoot of their determined ooateat for liberty." Caba Mast Bo Trv. Mr. President, when that declaration was read before the St Louis conven tion, over which I had the distinguish- ! ed honor to preside, it was greeted with a mighty about which seemed to lift the ' very roof of that great contention ball, I and it was adopted as part of tbe plat form of tbe Republican party by unani mous vote. On the 19th of June, IbitS, William McKinley. standing open his vine clad porch at Canton, O., in ac cepting tbe nomination then officially tendered him, aaid: "Tbe platform adopted by tbe Repub lican national oonvention has received my careful consideration and haa my unqualified approval. It is a matter of gratification to me, as I am sure it must be to you and Republicans everywhere and to all our people, that tbe expres sions of its declaration of principles are so direct, olear and emphatic. They are too plain and positive to leave any ohauoe for doubt or question as to their purport and meaning." Tbe platform of the Republican par ty, tbat indorsement by its nominee for president, was ratified by more than 7,000,000 Amerioan voters. Tbat plat form has marked my path of duty from tbe hour of its adoption ap to the pres ent time. It is an honored boast of the Repub lican party that it always keeps its promises and tbat its platform declara tions are always carried out by its ad ministrations. I have no reason to doubt, I bave every reason to believe, tbat the present chief magistrate of the United States still stands upon the plat form of tbe Republican party. I have no reason to doubt, I bave every reason to believe, that be will make its fulfill ment a part of the glorious history of the world. Mr. President, that platform waa adopted almost two years ago. Haa there been any such change in the Cu ban situation as to relieve the Republic an party from its obligations? None whatever. There has been no change ex oept such as to strengthen tbe force of our platform assertion that Spain haa lost control of the island. Twice within the last two years I bave voted for a resolution according the rights of bel ligerents to the Cuban revolutionist Armed Intervention ee rj. I believed at those times, I still be lieve, that such a recognition on our part would have enabled tbe Cuban pa triots to bave achieved independence for themselves ; tbat it would bave given tbem such a standing in the money markets of the world, such rights on the sea, such flag on the land, that ere this the independence of Cuba would bave been secured, and tbat without cost or loss of blood or treasure to tbe people of the United State- Rut that time has passed. Tbe president further advised ns: "The government haa never in any way abrogated its sovereign prerogative of reserving to itself the determination of Its policy and course according to its own high sense of right and in conso nance with the dearest interests and con viotions of our owe people should the prolongation of the strife so demand." This was tbe proper, the statesman like beginning of tbe performance of the promise of tbe Republican platform. It waa in accordance with the diplo matic usages and customs of oiviliaed nations. In the meantime the whole aituation apparently changed. In Spain tbe Liberal ministry ef Sagasta noosed ad tbat of Ganovas. The oruel and inhu man Weyler was recalled and succeeded by tbe humane Blanoo, who, under the Bagasta ministry, has nnqueetionably made every effort to bring about peace In the island of Cuba under the promise it autonomy undoubtedly a decided tdvanoe beyond any proposition ever be fore made for the participation of the Cubans in tbeir own domestio affairs. Mr. President, there ia only one ac tion possible, if any is taken that la, Intervention far Us ladepo-daaocef the Island; intervention that means the landing of aa American army on Cabas coil, tbe deploying of an Amerioaa fleet off the harbor of Havana; intervention which says to Spein, Leave tbe island, withdraw your soldiers, leave the Ca bana, these brothers of oars ia the new world, to form and carry on government fur themselves) Pr-1M Ho Unf Ttitt-w Such intervention on our part woald aot of itself be war. It would undoubt edly lead to war. But if war came It would oome by aot of Spain in resist ance of tbe liberty and independence of tbe Cuban people. Mr. President, there waa a time when "jingoism" waa abroad in tbe land, when esnaationallsm prevailed and wben there was a distinct effort to in flame tbe passions and prejudices of the American people and precipitate a war with Spain. That time has passed away. "Jingoism" ia long since dead. Tbe Amerioan people bave waited and waited and waited in patience yea, in patience and oonfldenoe, oonfldenoe in tbe belief tbat decisive action would be taken in due season and in a proper way I Today all over this land tbe ap peal comes up to us. It reaches as from every section and from every class. That appeal ia now for action. In an interview of yesterday the aen ior senator from Maine Mr. Hale ia re ported as saying: "Events have crowded on too rapidly, and tbe president has been carried off bit feet" I know of no warrant for suoh an as sertion, but I do know this that unless oongress acts promptly, meeting this grave crisis as it should be met, we will be swept away, and we ought to be swept away, by tbe tidal wave of Amer ican indignation. Tbe president haa not been carried off his feet The administration haa been doing its whole duty. With rare foresight and statesmanship it has hastened to make every possible preparation for any emer gency. The Bight of Mich Mr. President, there are thoae wbo ay that tbe affairs of Cuba are not tbe affairs of tbe United States, wbo insist tbat we can stand idly by and see tbat island devastated and depopulated, its business interests destroyed, its commer cial intercourse with us out off, its peo ple starved, degraded and enslaved. It may be the naked legal right of the United States to Btand thus idly by. I have the right to pase along the street and see a helpless dog stamped into the earth under the heels of a ruf fian. I can pass by and say that is not my dog. I can ait in my comfortable parlor with my loved ones gathered about nie and through my plate glass window see a fiend outraging a helpless woman near by, and I can legally say this is no affair of mine it is not hap pening on my premises and I can turn away and take my little ones in my arms and, with the memory of their Bainted mother in my heart, look up to the motto on the wall and read, "Ood bless our borne 1" But if I do I am a coward and a cur, unfit to live, and, God knows, unfit to die. And yet I cannot protect the dog nor save the woman without the exer cise of force. We cannot intervene and save Cuba without tbe exercise of force, and force means war; war means blood. The low ly Nazareue on the shores of Galilee preached tbe divine doctrine of love, "Peace on earth, good will toward men." Not peace on earth at the ex pense of liberty and humanity. Not good will toward men who despoil, en slave, degrade and starve to death their fellow men. I believe in the doctrine of Christ I believe in the doctrine of peace, but Mr. President men must have liberty before there can oome abid ing peace. A Leaeoa In Patriotism. Mr. President, against the interven tion of tbe United States in this holy canoe there ia but one voice of dissent; tbat voice is tbe voice of the money changers. They fear war 1 Not because of any Christian or ennobling sentiment against war and in favor of peace, but because they fear tbat a declaration of war, or the intervention which might result in war, would have a depressing effect upon the stock market Mr. President I do not read my duty from the ticker; I do not accept my lessons in patriotism from Wall street I deprecate war. I hope and pray for the speedy coming of the time wben tbe sword of the soldier will no longer leap from its scabbard to aettle disputes be tween civilized nations. But, Mr. Presi dent it is evident, looking at tbe cold facts, tbat a war with Spain would not permanently depreciate the value of a single American stock or bond. Let them go; what one man loses at the gambling table bia fellow gambler wins. It is no oonoern of yours, it is no concern of mine, whether tbe "bulls" or the "bears" have the best of these stock deals. They do not represent American sentiment; they do not repre sent American patriotism. Let tbem take their chances as they oan. Their weal or woe is of but little importance to the liberty loving people of the Unit ad States. Let the men whose loyalty ia to the dollar stand aside while the men whose loyalty ia to tbe flag oome to tbe front There are some wbo lift their voices in the land and in the open light of day insist that the Republican party will not aot, for they aay it sold out to the capitalists and the money changers at the last national election. It ia not aa Ood forbid! The 7,000, 000 freemen who voted tor the Repub lican party and for William MoEinley Aid not mortgage tbe honor of tbia na tion for a campaign fund, and if the time ever comes when the Republican party hesitates in its course of duty bet-use of any undue anxiety for tbe wel fare of the accumulated wealth of the nation then let tbe Republican party be swept from the faoe of tbe earth and be succeeded by some other party, by whatever name it may be called, which will represent the patrioei-, the eo eaty, the loyalty and the devotion that tbe Bepablioan party exhibited aader Abraham Llnoola in 1881. Intervention means force Force anaaae war. War means blood. But it will be God's force. When baa a battle for he inanity and liberty ever been won en cept by force? What barricade of wrong, injostioe and oppression has ever bean carried except by force? titw r le fiata-h Force compelled tbe signature of e willing royalty to the great Magaa Cbarta; force put life into the Declara tion of Independence and made effective the emancipation proclamation; force beat with naked bands apon the iron. gateway of the Bastile and made re prisal ia one awful hoar for oentariaa" of kingly crime; force waved the fla. of revolution over Bunker Hill and. marked the snows of Valley Forge with blood stained feet; force held tbe broken line at Shiloh, climbed the flame awept hill at Chattanooga and stormed the clouds on Lookout heights; force march ed with Sherman to the sea, rode with Sheridan in the valley or uc tsnenaa doah and gave Grant victory at Appo mattox; force aaved the Union, kept the atara in the flag, made "niggers" men. Tbe time for Ood'a force haa oome again. Let tba impassioned lipa of American patriota once more take ap thaaong: J la the beauty of the lilies tihriat was borne ocroas the ase. With a lory in hia bosom That trani Ag-nred yon and me . Aa be died to make men holy Let na die to make men free, For Qod la ma robing on. j Others may hesitate, others may pro crastinate, others may plead for far ther diplomatic negotiations, whioh means delay, but for me I am ready to aot now, and for my action I am ready to answer to my oon science, my oonn try and my Ood. ' 1 Mr. President, in the cable that moor ad me to life and hope the strongest strands are broken. I have but little left to offer at the altar of freedom's sacri floe, but all I have I am glad to give. X am ready to serve my country aa best t oan in tbe senate or in the field. My dearest hope, my most earnest prayer to God is this, that when death come to end all I may meet it calmly and fearlessly as did my beloved, in tbe cause of humanity, under the Amerioaa flag. Bndaoa Boy. At a meeting of tbe MoGill aoienoe graduates at Montreal some interesting 1 faots about Hudson's bay were brought out This inland ocean, which ia now called the Mediterranean of North Amerioa, drains a territory 8,000,000 square miles in area, with vast rivers flowing into it from the south, eaBt and west; fine natural harbors line ita shores, adjacent to good farming lauda and rich mineral deposits. White whales, walruses as big as elephant and fur bearing seals disport tbemselvee undisturbed. For tbe finest fish no neta are spread. Both afloat and ashore there is wealth, with no one to take it away. -In the district south of James bay, a re gion as large as an iuigiana, tne total population is one Scotchman and 80 or 40 families of Indians. Dr. Bell, the director of tbe geolog ical survey, said: "Moose bay is in a latitude farther south than London, and the northern portion of Hudson's bay ia about the same latitude as tbat of the north of Scotland. The bay does not freeze across in winter, and navigation is possible during four or five months of the year. The all water route will bring the great northwest as near to Europe as the city of Quebeo, and, while offer ing perhaps the best passage to tbe Yu kon region, it is certainly the natural ' route to the great oilfields. " Alluvial gold is found . in the valleys, and fine specimens of gold bearing quartz have . been brought in by the survey party. It is stated that tbe soil observed ia rioh and productive and tbat scores of mil lions of acres offer profitable stock rais ing and farming. Era a a Food. Would it not be wise to substitute more eggs for meat in our daily diet? About one-third of an egg is solid nutri ment This is more than oan be said of meat. There are no bones, no tough pieces that bave to be laid aside. A good egg is made up of 10 parts shell, ' 60 parts white and 80 parts yolk. The white of an egg contains 66 percent water and the yolk 62 per cent Prac tically an egg is animal food, and yet there is none of the disagreeable work' of tbe butcher necessary to obtain it . freely, and many of these men are 80 and 90 years old and bave been remark-' ably free from aiokness. Eggs are beet when cooked four minutes. This takes away tbe animal taste, which is offen sive to some, but does not harden the white or yolk so aa to make them diffi cult to digest. An egg if cooked very hard is difficult of digestion, exoept by those persons possessed of stout stom achs. Such eggs abould be eaten with bread and masticated very finely. An egg spread on toast is fit for a king if kings deserve better food than anybody else. Fried eggs are muoh less whole some than boiled ones. An egg dropped into bot water ia not only a clean aad handsome but a delicious morsel. Moat people spoil the taste of their eggs by adding pepper and salt A little aweet batter is the best dressing. Eggs con tain much phosphorous, which is sap posed to be beneficial to those who u-a their brains muoh. New York Ledger. Tha Oartwtt Memorial Window. ? Tbe stained glass window which has been placed in Maqruand cbapeL Princeton, in memory of the late Hora tio Whitridge Garrett, has for its sub ject the "Glorification and Triumph of the Incarnation." The window is divid ed into three panels, each of which con tains a figure of heroio size. In the oen ter is St. John, arrayed in the garment of the priesthood and holding in bis hand a chalWe.