rst. Whether it is believed that
the Devil has less power in warm weather, I do not know. But I do
know that, as the mercury rises, the anxiety about souls decreases,
and the hotter New York becomes, the cooler hell seems to be.

I want the workingman, no matter what he works at--whether at
doctoring people, or trying law suits, or running for office--to
have a real good time on Sunday. He, of course, must be careful
not to interfere with the rights of others. He ought not to play
draw-poker on the steps of a church; neither should he stone a
Chinese funeral, nor go to any excesses; but all the week long he
should have it in his mind: Next Sunday I am going to have a good
time. My wife and I and the children are going to have a happy
time. I am going out with the girl I like; or my young man is
going to take me to the picnic. And this thought, and this hope,
of having a good time on Sunday--of seeing some great pictures at
the Metropolitan Art Gallery--together with a good many bad ones--
will make work easy and lighten the burden on the shoulders of toil.

I take a great interest, too, in the working women--particularly
in the working woman. I think that every workingman should see to
it that every working woman has a good time on Sunday. I am no
preacher. All I want is that everybody should enjoy himself in a
way that he will not and does not interfere with the enjoyment of
others.

It will not do to say that we cannot trust the people. Our Government
is based upon the idea that the people can be trusted, and those
who say that the workingmen cannot be trusted, do not believe in
Republican or Democratic institutions. For one, I am perfectly
willing to trust the working people of the country. I do, every
day. I trust the engineers on the cars and steamers. I trust the
builders of houses. I trust all laboring men every day of my life,
and if the laboring people of the country were not trustworthy--if
they were malicious or dishonest--life would not be worth living.

--_The Journal_, New York, June 6, 1890.

THE WEST AND SOUTH.

_Question_. Do you think the South will ever equal or surpass the
West in point of prosperity?

_Answer_. I do not. The West has better soil and more of the
elements of wealth. It is not liable to yellow fever; its rivers
have better banks; the people have more thrift, more enterprise,
more political hospitality; education is more general; the people
are more inve