The Irish standard., 1908-11-21

NAuuShteto IN TACT, SIT, since l nave
seen this map have no doubt that
Byron was vainly endeavorinz to con-
vey some faint conceptions of the de-
licious charms of Duluth when his
poetic soul gushed forth in the rim.
ping strains of that beautiful rhap.
sody-
Know we the" land of the cedar and
pine,
Where the flowers ever blossom, the
beams ever shine;
Where the light wings of zephyr, OBJ.
pressed with perfume
Wax faint DER the gardens of gull in
her bloom;
Where the citron and olive are feirest
of fruit
And the voice of the nightingale never
is mute;
Where the tints of the earth and the
hues of the sky,
yie?"
AS to the commercial resources @.
Duluth, sir, they arc simply illimitable
and inexhaustible, as is shown by this
map. ! see it stated here that there is
a vast scope of territory, embracing
an area Of over 100000 square miles,
rich in every element Of material
wealth and commercial prosperity, all
tributary to Duluth. Look at it., sir.
(Fointing to the inap.) here are mex
haustible mines Of gold. immea surable
veins of silver, impenetrable depths of
boundless forests, vast coal mines,
wide extended plains of richest pas
turage, all. all embraced i'm this vast
territory, which must in the very nd
ture of things, empty the unto,G treas
ures of it's commerce into tn, lap of
Duluth. daughter) Look at it, sir.
(pointing to the man. do you not see
these broad brown lines drawn around
this immense territory, that the enter
prising inhabitants of Duluth intend,
some day, to enclose it all in one vast
corral, so that it's commerce will be
bound to go there whether it would or
not? (Great laughter.) And here, sir,
(sti1l pointing to the mapD find,
within convenient distance, the Pie
gan Indians; which. of all the many
accessories to the glory Of Duluth, 1
consider, by far. the most inestimable.
For, sir, l have been told that when
smallpox breaks out among the women
and children of that famous tribe, as
it sometimes does. they afford the fin
est subjects in the world for the STRAIT
cgical experiments of any enterprising
military hero who desires to improve
himself in the noble art of war Qaugh.
teri. especially for any lieutenant gen.
eral, whose
"Trenchant blade. Toledo trusty,
For want of fighting has grown rusty,
And eats into itself for lack
OF somebody to hew and hack"
Sir, the great conflict nov raging
in the Old World has presented pho
nomenon in military science unprece-
dented in the annals of mankind, a
phenomenon that has reversed all the
traditions of the past as it has dis
appointed all expectations of the pres
ent. great and warlike people, re-
nowned alike for their skill ana valor.
have been swept away before the adj
vance of an inferior foe, like the au-
tumn stubble before hurricane of
fire. For aught know the new flash
of the electric fire that shimmers
along the ocean cable may tell III, that
Paris, with every fibre quivering with
the agony of impotent despair, writhes
beneath the conquering heel of hey
cursed invader. Ere another moon
shall wax and wane the brightest star
in the galaxy Of nations may fall from
the zenith of her glory, never to rise
again. Ere the modest violet of early
spring shall open Her beauteous eyes,
the genius of civilization may chant
the unavailing requiem OF the proud
est nationality the world has ever
seen, as she scattcrs her withered and
tear-moistcned lilies DER tho bloody
tomb Of butchered France. But. sir, I
wish to ask you il you can,lidly be-
lieve that the Dutch would have over
run the French in that kind oe style il
General Sheridan had not gone over
there and told King William and Won
Moltke how he managed to whip the
Piegan Indians?
(Here the hammer fell.)
MANY cries, Go on" 'Go on!")
The spcaker--1s there any objection
to the gentleman from Kentucky con-
tinuing his remarks. The chair hears