GOVERNOR BRADDOCK. I knew 'twould come. EGERTON. And we Breathing the electric air of this great West, As rich in life as timber, herds and hops, Wheat fields and mines, and all these things to be Raised and translated by the brains of men. Think of a State dotted with lumber camps And buzzing day and night with saws and saws, And as far as the North Pole from old world customs, Wearing a capitol with Grecian columns With an old Roman Justice on her comb! You'd scorn to come here in a gaberdine Made by some dago in the days of Pompey. And yet you dress the State up in these things. No independence. RALPH ARDSLEY. Governor? FIRST STAFF MEMBER. Call the troops! EGERTON. I'd rather cut the timber of this land And coin its spirit in a thing like this Than be a Roman Cæsar. RALPH ARDSLEY. Hip hurrah! That's what I call a fellow countryman. BISHOP HARDBROOKE. You see we're all Americans down here. SECOND STAFF MEMBER. Now, Governor Braddock, show your stars and stripes. GOVERNOR BRADDOCK. Yet you don't seem to dwell in unity. I recollect, and it's not years ago, Receiving a petition, and a large one-- Some six or seven thousand? THIRD STAFF MEMBER. About that. GOVERNOR BRADDOCK. Demanding a withdrawal of some troops. BISHOP HARDBROOKE. We're not responsible for our lower classes. EGERTON. (_Significantly_) You didn't withdraw them. (_An embarrassing silence_) RALPH ARDSLEY. (_Slaps the Governor on the shoulder_) Good American! FOURTH STAFF MEMBER. (_To Bishop Hardbrooke_) Jesus of Nazareth was a foreigner. GOVERNOR BRADDOCK. The Bishop would hardly say so though. BISHOP HARDBROOKE. And you, You, Governor, do you go before the people With all you know? No secrets, not a one? GOVERNOR BRADDOCK. O I'm not saying. EGERTON. Editor Ardsley? RALPH ARDSLEY. Here. BISHOP HARDBROOKE. It eases the heart, brother, to confess. RALPH ARDSLEY. It's my stockholders, Bishop. (_Points to Egerton_) EGERTON. General Chadbourne? GENERAL CHADBOURNE. I, Colonel, get my orders from above. (_Points to the Governor_) GOVERNOR BRADDOCK. We all do. (_Points to Egerton_) RALPH ARDSLEY. Egerton? EGERTON. Then come along. I've got some good Americans up here Who don't send in petitions. GOVERNOR BRADDOCK. A model mill. FIRST STAFF MEMBER. Non-Union? RALPH ARDSLEY. They're united in the walls. (_Laughter_) EGERTON. (_As they start for the stairs_) Never you mind, gentlemen, 'twill not be long Until the model that I've built up here Will be the model everywhere. GUESTS. (_Led by Ralph Ardsley_) Hurray! (_Attracted by the shouting, some ladies look in, forward right_) A LADY. They do have such good times. (_They withdraw_) GENERAL CHADBOURNE.