Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-28

said ASK them," but by that time
they were in, and scooting up the stair
way for the back chairs on the immense
stage. One of them gave merry
laugh and said to me: Nothing sue
ceeds like success" But TO return to
the speakers, both Judge Brewer and
William Bryan were fine, the latter, |
think, the finest on the program Mon
day evening. One receives the i'm
preston that William Jennings Bryan
is not only very able man, but sim
cerely good Christian gentleman.
There was not one man or woman on
the program offour days meetings who
did not think the money spent for in
creased ornament on land and sea was
to great extent waste. Two hun
dred millions annually for army and
navy, with the prospect of having to
pay out more every year, and at the
same time other and more important
interests neglected was the thing that
seemed to have gone too far in this age
of the improving world The conven-
tion thonght it would be better to be
out of debt as a nation, and to have
money on hand, which, it was argued
was equivalent to war ships and armies
of men, for money could procure both.
Pretty sound argument too, when you
consider that almost as soon as a ship
is builded, it is old fashioned so rapid
are the improvements i'll the great Sea
Dogs of War.
find | must pass over an account of
the two meetings held on Tuesday.
Time forbids, and Mr.. Mullin doubtles
has other things to mention in this
weeks issue; but | must say word
about the banquet at the Bellevue
Stratford on Tuesday evening, which
closed the Peace Conference. Baron
Gagoro Takahira was the man / was
most anxious to hear, and he was not
present, being detained by important
business, and telegraphed at the last
moment his regrets. The Ambassador
from Brazil is a brilliant man, and
spoke we'll and to the point. AS it is
claimed for South America that the
first aspirations after universal peace
were breathed there, the Honorable
Mr.. Joaquin Nabuco, the Brazilian
Ambassador took considerable credit
aud gave to his country precedence
over all other nations in the matter of
seeking peace.
Summing up the thought of the Con.
ference, | find this:
First-General appreciation of the
valor in the breast of every trueAmeri-
can valor which has rec orded it's
deeds in history with it's very life
blood. Proper tributes were render
ed all our soldiers, and the soldiers of
every land, the furthering of whose in
terests in the past, seemed to require
war
Second-Statistic of the almost in
credible and fabulous amounts that
have been spent to furnish armies and
navies, and what these millions would
mean if they could be used for the
good of the people through their insti-
tutions, etc.
Third-A great and high optimism
seemed to fill the air at all the meet
ings, and it not only expressed itself in
terms of hope for better things, but
there seemed to me to be an undercur-
rent of determination, that these things
should shortly come to pass. That the
work Of this convention will have
strong bearing on the Third Hague
Conference there can be no doubt.
Personally, believe the Day of Bet
ter Things is about to dawn, and my
belief and feeling in the matter is ex-
pressed in the following lines taken
from a poem written by myself on
Christian Socialism:
| The next decades wave which in mid-water
roars,
The pearls of Reform shall cast on all shores.
Where the multitudes wait.
And Brethrenwe id gladly lie down in the grave
Could we add but drop to that rich-freightened
wave,
Which will baptze the race that our Lord came
TO save.
And to emancipate
CONWAY WING DICKSON.
Sinnamahoning, Pa, May goth, 1908
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