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DURING THI? MONARCH'S RBION SIAM HAS ADVANCED FURTHER
IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES THAN IN ALL ITS
PREVIOUS HISTORY.
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SIAM'S KING WILL SOON BE HERE.
The Exotic Monarch Sends Word That He Desires to View Our
Free and Lovely Land.
After Song deliberation and a thor
ough study of the ocean roads by which
he may reach this country, the King of
Siaru has announced his intention of
visiting tho United States, if not "in
the near future," at least within six
months or before another cold winter
shall hare settled down. The King be
ing an exotic monarch, would find zero
unendurable and this fact would keep
him from seeing some of the most in
teresting portions of the United States,
were he to make the trip in winter.
Often has the King travelled out of the
little oblong country into other lands,
end several times has he been a guest
of England. Between him and the Eng
lish Queen there is a strong bond of
sympathy, and it is well known that he
respects " her with a feeling, which in
the Orient is called love.
It is now twenty-seven years since the
Iviug.who is named Chulalongkorn as a
shorter and more distinguished one than
tlie others which he bears, was placed up
on the throne of Siam. Though only
twenty at the time, he had a wife and
immediately added other wives, increas
ing as he saw pleasant.
No one in all Siam was sufQciently
royal for this boy king, s-o his haif-sister
was selected for him, and he wedded her,
and, as the Siamese story tellers will
relate, lived happily ever after with her.
Certainly not even the oldest inhabitant
of Bangkok ever heard a row in the
picturesque palace, though there are
now five hundred wives living there; and
though the King spend almost all his
time in company with them and his
children, for he is a very domestic man
and loves the joys of the home.
At the time of his coronation Siam was
an obscure country, known more in jest
than in reality. Its inhabitants were
supposed to be eccentric members of
the human family, uncivilized aud next
to barbaric; and it is doubtful if the
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THE KING OF SIAM, FROM AN ENGLISH PHOTOGRAPH.
dicial branches of the Government, light
ened taxation, partially abolished slave
ry, opened new canals and roads, estab
lished an admirable postal service, built
telegraphs, lighthouses and a railroad,
surveyed and improved all navigable
waters, founded a Cue system of public
schools, built hospftals, asylums, temples
and art museums, introduced innumer
able useful inventions, and set to his
people personally, an admirable example
of virtuous, temperate, industrious, up
right and exalted manhood.
LIKES THE ENGLISH.
In doing this he found it necessary to
take journeys into the world and, so,
England and the continent were shown
him. He journeyed everywhere, saw ev
erything, and studied all he saw. His
sous, too, grew to benefit by this pater
nal progress. One went to the English
Naval Academy; another to Eton; both
were bright; and soon they became more
English than Siamese. On their trips
home they took modern furniture and
the drawing-room at Bangkok soon came
to resemble the grand salon at Windsor.
Even the bric-a-brac was modernized,
and in place of the hideous little idols
and sriuattv iars there were choice pieces
of statuary and the busts of celebrities
These trips have been described with
much spirit by visitors to Bangkok, who
declare thnt the Siamese sons are every
whit as English as the sons of the Eng
lish Queen.
The King himself did not enjoy all
these advantages of education, but has
made up for it since, and is, as far as
Orientals go, extremely civilized. He
dresses in the European fashion, his
clothes being made by the best London
tailors; his palace is lighted by electricity
and connected by telephone with the
various departments of State. lie plays
billiards awl keeps an excellent table
and a French chef. He reads Shakes
peare, and is well posted on the current
Viceroy of the northern provinces of
Siam, with a court at Phitsanulok, and
in May, 17S2, was proclaimed King of
Siam, under the style of Pbxa Budhyot
Fa Chr.latoke.
He died in 1S09, and was succeeded
by his son, Fhra Budh Lord Luh Nob
haluy. The latter died in July, 1824,
and was succeeded by his son, Phra
Nangklau Chau Yu Aeca. "His reign,"
says the royal historian in quaint
"pidgin" English, "continued 2G years;
his demise took place on April 2, 1S51;
then my succession of him concluded,
and I was crowned on May 15th of
that year."
In this case brother succeeded brother,
rhra Maha Mongkut died in 1873, and
was succeeded by his son, the present
King, who is commonly known as Chn
lalongkorn, and who formally signs his
name Phra Bat Somdetch Phra Para
Paraminda Maha Chulalongkorn Maha
Mongkout Chou Yu Hua, but whose full
name, style and title may be found in
thP?rttutios verbiage previouslv given.
-this amiable and accomplished mon
arch, then, the fifth of his dynasty and
great-grandson of its founder, was born
on September 21. 1853. On the death
of his father he was chosen by the Great
Council on October 1, 1S0S, to be King.
His trip to this country will probably
embrace a tour from the Pacific to the
Atlantic, taking in all the principal cities.
He will be an honored guest, and the
people will do him that tribute of honf-
age wmcu Americana readily 6ay to
royalty.
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This is the time when the eyes of the
world are turned toward Paris. For
many people the present summer means
ttie opportunity for their first view of
life on the Continent and they are look
ing forward to their experience with the
most delightful anticipations. There is
a certain glamour about Paris, that is
possessed by no other city in the world.
Even the confirmed globe-trotter and the
habitual tourist are neverentirely oblivious
to the sentimental influence that the city
exerts, while to the novice in touring,
the first visit to the French capital, the
first sight of French life and the French
people are fraught with intoxicating an
ticipations. While it is true that many of these
Anticipations will probably be realized
by those who visit Paris in the proper
way and with the proper spirit, there
are certain hints that may be given that
may aid the novice in the labor of avoid
ing pitfalls, or assist him to take full ad
vantage of the countless opportunities
for sightseeing that this visit will pre
sent to him. Of course the first sight
to be seen is the Exposition; but, so far
as that is concerned every man may be
his own guide.
In the Exposition grounds each man can
peek out the features that particularly
interest him. If it is art. there are the
galleries. If it is machinery, automo
biles, flying machines, or flowers he will
have ample opportunity to satisfy his
appetite for information and instinct
ion. To attempt to lay down rules for the
visitor to the fair grounds, therefore,
wouici ne worse man xenseless. It is
after he has seen these sights of the Ex
pc. uem that wise suggestions will come
in handy.
For instance, the best preparations for
such a journey is a moderate course of
reading. This does not imply that one
iKods to take n prolonged course in
technical French history, but just enough
of the outlines to give a genuine con
ception of the growth and progress of
tic city since thnt time when it was a
fortified enmp and a tiny Seine island.
Then one should give more than a glance
at he history of France during the reign
of the later Bourbons and the Napol
eons. To read history is a very simple matter
gTO PREPARE FOR A PARIS TOUR.
Several Hint for Those Wlio Expect to Visit the Great Expositioa
This Summer.
and is, at the same time one of the most
enjoyable pursuits in the world. If it
is faithfully done moreover the Louvre,
the Tuileries, the Petit-Trianon, aud all
the other places whose names are re
cited so glibly by the guide books, will
mean something that they never cau
m.an if the sightseer depends upon the
gu;de books for his information.
If he approaches them with the story
of their life in mind, the whole thing
becomes very real to him. He hears
the echo of the timbrels in the Palace de
la Bastile and the guillotine casts a very
real shadow in the Palace de la Itepub
lique. By closing his eyes he may im
agine that the old days have returned, I
the days when great passions were let i
lcose in these streets. Great kings and t
queens look down from the windows and j
t! n slink away beneath the stern un-
relenting gaze of great patriots, great
leaders who carried the people to the
riots of death.
To the ordinary observer there may be
nothing but plain stone walls in sight,
but if one knows the stories of the great
tragedies that have reddened these stones
with blood, the '"plain stone walls" as
sume an infinite charm, an intoxicating
interest prevades everything.
Such sights are not for the gaze of
the ordinary traveller to whom every
great city means nothing more than
a bus, a lot of building and a Baediker,
b it the American who is to visit Paris
for the first time this summer w.ll make
tlie mistake of his life if he follows in
the foitstep-i of this same ordinary trav
eller. It is just as easy to see well as to
see little.
. A little knowledge will make the visit
to the Freneh capita! many-fold more
beneficial than if the visitor went unpre
pared for the sights that he will have an
opportunity to witness, and the best guide
book ever written, is a poor substitute
for the personal knowledge that enables
one to connect impressions with facts.
BEWARE OF SCHEMES.
It may be possible that this advice is
unnecessary but, if so. there is onj point
that the tourist should bear in mind and
th:s hint may be expressed in the words:
"Don't come to Paris unless you have
plenty of money."
THE HOUSE IN WHICH THE KING OF SIAM LIVES WITH HIS MANY
WIVES. ...
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great majority of Englishmen and Amer
icans ever heard of Siam at all, unless
through the immortal Siamese twins.
These youngsters of Siam, joined by a
ligament, were the curious connecting
link between Siam and the world.
As soon as The young King became
firmly seated upon the silver and tur
quoise throne which is Siam's greatest
possession, he begun the making of new
laws. These were along the lines of
progress and reform such as existed, he
had read, in other countries, where the
work of man was done by powers of
mechanism. The labor saving principle
was in his head, and he carried it out.
Immediately after his coronation Chu
lalongkorn began a work of reform and
progress which has now reached results
of magnificent proportions. He began
by adopting, save on special occasions,
European dress. He abolished the old
form of salutation, by touching the fore
head to the ground, aud bade his visitors
walk up to him and shake hands like
men.
He proclaimed religious liberty
throughout his realm, and decreed the
protection of Christians in their ob
sei vauce of the Sabbath.
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The King's full name and titles are as
follows: Somdetch Phra Paraminda
Maha Chulalongkorn Patindir Debia
Maha Mongkut Purusiaratue Raja Ra
Wongse Warut Mabrongse Parabnt Wa
rakliattiara Raja Nikaro Tama Chatu
rauta Parama Maha Chak Rubar Tira
Gasangkns I'arumahdarm Mika Maha
Rnjad Hiraja Para - Manarth Pabite
Phra Chuia Chomklau Chau Yu Hua.
The Kingdom of Siam has in its long
history had several changes of dynasty.
But just as all the Roman Emperors
were Caesars and the old Egyptian
mouarchs Pharaohs, so ail Siamese kings
have borne the half-name half-title of
Phra, which indeed is probably closely
akin to Pharaoh.
The present dynasty according to the
late Phra Chomklau Chau Yu Hua,
or Somdetch Phra Maha Mongkut, father
and predecessor of the present King,
was founded by a family living formerly
in the city of Hanswatty, in Pegu. Mem
bers of this family became great Min
isters of State, and one of them led the
first Siamese Embassy to France, in tho 1
He reformed the executive and ju- middle of the last century, was made
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HOW A CAMPAIGN
JSMANAGED.
The Immense Amount of Detail Pre
liminarj to the Great Presi
dential Elections.
The ordinary citizen who has little
knowledge of political affairs has only
the vaguest kind of an idea as to the
detail in the machinery of the manage
ment of a Presidential campaign. For
some reason it has come to be supposed
that a Presidential election is a sponta
neous outburst of favor on the part of
the people, and it is not improbable that
this description might have been applied
to elections half a century or sd ago.
Of late years there has been a grett
chauge in things political until tn-ii.u
when the machinery that must be put
m motion before a campaign can be car
ried out is as complicated and as exact
in -every detail as if the; work ta be
done was that of a great railroad system.
It was not mauy years ago when
money was not as necessary in the con
duct of a campaign as it is to-day. . A
certain amount of money was, of course
requisite, but beyond that nothing was
needed, and the chairman of committees
even twenty-five years ago would not
have known how to get rid of the im
mense amounts of money that are now
expended in the carrying out of a Presi
dential campaign.
In 1SIJ4, when there was grave doubt
as to the re-election of Lincoln, consider
able money was subscribed, so much that
politicians everywhere regarded the fund
with amazement, and yet the sum that
was at the disposal of Henry J. Ray
mond, the committee chairman, at this
time would seem ridiculously small to
campaign managers to-day.
Prior to the Lincoln campaign money
had received comparatively little atten
tion, but since that time it has entered
more and more into politics. When the
first step was taken the way was opened
for scores of innovations and improve
ments in the political machinery that
little by little have brought it to its
present state of comparative perfection,
aud some idea of the extent of this im
provement may be gathered from the
fact that whereas it was possible . to
carry on the Grant campaign by the ex
penditure of less than $200,000. it is
safe to say that the campaign ot 1890
cost the Republican party and the Demo
crats not less than $4,000,000, all told,
all of which was devoted to legitimate
expenses.
A COSTLY ITEM.
For instance, one of the most costly
items in the McKinley-Bryan campaign
was the "literary bureau." When this
innovation was proposed by Samuel J.
Tilden in ISTti older politicians had noth
ing but ridicule for a scheme that they
regarded as extremely Quixotic. The
campaign of 1876, however, established
the fact that Mr. Tilden had been right
in his conclusion that there could be no
more powerful aid than the "literary
GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH, THE VENERABLE HEAD OF THE SAL
VATION ARMY.
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The "Darkest England" scheme has
proved the genuineness of the principles
on which we affirmed at the outset that
work for the outcast poor should be car
ried on. I am not sure that this is not,
after all, the most valuable result of the
experiment. What are these principles?
Character must be changed in order to
assure a change of conduct. It is folly
to expect that any alteration in the en
vironment of the individual will affect
any abiding improvement in his moral
condition. It is the man you want to
alter.
Every man must work out his own
salvation, or it will not be worked out at
all. The drunkard, the loafer, the un
fortunate must be a co-worker in effect
ing the deliverance desired. .-
Industry Is necessary to . reformation.
Where there has been the ability we have
acted on .the apostolic injunction,, "If a
man will not work neither shall he eat."
"Nothing for Bathing" is the rule, vigor
ously carried out through every branch
of our operations.
Then, also. without discipline .Httle can
be done with these classes. To take hold
ef meii: and women who hav? from their
childhood been Ishmaelites, wb,ose , very
ruin has come because they weald not be
subject to any decent rules of living or
working, aud make them not only willing
but cheerfully obedient to orders and
regulations, has been one of our most
difficult tasks.
Hope must be restored. "I wish I was
dead" comes with dismal frequency te
the hearts and lips in those moments of
reflection that intrude themselves, un
asked, in the intervals of their dreary
lives.
But what I prize most highly of th
"Darkest England" scheme is'the actual
benefit it has bestowed in the way of
rescue. To mitigate the sufferings and
improve the -general tone of the sick man
is good, but to cure his disease and send
him home "every whit made whole"
must be more desirable still. That is. of
course, the highest aim of the "Darkest
England" scheme. Our dealing with the
submerged has been directed to the end
of making him willing and able to relieve
himself, and so render future relief un
necessary. Indeed, some of our plans of
alleviation are, so to speak, only a kind
of ruse to catch the unweary sufferer,
affording us the opportunity to open his
eyes to see better things, to draw out
his desire after them, aud so familiariza
him with some one f our methods of es
cape that he shall embrace it and find de
liverance. That jover 2,000 men anl
women in England alone have already
consecrated themselves to this humans
and Christlike business, actuated by that
tender pity and burning enthusiasm
which keeps them going amid all discour
agement, is shown by the work they now
engage in, while many are the sons and
daughters of good families, born and brei
in ease, if not in luxury, who have ex
changed the pleasant surroundings of
abundance for the service of the lowest,
and for association with the vilest of the
vile. All alike live the life of the Cruci
fied Son of Man for the sake of the un
washed, unblessed, unloved for whom Ha
diad.
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burean," and since that time it has be
come one of the most important features
in political work, the bill of the Repub
lican party for printing alone in 1S96
being, it is said, more than o00,000.
As the organizations that managed the
campaigns of 1S!M5 were the most perfect
that had yet been effected, it is but
natural that one should refer to its work
when outlining the labors that must be
accomplished by the organization of 1900.
Prior to 18lG it had been the custom for
political parties to locate their head
quarters in New York. In that year,
however, this custom was changed, and
both parties decided upon Chicago as the
head centre from which the great po
litical wires could best be laid.
It was a unique innovation, but it
turned out so satisfactorily that the same
location will probably be selected this
year. From these headquarters will ex
tend wires, the influence of which will
be felt in every hamlet in the United
States.
It is difficult for the uninitiated to fully
appreciate the immense amount of work
that must be accomplished by the nation
al committee within an extremely short
time. LTpon the adjournment of the
convention practically nothing has been
done, but within a few days at the most
tho wonderful machine must be set in
motion. .
It is the effort of the committee to set
the citizens of the country thinking along
given lines and to accomplish this there
are many things that must be done.
The country must be flooded with litera
ture, not cheap, poorly printed dodgers,
but books and pamphlets written by the
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OWING TO THE LATENESS OF THE SPRING THIS YEAR THESE BUILDINGS HAVE JUST BEEN COMPLETED
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THE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN BY A SPECIAL AKTIST THE DAY THE GROUNDS WERP CLEARED,
THE SCAFFOLDINGS REMOVED AND THE BUILDINGS OPENED TO THE PUBLIC,
brainiest men in the country, specialists
of the highest ability who have devoted
the best years of their lives to the study
of political subjects.
FOR ALL TO BEAD.
Then- there are vast numbers of
speeches to be printed and circulated
speeches that have been given in Con
gress and that will set forth the position
of the -party upon National issues. All
of these are gathered together, reprinted
if necessary, and sent from one end of
the country to the other as campaign
arguments to the minds of the voters.-
In addition to this the National com
mittee is called upon to arrange for all
the great demonstrations that are to do
so much to arouse the voters to the
proper spirit of enthusiasm.' In this con
nection the political speaker is called
into service, and, during a campaign
year, the political orator is one of tha
most important men in the country.
While literature plays its part in cam
paign work and an important part at
that its service is not to be compared
to that of the orator. To fill this portion
of the program, therefore, it is necessary
for the party leaders to obtain the serv
ices oi all the- most eloquent men in tha
country.
To secure this service large snms of
money are paid to each orator, and when
one remembers that there were not less
than 1,200 speakers in the service of the
Republican committee alone during the
campaign of 1896, it is not difficult to
believe that this one department now
costs more than was ordinarily expended
upon the entire political campaign.
Another department that is of the ut
most importance is the bureau of infor
mation, which, to a certain extent, is at
tached to the literary bureau. It is the
object of this department to furnish the
information that will enable partisans
everywhere to reply to the arguments
of their opponents.'.
If a public speaker or a private indi
vidual desires particulars in regard to
any charge of the opposition or wishes
to know how best to answer a campaign
argument, he has only to wire this de
partment, and the answer is telegraphed
back immediately. " .
In connection with these bureaus Is
another department whose province it is
to furnish newspapers with political ma
terial. From this branch of the work
there goes out column after eolumn of
editorial matter and page after page of
prepared reading, all of which has been
put together by newspaper men and
writers of the greatest ability. Besides
this there are departments for the prepa
ration of documents to be circulated
among the naturalized foreigners, papers
and booklets in German, French, Italian,
Polish, Hebrew and every other language
that might possibly appeal to the foreign
population.
In addition there are departments for
almost every conceivable purpose, from
a bureau devoted to work among women
exclusively to one in charge of the trans
portation of speakers and the arrange
ment of torch-light parades, for, when a
President and Vice-President are to be
elected, nothing must be overlooked that
would possibly tend to arouse the voters
to the proper state of enthusiasm.
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