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T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R SD A Y , OCTOBER 28, 1897.
paper and building the university possession, and friends who are in p artly erected. Add to this the
went on.
This was bitterly <>p- doubt are welcome to see against Sunday school w ork.entertainm ents
C o n tin u e d f r o m fo u r th p a g e .)
posed by Miss Olds and E. L. S m ith, w hat ki,,d of » ‘" '^ h a n d e d conspir- and lectures, here and in other
.
ac v we are obliged to w ork. StU- parts of the state, the addition of
tarn the proceeds into the univer one ot her supporters, and , the
pres-
J
.
1
dents
who
were
all
ready
to come Miss K ate DeP«*att, who is as fa ith
sity fund. These and many other idem and other mem bers w erecalled havebeen r„,,i,e(i , , { , he oppo
rtu n ity ful a worker as the cause ever had,
absolute falsehoods were told and
hard names, but w ithout any seri-
gaining a Secular education and Mr. and Mrs. Mason and other
thev served the purpose of checking ous dam age, and finally tin* ques- of helping <»ur grand cause; money earnest, active workers, and we
our work, and to cap th e clim ax, tion wa» put to a vote and carried, has been promised and then w ith- think th at we have great cause to
Miss Olds declared to us th at the The offices of secretary and treas- held; good words th at m ight have rejoice.
And now for the next y ea r’s
work ought to stop for one year, or urer having been united at a pre- been said have b e n suppressed,
until after an o th er convention. But vious meeting, Mr. Sm ith held both And why is it thus? Because the work! There has been too much
¡t did not. We finally spared tim e offices a,,d proposed to cast two vastly different elem ents calling friction iti the* past year, but as far
enough from ru n n in g two weekly votes, one as secretary and one as them selves Liberal cannot affiliate as we are concerned, we condem n
We recognize and a d
journals and our m any other duties, treasurer. Of course this is against \\’e must draw the line! We must no one.
to ¡rut things to rights. We con all laws of p arliam en tary practice, cling to the ethical basis! We m ust mire m auv good points in the
a n d th e r p re s id e n t’s decision w as learn th a t th e hope
C
iu<ieu th
n i d a t i it
11 was
IH S itll
III p possibility
o n n i Mill VJ
r of S e c u la r <>r- characters o f those who have op
cluded
an 1 im
to go ahead with our work of build- tk a ‘ M r- Slllitl' co,lld vole but onue- g an z atim i it in getting on a found posed us most, hut S ecular work in
ing th e school un d er such condì- The vote was very close, but the »lion th a t will recot...... end itself to the past has suffered too much
tions. We were giving our whole resolution was carried by one ma- the highest and Itesi ty p e s of m an- from accepting hearsay as a u th o r
ity, and we hope th a t our friends
time to the work and getting noth- jority. The record of the vote was ; homi anti womanhood!
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regret that - it seemed neces- will investigate our standin g and
i n g - n o t even an assurance th a t kept, but it was discovered at the
our work would not he used as a n»1* ' h" ard '»«-ting th a t Secretary sar\ to write this review of our our work before neglecting to assist
foundation for a Freelove in stitu - s , " i,h had recorded his own vote y ear’s work, for it m ay look to us. If those who have ideas th a t
tion or turned into a S p iritu al twice and had left out tl"! ¡'"P 01'- some as though It had been all are antagonistic to ours wish to
seance. Of course we could not a n t decision of the president. He BtIife, and as though we had accom- build schools or run papers, we cer
continue under these conditions, stubbornly opposed correcting the , plished b u t little; hut, dear leader, tain ly will not, by private letter»
Think of working d ay after day, m inutes, th u s wishing, we suppose, there is an o th er side to th is picture, and other underhanded schemes,
and m onti, after m onth, and then to m ake it appear a t a com ing con- A lthough some whom we thought try to pull ihem down. We may
having the work all kicked over by vention that the resolution was not ought Io stan d by us in our work use all our force in trying to show
those wl.o are b itterly opposed to carried, and tl.at the president and opposed us, on account of some th a t certain principles are not cor
the most essential principles for ° ‘her members of the Is.ard were little im aginary slight or difference rect, hut we would do this in an
which we are working! And then thieves. The result of this conduct of opinion in some non-essential open, d ay lig h t m anner, and will
the uncertainty of the thing! The on the part of the secretary resulted, points, y et th e tru e Secularists have use a true S ecularist's only weapon
organization beingcom posed of these as was stated in the Torn ii some had no strife a ..... ng themselves. - - t h a t of reason.
W hat we have said we have
widely differing elem ents, the school weeks ago, in his rem oval from tl.at There arc m any here and in o ther
m ight be controlled bv M ateralisls office, and the app o in tm en t of Miss places who are true to the cause, thought was tor the best interests
th is term , hut next term pass into K ate D ePeatt to fill the vacancy.
and believe th a t the building of the of the cause of Secularism , and we
the hands of the S p iritualists and
And now th e good work could go Liberal U niversity m ust go on. commence the work of the coming
Freelovers, an d still at another on. Those who started the work We have brothers and sisters in year with malice tow ard none, and
time the Theosophists m ight get im m ediately formed them selves in to | this work with whom it is im possi- with the sam e hope th a t we ex
eontrol. T his is not merely speco- th e Liberal U niversity C om pany I,le for us to have strife, for we pressed in <»ur first editorial one
lation, for we are satisiieJ tl.at there am ' purchased the in stitu tio n , an- understand each other, and are of year ago. We appeal to Liberals
was a pian on foot to deprive the nounced the change through the like opinions on all essential points, everyw here to help us hold aloft
m ateralislic Secularists from con- T orch , and solicited help, with tl.e O thers, whom we have never seen, the T orch of R eason , and in ex
ducting the school
result th a t the land was purchased we feel are the same, for they write change for the support which we
Now, tile question arose, w hat at once and the building started J aB though they u n d erstan d us, and hope to receive we prom ise to use
ought w e to d o ? We could not work B ut you m ay he sure th a t our op- th eir letters have th a t unm istak- the T orch in more closely u n itin g
longer under the conditions, and if posers have not been idle. Many able lone of t h e true man or woman true S ecularists, in organizing new
we sto p p ed ’ en tirely our hopes of who have had no way of knowing w|,o ¡„ capable of understanding churches and S unday schools, in
I,u ild in -a Secular school would i.e 'h e trn til have been deceived, and th a t there are people in the world building and m ain tain in g a Liberal
all crushed. The people who had we have tb u s lost th eir im m ediate who
-■ " think more of their principles university, and finally in accom
donated m oney to the work would support. Mr. Sm ith refuses to give th an they do of little pet schemes plishing the noble objects for which
of notoriety, financial gain or re- our society was organized. Let the
he offended a t us, and perhaps up 1 the secretary’s
* b.atks and anpli-
“
ju stly so. Honest people have been cation blanks, so th a t the business venge. These are they who know ranks of the lovers of purity and
used th a t way so m any times, it is of issuing m em bership certificates, th a t , uch characters are possible m ental lilwrty present a solid front
no wonder th a t F reethought organ- the collection of q u arterly dues, by their own experience. They are to t e ranks of corruption and re
ligious intolerance, and t h e victory
ization has been so unsuccessful, and much other im p o rtan t business true Secularists.
They have been fooled bv tricksters has been delayed.
The y ear « work has been very will l»e ours.
who cared more for th eir own glory
At a regular meeting of the Sil- productive, considering the oppo-;
Notice our ad for our New Song
th an for m aking the world better, verton Secular C hurch recently an sition. The school has been con-
Well, the most honorable w a y —the unsigned resolution was read, call- ducted with good results, and al- Book. These little hooks have cost
only way th a t we could th in k of to i n g f o r t h e expulsion of the mem- though we have had opportuuiiiea uh much lalior and we w ant to sell
save our work, was to take things hers of the L iberal U niversity Corn-j to have discovered if there had been
them . Send for one and w rite to
into our own han d s -n d conduct pany from the church. W hen put to any dissatisfaction, we have failed
the work as we a t first intended; so vote, out of a large attendance only to hear one com plaint from a stu- your friends about it.
at a m eeting of the executive hoard two voted to pass the resolution, dent. 1 he 1 ouch of R eason and
Mr. Geer made the proposition th a t and these were J. E. H am m ond L ittle C andle have been kept burn
instead of stopping the work and and E. L. Sm ith. Miss Olds—or ¡ng one whole year, and although
leaving the 0 . S. S. U. with a debt Nettie O lds-H aight, as she is now they are far from o u r ideal, yet we
of over $300 on its hands, he c a lle d —has not been idle. She has are sure th a t none of our readers
would buy the outfit, consisting of evidently read the T orch of R eason , can say th a t they are not ar letter,
Caveats, and Trade-Mark« obtained and all Pat
the printing p lan t, a few books, and for after announcing our lecturer’s th an no palter». Then we have ent
business conducted for M o d e r a te F ees.
O u r O ffic e i * O p p o s ite U, 8 . P a t e m t O ffice
dates
in
the
T
orch , we find that paid $400 for a fine building site) and
we canse' jre patent tn less tune tLan those
some promises to pay, which we
remote
from Washington.
bend model, drawing or photo., with descrip
m ade no attem p t to collect. No the prom inent F reethinkers along for the university. 1 he basem ent
tion. We advise, if patentable or not, free of
money had been paid in and the the lecturer’s route have received is excavated, and on an average of ; charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured.
A P aw RM LET “ H* w to Obtain Patents,” with
university owned no other property, letters from her which are detri- three feet of the wall of the tower ' cost
of same in’ the U. S. and foreign countries
sent free. Address,
and
one
wing
built.
A
dining
hall,
He was to pay the indebtedness m ental to our reputations and
(m ore th an the outfit cost) and see the cause we represent. We have 20x50, is built, althought it is not I
th a t the work of continuing the some of these letters now in our yet finished inside, and a barn j
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