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probably none of
as gave much thought to our riavy , nor ,
if wo did think of it , imagined that wo
would over como to feel pride in it.
Now probably nil of us believe our navy
to be the best thing we own and as
good as anybody else's navy. This
branch of the service seems to bo little
known in other countries as well ; we
are not the only ones to bo ngreeably
surprised in the performance of our
maritime force when the time came.
Hear what a French writer of 1870 says
of the Bailers who were called in to aid
in the defense of Paris :
"These marines were the pets of the
city throughout the siege. It was they
who put the dilapidated forts in condi
tion ; it was they who set the example
of exact discipline , of invincible courage ,
of manly and cheerful energy. But
what especially took the Parisians by
surprise was the exquisite politeness
and profound learning of the officers of
the navy , from the admiral down to the
least of the lieutenants ; it was the dis
tinction of their manners and the
loftiness of their language. What a
contrast with the old leather-breeches of
our land forces ! Wo were all immense
ly struck by it. I recall the applause
that these troops received when they
first marched into Paris. Our eyes
were full of the lamentable spectacle
presented by the troops of the line and
the volunteers ill-clothed and
, - strag
gling. When wo beheld these sturdy
chaps , so resolute in appearance and so
picturesque , with their leather hats and
their shirt-collars turned down over
their shoulders , there was just one cry :
'Those are men there , real men ! ' And
their countenances were so reassuring ;
they breathed such a confidence 1 Ah ,
if all our army had only been like
them ! "
Iu Pennsylvania
A COUPOKATION
JUDGE. eveu tlie Quay-
style of republi
cans cannot quite swallow the nomina
tion on their ticket of the president of a
corporation for a member of the superior
court of that state. But the populist
stomach of Nebraska is that of the
political ostrich and , therefore , gorges
itself with the nomination of House
Rent Holcomb , president of a fire insur
ance company , for the supreme court.
The Philadelphia North American
( rep. ) devotes four pages today to n
history of the connection of Josiah R.
Adams , the Quay nominee for superior
court judge in Pennsylvania , with the
Granite State Provident Association and
kindred concerns. Adams , it says , was
the Pennsylvania attorney for the
Granite State Association , and has'been
receiver for three years of the Pennsyl
vania assets of the wrecked concern ,
"but the stockholders have never been
able to get an accounting from hi'm. '
Ho was also president of the American
Investors' Trust , later merged in the
American Investors' Company , whose
charter was revoked by the Rhode
Island legislature , and some of whoso
offinors were arrested in Hoboken for
practices in this city and are now under
indictment hero.
Mil. UIIYAN AN AWKWARD IJOBGKK.
The questions propounded to Mr.
Bryan by Governor Brown loft the
gentleman from Nebraska no excuse for
remaining in Kentucky.
"Fraud was committed in the con
vention ; fraud , gigantic and systematic ;
prearranged fraud , " said Governor
Brown. "Do you indorse it , Mr.
Bryan ? "
"By the violation of every rule of
parliamentary law , the principle of
representation was stricken down. This
violence was sustained by police intimi
dation. Do you indorse these proceed
ings , Mr. Bryan ? "
"Tho election law is a force bill , a
blow at free elections , and an outrage
on justice. Do you approve it , Mr.
Bryan ? "
"I am here to answer these questions , "
said Mr. Bryan. Then he added : ' 'I
did not come to sit in judgment on any
convention. I did not come to discuss
any election laws. I came to say :
'Hurrah for Bryan 1' "
The picture is humiliating. The
spectacle of a boasted orator driven
from the field by three questions is an
instructive one. Mr , Bryan lacks the
resources of a debater , He makes a
captivating harangue , but when ho IB
asked to discuss a question , ho is moro I
helpless than a ten-year-old member of
a debating club.
Mr. Bryan may felicitate himself on
his escape , but ho leaves his old follow
ers in a truly wretched plight. They
had taught themselves to believe that in
Bryan they had another Mirabeau who
had acquired Webster's power in debate.
Now they see him overthrown by three
questions that go to the heart of the
whole controversy in this campaign.
If Mr. Bryan did not come to discuss
conventions and election laws , in the
name of a peaceful democracy , why did
he inject himself into this state cam
paign ? Louisville ( Ky. ) Post.
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