Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-04-30
DAILY INDEPENDENT.
SATURDAY..... APRIL 30. 1893

Could mighty phonograpn ue sus-
pendepd above the United States
these days, one vast enough to catch
and hold the murmurs Of the Repub-
lie; could it bear them away to for
eign lands and repeat them to the
nations beyond the sea; could listen
ers there catch them and repeat to
their governments what they were
hearing. would not the report, as
delivered be something like this:
There is music and nothing could
be more stately and grand. 1t is the
old song, any Country tbs of The".'
and it is ringing III one mighty di-
apasOn from ocean to ocean, and I'M
der it's majesty the boom Of the sur
ges as they break on either shore
seems but "a fitting accompaniment.
There is other music. 1t is a con-
tinu0us roll of drums from sea to sea
and it is puncutuated with bugle
bla sts. There, too, is the echo of the
tread of armed men, rising from
every State and all vending their
way to a common center. There is
a majesty in their regular step such
as was never listened TO before. State
Is responding to State and it is us
when the thundcrs Oh the Alps
answer back to those on the PyreneAs
There is the sound Of the Tapping Of
innumerable banners. the crunch 'ug
Of artillery wheels, the ring of the
hoofbeats OF a thousand squadrons,
the rhyth n of martial muse and the
shouts of cheering millions. BIeuded
with all the noise Of rushing ambu-
lanes 20 ng down to the battles
edge with their devices Of mercy for
the wounded and sick
But listen: Something more
wonderful than all the rest is now
being unfolded. We hear the vote
as it is beng recorded unler the
great dome at Washington, which
gives the plainly d"nssed citizen in
the White house President called
for brief term only to be chief ma
gistrate--more power than any X ng
or Emperor on this side OF the sea
possesses. ."
Soft the mothers of the Republic
are praying now. and what think you
is their prayer? 1t is: "If thou
canst, . Lord, permit this cup to be
put aside and spare us our sons, but
Thy will, not ours he done" The
ans yer is in the sentrios' tread and
in now and then boom from off the
Sell, where the war ships are firing
their morning and sunset guns and
setting their battle watches. -
There are other sounds. too. The
wash OF the rivers as they roll OH
ward is something sublime, and their
majestic flow seems but a refrain,
with Niagara's organ accompaniment,
of the anthem, any Country 'tis of
Thee The eight great notes are the
Hudson, the Niagara, the Susque.
hanna, the Ohio, the Mississippi, the
Missouri, the Colorado and the Col,
umhia, but the halt tones Of the
others are sweeter even than the full
notes.
There are other sounds even more
wonderful. All the wheels OF in
dustry are in full roll, Trains mr.,
rushing over the length and breadth
Of the continent. Mills and factorie
are in rull blast; the 'forges make
cloud by day, apillar Of fire by night
the rolling mills are foarings anvil
by millions are ringing, the hoistin
works ON the mountain tops al
breathing hard under their heav
burdens; in all the fields the pillow
Boys are singing and the carols Of I'll
dnsky cotton planters are sweet {
the lark's song. =. s.. .. ui'l
But what ID this? Something thl
compared, With it all that has, bee
heard grows commohplace and ooit
tits The song that is being sung Owe
ell the space for; three thousand mile
and orB.bctwseu Gods oceans, b
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