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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-03-20
EU AMBOO MUUDOS

Al dedo na0lo todos los oolpes. dice
con certero instinto ell proverbio po-
pular.
La guerra de Cuba en- primer ter
mino.
La guerra de Cuba es un tonel sin
fondo en- que eoha peri6dicamente una
generacl6n su orc y su ssngre.
ell tonel, insaoiable y tragico, devo-
rando vidas y oonsumiendo reoursos,
sin que jamAs Sc colme.
Ahora hay relampagueos de tempes-
tad en- ell Oriente, en- Filipinas.
Gran desgracia es para un pueblo CO.
lonizador, para ell pueblo, espeoialmen-
te, que llev6, en- ell campo de Ia historic.
mas lejos que ning6n otro, ell estandarte
de la oonquista, no poder sostensr con
tranquilidad su ensena en- las regiones
por su esfuerzo conquistadas
Crece la acerba desventura al tener
presente que nj siquiera la raz6n 6lti-
ma, este es, ell epico valor de sus solda-
do, ha pod1do contener las rebeliones.
Como IN solo hombre irgui6se la in
mensa TERRA americana, qued6 redu.
cida la patria & uno que otro gir6n del
archipelago.
Ahora es en- Oceanfa donde Sc oven
rufdos sordos.
Son consecuenoias del mimo con que
ha tratado Espafia sus colonos.
rs tan burda La naturaleza humana.
y tan imb6cil s indigna, que al estable-
oimiento de la igualdad; & la reduction
de las tributaoiones; al empefio por Ia
harmonic de los elementos constitutivos
de la oomunidad; la implantaoi6n del
sufragic, sin el resorte de las Quotas:
la SUPPRESSION del sistema de consoles de
guerra para juzgar g los periodistas de |
pueblos en- que jamas Sc desminti6 Ia |
la desaparici6n del |
slstema en- que unos son los buenos en- |
que otros son los parias; al progreso, en-
IN, a la Lbertad, responder los mengua-
los, con la mas salyaje ingratitud.
En tlllplnas Sc goza de todo; tai
's la causa por que aoaba de sorprender-
70 un comeroiante distribuyendo pro-
'lamas tllibusteras, y por la oual muchas
,entes van al veclno imperio, no al de-
repito, sino al rejuvenecido por ell ideal
'eneroso y por la victoria reciente, &
onspirar contra la patria.
lAquellos 67edios deben tener muohas
Poseyeron la representation cortes:
aas pareci6 ESQ q 40 dudarlo, lujo inne-
esario, y no hubo mas diputados fiIipi-
os en- Ell parlamento espaflol.
Enviaronsele, en- cambio, frailes que
icieran la dloha de los pobres he
e1es, y he aquf que la ensefla de la pa
Ia fota condici6n de que impere la Il
)tana.
No hay para que detenerse susa.~av.szs,s;9'
T 5<l: las glorias de11sasl5s De pueblos, en- ouya
: ll,s~o1oa Sc alza ell fraile.
no quieren los flipinos nuestro do
Mimic, y pretenden que ell Jap6n les
aDexe, y nosotros no sabemos que pen
sar delante de este, que resulta dnico en-
la historic.
Solo entire nosotros no Sc desminti6
jamas nuestra adhesion & la madre pa
trla, y todavfa no tienen en- cuenta los
gobiernos de Madrid tan importantes
condolences para establecer aquf cuantas
reformas demandan, de consume, nuestra
lealtad y nuestra cultura.
7 asf vive bajo la sombra de sus pal.
mas nuestra isla, deleitada por ell que
Jumbroso arrul1o de sus mares, entrega-
da a la dulce molicie de sus festas, medic
adormecida bajo ell toldo de luz de su
esPlendente cielo, sin suef1os de sangre,
entregada por complete sus anhelos de
paz.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-03-20

ldivia ha sido entire nosotros, ell mas -,
Tbajador dc la clase litsraria Y periodi,ti
ca. u
En- La LschG monte su taller. no
rramienta pluma en- mano, d1rant.
diez af1os no ha cesado an solo dfa A.
dsr la GAIA una cr6nica un cuenta
un artfculo una gacetilla. Ninp6n -
dactor como 81 ha impreso ta1to -
nombre en- ell peri6dico.
| Con ntinuaremos nosotros :yend ran o..
maf1ana; pero ninguno Sc confundirS
tanto como 81 an la vida palpitapte A.
estss hojas. Conde Kostfa correrk na-o
siempre undo al reouerdo batallador do
La Lateha.
Y no es solo en- este diario donde Val
divia ha prodigado su labor: EN- HI Pal,
La Re0ssta Cubana, Ef Figaro, 4!
Hd0d'aG Lsterdrsa, La Ha6ana Eieqan.
te, III Hogar, III B060, en- cuanto papel
se ha publicado en- la Habana en- estos
dltimos tiempos, allf ha sido imprescip.
dible su trma. Para el (perd6neme
quien deba) su amor primero ha sido
producir. El ha entendido como Core
que, al igual que la labor oonsciepts
contra los obstAculos externos, es ia pri-
mera algeria de la vida que despierta
asl GamDleu la ODra reaHZada es ell nss
intense de los placeres, hacienda naoer
ampliamente entire nosotros ell sent.
miento de la individuaiidad, eonsa.
grando nuestro triunfo sobre la naturs.
leza, aunque sea parcial momentAneo
Rfgese Valdivia por las santas leyes
del Irabaio y del Arte, y un aeatador
tan ferviente de esa jurisprudencia. 4
MeJlco y TODD pats civilizado legs. Y
Uega.
El Conde Hostia podrfa continuar
vlvlendo aquf como hasta hoy: pero no
Sc conforma.
"1ss nos shs sOho!s OF !ifs to tsUe,
Nor all Of death to de
"Todo en- la vida no es vivir, nj todo
10 de la muerte es morir"-como dice sl
Ls6r0 de los hinanos.
Adi6s, amigo y compsfero; en- ests.
ineas va el abrazo oarifloso de todos los
ie La LucAa: lBueE2 suerte, Va Nj
iioo
M. s. PIcHARpo.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-03-20

Sabido es que en- esta TERRA prolfHca
del Nancy, los destinos pertenecen por
derecho propio, los de allende. -.
Es una verdad de folio
que ellos exclusivamente
disfrutan, como es corriente,
de tau rico monopolio.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-03-20
alLA DIS0LUCION

sQue bene6cio librarfa el pue
bio 81 abandonasemos la lucha7
Uno y muy grande: la division
primero, la desaparici6n de los in
condicionales despues.
Hoy el gobierno nacional les
necesi'a a: en- ellos SO apoya para
ancubar sus caeneros. En- cambio
les concede ell monor olio de la ad-
ministraci6n p1blica, el usufruc-
to de los emp'eos, ell copo en-
los municipios, la EXCLUSIVE di-
recci6n de los asuntos insulares,
el privilegio de arrojarnos de
nuestra propia casa: les convierte
en- caciques abso'utos y omnipo-
tentes; les hace inmunes contra
nuestros ataques; les proteje y
les ampara como q sus hijos pre-
dilectos.
IOcurrirfa 10 mismo 81 no Sc
les necesitase para combatirnos &
sangre y fuego9 No ocurrirfa.
En- ning1n rinc6n del mundo
existen partidos ssnacos: la soledad
es mortal en- ciertos casos. IA
quien combatiran los integristas
NJ no encuentran contrincantes
que den rretexto q sus simula
eros de batal'a7
La respuesta es evidentfsima. |
Sin nosotros la organization casi
militar de las huestes conservado |
rvs no subsistira largo tempo,
porqus huelga; porque es il it'll;
porque no responde q ning1n
plan discreto y positive.
iVendra tai vez otra division
mas honda y mas grayeg iPesa-
"a siempre la descon6anza sobre
Los puertorriq quenos9 Use entire
CARA ell usufructo colonial q los
oeninsulares9 SSurgiran con fran
lueza el regimen de las castas Y
Z la dualidad de los orfgenAs9
iQui6n sabe! :
Pero 81 surgen ocupara cada
mo 81 sitlo y sprenderan nues- {
ros comp tri tas todos, a1u loes
Iue hoy son reaccionarios 20 o,,a
Ieben esperar del del porvenir. " 0
= partido autonomista. esteril,
l1nfecundo para el bien-y no por
sus culpas sino por culpas de los
que le fajelan y le constrinen-
no tiene mas camino que la disc
luci6n
Acaso un dfa cambiaran las cir
cunstancias; quiza recordara la
patria que nos es deudora de re-
paraciones muy justas. Enton-
'ces, pies 81 e pfritu liberal 40 ha
de morir nunca entire nosotros,
Sc agcuparan los hombres que
amen q su terra; estudiaran aten-
tos 10 que convene y 10 que dig
mica; levantaran la bandera de
las libertades p6blicas y habra un
partido que no sufra tantas y tan
inmerecidas desventuras.
81 tampoco llega ese dfa, llega
ra el instante de pensar an cuaI- |
quier soluci6n que salve q nues-
tros hermanos de la deshonra, VI
que libre a nuestra concienc:a del
oprobio
iOjala que iamas amanezcan
tan l1gubres auroras en- ell hori-
zonte de la patris!
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-03-20
Hmteresante

Sc vende una estancia compuesta de sc
tenta cuerdas de terreDos de mobte y male.
za, entire elias alguDas de cosechas de cafe ]
otrss varias para 10 6ltimo indicado. mucbos
arbolea de guava. Dicha pIopiedad existe
en- el barrio de Guayahota pueblo, de Patti
Has, cuatro leguas de distancia.
81 que desee dicha finca, puede dirijirse 8
este pueblo la casa dc los sefiores M. Alon.
80 J c.. donde Sc le darA dstallea.
Arroyo, % de Febrero de 1895 -Idefon-
r0 OfEis
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-03-20
III

Aver hablaba en- estas coIum
mas ell sentimien'o.
Hoy hablaran la l6gica y 81
calcnlo.
Aver movfase la pluma febril
q impulses de La dignidad
Hoy SO mueve & impulses de
la raz6n que dicta sus pragmati
cas- 8 impone sus fueros.
Aver demostrabamos que es
una exigsncia del decoro la muer-
te del partido
Hoy demosttaremos que la ext
&c y la reclama ell interSs del
pals.
81 problema no pusde ser mas
facil nj mas claro.
1Qu6 hacemos nosotros por
Puerto Ricof
NADIA. Nuestro infujo es abso-
lutamente negative: on la TERRA
donde SO meci6 nue. ira cu~a Y
donde Sc abrirA nuestro sepulcro,
son o:ros los que mandan y domi
nan.
Eu orden al progreso polftico
no nos es dable obtener una re-
forma liberal, nj garantir un de-
recho, nj salvar un principle, nj
reaLzar una iniciativa. Ante no.
sotros SO cierran todos los rum
bos; SO nos seiala como & eter-
nos sospechosos de futuras re-
beldfas; SO nos MEGA hasta los
mendrugos del festfn en- que SO
hartan los senores; SO nos desde-
na cual 81 constitnyesemos una
tribu de parias humildes
En- orden al progreso material
no loRramos abrir una escuela; nj
construir un camino; nj pesar On
una Icy de caracter ecor 6mico; nj
modifcar un regimen arancela
rio; nj dar al traste con un i'm :
puesto immoral; nj impedir que
81 fraude SO realize; nj obtener
que Sc liberte de trabas & la in ,
nj favo~ecer ell desarro- I
Ito del comercio; nj matar los ira {
obstaculos que arrui- q
nan y atrofan q la agricultural.
No somos NADIA; no podemosls
NADIA.
fese a nuestrs capacidad Co
'eo'iSA lara todas las cuestiones
tan al terruno, no SO nos
poner la mano en- ell sancta
Hn que el gobierno guarda
que solo penetran los elegi
los bhenos y leales es paiioles
allende 81 atlantico y los mi
Seros y corruptos austriacantes de
Ia Ursula.
Sc nos prescribe, Sc nos ahula,
setnos desprecia.
En- tales condolences Bque hi
cieron antes, que hacen ahora,
que haran fdespu6s nuestros CO.
rreligionariosf
Contemp ar con hondo duelo de
que modo la vitalidad puertorri-
,quena SO destruye; como crecen
los gastos de la colonia; como in
vaden al campesino la anemia y |
Ia clorosis; como Sc desenvuelve,
en- fin, la inicua exploitation de
que semos vfctimas indefensas.
En- este concepto ning1n vacfo
DEF IRA On Puerto Rico nuestra
disoluci6n Immediate.
Pero aquf llega la pregunta de
rigor.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-03-20
Se vende

maIacate sistema SAMSON n6mare !
soT sus accessories y regulator de ve,o";d.
D&ran razon K Walk Q lila, Atot ha 'aau ~
Ponce, Mario - de 1895 -.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-03-20

Volviendo al asunto de la calderilla,
no hay, que extranarse por agujero de
mas menos.
Aquf, donde Sc barrena la Ley, cada
paso, ciercia paciencia de los lla-
mados & ve54r por su extricta observa-
cion lpor que hemos de parar mientes
en- que no SO respete la moneda, y Sc lie
mutlle en- la forma que viene haoien-
dosep
Eso es peccata nsiasuto comparado con
otros abusos inveterados, que constitu-
yen La nota caracterfstica de nuestro
sistema colonial.
Dada nuestra tolerancia,
Sc cometen tantos yerros
en- cosas de mas substancia,
que carece de importanoia
ell taladro de los perr0s.
IA que armar un oaramillo?
El asunto es bien senoillo;
dejemos que todo pase.
a los perros de esa clase
no sc les mira Ell colmillo.
A otra cosa.
No faltan personajes,-de esos que &
cada momento Sc oyen liamar ilustrados,
reotos y justos por la prensa oficiosa-
que op1nan que entire nosotros La pol1ti-
ca esta demas y no tiene rsz6n de ser.
Les sobra, fS, la raz6n
-conste que hablamos en- serio.@
Tan elevado criterio
nos LENA de admiration.
Los que hemos tenido la desgracia de |
nacer al calor del terrufo, no debemo os |
scariciar ideales nj aspiraciones de min
gun genero.
7 por genio y por costumbre,
sin protssta nj pesar
debemos, al fin, dollar
Ell cuello la servidumbre.
No hay que opinar al rev6s:
suframos la tiranfa.
Lo aconseja esa teorfa
del general .interes.
Aquf solo es necesario
"a falta de aspiraciones-
pagar las contribuciones
y las cargas del Erar;.as4s,,,e-
ss!l1ssffff S!l<ssf1ffff con calma y en- paz,
mas del agio del dolo,
alcaldes como don Polo,
quees toda una Gutorid0z.
Sin que NADIA haya que implique
defensa nj garantfas,
aguantar las tropelfss
de alguno que otro caoique.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-03-20
Sc vende

Una casa con solar. IN el extreme norte
dc In Gale de Mendez Vigo.
InformarA don Jose Pamblauco.-
Ia de Febrero de- 1895.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-03-20

MR.. CHARLES BUCHET. Direeter do ,o
Farmaeia Central de Francia y Paris
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-03-20

Adlos, amigo y oompsfiero; en- ests.
llneas va el abrazo carifloso de todos los
de L0 Lucha: iBueE2 suerte, va M.
jioo
M s. PICHARDo
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-03-20

LA guerra intestina, la guerra o;
dice Pradier Fodere (DroH sn1esrnl
tso'sat pra6tic) no es la guerra p1bl;c;
la guerra internacionaLlii.R Nero 81
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-30
a GAME OF POLITICS.

A correspondent of the New York
Commercial Advertiser has been visit
ing Major Mckinley at his home in
Canton. He says he has done his best
to get from him a declaration on the
money question. Mckinley parted all
his inquiries very skfllfully, refusing
to say anything. Nor will his friends
say yes or no. Yet this correspondent
says the impression created by the
talk of these friends is that Mckinley
himself is for sound money at heart
and would so declare himself but for
the fact that "the gentlemen who are
managing his campaign fear if he does
he may lose caste with the silver fanat-
les. 1t is a game of politics pure and
simple. There is no reason to doubt
that Mckinley is all right on the
money question, but why does he not
say so? Not even McKinley's warm
est friend has been able ito get word
from him as to what his own views
are. He deftly turns the inquiry aside
and says it would be unbecoming in
him to speak while the other candidates
remain SILENT
No doubt the Ohio candidate is at
heart for sound money, but he is really
too much of a politician and too little
of statesman to declare himself pos
ftively This is the weak part of his
candidacy. But then it must be re-
menrbered that he is playing a game
OF politics pure and simple. Keen OBJ
servers of politics sthis year are of the
opinion that it is not a good year in
which to play politics; the people are
too much in earnest OH this vital ques-
ton of money to enjoy a game of pol
ftics for the mere sake of the game.
McKinley's resemblance to Napoleon
has been one Of his drawing cards. but
it has not been wothout its drawbacks.
This correspondent says the Canton
candidate does not fancy the much her
aided resemblance to Napoleon; that
in fact the Napoleon of protection and
the Napoleon of France have not much
in common. No one whose pate is not
added ever supposed that they did
The cry that Mckinley resembled Ma
poleon in feature or anything else was
bound eventually to work harm to the
former, and This Mckinley has evil
IDENTIFY discovered. If he will only dis
cover that playing the game of poll
tics this year is a dangerous thing to
do, he will find his chances at St
Louis better than they are today.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-30
TIE CITY AND THE Gas COMPANY


The action of the city council in re-
Voking the franchise of the Salt Lake
and Ogden Gas and Electric Light
company is regarded in some quarters
as rather radical and perhaps hasty
step, and altogether unfair to the gas
ana light company in question.
We can scarcely ccme to that con-
ofusion, since the company has redress
IN the courts if the action of the city
council is unwarranted Nor are we
of the opinion that the city authorities
were without sufficient ground for the
step taken.
1t looks to US as if this company was
plainly violating its charter when it
undertook to charge more for its light
and fuel-gas than the maximum nam
ed in its franchise. So far as the small
consumers were concerned it had the
appearance of being a cold-blooded
proposition to hold them up. The gas
and light company had no right to
charge more than so cents per thou
sand feet for its natural gas, and yet
it went to the consumers of less than
thousand feet per month and told
them that they must pay the company
at least S1.50 per month though they
might use less than a thousand feet
Of gas, and if they used but a thou
sand feet then they would be paying
five times the amount that the COM
pany had any right to charge; and
we do not think a company has any
right to do that kind of thing.
We know it is an important matter
to annul the franchise of a corpora
ton that has expended so great an
amount of capital as the company in
question has; and that furnishes so
much labor for Salt Lake worl0men as
this company does. We are also aware
of how damaging to the efforts being
made to induce capital to come to Salt
Lake and Utah for investment such
unfortunate embroilments may be, but
rising above all these considerations is
that which is of still more Importance,
namely, that corporations must be
taught to observe the law, and that
they cannot ignore the terms of their
franchises, and do wrong even to the
humblest citizen.
We hope the matter will be speedily
settled. and settled right without in
jury to the gas company, and without
discredit to the city.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-30
THE SALT LAKE HERALD THURSDAY APRIL SO 1896.

stolen from a Massachusetts, Unitarian.
The Rev. Lee was alternately COM
mended and condemned for his action,
while the Rev. DR.. Morgan was alter
nately condemned and excused for his
action. The pastor of the Church of
the Heavenly Rest was deserving of
all the censure he received. But now
it is the Rev. Lees turn to receive CEN
sure. He has been charged with steal
ing an ode and palming it off as his
own
The ode is said to have been stolen
from the late Rev. DR.. Sylvanus Dry
den Phelps, of Saratoga, his son max
ing the charge. This plagiarism oc-
Cured twenty-five years ago when Lee
was student at Yale. The similarity
between the two odes was noticed by
DR.. Phelps son when Lee read his,
young Phelps be at Yale With him
but in class below. He felt like ex-
posing Mr.. Lee two years ago when
Lee accused Bishop Perry of plagiarism,
but when the attack on DR.. Morgan
was made he could stand it no longer;
patience had ceased to be a virtue.
But let the odes speak for themselves
Following is DR.. Phelps verse, pub
hshed in 1855:
AS Ger the past, the hallowed past, re
fiectio1 softly sweeps,
And quick revives the pleasing scenes
that memory fondly keeps.
A thrill Of joy, in these blest thoughts,
steals Ger my spirits chords,
WakHlS there
mortal words.
l cannotsing that rapturous song;
The heart alone can still prolong
It's blissiul life-inspiring strains, so
sweet so deep, so strong.
Mr.. Lees verse, delivered in 1875:
AS DER the past, the hallowed past,
Reelection softly sweeps,
Rcviving hany a pleasing scene
Which memory fondly keeps,
A thrill ofljoy one moment steals
Across tie spirits chords,
And wakeas there melody
Too glad for parting words.
The moral of all this is that people
who plaglarize should not expose pla-
giarism ih others.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-30
TABLES TURNED.

The New York Times cleverly turns
the tables upon some of its metropoli
tan contemporaries, especially the New
York Tribune, in respect to the effect
of the tariff on business and labor.
! Of course the position had been ia
ken by the Republican press that the
result of the Wilson tariff law was
/ to depress business, stop mills, throw
labor out of employment and ruin the
country. Steadfastly Republican pa
pers for a time closed their eyes and
ears to all signs of returning prosper
ity, until in April and May Of a year
ago there was such "a very interest
ing and cheering upward movement in
trade and industry" to use the lam
guage of the Times, and wages began
to increase so steadily and generally
that at last the Republican press could
nc longer deny the revival of industry
and the rise of wages; and in true Re
publican style set their wits at work
ITO claim it for the Republican party and
they said when denial of rising pros
perity was no longer possible, that ''all
this recovery was due to a popular ex-
pectation that the Mckinley tariff
would be restored, because Republi
can victory in 1896 could easily be fore
seen and the party. regaining power
in 1897, would speedily re-enact the old
duties" The New York Tribune said on
May 13: '"This recovery is an anltici-
patton 1t is discounting the improve
ment which men have a right to ex-
pect where the coming congress brings
Republican experience and patriotism
and common sense to bear upon the
difficulties of the country"
Other papers even went further than
this and claimed that ''the remarkable
revival was DUE remarked the Times,
mot only to expectation of benefits
from the present congress, but also to
an anticipation of Republican success
in the election of this year and of the
revision of the tariff on Mckinley lines
in 1897
Now comes the point of turning
Since the revival of trade and indus
try of a year ago, there has come a
decided reaction. 1t was observable
before the assembling of congress and
nothing this Republican congress has
done has checked that reaction, on the
contrary, matters grow steadily worse;
and ''for some time past, as the Times
puts it, 1.-The high tariff newspapers
have been commenting gloomily upon
the condition of business and asserting
that the Democratic tariff is running
the country
What we should like to have ex-
planned" continues the Times ''is. why
anticipation of Republican success and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-30
THE FRENCH PREMIER.

France has just passed very success
fully through a cabinet crisis. NJ.
Bourgeois has been succeeded as
premier by Felix Jules Meline. NJ.
MeIne is not unknown to French poll
tics By profession he is a lawyer. He
has always been a high tariff man. A
biographical sketch of him in an eX-
change says he was elected member
Of the commune, but declined the Office.
He was made a rational assembly
man in 1872, and four years later was
elected ito the chamber. For fifteen
years he was almost constantly before
the public as deputy or as filing some
function under the patronage or neces-
sity of some ministry. He was under
secretary Of the interior with Grevy,
but resigned at one months end. Later
he was made member of the tariff
commission, ard in 1880 he battled with
the party in power for protection, max
ing his influence felt in all directions.
So totally was he convinced of the
strength of his position that he favored
a protection that was practically pro-
hibitive. The only concessions he
would listen to were a few points in
favor of Switzerland and the United
States. One year thereafter he was
returned as a deputy. In 1888 we find
him minister of agriculture. Retiring
in 1885 with Ferry's cabinet, he went
back to the chamber, and in 1888 he
presided over that body. Since then he
has been in the chamber at odd times,
and has never been out of the public
eye. He is a sharp politician. a good
statesman, and thoroughly understands
the temper of his countrymen.
His ministry will most likely be very
much the same as those that have pre-
ceded it. So far as foreign matters are
concerned it is sure to be conservative