The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-07-22

Claremont had not sailed up the Hudson.
Since that time the echoes from the puffs Of
that little craft have been heard around the
world aud the commerce of the earth has
taken on new proportions.
President Adams and Congress travelled by
horse and chaise to the new Capital. and
were lost in the forest before reaching WASH
ington. To-day there is not Capital of a
State in the Union, from ocean to ocean, from
lake to gulf, that palace car does not enter
over the steel highways of the continent.
The first track laid, the first puff of loco
motive, and the first trial trip made was from
Washington to Baltimore.
There was no electric telegraph, but the
potent influences of the century babe it
spring into life, and deep calleth to deep, :"
land the deep uttereth his voice, " and the
Nations Of the earth speak with one tongue,
and with the morning and the evening sun
they are in touch with each other.
The same spirit Of discovery dominated
other minds in the century. The telephone
speak face to face with his neighbOr In New
York. Thomas Edison has divided the cleo
trio current and its light indefinitely, so that
man holds torch in his hand and the dark
places of the earth are thereby made light.
lighting has become winged messenger. 1t
has been harnessed to chariots and man has
commanded it to stand still and become the
beacon light to the Nations Of the earth.
The Ohio River was the limit of civiliZa-
ton; now it is bounded only by the waters
of the deep, and the great deserts are dot
ted with the cities of the plain.
Chicago had neither habitation nor name;
to-day it numbers one and half million
souls. The first worlds exposition was in
London, not so years ago. The greatest ex-
position Of the world was celebrated in
Chicago in 1893. In its suburbs arose the
"White City, an apocalypse in architecture.
a poem in fairy palaces. The Nations walked
In the light Of it and the kings Of the earth
brought their glory unto it.
Our cities, our homes, charities, churches,
universities, public schools and Libraries
speak with tongue not misunderstood. BY
energy. thrift, true manhood and a pure
patriotism we have commanded the respect
of the world. but we have reached strategic
point in Nation making, and 1T will require
craftsmanship of a high order to hold the
things attained, and true leadership to repre-
sent the responsibilities of the hour, In our
foreign policies and civic aspirations. And
such it is believed we have in President Nc
Kinley and the Cabinet he has chosen. With
such men as the following he has wise adj
visers: Senator John Sherman for Secretary
of State and Judge Day his Assistant;
Lyman J. Gage. of Chicago, as Secretary OF
the Treasury; Russell A. Alger of Michigan.
as Secretary of War; John D: Long, OF Mas
sachusetts, at the head Of the Navy; Cornelius
N. Bliss, Secretary of the Interior; Joseph
McKenna, of California, Attorney-General;
James A. Gary, of Maryland, Postmaster
General, and James Wilson, of Iowa, as Sec
rotary of Agriculture.
They will find that the seed planting is
done: that the blade has appeared, also the
ear, and the full corn In the ear, and the
question for statesmen to solve is how the
harvesting shall be done. How shall it be
made free to all? How shall every man have
his share in the work, and no one be LETT
without the power of bringing happiness to
himself by doing something, making or Gre
ating something that will help to It'll the Ma
tional garners of the incoming century,
This Administration has taken the relns
when blight has swept over the country;
when industries are stagnant, manufactures
silent, farmers disheartened, citizens unem-
ployed, and our finances gone wool-gatnerlnS.