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 7 ’’, " of ' ? the 7 r mails are " not ° ‘ "HD- . _ z 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 ( “ l S E T F R E E .” ) York Jo u rn a l of M ay 30) deeply bring a blush of shame W 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 oo 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 S u p e 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- ... . T T . T , 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- • mi . r 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. , ’ , 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? “LUO” XF T h ? LIBERAL UNIVERSITY O R EG O N . 8 9 9 -’ » • • • a a a . a P e a r l W . G e e r , S e c ’y , l/J