The Saint Paul globe., 1901-07-10
FOURTR or July oRAroRK.

! History repeats itself and so do the
annual Fourth of July orators For
century the people have been given the
! same doses of patriotism mixed with
strong ingredient of hog-wash. The cell
ebration orators deem it their duty to
distance the political campaign orators
in extravagant hyperbole It is well
enough to be congratulatory, but it is
also well to keep within hearing distance
of the truth
These preliminary remarks are called
forth by the accounts of several Fourth
of July orations, delivered by several no.
torious characters. Chauncey Depew. a
United States senator, and man who
has caused himself to be talked about
on account of his reckless use of his
tongue, celebrated the national holiday
at Paris by making the usual noise with
his mouth. He informed his hearers that
in the future the military genius would
be a nine-spot compared with the trust
promoter; that, within a time so short
that his modesty forbade him to mention
it, the United States, by means of its
trusts, would rule the world. Such stuff
coming from Chauncey surprises no one.
1t may be serious or it may be joke
it matters not what it is, no one pays
any heed to what Chauncey says He is
not responsible
Living in South Carolina is man
named McLaurin, "a senator also, and
man who has conceived the idea that he
has mission; that he has been called
to convert the South from Democracy to
the true faith of Republicanism. He de-
livered an Grafton as full of rainbow
promises of double prism. McLaurin
sees a great future for the South if it
will only stand by him and elect him
again to the senate. He sees a Wis on
of not only united North and South
but a united race speaking one language
and sustaining one set OF officeholders. He
sees the Anglo Saxon race dominant the
world over. He proposes to give the
world our civilization and our religion.
While over the entire earth he proposes
to spread our perfect political institu-
tions." This is funny. real funny. If
McLaurin were a man of wit we would
certainly suspect him CT a bit of sar-
casm. Perfect political institut ons'
would sound optimistic from a lips of a
sweet boy graduate of our high schools,
but when it comes from the lips of
man who is somewhat acquainted with
our political Institutions, it is a little
too rank even for a Fourth of July
grafton. Can it be that the peep into
Republicanism as it is represented by
Tom Platt, Mark Hanna and Matt Quay
has impressed the impressible McLau-
rim with the IDEA of perfection? Or had
his plastic mind dwelt so long and so
admiringly on the political institutions
of Pennsylvania, that he confounde d the
image with his mental conception of
those of the nation?
The high water mark of celebration
oratory was reached by young man by
the name of Hobsou, the same, VINO
sunk, or caused to be sunk, an o. vessel
in the entrance to Santiago harbor for
the purpose of preventing the Spanish
squadron from coming out to be de-
stroyed, and who afterward gained some
local notoriety in the athletic field, by
kissing large number OF girls This
young man delivered an oration also.
Hobson is notaing if not original. His
ignorance of the subject he attempted to
treat was as complete as was his success
in the kissing match. In proof whereof
witness the following:
This day, the Fourth of -uly for the
American people, will, firmly believe,