OREGON CITY COURIER, MAY 30, 1913
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A NEW ERA COMING
A Social and Economic Change Will
Bring Hope and Happiness
"While on the way to this spot
small dew drops, collected from the
mist of pathos, were forming on her
eyelashes and now, when she realized
her disappointment, a torrent of tears
swept over her cheeks, as she knelt
in utter helplessness. Presently she
perceived someone present and look
ing up she saw a young man. 'They
have taken my Lord away and I know
fc not where to find him,' she wailed."
For nearly two thousand years has
this the mystery been kept from the
world. There was, in that far away
country, a time when the iron heel
of the oppressor was unfeelingly
crushing the toiling mass of man
kind; was exploiting for the benefit
of a leisure class. Tribute was extrac
ted from commerce as well as upon
the laborer until despair, deep and
terrible was everywhere among the
people. At last a woman of the most
degraded of tne working class arous
ed hope in the hearts of her fellow
creatures by proclaiming that her
Bon, the child born in midst of the tax
collecting season, should deliver the
land from the oppressor. Born amidst
the uncomfortable surroundings,
growing up in distressing poverty,
the boy grew up with a desire which
he had drawn from his mother's
breasts, for freedom. Coming from a
race who had known of the yoke of
the taskmaster on a previous occas
ion, he felt keenly the degradation of
being enslaved upon his native soil by
the foreign invader.
Mary was not the only one to weep
over the fallen champion of the poor
and oppressed. The poet sang:
She's far from the land where her
young hero sleeps,
While lovers about her are sighing.
Sadly alone she sits and she weeps,
For her heart in his grave it is lying.
But Mary, following the custom of
her time and place, sought his grave.
Spice she brought and sweet perfume.
We are told he was resurrected. Yes.
But instead of the class conscious
working man; this fierce agitator,
who stirreth up the people, the cun
ning priests and politicins have given
us a highly embelishing counterfeit,
who eagerly went to his de'ath, to a
sort of a suicide, principally for spec
tacular purposes. If we are to believe
the eminent apologists for that band
of high finance exploiters, and red
handed murderers, who accomplished
this most tragic crime known to the
history of white men.
We may well admire the bold and
cunning plot to mislead the workers,
which has been highly successful the
past eighteen centuries, for today
millions of people are being calmly
and easily robbed of the fruits of
their labor by the parasitic class, un
der the lying pretense that, if we but
submit to poverty and distress in the
present life, we are to have a fine old
time after we are dead. I observe
however the hold-up twins and their
liege overlords . have arms long
enouglTto reach for the good things
in sight. These eminent gentlemen
take no chances on the future. Let us
follow their wise example.
It might not be out of place to in
quire where, and by whom this spur-,
ious Christ was substituted for the,
real working man who dodged the po
lice until finally a bribe by the church
dignitaries put them in possession of
his person by night so they might ac-
complish the crime before "the peop
le" should get next to the job.
Come with me out on the road to
Damascus and I will show you the
first highwayman who began to pave
the way for the' cunning, gents to
work the flim flam.
A young man of high intellectual
attainments is here riding by. He has
a traditionnl contempt for the poor
and ignorant working man; he is on
a mission for his masters to bait the
followers of the Galillean. His mas
ters let me say, are the exploiting
class who. rule the Roman empire and
rob the world. He is at once a Jew
and also a Roman citizen, a rare com
bination. He performs his task after
the popular Roman manner, of which
the big stick is a suggestive method.
He saw a light, so he tells us, while
he was planning his Damascus cam
paign. The light he saw was to fol
low up the Judus method and betray
those hated Communists with a kiss.
Being an educated politician it was
easy for him to become "the working
sleek and slick scoundrels with which
this country is cursed at present. He,
instead of driving them from cover
to cover, will lead them. It is easier.
Bright idea. No wonder he was blind
ed for three days.
It docs not take him long by his
eloquence and dash, to attract some
following. We hud almost a parallel
in many wags in the last campaign.
From him we do not hear any fierce
denunciations of the rich. No longer
ia the slave master pilloried. Instead
we read "servants obey your mas
ters," The real musters were the Ro
man invader and exploiters and he
in league with the local rich and well
to do among whom were notably the
church dignitaries, who then, as now,
were hand in glove with the rulers
and robbers of the working class.
As an offset we see the personal
morals mado much of in the propa
ganda of this wily pharasee, which it
is well to bear in mind, were well es
tablished traits of character, among
this rapidly growing workingmens'
union. It is also well to remark this
was a marked contrast to the life
habits of the rulers then as now.
Contrast again the teachings of this
polished intriguer with the noted
workingman who had perished in the
attempt to wrest the government
from the hands of the spoiler, the
latter said: thy kingdom come thy
will be done on earth. While the for
mer began to teach us to fold our
hands incidentally the robber nad
easy access to our pockets; so that
"the people have returned to the fold
of their master; to the taper-lit tem
ples to the incense laden air; to the
soul polluting indolence apd servi
tude. Then are the temples as bur
rows wherein the souls of men are
hunted rabbits. I
This apostate Jew was applying I
the dope in his accademic way in
marked contrast to "the real redeem
ers and revealers" who have ever
come as revolutionists, denouncing
the temple and declaring that God
dwelleth in the fellowship of men, in
the sunrise and field flowers and lit
tle children."
The good work started, in such a
far sighted way by Saul, was ably
carried on by others, even while the
government was having grand holi
days by feeding these revolutionary
slaves to wild beasts, finally failing
in suppression and being surrounded
by intriguers the "holy" emperor put
the astute "church leaders" on the
public payroll and the conspiracy tri
umphed. Now the Lord that was taken away
from that simple Galilean girl, was
completed by the lamb of God. Now it
was easy for the rich men. No more
the bugle call of human rights rings
in the established church, it has
again become the rendezvous of the
money changers. You will find them
in the front pews; their purses are
ever open to the high priests of Mam
mon, who, like the true footpad, com
mands hands up held to God while
his footstool has been stolen from
under our feet. Yes, strain your
eyes on yon dim and distant shore,
so the rich robber can easily pick
your pockets. These are facts my
brothers of toil. Facts are stubborn
things. Truth has always been stran
ger than fiction and ever more un
popular than lies.
In taking my position I am aware
that arrayed against me are all the
pets of privilege; all the well meaning
persons who have been falsely taught
that others might reap where the
honest trusting had sown.
But if the carpenter by the sea of
Galillee could dare to defy those mul
tiplied powers for evil, why should I
falter to tell' the truth, even if I must
tell it lone? For a little leaven will
soon raise the loaf and thereby the
loafer may be sent to eat the bread
in the sweat of his own face. Is it
worth while?
Now one more word to those of my
fellows who have failed as yet, to
come out of the hypnotic sleep. I
have been in your position for a full
generation and I know all the doubts
and fears which have gripped the
soul of mankind. 1 am not at war
with any individual or any creed. My
goal is freedom. I know the tree by
its fruit for I have eaten of the dead
sea fruit of an unjust system and I
am trying to knock some of the props
from under it.
Surely an economic system which
rewards honest toil with rags, is
wrong; which repays virtue with hun
ger and suicide is high crime against
all things that are good. Are you one
to help abolish it? Then let me give
you this motto: In the sign of the
cross conquer! See to it on election
day fcou use the cross in the interest
of humanity. We have had the rule of
the dollar these many ages and to
me it seems the shell of the old sys
tem is about to burst asunder. Then
the time will come when Mary will
find her Lord and not longer be
shown the fantastic imitation.
If I misread not the signs of the
times we are approaching an era,
when we will have religion of - life,
in place of the church, the passing
days' religion of death. As yet the
church says "live as tho everyday
was to be your last." In the coming
time we will have a religion which
will say "live, as tho you were living
forever."
Small wonder many people hurry
out of life and more others long for
death to take them out of this hell
on earth. I can well remember when
the thoughtless laughter of childhood
displeased God the father. Not so
with that full-blooded revolutionist
who was killed like a slave, and then
substituted with a counterfeit.
It may be nescesary to many read
ers to point out that the change will
not come as a religious movement,
but strictly as a social and economic
movement. Be sure you bear that in
mind no matter what phase the dev
elopement may seem to tuke the un
derlying cause is economic. Many mis
leading side issues will be brought in
to distract the mind, and will often
be successful to "deceive even the el
ect." Such efforts may be seen in an
attempt to arouse and array a part of
the people against some sect A very
strong movement to that purpose is
on foot at present. While the charges
against this particular sect may be
true, it is however nothing more than
the old motto of the exploiter class,
to divide and conquer.
I am optimistic of the outcome
that out of the movement which in
the near present will develop rapidly
and provoke much harsh feeling and
many bitter words, births are all at
tended with trials and travail, will
emerge a new era for mankind. An
era of hope and happiness of univers
al brotherhood, whose want and mis
ery of the chronic type, will be un
known, for this warm, fruitful earth
brings forth abundance even under
the present chaotic state of human
effort; where only a portion of the
peoplo are employed m productive ef
fort. The imagination can not grasp
what the result vould be, even were
all the human forces now occupied in
useless, or destructive efforts, recall
ed and employed to bring forth useful
and glad things.
That time is night at hand when
the wholo earth is on a breathless ex
pectancy. It only remains for man
to take the opportunity at its flood.
Strong hearts, which fear not, must
come forward, so that those who have
been blinded by the lies of the past
muy see the way clear.
"Shall we, whose souls are lighted,
With wisdom from on high.
Shall we to men benighted,
The lamp of light deny?"
JOHN STARK
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OUR MENACE
The Greatest Question Before Our
People, Says a Lady Voter
Now that women are expected to
share equally with man in the politic
al questions of the day, it will aid us
one and all to discuss matters per
taining to the wellfare of the public
through the columns of the newspa
pers, as that is the easiest way of
reaching the masses, .ach one ot us
should try to write or talk on some
question which we think of vital im
portance and brings out new theories
for or against as the subject may re
quire, for in this way w may do more
in advancement, than by the ballot.
I want to say that I think politics
generally are not understandable to
the average woman. But some things
we have learned and more things we
may learn and each one must put
forth their best endeavors as well as
being helpmeets in our homes; be al
so helpers in our national affairs. I
never asked for suffrage. I care not
to vote and to disagree with the male
population in regard to a problem,
it will avail us nothing if we fail in
convincing that our point of view is
an improvement on some old practice
or custom that has long been estab
lished, or only considered from a
monetary standard with the far
reaching results unconsidered.
In my estimation the liquor prob
lem stands first in this class, as its
production and consumption causes a
large circulation of money. It is mon
ey that induces the manufacturer's
and dealers to enter the field. They
care not for the wrecked manhood
and ruined homes that result from
their business. For the law made by
men sanctions and protects them. It
is a well known fact that the officers
of the law in the past have favored
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them with unobserving leniency and
their harvest in profit, wreck and
ruin have been abundant
If the consumers couid see how
much worse than foolish they are,
spending their money and the major
ity of thed rinking class are common
working men, and their dependants
need all their earnings. But few men
can retain their competency and drink
even the modern drinker is viewed
with distrust, his employer watches
him with a critical eye and all reliable
employers or corporations prefer
workmen who do not drink, even the
saloon proprietor prefers a bartender
who abstains.
These facts prove that drink is a
great detriment, many men lose val
uable propositions on account of in
ebriety. The tipler that comes home to his
family in a maudlin condition eventu
ally will lose the respect of his fam
ily. All mothers want to speak to her
children with pride of their father,
and point to his example with approv
al. Let us consider what it means to a
man to be deprived of his wife's re
spect and confidence; to also receive
her rebuke. Such conditions will lead
to an estrangement and neither will
live their best; the bringing up of
their children will suffer in conse
qence. The results of liquor drinking are
too numerous and far reaching to
scarcely mention in such an article
as I write. But we have all seen its ef
fects with heartburning shame on the
young boys, all the way up to the old
gray hcaricd man and, if each person
who believes the liquor traffic justi
fiable would, on seeing man or boy
intoxicated, just imagine the inebriate
a near member of their own family,
perhaps it would help them to see the
injustice that has been done ALL
THESE YEARS to the helpless hu
man beings, women and children.
Our government stands to the nat
ion as a protection, a safeguard, but
oh, where is the protection for women
and children and the men that don't
seem to know any better? We are
told that there are laws that regulate
the liquor traffic and that minors are
not allowed in saloons. That one
clause would be a boon if always en
forced but often it is evded and wink
ed at to such an extent that it does
but little good. It is a well known fact
that boys and young men drink to a
ruinous extent and the greater por
tion of the drinking men become en
slaved to the habit before they reach
an age of discretion and are more to
be pitied than blamed.
The fact that there is a clause in
the law that excludes the youths from
the saloon is positive proof that it is
not good for their physical or moral
well being. Then if we have common
sense we must concede that if it is
so bad for the young, it can not pos
sibly be good for the mature man.
Then why should the men to whom we
are looking for precepts for the young
maintain and visit an institution
which the law decrees is not fit for
the youths to frequent?
Yet I know the piea for the money
that it brings into circulation to im
prove and beautify the city, but if
one sifts the matter down to a scien
tific basis then see what is being paid
for beauty, and improvement. The sa
loon pays a generous license and
draws its income from where? It of
ten draws the money away from
needy families, leaving" them without
proper support and training, making
more frequenters for the saloon, sow
ing broadcast for future fines, crimes
and lawsuits drawing money into cir
culation to beautify and build up for
granduer.
But, my fellow citizens, at what
an expense of human suffering and
soul destruction ? This is not just talk
for the sufferers from very shame
cry not aloud.
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Would it not be better to draw the
money in some other way that would
not leave such bad effects behind?
We know the drinking man clings
to the privilege to drink as a bear
hugs a hot teakettle. The more it
burns the tighter he hugs; jealously
guarding his independence, his liberty
without any regard to the suffering it
brings to those who are not able to
help themselves.
Is not this oppression?
This liquor curse has thriven and
grown under the management of the
men of these glorious United States
and there is room to doubt that it is
in accord with the constitution, as it
is oppression of the weaker members
of her citizens.
This blight on our. people is sup
ported by money power and ignorance
And I defy anyone to prove that it is
less a shame cn our country than was
negro slavery. The slave holders of
old sold children away from parents
into bondage. The saloon of these lat
ter days with subtle power draws
young men to a bondage more de
grading. The negro was pittied and aided to
freedom while thousands of young
men, whom liquor has debased, ruin
ing all their best qualities, leaving
but the coarser, baser nature and
what might have been noble men, are
treated with scorn and indifference
by citizens indulged and used as a
cats pay by politicians. The open sa
loon is a refuge winding its silken
bonds about them until the poor
drinker, like the proverbial moth that
"to the candle flies to scorch its
wings until it dies," while the famil
ies of these victims look on in help
less anguish.
Under these conditions where
would wo find the most suffering,
in the uneducated negroes of earlier
days or in the more cultered white
race of the present time?
Each fair minded citizen, man or
woman, ought to feel it their duty to
do all in their power to clean this
pestilence from our country. Some ad-
vocate the rising generation as an in
itiative remedy. I could write a whole
chapter on this. It will make a good
subject for another article educating
the future generation would be better
than nothing but too slow.
There are mny who are growing old
who want to realize the long cherish
ed hope before they die. Can't we do
this thing sooner? Isn't there some
one capable and willing to lead us to
a haven of safety ?
Now is someone's opportunity. We
must talk, write and agitate for in
united effort lies success.
Hoping to hear from others I am,
MRS. G. W. WALDRON
NORTH LOGAN
Mr. Homer Riounds was a pleasant
visitor of Mr. Cummins here Wednes
day.
Fred Mink was in this town Wed
nesday to see George Sagar on busi
ness. Mr. Smith, a Portland capitalist
and his party, were here looking at
the mill and timber. They came out by
automobile.
Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Cummins
were calling on Mrs. Cheynoeths.
J. B. Cummins went to Oregon City
an Portland hursday on business.
Miss Mabel Cummins spent a very
pleasant time visiting Miss Jola John
son Monday night.
Ed Stanton and his sister Grace,
were callers at the Cummins place to
see Miss Grace Gossa Thursday even
ing. Mr. James Barry of San Francis
co, Cal., is visiting at Cummins Mill
with Wm. Sagar, as they are old time
friends. Mr. Barry at time was feath
er weight champion boxer of New
York City and later on was starred
through the U. S . and Canada by
the Wash Room:
without them and they
reasonably
Hacken-Backs Circus. He was also
four seasons with Cambells Bros.
Show. He expects to join Ringling
Bros, in Portland this Summery
While doing an athletic stunt at Spo
kane some two months ago, Mr. Bar
ry had the misfortune to break his
collar bone and dislocated his shoul
ders and has just come out of the
hospital.
GORHAM BRIDGES
We are asked to correct a notice
of the death and burial of Gorham
Bridges, published in the Enterprise,
which stated that he died in the coun
ty hospital after a lingering illness.
Mr. Bridges died in his little cabin
on Fourteenth and Jefferson streets,
after an illness of two weeks. He was
buried in Mountain View cemetery,
in a lot with his own mother and sis
ter. Jack Gleason, Miss Martha Par
ker, James Ford and Mrs. C. J. Par
ker accompanied him to the cemetery.
Mr. Bridges was born in Maine, and
was 78 years old at the time of his
death. He came to Oregon in 1850,
and has been a resident since. His
grandfather was Sir John Bridges of
England. The little cabin which was
his home was donated by C. J. Par
ker and the lot by John Loder. He
was attended during his illness by
Court Matron, Mrs. C. J. Parker and
Dr. J. W. Norris.
Mr. Bridges was well known in
Clackamas county, and years ago was
one of the best base ball players in
Oregon.
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Congressman Lafferty's Advise to
Men Living on Railroad Lands
The Courier has had many letters
and inquiries from subscribers in the
eastern part of the county (from men
who are settlers on the railroad lands
in litigation) asking for any further
information on this matter. It will be
recalled that Judge Wolverton has de
cided that these lands do not belong
to the railroads, as they have not
lived up to their contracts.
From exchanges, attorneys and
other sources we learn that there are
probably 500 bona fide settlers on
those railroad lands in Oregon, who
are apprehensive that they have lost
all rights through the decision. Rep
Representative Lafferty of Portland,
advises them to stick to their claims
and await the decision of the supreme
court or the future action of congress.
Writing to George A. Hall, of Mon
roe, Mr. Lafferty says: "That if the
decision of Judge Wolverton shall be
affirmed by the supreme court, ex
ception will undoubtedly be made by
the courts as to those particular trac
ts shown to have been settled upon
in good faith prior to the decision. ,
Writing further, Mr. Lafferty says:
"I think thij will certainly be true if
you rcary up your appeal to the su
preme court and show that you were
a bona fide settler prior to that date.
"Furthermore if the supreme court
should fail to protect the Tjona fide
settlers and should forfeit all of the
grant to the United States, congress,
in opening the lansd to settlement,
would undoubtedly protect all those
who were bona fide settlers thereon
prior to April 28, 1913, the date of
Judge Wolverton's decision.
"Therefore I strongly advise all
those who were settlers prior to that
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date not to abandon their claims.
They should hand together and prose
cute their appeal. If the case is pros
ecuted in good faith by the govern-
ment, it will be decided in the su
preme court within twelve months.
"It may yet turn out that the su
preme court will decide in favor of
compelling the railroad company to
sell the land for $2.50 an acre, rather
than forfeit it to the United States.
In this latter case, those who are bona
fide settlers on the land will get the
right to purchase the tracts by them
settled upon.' But in no event will
those persons who have merely made
application, or who may hereafter
make application, unaccompanied by
actual bona fide settlement in a house
on the land, coupled with bona fide
improvements thereof, acquire any
rights whatever. The law did not say
that the lands should be sold to "ac
tual applicants," but to actual set
tlers. Therefore, those who have part
ed with money merely to have their
"applications" filed have been been
swindled. I have taken this position
for the last seven years and have ur
ged the department of justice to pros
ecute, criminally, those persons who
have obtained money for filing appli
cations, but it has refused to do so."
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