, day and night, to study. In making his advent in the conference, he enters the arena of national politics; he means to go prepared. Martha has pre

e state has made a deep impression on him, and has fixed his r

is this opinion confined to any small number. "He changed his views too quickly," is the general sentiment in the ranks of the small unions where Trueman is not personally known. This lurking suspicion was what had operated strongly

and must face the suprem

s the cause of her having donned the dress of the sisterhood. His ambition to rise in the world made it impossible for him to yield to the dictates of his heart and the mental vista that opened before him at the close of his college course, did n

her blasted hopes. The refuge of the convent appealed to her as the one rema

he inexorable ban of the church is between them. Yet they can be friends. A

ou will awaken the finer instincts in the delegates. With the scenes that have surrounded you in Wilkes-Barre, you c

the adoption of any measure that entails

he result will be nugatory. The radicals are in the majority and the proposals they make are temporary expedie

their hirelings as delegates. These are among the loudest in demanding impossible remedies. It is not lo

rings him int

lbot, a venerable scholar sent by the Governor of Missouri

e cause of the people,

e years ago when he was the attorney for the Paradise Coal Company," he contin

ion of Trueman. "I know his record from A to Z. You can't find a straighter man

evident that he has the power of reading character. He was not here

e to meet him?

ould be pleas

the friendly delega

versation. Professor Talbot is delighted to find that Truem

e chairman call upon you for an add

There seems to be no hope of reaching middle ground. The newspapers ridicule the u

rofessor Talbot gets the chairman to call

and it is possible for every one to grasp his meaning instantly. He chooses to win the delegates to his way of reasoning

rity of the people to bestow it upon the few. In an unanswerable argument he pleads for the restoration of the rights of the majority; by a rapid review of the causes that

hem to adopt resolutions advocating the government control of all avenues of transportation and comm

e to place them as rulers over the many. When He made mankind in His image, it was to have them live in fraternal relationship. There should be no competition for the mere ri

rds he closes

ct effect of his words. The plaudits of

resolution is adopted calling for the appointment of a standing committee of

n objection. To Trueman it is a source of gratification to know that

that the chairman of the special committee be empowered to increase the num

a bell on the cat. All agreed that it would be for the good of micedom; yet no mouse had a feasible method to advance for a

der their burdens; the Magnates tight

oblem of emancipating mankind from commercial servitude. This man has been a

action is s