The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-12

half as good use of their time. BY sacri-
f1cing half his private fortune TO exc out
the deficiencies of available funds he
contrived to reorganize the army the
courts of appeals and the custom house,
dredge three harbors, improve the mill
tary highways and establish some thirty
free public schools. He also secuIarized
the convents-with the exception of those
connected with some charitable enter
prise. His tariff system, adopted in the
third year of his administration, was
close approach to free trade. At his re-
quest several Valparaiso merchant prin-
ces endowed the public lib aries of their
city. He abolished religious disabilities
and peonage Ga creditors right to en-
slave an impecunious debtor). Litigation
was abated by institutions combining the
purpose of municipal court of arbitra-
ton with those of peace tribunal. The
taxes of the iaboring classes were re-
duced one half. So
All in all, Manuel Balmaceda was-or
if left in peace might have been tho
greater public benefaetor of the last 400
years but all his -transcendent merits
failed to outweigh the temptations of the
insurrectiOn maniaF He was hAmrered,
slandered and finally openly attacked
and forced to enter 4the lists against
blatant bully, whose ideal of patriotism
was the establishment OF mediaevQI
q
forefathers." F~:tL
Chill at that tine had about 2.SO9,COl
inhabitants, and it may be questioned if
million men ever awaited the result Of
an election with greater anA:eLy For the
champions of reason hal not been idle,
either, and stood ready TO repeI the les
taiized bigots as the crew of a storm
tossed ship would prepare to repulse an
attack of sea monsters.
HAD FIRE EATERS AMONG THEM.
They had their hotheads, too, who
swore to refute the belief in the superior
Valor of blind fanaticism, ard Determined
to sell their lives at q rare that would
make their adversaries lass ANXIOUS TO
frequent that market. Those opponents,
on the other hand vowed to eradicate
liberalism to, the last shredS of it's roots.
That they would fight uadcr all circum-
stances seemed more than probable, un-
less their defeat at the polls should be
decisive enough to scare .hei" leaders
across the border. Freedom, free trade
and the right of free speech were at
stake, together with the fruits of an al
most unparalleled progress, bGe also the
nope Of peace for months or years 10
come.
The friends of the administration, in
deed, We're warned to prepare for :ne
worst, and their leaders convened eoun-
CHS +tflat. often lasted through the night
INTO the late morning hours OF the second
dag. their poor followers, who cohlpre-e
hended the significance of the ssae only
py sort of Intuition, were seen to kneel
ouF son the terraces of .Seir chur hes
as the natives Of the volcanic districts
used to de at the rumbIing Of ali ap-
preaching earthquakes When Bonapart
started Tor the Belgian border, to meas
ufe myself with that Willain-ton," SIS he
called the Iron Duke, b Dau.ih traee er
urgently advised him to have d. we'll
equipped ship in hiding some waare on the
northwestern coast, so as not to be
caught iii trap If The dice Of iate should
ran against him. The spoilel hi1d of
Fortune neglected that ttdyica, but Senior
Sallnez, a wealthy Chilian statesman,
was more prudent, and Oh the even IF
the fateful election freighted his yacht
with ali MS portable vaiEa 5lcs and quiet
~ meored her in an out-of-the way cove
some forty miles s6dth of Valdlvia.
hundreds of Liberals prepared for the
gathering storm by making their will
ana putting their cfffIdfhn under the pro-
teclioh of provisional Guardians.
CIVIL WAR TILE, OUTCOME.
When the decisive day at last arrived
business was suspended, and the families
Oh many prominent politicians assem-
Dfe9 their friends ard awaited results,
as tne relatives of a defendant in a life
ana death trial would await the verdict
of the jury
Some 6Oee0 Intelligent foreign settlers
We're unit III favor of the Reform pres
| ident. but prejudice prevailed The fasi
ooupt vanished on the afternoon OF She