THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1897. hence, If in such documents, invoke M ary as When vou come to P re s id e n t. a m ediatrix. U nderstanding this The Independent, in defending fully, C atholic priests, aud Catholic the president’s references to Jesus papers have viewed the proclam ation C hrist in his 1896 T hanksgiving very favorably, defending it even and need the services . • W »t criiici: fit bo ; Pro< U«ior., . uo***:'’ • '•■■■ *• ■ again i of a “ Our president and governors are rabbis and others who have pointed W ant Books and authorized by law to set apart cer , out the president’s act of usurpation. President Cleveland, it would tain days as seasons of th a n k s Stationery call on giving and fasting. All th a t the seem, is in full sym pathy with the law provides is the bare announce N ational Reform association in its call on m ent of the time. * * * If the purpose to com m it the governm ent president or governor says a n y of the United S 'ates to th e recog thing fu rth er [th an is provided for nition and support of the C hristian S ILVERTO N, OREGON. by law] it is not a legal act.” religion B. F. U nderwood . N.»w, it is not true th at the pres W here fatih commences, science ident of the U nited States is a u th o r ends. F aith has its origin in the ized by law to appoint days of poetic im agination; knowledge, on thanksgiving and fasting. W here the o t h e r hand, originates in the it is done, it is done without law, We will p rin t your nam e on a beautiful visiting reasoning intelligence of m an.— w ithout constitutional authority. card at $1.50 per 100. These cards have the cel Haeckel. The right to issue religious procla ebrated O tto W e tts te in m ations is not a right which the Man is not to be condemned states have delegated to the general for thinking differently from governm ent; and all powers not so | others. He is rather to be con delegated by th e constitution are d e m n e d for not thinking at all.— reserved by the states. I he fram L. K. W ashburn. ers of the constitution took especial A C ard. pains to exclude the word of God from that document in order th at I wish every old subscriber of it should be entirely secular. The the late “ Ironclad Age” to com m u n i- ) neatly lithographed in colors at the left of your president has not the least legal cate with me at once. An effort is name. They will talk to your friends when you right or author: tv to issue a religious being made to establish a small ca n ’t. proclam ation. Yet The Independent weekly paper upon its well known says th at he is authorized by law principle-. Addre-s E. E. Gore Secy. to do this. W here is the law? W arren M in n . W here is the law which authorizes O T T O W E T T S T E I N ’S him to make the “ bare announce : GOOD BOOKS : m ent ” even? According to The Independent, o 9 w © © © w * * if the president does more th a n the For. e and M atter, B uchner, cloth .$1 00 “ A pin whose torch and golden sheen, law provides “ it is not a legal act.” Locke on H um an U n d erstan d in g “ . 1 40 j W o u ld g r a c e th e breast of S h eb a’s queen ; An Ideal R epublic, p a p e r.................. 60 W ell, the law does not provide for I A And will lend grace (now and) in corning tim e ristotle’s Ethi<*8, G illies, cloth . . . . 1 40 To queens of beauty m ore su b lim e .” the issuing of a Thanksgiving The N ature C ure, Dr. C onger,(new ) c l o t h ................................................... 2 00 I proclam ation by the president. Sam e as last in le a th e re tte ................ I 00 Should be worn by every m an and woman favoring T hat, then, is not a legal a c f, and V olney’s Ruins, c*oth, 76c p a jie r ... 6l> ital Force, A. Cl.evannes, “ . . . . 20 the cause of E reethought and reform. See design for the president to do officially V A risto tle’s Politics. Ellis, c lo th ........ 60 that which is not legal is tocom m it T rials and T rium p h s of Labor, Ber- in heading of this paper. Now is the tim e to buy. n a rd i, p a p e r..................................... 60 a grave offence. , H ypnotism , How it is Done, its The Independent takes the ground Uses and its Dangers, Ja m es R. Cocke, D.. c lo th ...................... 1 60 O tto W e tts te in , th at the president’s expression* Dialogues M. of Plato, tran slated by recognizing Jesus C hrist as the C arey, c lo th ........................................ 80 The Liberal jeweler and w riter, Designer of the O tto Del M ar’s H istory of M onetary savior was merely an expression of System s, c lo th ......................•........... 2 00 j his own “ personal faith ,” his “ litth R e n an ’s Life of Jesu s, p a p e r............ 60 W ettstein W atch , the C ol . I ngersoll S ouvenir M olecular H ypothesis of N ature, s rm on” addressed to the Ameriern L o ck w o o d .......................................... 26 S poon , and the beautiful E reethought B adge . Es , eople, but unofficial in its character. H andbook of C urrency and w ealth, W a ld ro n ........................... 50 This is nonsense. One part of ‘he R ap tablished in Rochelle, Illinois, in 1857. Send for h eal’s Astrological Alm anac and proclam ation is not more official E p h e m e r i c ...................................... 36 1 Language of the Stars ........................ 60 , price-lists of goods and work. th an another. T h een tire docum ent W h ith e r are We D rifting as a N a was issued by the piesident in hU tion, W iley, paper ........................... 60 capacity of president of the Uni cd W e keep up with the tim es in Liberal. {States. It is so signed am i t • i' Progressive and Reform books, and ask nt a'-ued the seal of the United I * vou for all * v m r book orders, will furnish vou any book you want at th e lowest L ib e ra l U n iv e rs ity P o p u la r S u b s c rip tio n States. price. A ddress ad orders, W. E. Jones. A s ihe American Sentinel says: I 291 Abler street, Portlan Oregon. “ O ther presidents gave national » ...... ................................................ 1897. recognition to religion in general. President C leveland has given I hereby prom ise to pay.................................doMars to n atio n al recognition ’<» t he C hristian the Oregon State Secular Union on dem and, for the erec religion in exclusion of ail other tion of a Liberal U niversitv at Silverton, Marion countv, religions. It is o«dy a question o, tune when the next step will 1> Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained and all Pat Oregon, provided, th a t the sum of five thousand dollars ent business conducted for M o o c r a tc Fees. t&xen, wild a president will g»v« Ous O rric e is O p p o s it e U . S . P a t c n t O fficc is subscribed by good, responsible parties before said de and we can secure patent in less time than those n atio n al rec »guidon to s«»nu remote from Washington, mand is made. Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip p articu lar sect, and that the Cntholi- tion. We advise, if patentable or not, free of charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured. N am e. sect, in exclusion »»f all others.” A P a w ip w h t , “ How to Obtain Patents,” with cost of sam e in the U . S. and foreign countries If a P rotestant president may it sent free. Address, D • all you c m y m rse lf. and get other?» to help. official docitn*n'> invoke Jesu C .A .S N O W & C O . P e a s 1 cut thin out (or c >py) sign w hat you c m and re tu rn to th e T orch <> t O p p . p a t e n t O f f ic e . W a s h in g t o n , d . C. C hrist a- iis in d ia ’or, a U»'ho'ic U s u r p a tio n P ra c tic e d by O u r president m ay, a few years Silverton You » • • B arber Guiss & Son E. E. Tavlor Visiting Cards- Badge Design P o p u l a r F r e e t lio u g h t ♦ R kaaom . . . . . . . B adge. S ilverton, Oregon.