Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-04-13

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SELF would Be on tentsEhooks until he
sscEred : copy. He would perhaps Pc
rus il ssrreptiti0asly. but buy il he
wcuH and read IL toO-read ii like old
man Harper Of Kentucky used to run
his hors& from esnd to eend" Gu
riosity wouA compel Mark TO this
eOune-curiozity to End out how CON-
plssely and s~rfizticaly the brilliant an-
thor had done the JOB Of skinning and
% discover if eSsn his kesn vision had
overiooksdan sin in the vast catalogue
Of Hannsism- The reading Of that book
w0uh possess such an irresistible fas-
cination for the universal and con-
Eienceles bo0dler that be would nei-
fher sat nor slcsp nor buy another pur-
ehssshle sooundreI until he had psrnsed
Il from alpha to omega.
A HAN 81 Perfect Integrity.
Mr.. Resd ENJOYS the respect and per-
sonal friendship Of many men who are
his political opponents No man with
two ideas above aHottentot ever doubt
ed the great capacity, the leonine cour
age. the perfect integrity, the absolute
ezndOr or the stalwart Democracy Of
JossPh ". Bailey of Texas BE has had
as many parliamentary tussles with
Mr.. Reed and slugged him a. merciless-
" as anybody. Yet parliamentary n
mails show no mOr graceful perform
Ance than Nh. Bailey's speech at the
close Of the Fifty FIFTH congress propos.
ing . resolution thanking Mr.. Reed
for his conduct as speaker, which reso-
luton was unanimously passed. being
voted for BY many Is good Democrats
ss ever lived Mr.. Bailey said:
ct Is an admirable trait Of the
American character, and II Is one which
win contribute much toward the per-
mAnence Of our Institutions. that, no
matter how we may contend against
each other over our differences Of opin-
ion. each is always ready TO accord to
the other whatever praise may be de-
served. This commendable spirit has
led some shallow men 10 criticiss rs
because they could not comprehend how
we couid 80 strenuously combat the
Of cur adversaries and still
respect those adveFsaries themselves
These men do not know that q large
majority Of the men in every part Of
this country believe that a large ma
iority Of the men in every other party
are sincerely anxious 70 promote our
eounty's welfare And out Of this
broader spirit has grown a custom
which Is as old as the house itself-that
in the closing hours Of every session
there shall be offered a resolution like
that which I now send to the clerks
desk"
The Speaker Pro Tempore--The clerk
viii report the resolution offered by the
gentleman from Texas
The clerk read as follows:
Resolved. That tie thanks Of this house are
rendered 70 the Hon Thomas b Reed for the
able. impartial and diEniasd manner in which
be has presided ever its deliberations and per
fsss- ts ardaoas and important duties Of
the chair.
Mr.. Bailey-ME. Speaker. we have
always agreed with the distinguish
ed occupant Of the chair, and we have
taken more than one occasion to en-
phadzs our dissent but. remembering
the momentous questions which have
confrUnted Us and remembering, too.
the intense excitement which they
aroused throughout the country as well
az in this hall. the wonder is that those
occasions were 20 few, and in this hour
Of impartial retrospect / do not hesitate
to say that be has been as fair to rs and
10 q aide ss any one Of us were our
positions reversed, would have been 10
him and TO his side. / move the adop-
ton Of the resolution which has Just
been read.
Public Economy.
Any man who undertakes to a ' the
peoples money is ~Hippantly referred to
yin observation-disclosures ~"cheesepar-
ing demagogue, " but nevertheless econ
1my in public expenditures lies at the
root Of all enduring prosperity. There
may be now what the doctors would
sporadic cases Of prosperity
N this country. have no doubt that
Ihe distinguished statesmen who re-
,ently had their rendezvous in Jekyl
otherwise known as the recrea-
ion ground of multimillionaires, are
prosperous but that any measure Of
general prosperity has coms to the great |
BODY Of the people isa proposition that
sannot Be maintained
Printing flaming advertisements in
metropolitan papers, even In the guiss
II editorials announcing that prosperity
has arrived. fails to prove the truth Of
he statement TO the men who, though
indussriously in summers heat
md winters cold and economizing to
he utmost still End themselves sinking
ard deeper into debt as the years
20 BY.
I wish to heaven prosperity, uni
Tersal and abiding, would come. / care
rot who brings IT. % It comes / would
IL eheerfully, lustily and crate
ully IL brought about by William Nc
and . Republican congress as ]
F0ud II produced BY William Jen.
ings Bryan and Democratic congress
nom the bottom Of my heart I wish
resident Mckinley well he Is a most
r~aciouA. tactful and pleasant gentle
nan; bat. unless be and the F~iftysixth
ongress do more TO fulfT the multi
arigus and goEgsous promises Of 1899
han be and the Fifty-ffth congress
ave done. IL viii become the agreeabie
nd pstriotie duty Of President Bryan
nd the Hfty-sssenth and F~fty-eighfh
ongreses 70 induct the country into
n era Of general and enduring prosper
y. With Bryan In tie chair Of Wash
ngton. Jefason and jackson and with
conU@ in sympathy with him. the
eopls vii GINS into their own again,
nd government Of trustS b. trusts and
trusts viii vanish Ike an ugly dream
tie American continenf forever.
Hsu &c esin Prosperity.
There are two ways Of propagating
roaperity among the manses-m By
aaing Laws wiss and just % that they
isy reeslve more money for their la
OF ffl % cut down he faxoa 70 that
- q What they do earn shall Be taksn
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