The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-03-18
10 believe that they make model wives

I do not think shat they are the worst
in the world, hut there are indications
which do not commend them much-for
instance, the mysterious history OF a
certain witch who ->W owns Il palace
on Fifth avenue and unDsG fortune, 81
which she now makes an i1SOlent show,
was amasscd by prcventil z the increase
Of population in the grc"t republic; tie
personals in q New YOlK newspaper
the excursions OF steamboats,, which fIl-
low the publication Of these ~'personalI;'
tneir trips to EurcpG and the lives thy
cad in Paris
After drawing this picture the Spac
sh diplomat asks: Are all men and
romcn III tn" United States like this:
Maybe not. | do not know thea to te
go, but let there be no misunderstand-
ing upon this subject. We are tired Of
seeing and knowing persons who latei
prove to be r~ascals; Of hearing Ameri-
cans abuse their own c~ountryren and
all the more when they happen to be
highly placed; of shaking hands with
persons who ought to wear manacles in
stead of gloves, We're we to believe
what those who know them say. y = =
1T is yet to be learned whether thu
American commonwealth can continrc
as it is now constituted. Will the Unit
ed States be able to exist when it has 10
confront the social problems which now
attract EurOpe's attention? VIII the
United States BE- able long to retain the
cohesion from which the federal cOnsti
tuition derives all its force, having, as
the nation l ", a government lacking
unity and str,Ggth as we'll as Il corrupt
~antagonism and opposing interests OF
the various states? Will the United
States be able to meet foreign COMPETE
ton when wages are lowered abroad:
Will the western agricultural states sub
NIT to the economic scryitude imposed
upon them by northern manufacturers!
In my opinion, all these problems will
present themselves in the United States
before long.
"As soon as the present industrial
movement ceases and the United States
| gets on a level with other nations, when
profits become less. will the taxpayers
cOnsent to be ruled as they now are;
Will they consent to pay large sums %
money for the maintenance Of an army
which docs not exist, of a navy the con,
ditiOn of whose vessels is such that non
Of them would be able to return to the
United States from a trip to China, OF
an administration whose members pro-
vide abundant material for ;nvcstiga-
tiou in the criminal courts?
$50 many opposing interests canr0:
long remain united. Time will bring
about the formation of three nations in
the east, west and south of the United
States. If, as CASTELAR, said, democracy
leads to unity and to the strengthening
Of the central power, dictatprs viii
eventually become necessary in these
three republics. From dictatorship to
monarchy there is but one step, which
will easily be taken by the austere ~
p%nblicans, who now call themselves
generals professors and doctors,
nobody knows why, for they are SO Is
%partibus. No one would more willingl:
:han they assume the title of Duke ot
Connecticut or Marquis of Minnesota
of<
Il will not attempt to desc1il" al
American city, with its numbered
streets and straight avenues cutti:c
one another at right angles;> with it
Immense buildings, the architecture O
which would drive Vitrubio, Herr.r;
and Bralnante to despair, although j
may delight men who began life chew
ing tobacco, with their feet stretched
opon a pine table at a miners hut, an'
who end it still chewing tobacco, bu
.ith their feet now resting upon q Cal
;fcrnia laurel table in a marble palace
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an these free countries liberty D..
fer hotel keepers, for stage drivers, 70
tain conductors, for Pullman car lie
/ go porters, not for the unfortunate be
ing whose lot is to foot the bill. Ne,
York Sun.
At Sylvan Grove, Kan, a FOOLS
8 wager was carried out. A Republica
had the pleasure Of stripping a Brya
advocate to his undergarments, an