The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-12-22

~ Neh sthNSts " yuu must uoIfoW
money, We have Il all ready. How
much will you have2 Ru.aia, We also
welcome you into our money markets,
Give ua good collateral. Meanwhile,
Denmark, win you plsase seeepi sur
ofer Of 0.00o.ooo for the island OF St.
Thomas? Ny hearers there Ia no ma
ton on earth with sueh healthy eondi-
ton OF finances. We wiaksdly waste
an awful amount of money In this coun-
try, but sons one has said Il is easier
to manage . surplus than a deficit.
Besides this. we have In our country
plenty Of room, while the trans-Atlan.
tie nations are erowded-crowded
cities, crowded governments, crowded
learned Institutions: the population
crowded. packed In between the Pyrs-
nees and the Alps. packed in between
the English channel and the Adriatic.
Yes. on our continent plenty Of room.
Eight million square miles in North
America and all but o~nessFeAth capa-
BILE of rich cultivation. implying what
fertility and eommerosl -Four baAins
pouring their waters into the Atlantic,
Pacific, Arctic and Gulf Of Asxieol
When hear q man ~sxprssAlng the fear
that this country Is going 10 Be crowd
ed, know right sway he has not been
I'm Texas France has about $4,000 0
Of people, but TEXAS Is larger then
France; Germany about 100000 Of
people. but Texas ia larger than Ger
many.
Again. there IL no Land on earth
where the political coalition is so sat
isfsctory - in ours. Every two years
In the stats and every four years in the
nRtion We clean house. After a W.
hsment expression Of the people at the
ballet box in the Autamnal election
they all esm satisfied. and II they are
not satished, at any rata they smile.
An Englishman asked me In an English
rail train this question: Kew DO you
people stand Il In America with . r,vo-
luton every four years.? Would it not
be better. like US, 10 have q queen for q
lifetime and everything settled ~
But England changes government just
a. certainly a. We DO. At some adverse
vote In parliament out goes one party
and In comes another. Administer
tons change there, but not rs sdvsn-
tagsously as with us, for there they
may change almost any day, while with
us . party In power continues In power
at least four years
II il said 'h-t In our country VIZ
have more dishonesty in the use Of
public funds thaa In other lands. The
difference is that in our country al.
most every oficsr has . chance 70
steal, while In other lands . few peo-
pie absorb % much that the Others
have no chance at appropriation. The
reason thsy do not steal 10 because
they cannot get thar hands on II.
The governments Of Europe are 90
expensive that after the salaries OF
the royal families are paid there 1,
not much left 10 inappropriate. The
emperor Of Russia has Q nice little
salary OF ss.1Io. 900. The mpsror OF
Austria las . yearly salary Of $4,000.
900. Victoria, the queen, has q sal.
arr Of sa.aoo,o 900. The royal plate Of
81. James palace 10 worth $40, oOO. 900,
There Is . host Of attendants. ali on
salaries, ONE Of them 5000 9 year,
some $4,000 . year. Cemptrollsr OF
the household, mistress Of the robes,
captain Of geld stick. lieutenant Of
silver stick. clerk Of the powder closet
pages Of the back stairs, master Of
the horse. chief squsrry. ssusrries In
ordinary, crown squerry. hereditary
grand f~aleoner, Vice chamberlain,
clerk OF the kitchen, srooms in wait.
ing. lords In waiting, groons Of the
court chamber, ssrgsant-at-arms
barge master and Waterman, eight
bsdehsmber women, eight ladies Of
the bedehsmber and q on and so on,
AL this Is only . type Of the fabulou,
expense Of foreign governments. All
this u paid out Of the sweat and blood
Of the people. Are she people salts.
fed? However much the German,
like william, and Austria likes Fran.
cis Joseph, and England likes he,
glorious queen. these stupendouI gov
ornamental expenses Z built on Z
Froan Of dissatisfaction as wide az
Europe. II II were left to the people
Of England or Austria or Germany or
Russia whether these expensive sstab-
lishments should be kept up, do you
doubt what the vote would be? Now,
Ia 1t not better that we be ~overtaxed
and the surplus be distributed all over
the land than to have IL built up and
piled up inside Of pslaessf
Continuing this international com
parison, l have 70 say to you tina,
we have . better climate than il tc
be found in any other nation. We
do not suffer from anything like tbs
Scotch mists or the English fogs OF
the Russian ice blasta or the typhui
Of southern Europe or the Aslatis
cholera. Epidemies In America ar,
exceptional, very exceptional. Plen'
~ Of wood and coal to make q roar
ing FIRE midwintsr, easy access TO sea
beach or mouhtsin top whsn the ar
doris Of summer coma down. Michigan
wheat for the bread, Long Island corr
for the meal, Carolina rice for thu
queen Of puddings, Lonlniana sugal
10 sweetsn u beverages, Georgis
cotton to keep us warm. In our LAND
all products and all climates. Ar,
your nerves weak? Go north. L
your throat deiicsts? Go south. d,
you feel crowded and want NOR,
room? 90 west. declare il: Thii
is the best country in all the worlI
to live In. How do / know it2
have $4,000 new reasons for sayinl
II. SIX hundred and hfty thousan,
people in n year came from thu
other side Of the Atlantic to live II
America, aud they came because l
is the very best country TO live in.
While making this intsrnationa
comparison let US look forward TO tn
time which will surely come wheI
all nations will have as great advan
tages as our own As surely as tn
Bible IL true the whole earth is 70 b
gHrdenised and set free.
Many years ago in this city ! gaze'
upon q scene which for calamity an,
grandeur one seldom sees equalsd.
mean the burning Of the Smithsonian
institution, II was the pride OF oui
country. In II art had gathered rarss
specimens from all lands and countries
II was n Of those buildings whicl
seize you with enchantmsnt as you en-
ter, and all the rest Of your life hold
you with q charm. I happened 10 se,
the first glow Of the fires which OF
that cold day looked out from the win
dows Of the costly pile. Isaw the angr,
slemtnts rear and rave. Ths shout o
afrightsd workmeD and the assault o.
IRE engines only seemed 10 madden tn,