The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-19

favor of this middle age anomoly repre-
sentative plan. A large proportion of
members elected to the house of commons
are heirs to peers or connected with the
families of the nobility.
1.-The excitement in the South Ameri-
can gold mines hardly equals the complex
ion of booming election times. London
and Paris are crazy. One of the best
informed bankers in Europe told me that
100 men had pocketed in cold cash within
the past year 100000 by the sales
of the stocks or shares of this company.
The money had come from the conhding
British public and the usually cautious
French. Forty million of it was won by
a man who entered the Cape as juggler
in a circus, and is now climbing rapidly
the social ladder. The stocks are con-
stantly rising in price and OF course cap
italization and at no distant day the bub-
BILE will burst scattering ruin more wide
spread than has been experienced for
generation.
''The singular political event in France
has been the sudden disappearance of
the Royalst and Imperialist parties. A
Royalist gave me this version. He said
that the fear of socialism had made his
people opportunists, which is another
name for conservative Republicans, and
by common consent they have voted the
ticket. He also said Mr.. Faure was the
most popular and the strongest president
since the formation of the republic. He
has great courage and more than ably
the Socialists than any public man ever
dared to do, and in the late election al
most annihilated them.
II was in Germany on the twenty-ffth
anniversary of the victory of Sedan.
The celebration reminded me of the re-
ioicng with us after the surrender of
Appomattox. Palaces and cottages,
stores and houses were alike covered
with flags, and bunting obscured the
streets. Professions, music, illumina-
lions and every form of popular joy was
universal. The enthusiasm was wild
and contagious. 1t developed a deep
seated National and almost passionate
desire for war with France now, and on
any preteXt settle forever the possession
of Alsace-Lorraine and to so cripple the
French that they would no longer be a
menace to the peace of Germany, and
her military Establishments might be re-
duced.
"The general verdict on the interna-
tional railway congress was that our rep
resentatives were most Hospitality enter
tanned by their English brethren, but
learned nothing from Europe which would
be useful in America"
Mr.. Depew told an interesting story
of a young girl he saw at Lourdes who
had not been able to walk for six years
ON account of knee that was mass of
running sores. She was dipped in the
spring and the sores completely healed
and she was able to walk. Her condi-
ton before and after were attested to
by a physician who dressed the knee
and by medical student.
He said in conclusion: "The general
cheerfulness and gaiety of nations made
this trip one of the most agreeable of
my life. Both in England and on the
continent there was general prosperity
and abundance unknown for years. Not
only are the crops good but the world
has adjusted itself more rapidly than for
a decade to the revolutions of inventions
and discovery and the instantaneous
inter communication of distant markets.
All classes of people are sharing in the
better times and are more hopeful of the
future. Many of the sovereigns and
chiefs of States who formerly were
politely inquisitive or Indifferent about
American affairs were eager in their
desire for information about our stocks
and bonds. The success of the Syndi-
cate in placing the last issue of our gov
eminent bonds has put into a royal treas
ury a miscellaneous collection of Ameri-
can securities.