Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-02
JOSEPH COOKS LECTURE


quite a number were compelled to go into
| the gallery.
The speaker was introduced by Col. H.
| W. Lewis who took occasion TO congratu-
late the city upon having an opportunity
OF listening to such literary treat. and
| the speaker upon having so large and ap
| preciative an audience He who does not
look forward unto the future" said Nr.
Cook, is not fit to purchase corner lots
II Wichita much less TO talk upon the re-
Iation OF America and England"
His subject, he said. was naturally di-
| vided into four parts: What will the
British empire become: What will Amer
lea become? In what things are these two
countries competitors; IN what allies OF
! these two great nations, one Is the colony
| OF the other We hare revolted from the
mother country and any other of the
| British provinces would have done like
wise if they had been used as we were
But such was the decree Of providence that
! these two great experiments should be
! made on opposite sides OF the ocean: one q
/ government by the classes, the other by the
| people. With US Dives has no recognition
/ and the wheel OF fortune turns about, ever
! three generations In England they be-
| lieve IN pedigree; here we believe in natural
| ability This division Of classes Mr. Cook
1 threw iuto the foreground and made it one
/ of the important points TO which attention
! is directed. He believed that the Ameri-
| can fashion would eventually hold in all
/ the world. Let the world be gathered to-
gether and they could be seated in sixteen
acre field II this field was divided into
/ IF -bav,7 10 Id
over by England and America. Now which
/ Of these nations Is TO rule this square?
Which way does humanity tend, to
government by the class or by
the mass? II we can succeed
in making this government by the people
| Plant your affection IN your native soil;
and for the people a success, it will be
! that of the whole world
| love the state and county in which you
were born, but grow out to all the points of
the compass, make q trestle work of the
whole world, My purpose is to burst all
that natural pride and self feeling which
does not include the English speaking
people of the world.
The Atlantic is bat a ferry and ships go
quicker from one side to the other than a
steam car could make the same dis
lance on land These modern
inventions are weaving an entirely
new wardrobe of international relations;
for now it is thought news can be sent the
quickest. There can now be no more her
nit nations If then the example of the
English nation is to be that of the world,
it is important that we make that exam
pie.
The great question with the British en-
pire at present is federation or disintegra-
ton. OF disintegration of the British EN-
pire we can now hardly think; but yet if
we but look at the history of France,
Spain, Belgium and Holland and think
what has become of the possessions Of
these once as mighty powers, we can easily
see such thing is not impossible OF fed
Grafton many of the greatest men
OF the empire are now thinking as a means
of holding together the empire. Under
such federation it would be something
like second United States. 1t is not Ger
tain that if such federation isnot formed
that Canada will be knocking for admis-
sion TO the union.
Now of America We have been doub-
ling in population four times in a century
aud Mr.. Gladstone thinks at our present
rate We will have in 1000 a population of
eight hundred million. With this i'm
mense population it need not be asked
which side of the ocean viii then set the
fashion.
Taking up the subject of the two
counties as competitors the speaker dwelt
upon the landed interests of the people.
the leisure class that set fashion in morals
and manners, the expectorating habit of
Americans. the influence of the nearness
to the electric center upon their lives.
Il regard it." be said, as a good omen,
these marriages OF English lords and Amer
lean ladies' But there is no better blood
in the world than that of Americans
for it is the mixture OF the best
bloods of the Occideut. Our
manners may be improved So may that
of the English The middle class of
England can teach US many things; there
is among them more reverence and less
lavlessness. He then drew the distinc-
ton between the British and American /
AN American newspaper is /
q kite that sometimes scars high, and yet /
it often keeps SO low that its tail drags in /
the cutters; say this fearlessly-I am an /!
editor myself" We pay more for the DIS !
covery of news; the English pay
more for its discussion. Discussion /
of news is imports ant in England for they |
can have great national daily, we can |
not; for by the time it reaches our borders /
il Is days old But we have great national |
monthlies, better in fact than any other /
Australia has the greatest of /
national weeklles England has 10 Sun
day newspapers Of Importance and Il
wish there were no Sunday papers in
America
Touching upon thu recent election he
said be was mot laoQrner over the re-
suit. He called attention to the corruptions
in politics and favored making voting
compulsory as in canton of Switzerland
aud standard Of literacy for voters. II
we can guard against absenteeisn and
he said that the suffrage might
be extended 20 women
I am for free trade-betweea all the
states OF this country; and protection for
all the rest of the world. \ young county
needs protection for q time and I be
.ieve, too, IL protection Of our
nation against the poorly paid /
abor OF Europe When you can
underseIl Europe and the children of work
men can all 20 70 school and the old peo-
pie can all be taken care Of then IS tine
enough 20 get free trade
Il would keep out air ps1pe-s and Grim
mails. was his summary OF the question
Of emigration To secure this end be ad-
vised that every emigraut landing a. Castle
Garden have a pass fran the counsel OF
the place from which they came who VIII
make 1t their business % inquire into lis
luAli dcs.ioas fog becoming 4 citizen