To the golden land; sketches of a trip to Southern California . ance; and pleasing manners, a rarebut most sweet smile, and a boundless flow of interestingtalk, make him a delightful companion. We gossipedfor halt-an-hour on matters political, literary, and view of his I was sorry to learn. America, hedeclared, must have a stronger navy. Every section ofpublic opinion demanded it. I am bound to say that so faras my observation went, from New York to California,among Democrats and Republicans alike, that is English, said the Secretary, cant wonder at you are going to s
To the golden land; sketches of a trip to Southern California . ance; and pleasing manners, a rarebut most sweet smile, and a boundless flow of interestingtalk, make him a delightful companion. We gossipedfor halt-an-hour on matters political, literary, and view of his I was sorry to learn. America, hedeclared, must have a stronger navy. Every section ofpublic opinion demanded it. I am bound to say that so faras my observation went, from New York to California,among Democrats and Republicans alike, that is English, said the Secretary, cant wonder at you are going to spend twenty-one millions extraover a similar policy. Yes, that is the mischief of expending 300 millions in twenty years, our incom-petent Naval Authorities declare we have not sufficientnavy and guns. They feel bound to spend more. Im-mediately Russia responds by a resolve to increase hernavy, Germany will follow suit, and France, and Italy, andnow America; and in the end the relative proportionswill remain about the same as at the begfinninir. Will. oo Pi Q< o a w H TO THE GOLDEN LAND. 97 there ever a statesman arise who will point out to theChristian (?) nations a more excellent way? I mentionedto Mr. Blaine our desire to see the President. Well, Ihave an hours work, said he. Run off now. Comeat one oclock, and I will walk across with you myself. At the appointed time we were ushered into the outerroom, and found it filled with callers, among whom was moving, despatching one after the other with theswift precision only to be attained by a disciplined Ameri-can politician. My English eyes followed the kaleido-scopic scene with lively curiosity. One incident attractedmy especial notice. Mr. Blaine was talking confidentiallywith General Schenck when his eye, roaming round theroom, alighted on a coloured man dressed in broadclothand with a huge gold watchchain across his ample was standing shuffling from one foot to the otherand uneasily crumpling
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