T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON. OCTOBER IS, E. M. 300 (1900.)
Call for Annual Congress of
A. S. U. £ F. F.
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The tw e n ty fo u rth A nnual Con-
tp p in e..
The redem ption of these deutial election.
A- there in no We b eliev e th a t c ard s like th e fo llo w in g copy
pledges by the successful party nieminn rxf.u
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mention of them in either the Re-
will help us to build th e Liberal i ui-
IIJUSl not ne a l l o w e d W ithout a pro-
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pubhean nr Democratic platform -,
Mr. M cKinley nor Mr. thoutiht verym,,ch
f o pay the expense of speakers, as
g neither
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an has had the courtesy to
hall rent for nine sessions, ad v e r­
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tising, cost of publishing Report of mention them in their pronuncia- T % REASONS WHY
Congreaa, etc., „ ill require a t least T " “ * ’ " hy 8,‘° Uld ,h ty f*“e! ,h " ® SL».
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#1,000. Liberals in the past have !p'g . 8‘ 1,.,,,er'* ‘ ln eith,' r Party ?
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generally responded generously to rh H r P °I i , icb I 8I i “ 1' 8 " 'l l re m a in 1
S h o u ld H e l p t o B u il d
appeals for funds to defray the ex-
the
<•» either.
The questions of tariff; gold bag- ¿ ^ L ib e ra l U n iv e rs ity
penses of our Congresses, and it is
at silverton , oreoon .
believed they will to this. Coutri- is, im perialism and trusts, sink
butious should be sent at ouce to ,nto u ,ter »nsigniflcence com pared
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chelle, 111.; E. C. Reichwald Secre-
lionft of women, many of them advantages.
Wry,
H l South W ater ’ street, highly
the most virtuous f„r„» M m a w h T F Z f h ^ h t
Chicago, or to the E ditor of the and law h i d i n g citizens of the Re- gress.
publie.
ill forever silence the
th e accusation
public.
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will
Torch of Reason.
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th a t S ecu larists have never done a n y ­
gress of the A m erican Secular Un
ion and F reeth o u g h t F ederation
will be held in C incinnati, Ohio,
F rid ay , S atu rd ay and Sunday,
Nov. 23, 24, 25, 1900.
It is expected th a t this gathering
of A m erican F reethinkers will be
one of the largest and most im ­
p o rtan t annual m eetings yet held.
One of the raoej successful of the
earlier m eetings of the Society „ a s
held in C incinnati
tw enty-one
years ago.
Today th is city has a
large an d flourishing society of
whrx asked for this
F reeth in k b.r«
ers, who
th in g .
Congress a year in advance and
J. E. R emsburg , President,
4 It will hasten th e tim e w hen Reason
prom ised to do all in their power
E. C. R eichwald , Secretary.
We give the Torch of R eason ?nd
. wiH
a,nd when «upersti-
w tion and h a te will lie forever gone
to m ake it a success.
The city is
and the Weekly Oregonian bothl
It will give you an o p p o rtu n ity to
ce n trally located for L iberals east
on«
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if*
build yourself and o th ers a m o n u m en t,
A Household of Women.
o n e year ror •Tl./o.
• you want while you yet live, th a t will do a m illion
of the Rocky m ountains.
Special
to take advantage of this von must ti,ne8f “’Vi® good, than thu, nio8t CObtly
rates will be given by all the lead­
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m is y o u m u s t one of cold, senseless m arb le.
by ELIZIBETH CADY STANTON.
ing railro ad s aud it is believed th a t
order soon, for we m ay discontinue
I f a ll h e lp a lit t le , w e c a n a c ­
the atten d an ce from outside will be
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the offer at any time.
c o m p lis h m u c h .
W ill you h e lp
u n u su ally large.
Able speakers
To describe a household of wo-
a little ?
will discuss the various questions men I onco knew would be comical
p ertain in g to our work, and every to the last degree, were it not so
effort will he m ade to interest and profoundly pitiful. In this house-
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en terta in all who attend.
hold were five rich widows (one of
4 he present y ear has not been an these women said to he worth ten
A shoem aker found fau lt w ith an oil-painted slipper in
uneventful oue for our Society, m illions) all belonging to the same
one of the paintings of a celebrated artist, but showed the
The advocates of a state religion fam ily, living in a handsom e house
greatest ignorance in criticising the other parts of the p a in t­
have industriously prosecuted their in a fashionable p art of New York,
ing. Hence has arisen the oft-quoted saying, Let the cobbler
work, and iri some instances have paying heavy taxes w ithout a word
stick to his la st, and let every one atten d to his own business.
been successful. On the other hand to say in regard to m unicipal gov-
As a result of sticking to business come and see the rush
we have won some decisive victor- ernm ent; with their m any maids
at S ilverton’s Busy Store and inspect the B argains, at
ies.
In Toledo and other places they num bered ju s t one dozen
the efforts of religionists to enforce women.
P uritan ical laws have been suc­
Among the servants was one col­
cessfully opposed.
In Chicago a ored m an, with a head the size of
com m ittee appointed by the board an apple; lacking one eye, and
S ilve rto n , Oregon.
of education to consider the ques­ lame in one leg. On the first Tues­ S T R IC T L Y O N E P R IC E .
PRODUCE TAKEN
tion of re ta in in g the Chicago Bi­ day of every November, this gentle­
ble in the public schools voted m an, a kind of major-domo in the
Our Job D e p a rtm e n t
unanim ously against its retention. establishm ent, represented these
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In K ansas the suprem e court has twelve women at the polls. Of the
practically affirmed the decision of women, five were highly educated,
a lower court th a t religious exer- the other seven able to read and
cises in a public school are un- w ritt, any one of them com petent
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lawful.
to throw the little major-dom o over HONE5T STOCK, FINEST INK AND EXCELLENT WORKTIANSHIP
In C alifornia, which has occu- ! the wall, vet he was the only full
pied an advanced position regard- fledged citizen of the Republic in
ing church ta x atio n , the various this household.
The twelve wo
religious d enom inations are clam ­ men had not a word to say in re­
oring for th e exem ption of th eir gard to the laws, or law-makers,
property.
T he com ing election is under which they lived.
They
to decide w hether the people of were practically slaves according to
this state will refuse to accede to Benjam in F ran k lin , who once said
the dem ands of the church or sur- “ if a m a n ’s property can be taken
render to it.
from him without his consent, he is
Fall term begins Monday, October i, E. M . 300 (A . D. 1900.;
O klahom a, whose m aterial de- a slave.” “ If he has no voice in
velopm ent and large population of the governm ent under which he
NEW BUILDING WILL BE READY.
in tellig en t people en titled it to ad- lives, he is a slave.”
S tudents given board and rooms at the L. U. O. Dorm itory a t low rates
mission as a state years ago, will
The “ F ath ers” said, “ no just
probably be ad m itted into the Un- governm ent can be formed without
COURSES.
ion at an early day. F reeth in k ers the consent of the governed.”
K indergarten.
Scientific.
not ouly in this te rrito ry , but ev- “ Taxation w ithout representation
P rim ary.
Norm al.
Preparatory.
eryone should be interested in its is ty ra n n y .”
Law.
Commercial.
Classical.
adoption of a Liberal constitution.
H ave these lofty seutim ents any
Courses in M edicine, etc., will ba added as soon as practicab le.
4 o secure the influence of C atholic application to one half the people
prelates in the com iug presidential «I this Republic, or are they
THE ONLY INSTITUTION OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD.
cam paign, it is understood th a t the mere glittering generalities for use
m anagers
ono.uru of
r.fik
i a d i- in g p o i litic
.- a l i i n , F ourth , of J u ly , orations, ’ or on
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the le
g o b b le r , s t ick to th y last!
James
. . . Satisfaction
C O -E D U C A T IO N A U .
p 1 arties
,
have
m ade
the eve of annual elections?
iniDbrtant
t a reply.
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pause for
We
pledges regarding church domi-
Women are co n tin u ally asked as
natiou in F’orto Rico and the I’hil- to their choice in the pending presi-
STRICTLY NON-THEOLOGICAL.
For Catalogues and further particulars, address;
J. E. HOSMER, President; or PEARL W GEER, Secretary,
SILVERTON, OREGON.