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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1903)
4 T H E TO R C H O F REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON , F E B R U A R Y 5, E. M. 303 ,1903.) Torch of Reason T hus, Silverton friends! Our OUR SMOOT PROTEST, litical organization it is the S tate partin g is - a differentiation of pro- --------— U” --- gress,” bringing good to us all. And Not “ Intolerance”, But Protection For of U tah ; and as such it places its The Only Paper of Its Kind. “ Apostle” in the Senate. And he, so. , as hm though tHi>11if h ta?x Li»/i each i... i_ _ Liberty’ ho we . bad by . the instead of serving the whole U nited hand, grateful, r - , we .. wish you juu a gr*tiriui, Pu'X“ e ^ a p ^ id ‘S í gre,fUl “ nd h" P * '" 1 ‘ G - ^ - b y « »>> The article on the T orch and Mr. M ates and its people, as the Consti R eligion and P ra ctica l Life. Sm oot’s seat in the Senate, from the tution requires, speaks (as reported P ortland “ O regonian,” of the 29th 'in the “ O regonian” ) only of serving PRAYER ANO W O R S H IP T. B. W a k e m a n ...................Editor ______ inst. ( p. 6), is one the most sin- the “ interests of his S tate,” —i.e., ....... plain tnti-u.irjerstandjng . a * - » . O I Oto•'political church has another Do 1 hey Mean ? —7 ne kcmeay. w ./ i e / a m e«,ling a n d purpose we E n tered a t th e postoffice at Silverton, T, , l,HVH ever se**»» »» journalism — and Senator of th at kind on the stocks, Oregon, as second-class m ail m a tte r. »« result of the decisions of we were “ at it” m any a day before and two more in Idaho, and is SUBSCRIPTION RATES. courts upon what is “ prayer and we struck G reg,,,.. T h at paper training colonies in other “ pocket n . w orship” in our public schools p rin ts a hit of a long a rtic le an d borough” States. Thus it will hold One year, in a d v a n c e .......................... $1 00 r , . . ’ in a a r d lv k ’ o a t th e r e is n o s a f e ty to r . 'uys: “ The objection is not to his the Senate (by balance of power), Six m o n th s in v u a n n n c u e .................... 50 a «' * T hree m o n th s, in a d v a n c e ................ 26 7 7 a r e d u c a tio n in L e g isla to rs or im m o ra lity , hut to his religious he- and thus control the legislation, I n c lu tie o f five or m ore, one year, I he decision Of J „ d g e lief; because he k a M orm on” a n d treaties and appointive offices of in ad v an ce.......................................... 75 Ju d g e s. Money should lie sent by registered I he tim e to prevent laz> r. at I.ip e k a , K an ., perm i tin g “ a m em ber of a tim o c ra c y ” th e our Republic. le tte r or m oney order. th e re a d in g of th e L o rd ’s P ra y e r S en ate sh o u ld “ bai him o u t.” that is now . I his precedent w ith an d of P salm s, as not p ra y e r or N othing of th e k m d ! T ne “ Ore- out PROTEST is likely to he fatal. T hursday , F eb . 5, E . M. 303. w orship, is m s tra n g e c o n tra s t w ith g o n ia n ” has e n tire ly m issed th e Every theocracy will annex U. S. th e o p in io n s rece n tly given in th e p osition of th e T orch . U sohjection to its “ kingdom to com e,” and the GOOD-BYE S ILV E R TO N . r e e m a n c a se by th e Ju d g e s of m . w a s n o t to h is relig io u s belief, nor S e n a te will he another “ House of I he breaking up of com radship, .u p r e n .e C ourt of the a d jo in in g ! >0 h is m o rals, nor . „ t h e fact th a t Lords and Bishops— happily u n it com pany and friendship call forth . t a t e o f N e b ra sk a h o ld in g to the he w as a M orm on, as far as “ re- ing the S piritual and Tem poral 11, ; >> feelings and words of regret and c o n tra rv . Hgion was c o n c e rn e d ; hut to the Rowers.” When the State of ,»ie » infHrp„cc ih p la in <-nuuKh ; fact th a t hn w a . a real Anmri- Philippines “cornes in,” “ Rom e” can tenderness th a t “ have been and yet send one Bishop-Senator for th e nnist he,”— hut which are uttered «here 1. no s u r - ty Inr a 3 - c u la r R - . ¡can n r R epublican , a n d could till III 1 A I Z - ^ ■ I with feelings varying from despair p u b lic W ithout S ecu lar E d u c a tio n ; sta n d th e tests, nor h o n e stly ta k e Catholics. Then who could represent upw ard, and even to a joy, in view nor for S e c u la r E d u c a tio n with a th e o a th th a t every n a tu ra liz e d the “ M oham m edan elem ent” m o re of the better future which makes S ecu lar R e p u b lic ; a n d th a t the two citizen s ta n d nun a n d iaae ta k e when w hen properly than our lately annexed - ■■ h as to r-inmi friend’ the S ultan of Sulu, who, the parting a necessary step of pro a rc th e c o u n te r p a r ts only nf a s c - | he hecou.es a c lt.z e .,; a n d to show gress. e o t.h c a n d e n |le h te..ed s la te of lh a l, we p rin te d .h o se o ld ,g a llo n s by trea ty with the sam e President It is with such sincere, regretful m m d ,n th e c o m m u n ity . A- long in th a t T orch . H ad he been for- who was captured by “ U tah ,” has «rid tempered feelings th at all those a s t e b ir d ’s P ra y e r arid th e eign b o rn a n d com e Up for n a tu ra l- preserved not only his religion, but sa mti a re read , th e w hole pow er iz atio n , no sq u a re ju d g e w ould have his politics and his morals , h ith e r Connected with L. U. O. have been long preparing to say our last and o sta te , c o m m u n ity a n d school is a d m itte d him a n y m ore th a n an to “ untarnished from the w o rld ?” “ A foregone conclusion,” says ihe grateful words for the kindness and b ro u g h t to hear 0,1 th e p u p ils, ,0 A n a rc h is t, am i for s im ila r reasons, appreciation our Silverton friends m a k e th em believe th a t th e C hris- W e say th is from th e facts p u b lish e d “O regonian.” S > we said: for when have show n us. Such are now best tian Theology and not Science is m th e “ O re g o n ia n ,” m ost of w hich our “O regonian” (R ep.) and our for both. In former articles we have the bottom of all our hum an life we p rin te d , a n d upon w hich o u r “J o u rn a l” (D e m ) turned in for Shown why and how peculiar cir and existence, and that its Pope, s ta te m e n ts a n d p ro test w ere m ade. Smoot we saw, and said, th at all cum stances m ade Silverton the teachers, priests and preachers h a \e I his was a Republican, a “ this the politicians in and out of the Nursery, the Trial Place, the “ Mec the keys of a real Heaven and Hell, w orld,” and a “ United S tates” pro the Senate would tum ble over each c a ,” of the first sta rt of a real Lib and of our future, until we reach test, aud not religious at all. We other to bear him in trium ph to a eral Scientific U niversity—a U ni them . The fact is th a t this prayer have no sym pathy nor co-operation seat, ami make him a very notice versity based upon the scientific and worship under state authority with those “ religious” people w'ho able, and so a very im p o rtan t man Seriate. solution of the World and of Man. irrevocably commits the whole peo are objecting to Mr. Smoot on re- —or ~ ° r advertisem advertl8em ent, enL in the Seriate, hat 8ituatlon rnade» not a religious, It has now passed its preparatory ple and each generation to C hris ligious grounds. As to their p u r. Stage: Its foundation has been tian superstition - . This —— * effect in is poses and doings, the T orch holds bllt * R ePu b lic a n , a citizen’s pro- worked out on the basis of the IDade Perm anent when the pupils the sam e opinion as the Liberal test needful. .1 . • Classification of the Sciences, and flftpra’Qrdu afterw ard* learn th a t all 11 of « the The I orch is a sm all paper and “ T ruth Seeker” of N. Y.. z which ---— so as to he m ade clearly intelligible higher colleges and universities am usingly ridicules those sectaries. stands for a “sm all college, as Web to average m inds; while its di vision Pra c t*c a ^ y know of tio other view We all agree th a t in a R epublic, ster said of his; but we believe th a t into departm ents, theoretical and of Giis world and of our life in it......... , 1C„ a ir religious view are to be put and every tru e Republican will “ love practical, joins those two methods ^ Ur Pre8ent education, then, of kept out of politics it’ for voicing the protest of every as the best a preparation for ac- b° tb HCbuol and college means Bui th a t means th a t those who * 7 7 7 » A m encan. head and heart, i---— .A z» u<>- —-- -- th — at « L. U. O. has thus becu,ar G overnm ent is a practical can or will not .a p a ra te politic, b? It. live life, reached the period when its re- ’m P0HH*hility. Thus all our public and religion, should not be put at S enate of the U nited Slates. T his moval (h eg ira) ) to a great and grow- educal101 ed n cat*on in school and com m unity the head of our Republic. The is not “ intolerance” nor “ persecu Id __ ing city is its necessity. is a 1 . 1 ■ .. y a — — solid union of church “ O regonian” m isreads history: tion,” but SELF- protection . H ave Nor will any great loss result to ANI‘ state . Those were theocracies who did the ; we all forgotten, th a t “ E ternal V igilance is the price of L ib e rty ? ” Silverton, but in some respects a T h? Wrty ,o Prevpnt the deepen- persecution it cites. Republics per An Anti-Smoot protest m eans gain. Our Business M anager has ing of this public belief is to have secute— never!. They only try to .«»v w that we will not take him as a pre- Z1 /. . I a »■» A scientific view of the world protect them selves from despots and Cedent arranged for our U niversity build Inga and sufficient land to pass to n,ade known and insisted upon in theocrats at home and abroad. T h at “ The N orthw est Business and Nor- ± ,,ubli? ^ ,89ible- «•« is the gist of our objection to Mr. OUR T W IN M O N O PO LIES— » a . C o lleg e- now Sa,em (A. J. Smoot as a Senator. It takes more ---- ----- G arland, M. A., P resident), with a UAL. th an birth to m ake an Am erican. The Trusts and the Unions Which if view to final purchase. No arrange- This evidently can only be prop- Mr. Sm oot’s religion and politics the Way Out P ment could have been better for erly done by or through Liberal Uni- are one. Thus he was not really --------- Silverton and all concerned. It is versitie8’ where such a life can be elected by the people or by the S tate Gur friend “ B eginner” has worked a thoroughly good Business and w X " ,h»? ¡ J X in 8UC': °f U lan, but by the Mormon church, i ° ut Very we" tb at the T rusts and High School, which all can patron- oveJr th e^ c o u n try ^ aT d p^ss^from ' which*ac lin 8 n° t ° nIy a s a religious Labor Unions are the m ates and ize w ithout regard to “ religious” generation to generation. T h at is ^ ut AL8° as a political organiza- C0llnterPa r tH of each other; th a t feelings. We are pleased th a t all lh.e work before the Liberal and t>°n, passed 10,000 of its votes from tiley both lim it production and both we have worked for, even down to people of our country, and B ryan to M cKinley to get this make an ad v antage to themselves thH J em oval (hegira) of privilege. As citizens of U. S. the in lhe sh o rt r »w, but at a general tree i and plants, will pass to worthy ? p I appreciative successors. i made the iu itia d v e * 8 C*,y mUSl be ‘religion” of the Mormon church is expense and loss to the general pub- l,al,Ve* | out of our jurisdiction, but as a po - 1 lie in the long run. He adm its
