T H E TORCH OF REA SO N , S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, JU N E 14,
1900.
The P o stal Blow Below th e B elt. well as religious, and we ought to
prepare now to have all possible
BY T. B. WAKEMAN.
differences in this “ R epublic’’ of
ours argued out fairly and squarely
1 he last clause of the following before resort is had to arm s. These
argu-
resolution of the Dem ocratic Can- violations
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7 r mails are " not
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i m en t, nut a grab in the game, a
cus of Congress (cut from New blow below the belt th a t would
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concerns every citizen and especial or t orbit and lose the the fight in
every ring th at has the least pre
ly every L iberal:
tense to decency or fairness.
THE ANTI-TRUST PLEDGE.
But it said th a t such discrim ina
A ter a d e b a te th a t lasted bevond m id tions nr? necessary in war and to
n i g h t the iumeus adopted the following:
“ The m em liers of th e D em ocratic c a u wards crim inals. Yes, but only in
cus indorse th e su b s titu te a n d a m e n d warwHERElaws are silent.and where
m ents to th e bill know n as th e L ittle m artial law has been declared or ex
field bill, providing th a t/a r tic le s m ade ists. For instance, now in the Phil-
by a tru s t shall be placed on th e [tariff]
free list, and prohibiting the sending of lippines, but not in the United
As to the detection and
MATTER THROUGH THE MAILS ADVERTISING States.
TRUST PRODUCTS.”
p u n ish m en t of crim inals, until a
F O U N D E D O N S C IE N C E A N D H U M A N IT Y
W e should know perfectly well person is convicted of being a crim
inal, w hat he sends by m ail is sent
what th is tam pering w ith,and gov by an innocent person: th a t is, by T h e
© n ig
In s titu tio n
o f
th e
K in d !
ernm ent by,the M ails means. W ith- one not proved guilty, and his mail
out freedom ,equality and inviolabil rights are the same as those of any
ity of the m ails there can be no free o th er person. In a Republic, the
I" a c u i t y * — i
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dom of the press. W ithout freedom rights (m ail or other) of every per
son are only equal to those of ev
of the press there can be no freedom ery other person unconvicted of a
J. EARL HOSMER, Ph. D., B. S. D., P iies .,
of speech or o f expression. And crim e. 1 he m aking of discrim ina
S u p e rin te n d e n t D e p artm en t of Cosmology.
Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Dynamics.
w ithout those rights all other free tions as to the persons sending, or
doms are w orthless.
The Post- “ as to th e m eaning of the m atter
i
ABEL A. LEONARD, M. D., M. E.,*
office, instead of being a “ public se n t” is unfair, unrepublican, u n
S u p e rin te n d e n t D e p artm en t of Biology,
dem ocratic and, as D aniel W ebster
conveniency”, as H am ilto n , in the said in 1836, when it was sought to
Anatomy, Physiology, Animal Electricity,
Federalist, said it was to be, be- be applied to A bolitionists, ‘ex
1 hvsiological Psychology, Microscopy.
comes at once the most effective and pressly u n co n stitu tio n al” . The pre
THADDEUS B. WAKEMAN,
terrible in stru m en t of im perialism , tense th a t our S tate and U. S. gov
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p
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rin te n d e n t D e p artm en t of Sociology a n d L aw ,
ernm ents m ust thus use the m ails
despotism and oppression at home.
General History, Sociology, Law, Linguistics,
in order to make, detect and catch
The resort to it is the beginning of crim inals is not a “ postal purpose,”
Ethics.
the end of our liberties, and of the and is a slander upon our laws, po
MINNIE P. HOSMER, L. S.,B. S. D.,
lice officers and detectives.
Republic, except in name.
S u p e rin te n d e n t P re p a ra to ry D ep artm en t,
The decision of the U. 8. Suprem e
The postoffice is a necessity of
History, English Grammar, Botany, Vocal
civilization, and to be excluded C ourt,‘In Re’ Jick so n ,h o ld in g th a t
Music.
the whole m atter under the Con
from it is to be outlaw ed. We re
stitu tio n is in the power of Con
PEARL W. GEER, M. G. H., S ecretary ,
gret extrem ely to see th a t both o f j gress, has been by later decisions,
Business Methods and Correspondence.
our great political parties are play- unw ittingly perhaps, carried so far
ing at this game of postal exclus- as to seem to ju stify Congress in
FREEDOM W. HOFFMANN,
ion ag ain st the wishes, liberties and m aking the distinctions above re
B otany, M athem atics.
ferred to for any purposes w hatso
rights of the people as a whole.
ever. Such discrim inations are in
MARY CHILDERS,
Only a few m onthe ago the Demo u tter violation of the fundam ental
Kindergarten and Primary Classes.
crats were denouncing the R epub purposes, policy and principles of
licans for actu ally throw ing out o u r governm ent. Their application
SOPHIE WOLF,
m
eans
war,
for
it
says
to
the
op
‘‘an ti-im perialistic lite ra tu re ” from
Piano Music, Elocution, English Literature.
pressed, “you have no rights which
the mails. Now it is lam entable to we are bound to respect. You have
M. G. COOLEY,
find them proposing in congression no rights equal to ours. We do not
Violin and Cornet.
al caucus a sim ilar violation of th e even propose to have you argue the
CLARA WAKEMAN,
mail ag ain st tru sts. P arties m ust m atter with us or w ith the people.”
. Drawing and Painting.
learn not Io outlaw In thia way Thie r‘ fueal of argum ent to an op-
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, J ' ponent is a challenge to him to take
Without Law, Ju d g e or J u ry . I t is ,lp aru)8 or to ivfc * w ha, lle be.
ALICE DAVENPORT,
simply Lynch Law.
lieves to be his rights and to be
Stenography, Typewriting.
It m ay be our m isfortune,but the come a slave. A Republic that
LOUIS RAUCH, Assistant,
fact is th a t our goverm ent is a par- g °vernH by the violation of its mails
Bookkeeping, Commercial Arithmetic.
t j governm ent— it is sim ply a par-
releases all those thus ;dis-
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1 . crim inated against from the feeling,
power. The p arty th a t can plead grounds and fact of loyalty, and
LORA AMES, Assistant,
He precedents of the other party m akes them outlaw s, and, as soon
Physiology, Hygiene.
for a“ rig h t” t o violate the m ails,for as practicable, Rebels. Such a Re
KATIE MATTESON,
public or private ends can do so D^Hlic i® a contradiction; it is plac-
With im punity.
The p arty t h a r ¡“ g a volcano under i u foundatiou.
Librarian.
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,
It is no longer a free and equal gov-
an so act has not only the other ernm ent of, for or by the people; it
PROFS. HOSMER, WAKEMAN, GEER,
party, but the Republic and the is not th eir governm ent at all, but
Lecturers on Religion of Science and Humanity.
people, a t it m ercy. The Liberals, th a t of their opponents. It is des-
E M IL Y L. W AK EM AN,
'b a t is, those who are try in g to get potism to them . W hy should they
M atron.
and keep,free from the “ old bonds” n° t do w hat little they can to de-
and the im position of new ones, in «troy it?
•D r. L eonard has consented to tak e th is c h a ir u n til som e one
can
be found to fill it p e rm a n e n tly .
r‘ igion and in m any things else,
Now to the practical point: Let
' 1 be the first to feel the weight of us have a general “ second thought”
' iese discrim inative oppressions, over this subject.
W hile we are
S T U D E N T S M A Y E N T E R A T A N Y T IM E .
''deed, they are feeling them now, proposing am endm ents to the U.S.
hs the case of C harles C. Moore, of C onstitution for an Income Tax and
We are now in our New building, which gives us room
Blue G rass Blade (L exington, other m atters of great m om ent,have
for increased attendance and much better facilities for
and too m any sim ilar cases, we not some friend of the people
teaching. For term s and fu rth er p articu lars, address,
a;'UndantIy testify. The pretence and of equal rights and of liberty
" i" “obscenity" in th a t and sim ilar in Congress who will propose the
cases is a tra n sp a re n t pretext.
inviolability of the mails, a neces-
S IL V E R T O N OREGON.
1 here are breakers ahead; let us sary condition of all liberties,either
not forget it— breakers political, so- by a general law ofCongresH, or by
CIal, in d u strial and financial, as a co n stitu tio n al am endm ent?
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