New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-19

arbitration to which nations, and especially English
speaking nations, can with dignity and honor sub
mt every question in dispute between them.
SHOULD BE BETTER ACQUAINTED
! have been impressed during a tour Of
over eight thousand miles with the fact that We as
Americans. know less about each other than we do
about foreign countries. Almost any intelligent
person whom you meet Is familiar with the indus
trial and social conditions OF Great Britain. France,
Of them extends TO- ali the eennents Of the sIobe
! very few are familiar with the climatic. the agr-
cultural the Industrial or the commercial condi-
lions and possibilities Of the Gulf states, OF
mat vast territory which extends from the
sands of miles OF arid plain with some beautiful
GASES Of cultivated land up to the Missouri River
labor and competition have become concentrated
In crowded centres. that we need department OF
government to teach congested populations where
they can find air. health. wealth and liberty. Why
should miners be starving in one territory when
why should farmers, freezing in lncement climates
or with their barns. their houses their fences
billiards. give it up and return again to the older
settlements when rich fields and alluring climates
wait for and want them? In the thousands OF
miles Of the great American desert ten millions OF
people could live in prosperity and happiness under
as only the Government could inaugurate. Strange
as IT may appear the historian. in looking over our
country and citing its benefactors: will give a
place. and good one to Brigham Young Having
stopped his caravan in the Salt Lake Valley with
the mountains of encrcng 1t and the alkal
plains. hard and dry and unproductive. he saw
that Il he brought the water from the mountain
earthly paradise for his co-relig ionists He also
Ing in country of rich soil is the small farm
which the farmer and his family can look AFTER
principle has made Utah the most prosperous OF
the intermontane States, and Salt Lake Its largest
city.
FROM SNOW TO RICE.
Governor Flower tells of a farmer from Jefferson
County who settled in the Northwest. In narrating
| tba he
der TO resist blizzard he built snow fence four
| feet wide and six feet high When the wind blew
1t over then the 'darned old fence was SIX Feet eI
Texas. where he had gone with his neghbors they
had demonstrated that rice could be proltapy raised
upon hitherto almost worthless prairie land ana
that little colony are nov living in comfort ana ana
comparative afiuence: We know 50 little OF me
magnificent scenery the unique succession OF
valleys and the climatic and productive possipititit
OF California. because Nature. always Jea.ous Oh hea
treasures. has placed the Pacinc ocean on ohg sue
OF the golden coast and thousand miles OF ~, aesslt
grees In the car In March. ana Yuma IS saiu ~ NC
the hottest place in the word. IL Is narrated OF d
man in the regiment that he was buried with mill
tary honors and went TO ms proper p.ace "a " W
days afterward the commander OF the garrison saw
| him walking about the camp. and threatened hlm
with arrest cour; martial and execution for having
ppoperIy mustered out. The soldiers excuse was
that he had become so accustomed 20 the tempera-
ture OF Fort Yuma that he had come back for his
blankets. After twelve hours of intoerable heat
and sunoca,ing dust the traveller comes almost IN
simultaneously into garden OF roses. fields or ever
grecn alfalfa grass and groves Of orange lemon and
other trees filing the air with the perfume OF ther
blossom or ladcnel with godened fruit Inc desert
ends and Paradise begins where Irrigation mas re-
deemed The SAND and made 1t Of ff fbe aoms s in in she
desept an original genus survnn lS mGuo or, VI
From saoonkseper, cowboy and Desperate he had
become a justice of the peace, the fountain OF the
law and the keeper OF the village grocery. He
greeted me cordially said he would have known me
anywhere from my picture. ana then irankiy an
the two most important decisions in mis- judicial
career lie said: The first was man brought pc
fore me for shooting Chlnamah aeciGsd t IA
there nothing in the statues OF the State or OF IN
United states that made Il crime TO XII. NINA,
paper the decision OF the Supreme Court OF the
United States on the Chinese Exclusion act iound
that my opinion had been sustained by Chei Jus,iSe
Waite" The other case was that OF man VINO
fell into the gorge OF the canyon IN the dscnafge
searched II, / found in It's clothes $40 In money and
pistol dnGsa me To carry ar y"e conseaei
weapons and l fined the corpse for violating the
law and the Court took possession OF the pistol and
the so"
PLENTY OF ROOM FOR BRAG.
We are naturally boastful people. and yet the
| better know our country the more am impressed
OF our boundless basis for Dragging. The language
OF exaggeration and metaphor seems inadequate to
state the conditions for health. wealth and happi-
ness I'm the United States when you add to them the
possibilities OF the future. Education ana credit are
the factors which will develop these possibilities anu
and inf the rf na Snns in every town on
Pacific Coast Is scno9houSe ara Dg s cisb,v
and assuring 10 enterprise And energy the rssnS %,
OF the United states thr NOR an an oI.'',11'
And the more see and the better Know the men
and women OF time. the more | am happy
optimst There are many ssC't,s o. y, , ph 20,
youth but one OF the best IN the enjoyment whlcn
| the goodness OF the old times and the people who
lived in them faith that The present is better tnan
than the present The kiss with which we bid good
l.iia hat vs.
the morrow with the kiss Of better day.
The Legisatnre has just exhibited 1t in soemny
onacting into law that bicycle IS not vehicle but
in doubt or Experiment.. as was exhibited in that
mortuary poem Of Cincinnatus which 80 delighted
Dean liome:
Little willie from tho mirror
Sucked the mercury ali N.
1t would his whoopins cough.
Al rho funeral Willie mother
. iia and , asd,t TO AN mr. fi irwin wmc
When the mercury went down.
Wei. gentlemen. we close tonight another year.
Nav the cordial handcasp with which we met keep
our hearts warm with the anticipation OF another
cordial and vigorous greeting for US all when next
April comes around.
Features Of the evenings entertainment were
a parody on "IIiawatha." written by Frank
Squicr, .x-Park Commissioner which was cir
culatcd among the guests In pamphlet form,
and a song of six verse; written by F. :. keat-
ing a member OF the club which was sung to
the tune of Maryland. My Maryland" The
song was addressed to Mr. Depew. and was
sung by Mr.. Heating. the members of the club
joining I'm the chorus.
GATHERED ABOUT THE TOWN.
The residents OF Caton-ave.. Flatbush, angry
az the sight Of dozen or more telegraph poles,
which put up In front Of their houses FRI
day by company. and they trying
to nnd out by whose authority they placed.
Through W. ". Garrison. j. 5. dc Seldng and
others they will soon take steps to have them
moved.