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The Norfolk Neuas Somo pooplo tire admired who arc from adinhnblo fnr If yon wnnt td got abend keep n sharp lookout on ho outlook Tho trust Is bad enough hut tho rust Is wild to lw oven worso It Is not lieeossnry to Bonrch for n prec Otlont whon your cause is just It nmy sound quoor but It is u fact Hint spoiled children ivro UKiinlly IroHli Glasses used under the lioso tiro fur more dnngerous than thoso used over it All tlio eoniiuorciul travolors nntl tholr immo Is legion are against tho trusts Itifl trno thnt tho outoomo of n busi ness venture depends largely upon tho incotno Duties which are flight tnilny nro Hiiro to confront us nt n more inconvenient HCftson At u rocont election in Negroes fiOOO votoH woro cast and civil and military governniont was ostnblishod on Novem ber t Somo people havo tho capacity to miiko black appear white Iih ho with tho devil Othorwiso ho would go out of business It is not Dewey the Dowoy tho representative manhood and civilization highly honor admiral but of American which wo so The boy in Now York who recently Btolo Homo money to educate himself for tho ministry evidently holds to tho the ory tlmt the end justifies tho moans Ono raiely does his host at n timo of great opportunity or otnoigoncy unless it haH become tho habit of his llfo to do liis best on every occasion which day by day arises Tho song Wo Havo Seon Hotter Days was very popular u fow years ago There is no longer any salo for it These at e republican times in spito of tho result in Nobrnricn Edward Atkinsons vigorous protests nguinst tho administrations Philippine policy seoiu to have reacted to tho bono lit of tho g o p Massachusetts wont 65000 for tho republicans Tho priuco of Wales is now 58 years old nnd ns his habits are suoli as not to 1x3 couducivo to long life it bogiiiH to look as though his chances for a long reign as king of England were rather slim If Lincoln weio alive today what would ho do in tho Philippines said Mr Brynu in ono of his Ohio speeches Judging by President Lincoln com so in a proious rubollion ngainst tho au thority of tho union ho would in all probability crush tho present ono as piickly as possible Thanksgiving day is an Amorican in stitution and tho brono roast turkoy on that day is likowiso American Tho custom of obsorving tho day is thorofore like other things American expanding and this year for tho first timo in his tory the squawk of tho expiring bird will bo hoard around tho world Mark Hanua thinks tho British govorn inout is as good as ours but in this wo can not agreo with Mark It may possoss some points which aro oven superior but on tho whole every loyul Amoricau will stand up for our own republican form of govornmout whore if everything is not to our liking wo can havo n voice in changing it Tho question What to do with our ox presidoutB soonis to have boon solved I3enjamiu Harrison koops him self busy gathorlng in big law foes aud traveliug ovor Europo while Grover Cleveland soonis to bo gottiug on very well nt homo The thing to do with our ex presidents is to let thorn alono so that they can mind their own affairs Auyouo with a half oyo can see whither doniocraoy is drifting or would like to drift for a campaigu issuo next year The sudden and simultaneous ap pearance of taritl article in all tho party uowspnpors indicates their evident yoaru iug for tho dolightful Oloveland times of OJOtl Who can toll but what tho next trick turnod by tho doinoonitio Hhufller will bo old Grover himself The preliminary report of tho Philip pino commission strongly oiulor es tho courso which tho government has pur sued and tho cnrryiug out of presont plans in regard to tho Filipinos They aro pronounced as utterly lncipablo of self government at presout Tho experi ment was tried nt Negros and failed Tho natives woro glad to have tho Amer icans assumo control again and aro uow enjoying the most peaceful und prosper ous times thoy have had for many years having a largo sharo in managing their own affairs under American control Numerous oxplauutions have been offered by the English to account for tho disaster which overtook General White nnd his forces nt Natal Tho fucts seem to make it clear that he was t3ftsfi sr simply outgeneraled by tho Hoors nnd allowed an important dotachmont to bo como sopirntcd from tho mnln body Tills dotachment was led into a trap and by tholr indiscretion two fine regl monts were lost to tho British army Gonornl White with tho remainder of his forco Is In a most proenrious posi tion whore only prompt ro oiiforcomonts cm snohitn Tho reports from tho Philippines aro more reassuring Tho fall campaign has opened vigorously and Agulnaldos forces are specially disconcerted by tho rapid movements of the etnulry Many of them aro deserting to the Americans and Aguinaldo is said to bo having a hard timo recruiting Ills aiiuy Secretary Hoot lias prophesied that all the rein forcements for Goneral Otis will eat their Christmas dinuor in Manila There will then be a forco of 15000 men on tho island and it would sooni ns though If thoir inovomouts woro wisely directed they might soon reach a satis factory end to this unhappy struggle 7 Adam Bodo discussing tho fuo rllego of comparing Washington and Aguinaldo plorcos tho Atklnsontan marrow thus Incislvoly Washing ton sorved in the army without pay and sacrificed his fortune for tho lib erty of his native land Aguinaldo swapped oil a rebellion for a bank ac count Washington fought against a dospotio government aud unjust taxa tion Aguinaldo is fighting against a government that ollors his poo plo liberty and has never taxed thorn a cent but paid twenty millions for tho light to make thorn free It makes ono who has any real patriotism aud love of liuinauity in his veins unutterably tired at tho uduVion bestowed upon Aguinaldo in certain quarters Not only is It not good Ainoricunisni but it isnt good senso The people havo taken tho measure of these statesmen and thoy will bo out of a job Carl Sohurz ndvicos tho democracy to drop every issuo but imperialism aud go before tho country noxt year on that issue alono It hardly soonis that ra tional mou oould take tho viow ho doos Ho charges Presidont MoKiuloy with bin doning tho paoi lo w ithimporiulisin If that word means anything it moans that tho president bus usurped his con stitutional powers and boconio a dictator and a despot To mako such a charge is to appear ridiculous No president ovor consulted congress at every stop more fully than has Mr MoKiuloy There cannot bo brought to mind a singlo iustnuco thus far In his presidential career whon ho has not acted in accord anco with tho powers givou him by tho constitution of tho United States All that ho has dono has beou dono with tho approval of a majority of the pcoplo All this talk on tho part of Mr Sehurz about imperialism Is the veriest bosh If tho doinocratio party is contont to tako up this fictitious cry for an issuo in 1G0 tho republicans can ask nothing hotter It will bo promptly overwhelm ingly buried out of sight by n great pooplo who are in lovo with liberty and progress STolographio lopoits In yesterdays papors stato that a rathor unique or dinanco was passed by tho city council of Dos Moines Iowa it providing that JNO person snail oxpootoratn spit or throw saliva on any sidowalk public walk or crossing in tho city What is more tho city board of healtli insists upon tho rigid ouforcomout of tho ordinance Its passage is a result of tho gonoral discussion throughout tho country of tho nlarmiug luoreaso of tuberculosis It is extremely probable that other citios will not bo fur behind Des Moines iu legislation of this character Tho habit of expectorating wherever aud whonovor a porsou dis ires is not only obnoxious especially to ladies but modern scieuco has doin onstratod boyoud question that diseaso germs especially those of tuboroulosis are distributed by tho habit Tho inroad of consumption on the population is apparent to all and each consumptive has it within his powor to distributo uncountable gorms of disease Tho questiou of preventing this as much as possiblo is n portiueut ono and will no doubt bo supported by all thoso having the wellboing of thoir follows at heart Ueised Snjings If tho fashion porvails of bowailing our nations etlort to maintain tho dig nity of it lag in tho faco of tho onomoy says the Mobile Hogistor wo will havo to revise tho saying of thoso who onco woro national horoos aud ask our children to study their uttorauces m tho following shape io up tho ship Liwranco Ho sure youre right then npologio for it Davy Crockett Wo havo mot the enemy and ouis are theirs Oliver Hazard Porry Wait until you see tho whites of thoir oyoB boys thou run Andrew Jack sou Dont hold the fort I am running W T Sherman Damn the torpedoos lets take a sneak David Glasgow Furrugut I propose to run it out on this lino if it takes all summer U S Grant There stands Jackson liko a stone wall but he Is a fool to do it Gen eral Leo Whon you aro ready Gridoly you may skedaddle Dowey THE NORFOLK NEWS THURSDAY NOVEMBER 28 1899 Irrigation In 1crsln Tho groat subtorranoan rivers of tho west which slowly wend tholr silont wny hundreds of foot henoath tho earths Biirfaco havo their counterparts on tho othor faco of tho globo Tho Caspian sea is fed by many subterranean streams Thcso streams liko thoso of our own arid region tako their sources in tho mountains which are covered with perpottml snow Tho water from this molting snow percolates downward to n deep lying impenetrable strata where it begins its underground passago to tho soa Nearly tho wholo of Persia is naturally desert There is scant rain fall and tho rivors aro so fow that irriga tion from this source is very limited and servos only a small portion of tho country Coiituries ago tho Persians stumbled upon the idea of tapping tho underground Rtroanis or springs nt tho bases of tho mountains ami tho transi tion of tho Persian desort into n laud of great fortuity is duo to this constant sourco of water supply But tho water has been obtained only through the most itidofatlgablo labor A well Is sunk in tho foothills to n depth anywhere from 100 to t00 foot Whon this taps tho velu of water an othor Bhaft is sunk u couple of hundred yards farther down tho slopo which is iu reality n geutlo descont of tho table land from tho mountains A canal or snbtoranean aqueduct Is thou excavated botweon tho two shafts Af a similar distance fart hor down another shaft Is sunk and likowiso connected with tho second aud sojtho canal or conuoaugh us It Is callod is carried for milos As tho conneaugh Is givou just fall enough to allow of a freo How of water it grad ually appioachos tho surface until whon it draws noar tho land to bo irrigated tho stream comes forth a pearling bub bling brook dancing in tho brilliant sunshine as it rushes on its mission to redeem tho storilo waste plnces of nature For miles it goes through what was at ono timo n desert but which undor tho magic infinonco of this elixir of life be comos a garden of tho gods It food fountains around which in lancuorous iudolouco leposo tho dirk oycd beauties of tho harem It furnishos tho baths thoso luxuries of tho Oriont it waters wondorful guidons where in dazzling piofiiBion bloom throughout tho year tho roso chrysanthemum narcissus tuborose dahlia white lily and aster bosidos fantastic shrubs and rare exotics heavy with rich pei fumes Hero grow to perfection tho apple poach pear nectarines pomogranito filbert melon and grape aud many unknown tropical fruits iu such nbuudauco as to bowilder tho traveller Where tho soil admits of porcolatiou tho laud is Hooded In small squares from lateral ditches On such laud barloy wheat and other cereuls are grown to great perfection Again irrigation is accomplished by a networit of ditches nnd furrows Tho mills which grind the grnin nro run by tho curreut of tho groat hrigatiou ditches Tho cities of Persia secure tho water necessary for domestic use from thefco ditches Tho capital Teheran has no less than twenty large artificial streams lowing through it constituted iu tho manner described from tho underground currents Tho laud lying adjacent to these canals is entitled to tho uso of tho water tho amount boiug regulated by law Each district is under on ovorseorjwhoso duty it is to seo to tho proper application of tho water and that there is no waste Wealthy privato individuals have also constructed ditchos for tliQir own use furnishing tho wator to their tenants but laud coutiguous to thoir canals is en titled to certain water rights even if not belonging to tho owuors of tho ditches Titlo to tho uso of water isj inherontCin tho land aud oach sectiou of laud is ceitain of its water supply When tho immense amount of labor hnolved in sinking shafts and connect iug them by underground tunnels is considered together with tho fact that only tho most primitive methods aro yet in voguo tho Anglo Saxon can but marvol at tho patience and industry dis played iu tho accomplishment of Jsuch gigantic but uecessary tasks Some sections of Persia ospooially those along the uaturul rivers could add to their irrigated area by the uso of storage reser voirs but tho groator part of tho country has nas no flood waters to store tho moltiug snows but serviug to keep alive tho underground streams Even iu this despotic tyrant ridden country it has been found best nay necessary to maintain government supervision of irrigation waters which is tho life blood of tho nation With a loose systom of water control tho land would again bo desort Among tho noted names of the ay paihaps uouo is more frequently men tioned at tho present time than that of Cecil Kbodes tho South Africau iiiijeriali8t the dream of whrsilifo is to establish under British rulo au empire which shall embraco everything on the African contiuout from Capo Colony to Cairo Some incidouts of his life ate of interest His father wub an English minister He received a limited school educution aud while still u young boy went to South Africa to join an older brother who lived there He took part iu a gold seeking expedition and in n fow years outorod Oxford college from which ho graduated Returning to South Africa he purchased a small in torost In tho mines at Klmborly which hae become bo famous and mado him along with othors Imiiienoly wealthy They nro diamond mines and practically control tho limoud output of the world Rhodes has not only proved himself a groat financial manipulator but by his Htntcsinnnshlp ho has added three-quarters of a million square miles to tho British omplro Ills charaotor is ono of striking contradictions In public aud business matters ho is cold calculating unscrupulous a typlcnl monopolist In privato llfo his quulitios aro lovnblo nnd ho has many friends who nro strongly attached to him Admiral Dowoys announcement that he will deed to his Ifndo tho haudsomo homo recently purchased for him by tho American people has brought upon tho admiral tho first words of criticism sluco ho has boon iu public life Pcoplo contributed to tho fuud with which tho Iioubo was purchasod because they nd mired Dowoy aud wished to show thoir appreciation of whut ho had dono for tho country and they feel that It Is very liko au insult to their efforts for him to turn tho proporty ovor to boiuo one olso ovon though it bo his wife Tho Amoricau nation had oxpectod him to retain tlio placo as n Homo so long as ho llvos and then It should naturally bo inherited by his sou aud continue to bo tho Dowoy homo nnd a monument to tho hero of Manila If ho had beon married to tho woman who is now his wife at tho timo ho performed lie valiant deed for which no has been rouiomboiod people would havo looked upon It differently But there appears no reason why tho homo givou to Dowoy should bo transferred to a woman ho has just married and who has an income of 20 000 a year of of hor own Tliomas Biackot Reed is no longer In public life Ho is just a plain Now York lnwyor ntteudiug to his legal work along witli other able men of his profes sion Before ho retired altogether from public viow ho issued n graceful vale dictory to his old timo stato of Maine constituency iu which ho said Dur ing three and twenty years of political life not always pencoful you havo never questioned a single net of mine Othor men had to lookjaftor their dis tricts My district looked after mo What a splendid compliment that was to tlio people ho represented It ex plains why the state of Maluo has at tained such prominonco iu national af fairs Down onst thoy do not elect n man nnd nt onco begm to set up the pius to undo him politically On the con trary having selected n mnu in whom thoy have confidence they keep him in tho service as loug as ho will stay Tho result is that long training makes them ofiiciout aud strong Tho idea is tho cor rect one When it is more closely fol lowed by othor sections of tho couutry thoy will be better served Good ser vauts should bo looked after Tho reason why n lnrgo number of mon and women occupy such mediocre positions in the world aud are never recognized as of any particular force is duo uot so much to their environment as to their porsonal indifference to their own possibilities It is not so much that thoy lack knowledge and capability but that they fail to uso them Men are prono to bo lazy nnd so hundreds drift down tho tide of life unknown nnd unheard of simply because they havo not felt the impelllug force of high personal responsibility to do nnd daro As Bulwer has so clearly ex pressed it The most useless creature that ever yawned at a club or counted tho vermin on his rags under the sun of Calabria has no excuso for want of in tellect What men want is uot talent but purpose iu other words not the ability to achiovo but the will to labor Tho serious illness of Vice president Hobart is attracting attention to tho law of succession in the presidential office Undor the present law if the presidency were to become vacant and there were no vice president to succeed to tho office Secretary of Stato Hay would becomo tho president for the outire remainder of tho term Iu case of his death tho secretary of the treas ury would succeed him andJo on down ombraciug tho whole cabinet It is a wise provision and prevents any possibility of a headless government Railroad men nro generally keen and good judges of busiuesB conditions The president of tho Now York Ceutral rail road said recently that ho looked for three yeius of undiminished prosperity for all freight carriers and urged the tulargoniont of the roads equipment Tho pooplo who were loudly criticiz ing tho war with Spain are uot so vocif erous since they see tho British losses iu tho Trnnsvunl rench n far greater figure iu n singlo month than tho total Ameri can field losses during the entire Span ish war The development of mankind is the important thing and real success is to be measured not by increase of wealth but by growth of character Mr McLeuu who sacrificed himself to tho causo of democracy iu Ohio has uow returned to his WiHilugtou D O houso as per schedule And now wo aro mobilo plow promised an auto- Tho politicaii may occasionally havo n now bonnet but Inside of It will nlwnys bo found tho Bnmo old bee Tho men who do busiuosp not mou who tnlk about doing business tho kind of men who nro nlwnys in mnud tho nro do- Tho English nro finding tho Trans vaal to bo what tho Boers assured them it would bo A holl on enrth of shoot ing and unrest It is very plain that tho country was uot much excited ovor tho outcoino of tho recent elections Tho pooplo nro satisfied with thoexistingconditlousand nro confident that tho future will bo propeily attended to ForJ7yeais tho United States hns claimed the harbor of Pago Pago in tho Samoan islands nud for tho pnst ton years sho has boon a member of tho tri partito government undor protost all tho timo wishing to got freo from the ngrcomont and still rt tain tho harbor Tho arrangements recently announced by Germany and Great Britain gives tho United States peaceful and undisputed possession of Tutuila island where tho harbor of Pago Pago lies and that Is all this goveriimont wished If the United States is to bo a Pacific powor wo need all tlio harbors wo can got but wo are not grasping for more territory Ger many undor tho final arrangement hn by far tho largest share of tho Samoan group ns hor interests there were greater thau thoso of any other nation Since 1850 tho population of tho United Spates has increased from 21187I to 77000000 which far exceeds that of any European nation except Ilussi Amer ica is uow far ahead of any other couu try iu tho world iu tho variety and mag nitude of its agricultural mineral nud manufactured products Every man engaged in agricultural pursuits in America produces as much as four farm hands in Europe According to Mulhall tho eminent statistieinu this country produces one third as much food as nil Europe In 1850 wo imported nearly all our iron aud steel from England now America far surpasses Great Britain or any other couutry in its out put of pig irou and iron and steel manu factures It owes its marvelous rail road development to the cheapness of its steel productions Iu 181 there were but 5033 miles of railroad Tho railway mileage uow overreaches 181 JOl miles which is -11 per cent of the railroad mileago of the world No othor nationality has tho earning power of tho people of the United States This powor Is twice as great as that of the people of Great Britain and Ireland Afiilnaldo a Boor Tho Omaha Daily News of recent date contains an interview with Rev Father McKiunou formerly chaplain of the First California regiment who spent fifteen months in the Philippines being iu chnrgo of the parochial schools after his regiment was recalled Iu speaking of Aguinaldo ho said 3Yes I saw Aguinaldo n great many times Isiw him both ns nu enemy and n friend When I was there ns superin tendent of schools I saw him to feel him out nud fiud where he stood As chap lain I saw him uuder different circuin staucos Tho people who regard him as a patriot are mistaken Ho is merely a tool He is without education Ho can read aud write aud that is about all His speeches and proclamations are written by Abeuo a hunchback who was educated iu Europe Abene is nn educated man while Aguinaldo is merely a leader of men Tho real powers behind tho throue are Paturba aud Scipot Luna was the brainiest man of the natives nnd could have led the peopleto an amicable un derstanding mouths ago had ho beeu living I do not think the insurrection can last much longer Aguinaldo will hold out ns loug ns possiblo He has but the following of ono tribo now nud in nnother two mouths they too will have deserted him I would not bo surprised if ho is killed by his own men When I was looking ovor tho sohool records I found a record which gave mo an idea of his greatness or rather laok of it It was what wo call au examina tion paper uere Aguinaldo was n teacher in a primary school and was ex aminod iu a higher branch A common school child li years old could havo answered tho questions but he made a total failure of it nud did not got the proniotionlio aricjd When asked about tho Spanish fraire who hnvo been tho foir o of so much toablo in tho islands FnthorMcKinuon said As n class thoy aro good men Thoy do not have the samo ideas thnt we Americnns do but compare favorably with roligous bodies the world over Th ro mny bo some bad men among them but all of tho evidences of civili zation now oxistiug in tho Philippines are a direct result of their labors Tho growiug of hemp cane coffee aud tea was introduced by thorn as well as the Bohool system They havo labored among the natives with no hope but spiritual reward aud too much credit cannot be given them I expect to go luck to Manila iu a fow weeks to resume my work i mm wilkins Up Write of tlic llctilt of Itln Pn Iltlrnl PIlKrlniiUccn nnd Wlnhen IIIniftHf Ilnek Amnnir 1ie Clnm Glnllrit Ulmlvrntlc Ircclnkn uv Moo Ocmcj Buno uv IvrnnMABiiUN Vashinoton D C Tu tho Edltur Doorln the Inst fu wcek9 I hev led a hutterlll and hununlnblril existence lilt tin friini stnlt to stnit nnd snmplln the different kinds uv Dlmocrncy on tap 1 hev bin Huns fritm one end uv tho kountry tu the utlier bl the komblncd efforts u v steam nnd jackasses bosses nnd mules until I am kuinpletely worn out nnd hev wisht niisclf back upon the old farm In the clam girdled Dlinlerntic procinks uv Noo Horsey whare I cood sip ml applejnck In peecc and bonk up the politlkul w irdutn shed abroad hi mi naber Grover Cleveland In spite uv nil thct lit7 bin sed agin him sencc he wuz consined tu the tomb I kin remember with plenzurc thct hu nt lenst lied the Lm ridge uv his convlcshuns and wnrut a f rude tu sa whut he mennt und stick tu It He didnt trim hiz sails tu ketch all tlio tliiingeln hi cozes like sum uv our unripe stnltsmcn hoo sooin tu bo nfrade thet sum nu fniiglcd politlkul Idee will git nwa fruiii em before tha ktu git n chance tu copper It The Diiuiciatic party jist nt present seems tu be engaged In a series uv ex pel hncnts tu see whut stalt kin tnlk the fust pi io for foolishness at Dimieratic comeiisliuns I hev nil eddy ritten in sum in ml former lettets konsuinln the sitnonshuii in Ohio and Kentucky nnd how the fool killer lied neglected hiz dooty in them - staits but the peifoiiu mice In Mnssnchoosetts heat the hand I wuz hurried down tu Boston in Septem ber the da befonr the Dimiciatic stnit eoineiisliun tu see whut piospeck thnre wuz for hnriiiuiiy and how mutch help we cood git fiuni the Fillipceu insur gents u v Mnssachoosetts hoo hev bin fiitcncd nwa fium the Uepublikin pnity hi the nnticks uv Mr Aguinaldoo I felt biimwhut dishai tened won I found thet the delegates tu the convenshun wuz bincein up their oiitlioosiasm on Old Med foid turn iustid uv applejack nud I wuz in doubt ns til the geueral lesult uv sich an oversight The next moruin w en the coiivcnhun assembled mi gloomy fnrcbodlns wuz realized The different fucshuns uv the paity wuz fitoin mad and it took twenty polcecemcu tu keep thorn fruni fiioin each utlier out tin ti the winders Bi hnotin nud how tin and bi the joodishus loolins uv the chnir inan uv the comcushun aided bi the clubs u the polcccemcn the goldbugs nnd the kuiisei vutiv men aiming the del egates wuz kop in Mibjecbhun and the program put thru without mutch uv n hitch but the ones hoo got the hot end uv the poker didut bcein tu relish sich ticctiiient and sum uv em wuz hot euufT under tho collai tu tlneeten tu go tu the poles on clecshun da and vote the whole Itcpublikiu ticket In the icsoloosliuns we kimi out strong in fnur uv our fiends hoo nir makin sich a frantick struggle tu introdooeu the Declarashun uv Independence intu the Fillipceu Islands jest ez the Ameri kin people air trjin tu let go uv it nnd we huv cnushusly advised them tu stand up agin the encroachments uv the ty rants uv the Uepublikin party in this kountiy hoo uir sendiu men and means tu wallop em intu biibjecshun This w uz dun in older tu gno the Massachoosetts Fillipeenoe a chance tu ote the Dimi eratic ticket and tu help Mr Edward Atkinson iutiodooce his pamphlets and cookin utensils intu a fun in territory when it gits pccccful cuuff tu go tharo without gittin hurt The comonshuu did oue startlin thing thet took nwn the bieth uv the oldest politisliuns It elected thiity delegates tu a asliunal convenshun thct haint jet bin called aud pledged cm tu a man boo ma not be n candidate iu fnvur uv au idee thet ma uot be nu issoo in the cumpnnc uv net jeer This hcz never befoar bin dun bi enny poiitiknl ptuty in this kountiy and wen 1 menshuned thet fuct tu Mr George Fied Williams hoo wuz ringmaster uv the performance he sed Thet only shows thet we uir nn in entlv paity and thet we du not hev tu wnit for the konsent uv enuy other Dim icrnts lie lied the whip iu hand and he plied it with good eltcckt aud the thir ty delegates wuz corralled iu n bunch and tngged fer William J Bryan tu be yoosed next ycer cz birkumstnuccs ma require This iz a nu wa uv dooin blzncss at couvenshuns but it bnvors uv rather tu mutch previousness nnd dont ldok well wen we set up n howl ngin the ltepub likltis for beiu bossed nt couvenshuns The plan hez its ndvnntiges however fer the condishuns next yecr ma be sich thet the present bosses uv the party in MassachooGctts might not be able tu elect thedelegates or dictate the platform It ma be necessary tu su notliiu on the Isoos thet uow seem on top nud we ma hev tu git up sum iutiiely nu ones In any event a Massnehoosetts Dimicrut kin be depended on tu change hiz opiu yuns e offen oz required nnd tu du it without jnriin hiz couricshuiis mutch After the coiivcnshuu wu ndjurned I shculated misclf niouiid aiming the in tcllectooal bean enteis uv Boston tu note the effeckt uv its delibeuibhims I legiot tu leinnik thet it did not beein tu hev created mutch hinoc iu publlek opiuyun and thet the toomult in the hall wuz mostly u local origin 1 found the wind bknriu and the stioet cms iiiunin jest the same oz if no Dimieratic con veiishuu bed bin hold One obstiopeious old Diuiiernt bod Whj didnt the duin ed fools instiuct tho delegates tu vote fer Atkinson and Aguinaldoo for our Nnshunal ticket nuU jeer We cood call em At and Ag fer shoit and wo bhood btnnd full ez good n chaiioe uv electin the ticket ez we bliull if rich con buiniuit asses ez nbsemliled lieie tuday nir allowed tu make the platform and nominate the condidatos uv the Dimi eratie paity Bi nil moons lot the ticket be Atkiiibon nnd Aguinaldoo a oombi nashuii uv benile extloobiwiebs and nim ble eloosivnoss The langulgo uv a hi toned Bobtonian iz geneinlly tu deep fer n Noo Get buy Dimlciat tu ondcustand hut oz nour ez I klu ketch until It hu didnt moon no sich a thing I figger it out thet lie wuz tnlkin sarkasni nnd inakln fun uv me aud our conu nshun rite tu ml face Fruui Applejack Faun wich iz next tu Grover Cle elands iu tho Btalt uv Noo Gersey
