The Oregon daily journal., July 21, 1912, Page 16, Image 16

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" A. ' world ' without a Sabbath
would be like a mart without a
amllo, like a summer without
flowers, and like a 'homestead
without a garden. It la the
; Joyous' day of the whole week,
Henry Ward Beecher.
AN ABSURD CLAIM
pjtHE canal shall be free and open
I . to the vessels bf commerce and
""-of war of. all nations observing
A . ' these rules, oh terms of entire
; equality, so that there shall be
o discrimination against any such na
tion, or Ha citizens or subjects in re
spect of the conditions orcharges of
traffic, or otherwise. Hay-Pauncefotp
treaty. ,
. Such Is the language on which it
!a claimed the United States should
charge Itself for using Its own canal
tot Its own domestic traffic. , Back
of any Interpretation is the great
final test of common sense.
t ' Why,' when it was going to spend
$400,000,000 in building a canal
and other millions in maintaining it.
;vould the. United States agree to
1 charge herself on her own domestic
commerce the same tolls that she
..' would charge Austria, or Persia,
j which gave nothing, paid nothing,
did nothing in' building the canal?
If altnations, !t-ftfr-used - in the
treaty, Includes the United States, is
'not ' the United States, I in build
ing, the canal and charging herself
.the same rates on her own commerce
'that she charges foreign nations on
foreign, commerce,, discriminating
against herself, or doing the exact
- thing, Great Britain claims should
not be done?
, i The only way the United States
can carry out the spirit of the treaty
Is not to discriminate between for
eign nations as to one another, and
not discriminate against herself as
to her own commerce, and this she
canonly do by not charging herself
tolls bh her own commerce.
r: If - the United States carries her
own commerce to her own ports
through the canal free, in what way
does that affect Persia, or Turkey,
or Great Britain, or Portugal?
What spirit of Justice or equity 1s
It that claims the United States
' should mortgage herself for half a
billion dollars for building a canal,
and then let England say on what
terms we shall carry through it our
own commerce to our own ports?
If we are obliged to permit Eng
land or Prance or Turkey to use this
Panama canal, built by ourselves at
such frightful cos , and use It on the
same terms that we use it, why are
we not equally bound to let England
or France or Italy use our warships
- n equal-terms with ourselves? .
There is no absurdity on the cal
endar to which the British Inter
pretation of the ambiguous Hay
Pauncefote treaty will not read, If
carried to. its logical conclusion.
By and by, we of the United States
-may-be afraid to use our summer
watering places or legislate for the
Improvement of Kokomo creek lest
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THE BRITISH MINISTRY
H
OSTILE critics of the progres
sive members of the British
ministry have gone the length
f--yredtngportfr--of-4l8eftt
. Isfactlon felt by Lloyd-George on the
Increased naval armament expendi
- r tare, carried to the length of his
' (proposing to resign. -
, Considering that the time has
! t come for the great insurance act to
j be submitted to the test of actual ex
i j perience by thirteen million people,
! i and that it is to be subjected to at
- ! tack by every enemy of its author,
and' they ( are many, for Lloyd-
George to give up office now would
: bo Indeed quitting under fij-e. That
la the last thini? to be dreamed of
, In connection with one of the best
fighters of the ape.
' "The Tumor referred to had its
base, no doubt, in the postponement
of the announcement of what was
to be done with the $31,850,000 sur
plus Ott the' budget receipts of last
' year. 'When Germany's purposes
were made plain as fp the extra sum
' she Intended spendfeg on her navy,
theEngllsh plans were announced.
TowardB reduction of national debt
. $24,600,000 is to be devoted, $4,
: 900,000 to the navy and this to
i wards-increasing somewhat the num
ber, of men and giving them In
creased pay and then $2, 4 0,000 is
' to be advanced by the treasury to
the colonial office, and spent In
Uganda and elsewhere in east Afri
ca1 In ' the planting of more cotton
and bringing more land there into
cultivation. 1
These plans were announced by
Lloyd-George himself, without a
whisper of dissatisfaction with them,
past, present, or to come.
Since the Liberal ministry took
office, lnvl906, no less than $382,
200,000. has been paid off the na
tional debt, from current taxation.
r. ever bad j-the trade of the nation
teen more prosperous, had never
I pen more soundly based, while the
national crdlt measured .y by the
price of consols was as high as In
1872.
Lloyd-George was roughly han
died In choice Billingsgate by varl-
ous aristocratic ladles at a big Albert
hall meeting a week or Uwo ago,
called by them, to denounce the In
surance bill. He was styled a "gag'
ger," a 'tgulllotlnerV' ft "tyrant," a
"mongrel," a "thief," and the Insur
ance set was called a "long lived
stomach-ache." But somehow the
nation prospers under- his guidance
of her finances, In spite of strikes
and stoppages of trade.
WHITTIER ON THE ISSUE
0
N this page Is a poem by Whit-
tier.
It Is of interest In Oregon
now. Few poets have sung as
sweetly. None viewed the great
problems of life with more Justice
or a gentler conception.
The poem Is a protest against cap
ital punishment. It was called out
by a. pamphlet issued by clergymen
who favored the death penalty. The
verses are a contribution to the dis
cussion of that which is to be a
sharp issue in Oregon for the next
three months.
Whittier was convinced that the
state had no right to kill. Many
others believe with him,
Unconsciously, every human being
is an imitator. We don't realize It,
but every one of us is a copyist. We
do not know It, or think about It,
but every day we are trying to do
what somebody else or something
else has done.
There is no truer psychological
principle or sociological fact. If
the state kills a man, what does the
Ignorant, the criminalfyent man do
a a ia i 'i t- & t a &
Out reel mat ne nas a ngni amu iu
kill a man?
Of course, the state presents Its
excuses for killing the man, but so
does the criminal. The state Justi
fies Its 'killing, but so doos the low
ordered, part man, part beast mur
derer. He pleads the unwritten
law. He pleads Insanity. He pleads
self defense. But most of all, and
that 1b his main reliance, he doesn't
expect to be caught.
When the state kills a man, It sets
a light valueon lire. It sets a wide
ly advertised public example of the
ethics of killing. When it leads a
man to the scaffold and shoves him
off, it publicly tenches every cltlien
that there are circumstances under
which killing is Justifiable.
The state cannot kill without
making a whole crop of killings.
Whittier wrote a protest against
clergymen who advocate a state
slaughter house. Can anybody con
ceive for one moment of the Prince
of Peace advocating killings?
THE NEAR EAST
T
HE region which has been for
fifty years known in the news
papers as "The near east" to
distinguish It from the orient,
or the far east has been boiling
and seething with discontent, of
which the Italo-Turklsh war was
rather an evidence than a cause.
The whole effort of European
diplomacy, ever since the close of
the Crimean war in 1856, has been
to uphold what was called the "bal
ance of power," and to prevent seri
ous effort to drive the Turks out of
Europe.
Four years ago the Young Turks
dethroned the wretched tyrant Ab
dul Hatnld at Constantinople, pro
vided him with a comfortable re
treat at Salonika, and installed his
brother as sultan In his place.
A constitution for the Turkish
empire ' was ' devised, J . Ji..
summoned, and responsible - minis
ters appointed. Freedom of the
press, and religious freedom reigned
throughout the empire,
But the Young Turks, through
their committee ori union and prog
ress, held together their organiza
tion. Friction was constant between
this committee and the official mitr
istry, the majority of the rarllament,
and the palace party who, togeth
er constituted a stand-pat majority
at Constantinople.
This preamble brings us down to
the news of the day. When Italy
declared war on Turkey she noti
fied the powers that she would limit
the war to Africa, leaving Turkey in
Europe alone. But she has so far
found limited war a mistake. The
friends of both Italy and Turkey
have been hard at work behind the
scenes to find terms of settlement.
They thought they had succeeded,
but a few days ago the Turkish min
istry, sultan and parliamentary ma
jority, all in Constantinople stand
patters all refused to listen to the
terms proposed.
At once, by a strange coincidence,
the cork in the bOttle of Albanian
insurrection gets loose, and three
regiments of Turkish soldiery are
surrounded by the mountaineers,
disarmed, and carried off prisoners
into the mountains. So the vreal
storm center moves from Tripoli to
Salonika and Constantinople. And
the old feud between progressives
and standpatters Is open over all the
east end of the Mediterranean.
The real settlement will be tiade,
if at all, in London and Berlin.
Whatever policy Germany and Brit
ain agree, "or have agreed, on will
be carried out and this "willy
nllly" sd far as Italy and Turkey
are concerned.
The recent news that a squadron
of Italian torpedo boats had at
tempted to run through the Darda
nelles at night but had been driven
back by the fire of the Turkish forts
shows" ano'lfief" effort to get "at ThV
heart of the enemy, his capital city,
Whether this -was a vigorous and
real attack or only a play to the gal-
lerles it may answer Its purpose If
it spurs the allies of both combat
ants into more vigorous action to
bring the long drawn out and In
effective war to a close.
THE SAN ANTONIO WAY
F'
EW records of civic achieve
ment approximate that of the
San Antonio Chamber, of Com
Jk A i,',,',"..-
merce tor iviz. t, ,
During the year, it raised $115,
000 as a bonus for the San Antonio,
Uvalde &, Gulf railroad. 1
It raised a bonus of $250,000 for
the San Antonio, Rockport & Mexi
can railroad.
It raised $160,000 for the pur
poses of the chamber of commerce.
San Antonio has a population of
only 96,614. The figures of popular
Hon compared with the figures of
the chamber's collections arouse In
stinctively the query as to how It
ws done.
a consolidation or an me civic
activities of San Antonio Into a sin
gle organization called the chamber
of commerce, was the beginning.
It Is a compact, united and unifying
organization. Its work is central
ized and focalized. The body has
a head and an undivided following.
It Is in position to fix a program
and then throw the whole strength
of the city behind It. When it de
termines to go ahead, it goes ahead
because of its solidarity. It doesn't
fall, because all Its civic regiments
are storming the same point of at
tack, and something has to give, way.
It is the plan The Journal has
often suggested for Portland. There
ought to be at least a central head
quarters for all the business organ
izations. If not united in one grand
organisation, they ought to be bo
closely 1 interlocked that they could
all be captained for any desired pub
lic movement. It is the way San An
tonio did it.
And what San Antonio did In
1812 Is a mark for any city to emu
late.
EXPRESS RATES
T
HE Interstate commerce com
mission has conducted a pains
taking inquiry into the nature,
constitution, possessions, own
erships, and business of express
companies. The commission has
not only published its report, but
has ordered reduced rates for ex
press business, and made regulations
simplifying, expediting, and purify
ing their business methods.
But the new rates will not be put
Into effect until the express compan
ies have had a hearing, whlcfy is set
for October 9. Supposing this hear
ing Is had, and the commission ad
heres to Its ruling, what chance Is
there of this present generation get
ting results? , The courts are open
and will remain- so, Indefinitely.
The commission's report is a
scathing indictment, especially of
the graduated scale of charges made
by the express companies, of which
it is said:
"It is Jthe product of years of
shrewd manipulation, has no Justi
fication in the minds of the express
men themselves, and Is the richest
example yet brought to our atten
tion of a tariff based exclusively
upon' the theory that the charge
should be what the traffic will
bear."
The companies' are so interlocked
by stock ownership and otherwise
that no company can be traced as
Independent of the others.
The demands of the commission
are many. Reform of ratemaking
Is the first. There must be a new
and simple jnethod of stating rates
he should be charged. Re
bates by indirection, concealed in
present tariffs, must be removed.
Tariffs must show but one rate on
same, class of traffic between any
two points in the United States
eeFve4-4y-the- sam car r ie A n w
and simple classification of traffic
is required.
And present rates are to be sub
stantially reduced.
The commission has done all It
could. The Impression left on a stu
dent Is one of astonishment that so
huge and high-smelling a morass
should have-been permitted so long
to endure without an attempt to
drain It.
LEST WE FORGET !
N'
OT many months ago a wave of
public feeling In favor of In
ternational peace by arbitra
tlonal settlement of national
disputes overran this country. Ad
vocated alike by press and pulpit, it
found expression in the all but unan
imous acceptance by the nation of
the treaties with Great Britain and
France for peaceful settlement of
all questions to arise between those
nations and the United States.
America hailed the unexpected dec
laration that Germany also would
willingly and approvingly consider
a similar treaty, binding her with
this nation In the great league of
peace.
Arbitration treaties had been
plentiful and of efficacy In
avoiding the final and bitter arbi
trament of war. But with them all
there was" the fatal exception of
matters of national honor and vital
Interest- When Mr. Taft announced
the absence in the new treaties of
the old-style reservations, and the
Inclusion of disputes on every sub-"
ject which the ordinary methods of
diplomacy had failed to adjust, then,
with general relief, it was noted that
a decisive advance had" been raade,,
l3ut pfesldfl-t, press, pulpit, and
people alike reckoned without their
host. A cloud no larger than a
man's hand appeared in the politi-
cal sky, taking its starting point In
Oyster Bav.
mi,. .- K j I - .1 , . .
iuo iiuuui-B jiuu. uueu uiuuhhi ouiidB ia nature," with room lor thousrincis
and framed by statesmen and law-
yen of high repute on both sides of
the , Atlantic -their language had
passed close scrutiny of experts' In
two nations. Yet a halr-splltter
might make something of . a point
that the treaties might have anto
matlc action and present the neces
elty of submission-to and action by
the senate of the United States In
deciding In advanced each case in
dispute whether the issue to bo trjed
was "Justiciable," In the language
Of the treaties
There was found the chance of
objection in the senate, the touchi
ness of the senate over Its privileges
being thus adroitlyrmppealed teIt
sufficed. The treaties passed not
into completion and action, but on
to the shelves of the foreign offices
of tho nations and they '1 lies there
frqjn thatday to this.' iS.
Meanwhile the mad race in arma
ments goes on unchecked. Germany
is to spend this year1 $3,696,600 over
and above her normal estimate and
Britain responds with $4,900,000
frorn her surplus of taxation. The
Scandinavian states are busy, Rus
sia expects to spend a fifteenth of
$650,000,000. And Spain, and the
statos of the South American hem
isphere are taking their places in
the dance of death.
A sorry outlook, la It not?
DECORATING A PALACE
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T
HE palace In question Is the
"Palace of Peace." It is set
In a quiet and beautiful tract In
the ancient city of The Hague.
The neutral atmosphere of Holland
suited all civilised nations as the place
to which they might send their rep
resentatives to join in a parliament
of peace, to settle differences that
might otherwise eventuate in war.
AnothW function of the parlia
ment was to lay down rules for fu
ture conduct of snch wars as poor
human nature might, find it as yet
impossible to avert. Humanity to
neutrals, whether neutral nations or
the peaceful citizens of warring peo
ples, was another of the intended
purposes of these conferences.
jealousy among tne nations, u,
as nations they were called on to
provide the cost, might impede the
building. This disaster wa?4verted
by the offer of Andrew Carnegie to
find the large sum needed. This of
fer was accepted and the. structure
of the palace rose.
Two Hague conferences have been
held, and another is approaching.
The Institution of these conferences
is now an accepted fact.
Another use of the palace was be
gun. It might be the high court
rootrr of the world, where a tribunal
of International judges might Bit to
determine causes between, nations
and issue their findings a.nd decree
Justice. SO, it was believed, might
wars cease.
But the desired peace could only
be assured if there were authority
vested in the tribunal to enforce its
decrees by common action of the
powers who bound themselves, col
lectively and individually to provide
military and naval forces to act as
the sheriffs or police officers for
the world. There the great plan has
halted.
General arbitration treaties are
in suspense, and wars continue and
rumors of wars abound.
But the courthouse might be
splendidly furnished and made a fit
ting lorum Jor a MliujialjiQt.. agreed.
on. under a code not formed. A
magnificent frame might be pro
vlded for the picture not yet
pahrtftl; -- -
Holland, Belgium, England
France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland
Turkey, Norway, Sweden, Denmark,
the United States, China, Japan, Rus
sia, Argentina, -rJChile, Austria, "and
Hungary all tiave brought gifts of
their noblest Industries. Never was
a courthouse in the world's history
so magnificently equipped. But
where are the laws to govern this
court? Where are the Judges?
Who will bind themselves to carry
there their cases to be adjudged?
And echo answers through those va
cant halls. The nations respond to
the appeal by building dreadnaughts
and enlisting armies.
Even the number of near great
who see a resemblance between
themselves and Lincoln Is not so
great as the number of statesmen
and editors now claiming they start
ed the fight on Lorlmer.
The professional educators have
decided that the little red school
house is a failure. But just the
same, It is the place where numer
ous presidents and governors got
their start. 1
The Open Air Theatres in France.
From London Nation.
Founded by M. Albert Parmont, an
artist of high distinction, the open air
theatre of ChampiKny, 30 minutes by
rail from central Paris, has for Its
walls the oaks, beeches, sycamores, and
pines of the foreBt; its grassy floor,
seated, for 2OC0, slopes gradually down
wards to the foot of a permanent stage,
with a back ground of One or two pic
turesque buildings. A contribution
from the small towns in the Marne val
ley was voted to M. Darmont at the
start. Among" those who cooperated
with him were the state secretary In
the fine arts department, the "parlia
mentary deputy for the constituency,
and the mayors of the district. Every
Sunday during the 'threes summer
months crowds of people from-Paris
and from the country towns flock to
tlie open air theatre at Champigny.
Within Paris, Pre-Catelan has its
"theatre of green grass." Aix. Aulnay-sous-Bola,
Fontenay-aux-Roses, Ploujan
in Brit tsnyp- are - am" the errantry
places that have mnrle their first at
tempts in open air theatricals. Before
the Imposing walM or" the citadel of
Cartjaesonne, in sight .of the Pyrenees
and the Cevennes, plays and pageants
of the romantic
middle ace hnve
Ichnrmed spectators
In the Vyremen,
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At Arcaohon, among the pines, and in
view of the soa, the mayor and his fel
low citiiens lately took the Initiative In
establishing' ona of the moat pleasant
open-air theatres in France. The' folk
of poltou district have , followed the
fashion, by erecting- a movable amphi
theatre of wood, with seats for 000, in
one of the municipal parks, chiefly for
historical pieces acted by "local ama
teurs." At courcay. zu mnes irom
Tours, the ''Bociete de la Renaissance
artlatlque Tourantella" lately Inaugu
rated its' "theatre da piein air,- on a
delightful site between the rocks and
the river.
Whether in the Druid lo calm' of
Couracy, or the roar of Parisian, Belle
ville, the ''theatre ' du I peuple"which
even now Is but in the Initial stage of
Its development is but one among- a
hundred indications more stlking than
ltselt-rthat th people-Is turning- irr Its
sleep.-'as if about to awake to a more
cheerful day. 8uch a symptom, was the
vaat agitation for the weekly rest, now,
said the demonstrators, when " the
seventh day rest was won and em
ployers wer.a adrnlttjng the eoonqmle
wastefulness of long- hours, "now, our
people will have a little time for self
education." , ' . ; ;'
Letters From tte People
Articles and questions for this page
should be Written on only one side Of
the paper aM-be accompanied by the
writer's name. The name will not be
published, but Is deatred as aa Indi
cation of good faith. ' ,
Some Questions. ' t
Tortland, Or.. July 19. To the Editor
of The Journal. One has to laueh at
the conceit of I C. linger in hla chal
lenge to Mr. Uren and his crowd, why
bless your heart, I C. Unger, if you
don't want to pull the burnt stumps
why don't you let go? If the land is
any good, there are lota of folks who
will gladly take It and save you all
the trouble of bonding yourself or su
perintending the stump pulling Job. You
are what is called a muscle better. You
know nothinr about the tainted money
so-called by land hogs of Joseph
Fels. There are thousands of hard
working men and women throughout the
United States who are putting up aa
much money as Fels to secure this
righteous reform. He;e are a few lit
tle simple. questions and If you Can an
swer them you will do more to defeat
the single tax than anything else you
can dot
Why shouldn't-ttoe government take
values It creates "ground rent?" Why
should the government allow the value
It creates? ('-ground rent") to be taken
by Individuals who do not produce it?
Again why should the government take
the values by taxes, which individuals
do create? You and I don't take it be
cause we know It would be stealing so
you and I and all the others who make
up tho government cannot delegate to
government a right we do not possess.
These are only a few a. b. c's of the
argument, but I think it will keep you
guessing to make your answer dove tall
with ethics and not admit the single
tax la' sound. HKCK SMITH.
Mr. Purdy Still in the Ring.
Portland. July 20. To the Editor
of The Journal I have been swindled,
robbed and burled, and now must dig
out.
My only way Is to get my facts before
the public. To do this, I must make
some sensational charges in my second
edition of '.'Sixteen Years In Oregon."
challenge the ones I refer to for a
chanoe to prove my assertions.
Judge McOinn ordered my deed turned
over to my attorney, Thomas O'Day,
with Instructions that Attorneydle
man could take It at any time.
I charge that the deed was thereafter
mutilated for the purpose, I believe, of
placing: the burden of proof on me in
my case. The responsibility for this
mutilation I da Bot attempt to tlx at
this time.
The supreme court took this view of
the condition of the deed.
WILL R PURDY.
Poisoned Fmlt.
Sellwood, Or.. July 19. To the Edi
tor of The Journal. It would ift well
for the fruit inspectors to be looking
sfter the health of consumers as well
as the health of the fruits. No longer
than a day ago fully a dosen persons
weie made very sick eating some cooked
black cherries. It is the first time in
a long life that the writer has ever
known that such fruit would produce a
complaint like cholera morbus. The
cherries must have been sprayed with
some, poisonous spray or exposed to
Qmfeth,la e,auftllx.JiB,4)ariJicioua.Jn...ili.ii
market, as to the cleanliness of the cook
that can be guaranteed. SUFFERER.
That Snake Story.
Portland, Or., July 19. To tha Editor
of The Jouunal. That crematory five
foot snake Jump of lffeet high, re
minds me of the eastern Oregon man
who, after Imbibing too freely In prohi
bition, drug store "booze," awoke .in... the
wee ama' hours of the night and saw
his feet on the foot board of the bed.
Reaching under the pillow he brought
SEVEN FAMOUS
Will Sommers.
The court Jester, the licensed fool, or
the buffoon, by whichever name It may
be preferred to know him, was a per
sonage found In the courts of kings and
nobles of medieval Europe, and whose
employment It was to amuse the house
hold by witty and mirth provoking acts
and saylngis.
At first the office was filled by any
half witted fellow whose senseless or
seemingly shrewd talk was tortured by
his hearers Into a semblance of wit, but
ho aoon jrave place to the Joster proper,
and in royal retinues the office became
of such importance that graduates of
Oxford and Cambridge were not ashamed
to fill it. , ..,
Philip of Macedon, Alexander the
Oreat, Augustus and his successors, all
maintained fools, and In eastern courts
they were very ancient institutions,
They did not appear in Europe until
about the time of the Crusaders, and
the office ceased, to exist in mostEuro-
pean countries about the end of the
seventeenth century.
One of the most famous of the" Jesters
to English mnnarchs was Will Sommers,
who served HenryVTTrrf Armln, in his
"Nest of Ninnies," thus refers to him:
"Few men were more beloved than was
this fool,
Whose merry prate kept with the kin
mucn ruie.
When ha was Sad the king- with him
Thus Will exiled sadness many a time."
And that Will would frequently use
his influence with the king for good and
charitable purposes It would, seem from
another verse in the same poem :
"Only this much, ha was a poor- man's
friend.
And helpt the widow often in her end.
The king would even grant, what he
would crave, , , , , , -
For, well he" knew W11T no exacting
knave."
Of Will's power to, please thanking
in his moody moments, we have speci
mens la certain questions put, and, in
THE DEATH PENALTY
rty John Orecnleuf Whittier.
(written on reading pamphlets puUUahwl by clergymen against the abolition
of the gallows.) , n ' i" '"'.'' ',y'yi"&r-: I''''"""'
' The suns of eighteen centuries have shown
. Hlnce the Redeemer walked with man, and mad
The fisher's boat, the cavern's floor of stone,
And mountain moss, a pillow for his head;
And he. who wandered with the peasant Jew,
. And broke with publicans the bread of stiamav ' .
And drank, with blessings In his Father's naina. ,
' . The water which Samaria's - outcast drew, ,
Hath now his temples upon every shore,
, Altar and shrine and priest and incense dim.
Evermore rising, with low prayer and hymn.
, Krom lips which press the temple's marbla floor, v
, Or kiss the glided sign of the diad cross he bora, ,
'H; Yet as : of old. when" meekly 'Ao(nfoiJ?Xf'X' !Viv ;
Ha ted a blind and selfish multitude, , -
j And even the poor companions of his jot l r '
With their dim earthly vision knew him not, 1 1 . , i, ,
How ill are his high, teachings understood! , . , - ,".!
Where he hath spoken liberty, tho priest
At his own altar binds tha chain anew: -
Where he nath. bidden to life's equal fetf ., . .L
The starving many waltlupon the few;
Where ha hath spoken, jpeace, his name hath been - - - -,
Th loudest war cry of contending men; . '
Priests, pal .with viails, In his name have blessed
The unsheathed sword.-and laid tha spear In rest, - . . r
Wet the war banner with their sacred wine,. -".
And cross its waton with the holy sign;
Yea, In his tiSma who bade the erring- live, ,
And dally taught' his lesson to, forgive!
' Twisted the cord and edged the murderous steal!
And, with his words of mercy on their llpST
Hun gloating o'er the plncer's burning grips,
- And the grim horror of tha straining wheel; - . - ,!
Fed the slow flame which gnawed the victim's limb,
Who saw before his searing eyeballs swim,
The image of their Christ in cruel seal. ;
Through tha black torment smokeheld mockingly to him I
The blood which' mingled with tha 'desert sand, , , '
And beaded with Us red and 'ghastly dew
' The vines and olives of the Holy Land,.
Tha shrieking curses of the hunted Jew,
The white sown bones of heretics, where'er
They sank beneath tht, Crusade's holy Pr. , '
Goa's dark dungeons Malta's sea. washed cell,
Where with the hymns the ghostly father sung--
Mingled the groans by subtle torture wrung,
Heaven's anthem blending with the shriek of hall!
The midnight of Bartholomew thrltake
Of Smtthfreld, and that thrioe accursed flams
Which Calvin kindled by Geneva's lake
New England's scaffold. anda the priestly sneer
Which mocked its victims in that hour of fear,
When guilt itself a human tear might Claim
Bear witness, O thou wronged and merciful one . .
That neaih's moat hateful crimes have in thy name been donsi
Thank OodI tbat I have lived to see the time
When the great truth begins at last to find
An utterance from the deeo heart of mankind.
Earnest and clear, that all revenge is Crime!
That man is holler than a creed that all
Restraint upon him must consult his good,
Hope's sunshine linger on his prison wall,
And love look in upon his solitude.
The beautiful lesson which our Saviour taught
Through long, dark centuries Its way hath wrought
Into the common mind and popular thought;
And words, to which by Galilee's lakef shore
The humble fishers listened with hushed oar
Have found an echo in the general heart,
And of the publlo faith become solving part
Who shall arrest this tendency? Brln bsek
The cell of, Venice and the bigot's -rack?
Harden the softening human heart again
To cold indifference to a brothers pain?
Ye most unhappy men! who, turned away
From the mild sunshine of the Gospel day,
Grope in the shadows of man s twilight time, , .
What mean ye, that with ghoul-like jest ye brood.
O'er thosT foul altars streaming with warm blood.
Permitted in another age and clime?
Why cite that law with which the bigot Jew
Rebuked the Paoran's mercy, when he knew
No evil In the just one? Wherefore turn
To the dark, cruel nast? Can ye not learn
From the pure teacher's life, how mildly free
Ts the treat Gospel of humanity?
The Flamen's knife is bloodless, and no more
Mextlli's altars sosk with human gore.
No more the ghastly sacrifices smoke
Through the green srehes of the Druids oak,
And re of milder faith, with your high claim
Of prophet utterance in the holiest name.
Will ve become the Druids of our time!
Set up vour scaffold alters in our land,
And. consecrators of law's darkest crime
Urge to its loathsome work the hangman s hand?
Beware lest human nature, roused at last
From its peeled shoulder your ncvmbrane cast.
And sick to loathing of your err for blood.
Rank ve with thooe who led their .victims round
The Celt's red altar nd the Indian s mmind
Abhorred of earth and heaven a pagan brotherhood!
Lforth his trusty Colts, and Javelin It
at his feet said, "It you're a mnnney
you're in a hell of a fix. but If you are
not a monkey I m m a neii or a
C. B. B.
Land Monopoly ln-fcngland
From Detroit News.
la En gland-2adukes- Jhold. 4,000,000
acres of arable land, 33 marquises hold
1,800.000 acres, 194 earls hold 5,862
000 acres, and 210 counts and barons
hnlrt 7RR.O00. In Scotland and ire
land 2000 persons hold nine-tenths of
v,. inn In soma rural parishes of
ir.neiAnrf laborers hsve vanished and
t soirsunnortH esme for tho idle rich
The great estates have been turned into
nlensure Darks for the aristocracy, in
tniv agriculture would be a boon to
hungry England. But the land lies idle
and the courtryside stands almost de
populated.
.Jjnforluruita;Ly..a
the
holders of thes acres have "stored up
wealth upon which they can live in lux
ury- without cultivating the son.
George- Al Fable Oatahlned,.
From the Philadelphia Record.
George Ade and Richard Harding
Davia met in the' grill room of the
Blackstone hotel ono night.
"Suppose you're -writing fables about
the convention," remarked Davis, aa
dressing Ade.
"No," replied Ade. "I'm leaving those
to the Roosevelt press Rgents."
"Well." complained Davis. "I'm a war
correspondent, not a prizefight expert,
and therefore can't ee why I was sent
here to cover this scrap."
COURT JESTERS
deed, answered by the fool. For ex
ample, "What Is it that, the lesser it is.
the more it is to bo feared?" which
proves to be "a little bridge over a deep
river," at which the king "smiled." At
more foolish riddles the king "laughed,"
and at others we are told "the king
laughed heartily and was exceedingly
merry."
Will, it appears, was gorgeously cos
tumed, for an old Item notes: "For
making a coat and cap of green cloth,
fringed with red crape and lined with
frfese, for our said fool," and again, "For
making of a coat of green cloth, with
hood to the same, fringed with white
and lined with frieze and buckram, for
our fool."
Will was not above human infirmities.
He was Jealous, like great men at oourt,
and especially when a rival fool vied
with him to gain smiles and moldores
from the king. The tracts and plays
of succeeding years found purchasers
or spectators because they produced
Sommers in his Jests, gait, dress and
manners. '
Will was but scantily In favor with
Cardinal Wolsey, Whom ha Once mulcted
of ten pounds. He had entered the
king's .private apartment, when the sov
ereigiv and cardinal were together; and
Will apologised for the intrusion by
saying that some of his eminence's cred
itors were at the door, and wanted to
be paid their due. Wolsey declared he
would forfeit hla head if he owed a man
a penny; but he gave Will the ten
pounds on his promise to pay It when
It wag due. When Will returned he
exclaimed: "To whom dost thou owe
thy soul, cardinal?" "To God," was the
reply. "And thy wealth f "To the
poor." At this Will declared the car
dinal's bead forfeited to the kin. "For,"
said he, "to the poor at tha gate I paid
the- debt,- which he-yields 1 due.1 The
king laughed, and the cardinal feigned
to be merry, "but It grieved him to give
away ten pounds so."
Tomorrow-vChicot, .. . 1
News Forecast of the
Week
Washington, D. C, July 20. National
politics, both Republican and Demo
cratic, give indication of easing oft dur
ing the week, pending the notification
meetings soon to be held and at which
the' presidential candidates will deliver
their first important speeches of the
campaign. In the interim the third par
ty movement promises to keep in the
glare of the spot light. During tim
week the Roosevelt followers are ex
pected to hold conventions In Iowa,
Alabama and a number of other states
for the election of delegates to the
national Progressive convention at
Chicago.
A general Democratic primary will
be held in Texas Saturday for the se
lection of candidates for governor and
.flJJiar. ... atate-fiificflrSj.... memheraof--.th.a-;---leglslature',
T Judiciary, XTnTte3 States Ten-
ators and congressmen at large. The
contest for the seat of Joseph W. Bai
ley in the United States senate has -
ban a. lony anrt MM mw fnt if,fi-
ing candidates are Congressman' Mor
ris Slieppard, Congressman C. B. Ran
dell and J. F. Wolters. Governor Col
quitt is a candidate for denomination
and is opposed by W. F. Ramsey, as
sociate Justice of the supreme court.
Democrats of Iowa will meet in state
convention In Cedar Rapids on Thurs
day to adopt a platform and name two
candidates for Judge of the stat su
preme court. -
Hearings in the government's suit in
equity to dissolve the American Sugar
Refining company are to be resumed
in San Francisco Tuesday, From San
Francisco the hearings will shift to Salt
Lake City, then to Denver and back
to New York.
The city of Detroit is to celebrate
Its two hundred and eleventh anniver
sary with a monster land and water car
nival, beginning Monday and continu
ing through the greater part of the
week. Ten thousand persons are to tfiSe
part in the carnival, which is to be
called Cadlllaoua, in honor of Cadillac,
the French explorer who founded the
city .in 1701.
Among the conventions of the week
will be the annual -convention of th
National Association of Insurance Com
missioners, winch will be held in Sno-
kane, the national convention of Gid
eons, or Christian traveling men, in At
lanta, and the national grand lodge
meeting of the International Order of
Good Templars, which will assemble
in St. Paul.
Tanglefoot By Mile5
Overholt
WHERE.
O where is the man with the whisker-
eues
Whose rheumatism rules the wMthur?
O where is the smoker of cigarettes
Who can't keep all his head together?
O where is the pilgrim who mourns and
ireis
Unless his mattress is mad of
featherT
Where is the geeier who used to own
A drtvlnz cart and a crancinr hrr?-
Where's the gazabo who used to mourn
About the evils of divorce?
O where is the person who used to groan
un Monaay morning wun k. jb. Morse?
O
where is
the
woman who stays at
home
While her daughter
wears all her
nnest ciotnesi
Where is the fellow who used to roam
From Joint to Joint Just to paint hla
nose?
Where's the Optimist With shifty- dome
Who's overjoyed when one hair grows?
The rheumatic guy and the sleepless
gpjjj , . v. -
Are on the Job till yet;
And the red nose geek pursues his bent
With the gink with the cigarette.
They're all.on hand; not one has went;
You'll meat 'em ail; don't fret; don't
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