THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, NOVEMBER 15, E. M. 300
of training ¡„ a „ y direction. H er-
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edity ia a strong factor, som etim es
It can n o t be th a t the people of stronger than
th e brains of
G alveston who have resum ed the th e most in te lle c tu a l.-T ru th s e e k J -
worship of God they believe to be er
responsible for the overwhelm ing
of th eir city with storm and flood
Call for Annual Congress of
have an intellig en t idea of the sig
nificance of their course, which
A. S U. & F. F.
am o u n ts to licking the hand th a t
sm ites hut never caresses. The in
The tw enty-fourth A nnual Con
telligent idea ap p ertain s to the
gress of the American Secular U n
clergy, who, like the other business ion and F reethought F ederation
men of G alveston, are proving their
will be held in C incinnati, Ohio,
recuperative powers. They m ust F rid ay , S aturday and Sundav,
work or w aut.—T ruthseeker.
Nov. 23, 24, 25, 1900.
R eflected
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cam paign it is tin,Ur t 1 .1
the m anagers of the iead n
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ag erso f the leading politi-
> a parties have made im p o rtan t
h edges regarding church dom i-
nation in Porto Rico and the P h il-
■PPU.es.
The redem ption of these
p le d g e s by the successful party
m ust not be allowed w ithout a pro-
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A roe8‘,n« of th9 o rg an izatio n
com m ittee of the National Asso-
ciation of Autom obile M anufactur-
ers of A m erica was held in New
York City recently, and the m em -
hers talked a t length over the ad-
vieability of m aking the associa-
tiou eim iliar to th a t of the L eaaob
of A m erican W heelm an
The
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m eaning of th is is p ra ctic ally th a t
io pay the expense of speakers, th e autom ebile association, a very
ha I rent for nine sessions, adver- large organization, w ith num bers
tis in g , cost of publishing R eport of of influential and moneyed men in
’ ° " g; e8s- e ,<;--w i |l require at least it, is to begin a fight for b etter
,000. L iberals in th e pant have roads throughout th e coun try ,
generally responded generously to
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appeals for funds to defray the ex-
Secularists would you not like to
penses of our Congresses, and it is i
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believed they will to Ibis. C ontri- , «
, S° me le,terhead8 Prin ted with
butions should be sent a t once to becuIar sen tim ent an d W e ttste in ’ 's
Otto W ettstein, T reasurer, Ro- P reetbought badge, to use in corre-
chelle, 111.; E. C. R eichw ald, Secre- spondence with y o u r friends? W e
t«ry,
141 South W ater street, will furnish them to you w ith your
A Boston paper very tru th fu lly
It is expected th at this gathering
rem arks th a t “ patriotism , in war of Am erican F reethinkers will be
times, being m anifested sim u ltan e one of the largest and most im«
ously by two opposing nations— portant annual m eetings yet held.
the ju st and the u n ju st— is there One of the m ost successful of the
fore not necessarily a v irtu e.” This earlier meetings of the Society was
being so, “ p atrio tism ” ought a l held in C incinnati
tw enty-on^
ways to be secondary to love of years ago.
Today this city has a
T o X i ReHso/
naT and ad^ e s e printed on them
principle. B ut w hat then would large and flourishing society of
for 75 cents per hundred, $1.50 per
become of the sentim ent:
‘‘My F reethinkers, who asked for this
J . E. R emsburg , President,
250, or $2.50 for 500, postpaid. Let
co u n try ; m ay she ever be right; Congress a year in advance and
E. C. R eichwald , Secretary.
the people know where you stan d .
but rig h t or wrong, my country.” prom ised to do all in their power
The fact is th a t a co u n try in the to make it a success.
The city is
wrong is no better th an au in d i ce n trally located for L iberals east
vidual in the wrong.— Sentinel of of the Rocky m ountains.
Special
L iberty.
rates will be given by all the lead
ing railroads and it is believed th a t
i t used to be the fashion to burn
the attendance from outside will be
the man who got up a new theory
A t $ 1 0 . 0 0 For a S u i t , . - ^ ^
u n u su ally large.
Able speakers
or discovered a new law of n atu re
will discuss the various questions
n v w i B n 1’, - t l - J ,ouble or S i“ Kle B reasted Sacks in
th a t interfered with the “ revela-
O X FO R D G R EY S, BLACK CLAY W ORSTEDS
tio n ” theory; but the style is now l U U " - ? , 8/ 0 ° Ur. W° rk ’ and eve’T
E N G L IS H C H E V E OTS.
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to go Into the m ental gym nastic Pn U j
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en terta in all who attend
business and “ reconcile” the old
m.
A t $ 1 4 . 5 0 , S p e c ia l!
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th e present year has not bepn an
dogm a with the new tru th .
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uneventful
one
for
our
Society,
only
kind
of reconci mg t e -rhe advocateg of g g,atg rejjgjon
church ever th o u g h t of
days of her power,
was to Lecome"
industriously prosecuted their
Clothing Sale!
James Craig’s, Silverton, Ore.
reconciled to the d eath o f the sci- Z.
" / " '" A ' n,Stances have
S trictly One Price.
Produce T aken.
e n tist or th in k er. T oday she can bee" ™
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we have won some decisive victor-
take evolution and
revelation, ipa
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shake them up in a theological fhp
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Ihe efforts of religionists to enforce Our Job D e p a rtm e n t
bag, and then bring them forth so PliritQ • , ,
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-A L W A Y S G IV ES
m arvelously alike in appearance
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»PP^arance cessfullv opposed.
In Chicago a
th a t th eir own fath er would not „
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com m ittee appointed by t h e b o a r d
know them ap a rt. And the rest of
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us can ’t recognize them at a l l - “ d .
to consider the ques-
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H elen H. G ardener.
| Gon of re ta in in g th e Chicago Bi-
ble in the public schools vntpH I H Q N EST STOCK, FINEST INK AND EXCELLENT WORKflANSHIP
. . . Satisfaction
Prof. Max M uller, who has just u ,,a n iinously against its retention
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died at
was a m an of . m any In
suprem e court has
and com m anding abilities, hut he practically affirmed the decision of
had some notorious weaknesses, one a lower conn th a t religious exer
of which the E vening Sun thus d e cises in a public school are unlaw
scribes: “ He was notorious as the ful.
finest exam ple on record of the
In California, which has occu-
scholar as snob
H is rem iniscen- PieiJ an advanced position regard-
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ing the workings of the m ind of a rebgious denom inations are clam -
F all term b e g in s M on d ay, O ctober i, E. M. 300 (A . D. 1900J
distinguished roan whose m ain oring for the exem ption of their
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pride in life was th a t he knew’ a I roperty.
The com ing election is
- - READY.
m -«««.
the people of S tudent8 given board and room« a t the L. U. O. Dormitory at low rates
great m any kings, queens, princes, to decide
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r a w b to
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and princesses and nobility of high this state
8tate will refuse to a accede
degree. The Professor did not hesi- the dem ands of the church or sur-
COURSES.
K indergarten.
tate to w rite him self down as the re'»der to it.
Scientific.
P
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ary
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Norm al.
greatest of tu ft-h u n ters an d toad-
O klahom a, whose m aterial de-
P reparatory.
Law.
ies. He received the rew ard for velopm ent and large population of
Commercial.
Classical.
worship of royalty when they m ade intellig en t people entitled it to ad-
Courses in Medicine, etc., will
added as soon as practicable.
him a R ight H onorable. And he mission as a state years ago, will
let everybody know, with childlike probably be adm itted into the Un-
t h e only in s t it u t io n of it s k in d in t h e w o r l d
sim plicity, th a t he valued th a t ion at an early day. F reethinkers
em pty honor more th a n his learn- not only in this territo ry , but ey
STRICTLY’ NON-THEOLOGICAL.
ing or his scientific fame.
All of ery one should be interested in its
which goes to show again how bard adoption of a Liberal constitution, For Catalogues and further particulars, address:
J. E. HOSMER, President; or PEARL W OEER, Secretary,
it is to overcome the force of ages To secure the influence of Catholic
C O "E I ) L T A
SILVERTON, OREGON.