Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-12-29

theory. He mads q present Of SIS, 900
to poor Horace A. W. Tabor, ex-lieu-
tenant governor, ex-senator OF the Unit
ed States and observation-disclosures. IL
was a princely Christmas gift worthily
bestowed, for with all bis faults Tabor
had been a state builder. a bsnefactoF
Of his kind. This magnificent charity
Of Stratton recalls Leigh HINTS delight
full poem, which runs in this wise:
Aboa Ben Adhem tmay his tribe increaasD
Auok one night from q deep dream Of peace
And saw within the tnoonlieht IN his room,
Making it rich and like a lily In bloom,
An angel writing in a book Of gold
Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold.
And TO the presence IN the room he said.
What writest thonf" The vision raia'd ~
And with . look made Of all sreet accord
Answered. "Ths names o. those who love the
Lord"
'Andi Is mine onef9 said Abou. may, NOT %,
Replied the angel. Aboas spoke more low,
But oheerily stu. and haia. ~ pray thee thea
write nae as one that loves bis fellow nen.r
The angel wrote and vanlsh'd. The next night
- 1aAS aHAAh WIN = EEEAtt NukaLlu| UHll
And shosf'd the names whom love Of Cod had
bless'd.
And loi Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.
Colonel Bryan'a Resignation.
Colonel William ]. Bryan's resigna-
sion from the army, his interview on
imperialism and his visit to Washing
ton have given the single gold standard
advocates a bad case of rabies. notwith-
standing the theory that that is q mid
summer disease. The low state Of the
thermometer could not save them. / am
rather inclined to the opinion that even
II II were so cold hat the mercury
would freeze hard these country savers
would show unmistakable signs Of hy-
drophobia should Bryan say anything
to his oountrymen, which he Is apt to
do enthusiastically rom now ON.
Bryan Is one Of tbs best natured Of
mortals. I never knew a more amiable
man. There are no angularities about
him. His temper never explodes. He
has nothing Of the porcupine about
him. He Is sympathetic. affable, kind,
and yet with all his engaging qualities,
with his many graces, there is nothing
he can do with which the self appoint
ed country savers do not find fault.
When the Spanish war began and
soldiers were needed, Bryan rendered
his services to the government in any
capacity deemed most useful. The pres
ident never paid any attention TO this
patriotic act. Bryan raised a regiment
of volunteers, and the governor Of Ne
hraska commissioned him rs colonel.
At once all the gold advocates shouted
with one accord: "Demagoguel Dema-
gogusi DemAgoguer'
Lincoln and Douglas.
The wal being over, peace concluded,
Bryan resigns-haying volunteered to
fight for his country and not to do po-
lice duty In foreign lands in a time of
profound peace At once the same eang
repeats the anne SANDER: 'Demagoguei
Demagoguel Demagoguer"
Let's see how Abraham Lincoln,
greatest Of Republican presidents, and
the Republican press in the better days
Of the party acted in a parallel case.
Lincoln defeated Douglas. A war
came on. Douglas supported Lincoln's
war measures just as Bryan supported
McKinley's. All the Republican papers
~applauded. Lincoln was thankful and
elated. Republican historians rank it as
Douglas greatest act.
Douglas rendered his services to the
president, and II is one Of the open So
crets Of those days that had Douglas
lived Lincoln would have assigned his
great rival TO high military command.
with rank of major general.
There 10 much similarity between
Douglas and Bryan, little between Lin
coin, first Republican president, and
Mckinley, the latest, and let us fervent.
ly hope the last, Of his Republican sue
cessors.
Bryan is fully as distinguished a man
as was Douglas. which is saying a
great deal, for Douglas was one Of the
foremost men Of his time. Bryan reach
ed the loftiest heights Of statesmanEhip
at q much earlier period Of life than
did Douglas, although the latter was
considered a precocious boy statesman.
Ape ehO BANat hAuoOih AouuNh hpcA
Douglas and destined him for high mil
itary honors, while Mckinley spurned
Bryan's Offer to serve in any capacity
where the president might deem him
useful. The future historian will record
the fact upon his glowing page that at
his country's call Bryan was willing to
fight for her and placed himself where
he might have opportunity TO fight,
Notwithstanding the fact that he knew
from the presidents noncompliance Of
his tender Of service that no matter
what he did upon the field there wonld
be no promotion for him-at a time,
too, when the president was making
political generals every day and load
ing down the official roster with the
names of ''the sons Of their fathers"