New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-13
NTH UTBS.

sccllsion Of the jail 10 which your steps are
tending, for little private conversation
| That is 10 say. as private ms any conversation
can he with IA person Of your importance III
whose ante-rOom Princes and Pot"niai"s ahu
| Presidents and Pullmans and n great many
| MAYORS Of high degree SIT waiting Tor You I"
press the button that stops or starts the bisi-
ness of The continent Did You ever attend an
old.fashoncd rthof-July celebration. D"bS!
OF course You have. It's one Of I'll" require
mcnts in the preparatory cOurS" FOR the N"'I'!
Cure; the curriculum Of dlpSomania would Dc
incomplete without a. It's "A great day III"
Fourth Of July. On the evening OF II. when 'h'
unner air IS aclov with skyrockcis and Roman
candles and the streets are full Of aben"lcI
idiots touching OF things that serve no earthly
purpose In the economy Of Natur" beyond hih-
Ing an entirely unnecessary AMI meaningless
noise. and Intelligent persons 20 'iptorins ROUND
In constant dread Of stepping on something that
will 90 Of and warm-hearicd patriots ar" ac'
cumuating "lags' Of great intensity and unllm'
tied Srop,.-thr theft" and wildnosS and inco-
hcrcncr If the lag" being usually in inverse
ratio 10 the length OF She time he patriot has
been In the country IN III, midst Of nil This.
Dcbs. dill You ever notice that The newer HE
Immigrant and he drunken H. gets The less he
cares where he filings his ilrrcrackrrs aul III"
more bent be- II on having everybody els" c''"-
brafc the day Just aS h. does: iN great
night. Dcbs Fourth of,Iuly night, But did You
ever notice Drhs course you have. Tor You
have Kcclcy cure diploma how different Il Is
the mex, morning Different Sky. different
horizon different taste In The mouth. different
head? Aud how different the stick looks from
he rocket. and The empty case from ih" Roman
candle And did you observe Of course You
did -iha; he fireworks which seemed 80 hrl!l-
liant las night have an uucomm"uly hal smell
In the morning.
II has occurred 10 ~. Drbs. that Won ana
Sovereign and The rest ~ YOU whp have been
ronchng of rhetorical skyrcckcis and oraiorc1l
Roman candles nnl verbal nr"crackcr- for ihr
last fortnight. accommodating meanwhile IN In
fcrsiatc almo~; Pau-AmerlcIu. "JaE. With
which Won have been keeping pc1pl" awak"
nights and putting unusual duty "n I'd" pole"
aud the Regular Army II occurs 20 IL that You
have stretched ont your Fourth ~ July over
great length II tine ~ we'll - wide section
~ country AMI W. are beginning 10 think
about m" Tomorrow morning ~ II. which VIII
presently b.. u,hrrcl IN without any fireworks,
bur simply an everyday sunrise, such - calls
the con,entcd labprcr To- his task aud he
w, have strong suspicion that things will
wear a different aspect 10 You then from thh
which has prevailed during This long drawn c'lc-
bratlon You will have different taste In The
NOUN and different head on you. The urld
Language which You and Sovereign have been
touching of Ia proclamatlons and other smaller
parcels for ihr illumination Of ihc Western
hemisphere. will seem much less luminous. ana
, q, Ia. ont loss :
and more Ike burnt paper The wild craze which
You have infused among your followers for gun
powder VIII be succeeded by languId longing
for Scldli,z powder; and The stomach which has
been So s,oui for a conflict with capital ana cor
poraiOnS and gOvcrnmrnts with principaliicS
and powers and police, will BE- upset N the sigh;
Of poccinans uniform. The experience" VIII
not be new to you of course. When You have
sufficiently pulled yourself together you VIII
BEGIN 10 think II over Your first thought will.
no doubt be that You might have had Just ~
much fun in some other way. and for brief
space YOU will be- sorry The chances ar" that
this transient rcmorsc will be succeeded 10y the
dcluson that a hair Of The same dog viii cure
the bite. and that you will proceed to take on
another lag" Better not do II. Dcbs Better
not start any more Interstate. international or
pan-A rnerican fireworks.
The troubl" with YOU Dcbs has been that You
got intoxicated with an idea and kept Increasing
the Tag" I'LL II became dipSomauia. The Idea
was that YOU could assemble together IN single
| organization n body Of men 50 united So power
fnl and so formidable that II could issue ia
mandates to all the people. and even 10 the GOV
crunent of the United States. and have them
obcycd under the threat Of stopping all business
and filling the country with misery and distress.
Your friends IRE taking pains 10 say that You
are honest and sincere: that your Intentions
were Of the best and that in all you have been
doing YOU have been animated by an unsclsh
desire 10 amelIOrntc the condition or your Tel
low-mcn Doubtless. But you see, II You had
succeeded You would have put your organza-
ton In the place Of the Government OF the
| United States and yourself In the position "
dictator with greater power and more absolute
| control over the lives and property of citizens
than any ruler on The face OF the globe For
Won could upon any provocaton press the button
that stops or starts all the business OF the con
| tinent The people Of this country are not ready
| for that. Without any desire 10 hurt your feel
ings. or drive you TO drink by disappointing your
confident expectations they rcsouicly refuse 10
| turn the Government over to You and your Rail
way Union M least until the form Of IN election
| can be- had and II shall appear that You have
| popular majority In your favor. II Is not 10 he
| wondered at that when you had once nbibcd
! the idea that you were bigger than the Govern
| mcnt you should become drunken with 1t. and
| that continual indulgence should have ended
| In the dipsomanla Of the last fortnight. You
have done n great deal Of mischief during this
| period Of alteration the disastrous effects Of
which are on view all over the country. You
| may not be fully aware In your present state Of
mind Of the enormous extent to which you have
damaged the business and the people OF this
country. You should have time and an appro-
. pirate place for reflection and for unavailing