The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-04


'ru"i frum the g-,pulnr Noes.
Iur. Pilgrim NFt"r NurIu-k
~-l beaded aBd iu-urE-nt and
'hrr"tui combination oT
- 70 -urt sits 40 q infirw
f.. 70 t"l A-tur and Cut tsuta,iiv
Gown th" Dust 10 pilgtimag 81
fancy mus; b. playing "a, tricks
the r'd h~a,isd one fruu Kansas p
.,H first thought II additionally
r' nv attention a. what N" kansan
ing Looking bro"dingly nut on
tvnkling Broadway .tWInklinR
ih' Tact that ~ - saturday night
rr" Fourth hut ON. dav "a h. 4.
we'd tn utt~ranc- h-tW-,n alafs.
uuafing something. aud u must
| 'u'hnIlly admitted.
49, h- says msditatively Babylon
80 i-' destroyed
lh'' yuu reply. startled Il ~ uot
w.. time for sabbath morning sermon.
annual patriotic Grafton. and the text
f~ csught ynu unaWares
Babylon must bs destroyed he re-
i''t~ ~ol"mnly. and the taxicabs honk.
o." >tr"rt cars buzz and all tho other
i"'utlgable snurcrs OF sound furnish
where more prodigally than by this
sjEarr join in "a Greek chorus accom-
.Irlnent. He listens for n second
Its just tho old Jebusitr raisinR the
devil again. he says. and IL il borne upon
vrg that II n beautiful Broadway herself
that Is the recipient Of these uncompli-
urutary remarks. once again Cassandra
ran about the streets of Troy hollerinR
about the Tenderloin; jeremiah did the
same for Jerusalem. and Isaiah had 20
AXE only one good look at the people
Z jerusalem and that was enough for
HIM The modern prophets gazs pene-
tra-Rs faT eastward. probably seeing a
mYthlcal wall overjutting the busy East
River and battlements suitable for warn
Ing cries.
-lt'sawful New York is aw full because
- Influence IN 20 awful. II has been a
,ase Of Boston vs. Rector's. and Rector :
tas won out Time Was when We honored
Roston and the literary traditions she
stood for. To-day We pass her by with a
laugh. Oh. that's old Boston. and pass
her mp for glittering Broadway and the
snpshod literature. 40 called. which
comes With her. | say We. for she DOM
rates IS from coast to coast. That's the
svfuI part OF IL. We feel her even in
Kansas.
IT, not 20 much the golden calf wor-
We worship. We know. and We know
that ~ know. But what the devil do We
carr. H"Wever. he that gentleman that
/ met named will get us The hand.
writing - on the wall
tie prophet tries to quote Shakespeare
a. this point. but he can't. Then h. wants
YOU to- but YOU cant
Well anyway he saws 4 think it,
~ Measure for Measure thar k.-h and
mighty characteriaes his age and HE city.
lt's an age Of reforms he saws and
tE-yll just have 10 eat thems' IVES away
or words TO that effect
Now that's New York exactly. is her
attitude let the reforms eat them
s-!vea away. she says and she even smiles
Nth a kIniv tolerance On them She
kas forgotten there Is code Of u-nalJv
that's - old a. the world Nha hr.t
you'll D- thinking I'm a densgucvr- b..
interrupts himself
You are not
He shakes his head No. nor Re-
former
A statesman. perhaps:
Good heavens. no! 4 statesman -
politician gone TO seed
a politician them
-Yes-no-~ell. I'm told that I'm not
How did yon get into politics ,hsu''
-Chance-mck; | don't know
why do you stay in pol.'ic':- IN"
answer here comes ready and stral ght
enough
4 like folks; Just love folks There
~here | cant get any one to agree witt
me 20 believe IN people through and
through; that they are all rR h' a. bottom,
ard will come out all right Even ROJ-r-
Welt DOESN'T he adds sadly
can't think Of anything I am dnf-
ultely. unless it's an insuTgent I'm that
l'u you want To- know what one -
don't know how or when tins new tangled
nam" got invented. but Insurgents are
ching new; they ~ a. old a. the world
mere are men who are anxious To meet
n"V problems arising IN IN" world. to
srappls with the complexities and TO
-H.N" them without interference. who
delay going Ia those men or Hose Clas-.-
70 ho are neither eager To solve new prob
ems nor willing to grant that they exist
such men are what We to-day are calling
.l-rir gents and they are a. old a, the
vHrd
Ihey stand for no communists scheme
hey never try to bring prosperity 90 the
'r-.f'ls-s nor on the other hand 10 take
aHay from the individual TIA" right 20 vie
and 20 climb a. high a. his industry and
rfngrIty will carry him But they do
'-yfs.-. that only in the Law and before
.'" az and IA the men who execute u
hero shall n. equality
nat what ! am first Of all I reckon. 7
al .n-IrKent. and that's what I'm fighting
f. 'n win The InsiITgent head s.,afn-
'n g.-an more coloTfully a. he wants
.nI.v Anyway hi parents named hIm
'rr. and he's Irish and therefor. a
f'y.rr. 4 ia tali-t and believer IN uurt.nt-
Nr NluTdock admits that there's ~
drHr' srou hi being "A kan-an either D
r. '."n nearly forty years since he wi~
torn lat there and the seven Of these that .
b" .t~ ue"n away. representing his stat" .
iH asbln g'Dn. has constituents haven ;
s.s.d nm 10 grow far aheld
IH" greatest country IA the world
o." -r"stsst state in the mon. be de-
clare non. ton humbly. And Kansas ~
gf.t' ''.,Ise IT her peopl" They came
'.' 'rpN N"N England. most Of en-. and
'... ,Idu't have too many pillows to
o.. -.". 't.u up. They fought sand and
H...'F. welcomes and dTou. .htz graSg-
... .r- and cuinch bugs race ~
.rr and women developed, breed
.. 90. f,.rs sonnet tfua- called cram.