Show editorials A BIT OF HIS jils acir it ift hav ben been observed to u us that we might have given a portion of ot the speech 0 of f the mexican in indian diah alah ori orator ator ignacio 11 al at tb the 0 banquet given to secretary seward re rc fe berred to in in yesterdays yesterday NEWS we here reproduce tile tho ex trac tas ins hastily translated from 1 spanish into english by senor don I 1 miguel alimuel Al iguel pedro vedro Ped rorena rent reni 1 1 t 1 gentlemen one orthe odthe republics of south Amer america fda perhaps the most flourishing said a new few ew years ako ago referring to the that had been tendered by his country to cam feron leron and S Mat mar martin maitin tiry that those nations only that are grateful des I 1 serve to be ael aei assisted sted stid 1 ana holy maadi that has been bern stamped for ever in the conscience of the people the observance of i which ch has raised them to the high i est pinnacle of power and the forgetfulness of which has dragged to degradation the most famous and powerful empires the republics of orthis new neww continent continent should always keepin keep in thein their minds this max lim that we may never forget it if awe iwo stife livye wish to see Ani america erica occupy th that t position that has been assigned to it bythe by the jaws laws of civilization that mis i is to say the first in the w world orld orid Gintle gentlemen men med the motive that today to day unites us inthis in this thib banquet is knoof one of friendship to our venerable guest hithia buthis hb this Thia banquet ashot is nob not to the for eign eign monarch who leaving his bis throne for a few days to td travel among ns us ls receive di with official ovations lins nor to the fortunate con quedor wesee see iii in our ofir banquet earsing the cup tor his lips with a bloody haud hand a banquet offered through fear bulit but bub luu lub is the apostle lof human dignity and honor the f defender derender of bf the dignity bof lof america androne and oneff of tha the most venerable patriarchs of liberty whom we welcome in our midst and in honorof honor of whom we decorate with flowers our Mexican aames acmes and tender ti tb him our sympathies and 11 admira mi a tion see himl him you see bee 0 on ids ins ills forehead no mo crown but those venerable eu locks those white lock locan which sho show whis his age what an hn aga age that show us nil kil that those years ears have been consecrated to the service of his count country jy consecrated for the good 6 of oi all ail 11 C i f STRUCK WITH THE BEAUTY OF california tg ij M 11 of the omaha herald says gays of his journey to california 1 4 ci 1 cannot 4 write to in do detail taif talf of the J journey purney over to the pacific it was a constant co delight from first to jasd the of f the humboldt plains is grandly gidaly relieved by the thib splendors of the sierra aleria Nev nevadas hda of which the abe of cape horn Is the culini culmination nation the pla pm oid old pictures with which these thrilling mountain 1 scenes 1 at are e brought in contrast as we descend into the broad and beautiful valley of the sacramento idranie nto must be seen to bl le eap ap predated no pen can adequately abely dod doi describe cribe them the beauty orthe of the land is V beyond ap jud ahn power of words wordy to paint I 1 1 cameal a twinkling from snow ca capped ppe d mountains into a vast and limitless world of flowers and into a boundless b ocean cean jf waving grain in the very tery m midst lot 4 it f I 1 he says is the most alf its size in the world SCHOOLS AND k D the que question i silo n of religion or or no feli fell religion gion glon in schools seem beem sto be rag raging ing as fie fiercely acely in parts of the united beatea states as it has in england in the couise of an address addre ss by by the rev bev dr manning secretary of the tract society before the tract soc society lety in cincinnati cin nati lay 27 that gentleman 11 is reported ep arted to have spoken to the following effect since his big arrival inthis la this countr country y he be bad had visited many schools and he could not speak too highly of the discipline and order which obtains in them but whenever h he e had asked how do you deal with the religious question the answer had been beenke we cannot say anything I 1 about religion we have children of all classes jews infidels athe ests and catholics and it would not be right if were permitted to teach religion most reluctantly F r have come to the conclusion that that is the only al alternative tern a alvel fae would keep tile the blighting blaitt roma Rema romanism hism out of the schools 1 I have accepted this with great reluctance luc tance as the solution of the public school question here and in england that is the rev lir lin dr had delt jelt himself forced to accept the tile abd less school system the horror of devout 1 roman orrian catholics |