The Monmouth herald., February 07, 1913, Image 2

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D. E. STITT, Editor.
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FRIDAY. FEB. 7, 1913.
HOME RULE SHOULD GO.
The state legislature is making
an effort to submit the Home
Rule law to the people at the
next general election, the
measure having already received
the sanction of the senate. If
the legislature fails to do so then
the initiative will be invoked,
according to report.
Anything so unfair and un
democratic as the Home Rule
law should never have been en
acted ami we are of the opinion
that the general public did not
understand -the measure or it
never would have received a
majority vote.
That a city, or corporation,
inside a county, or larger cor
poration, or a county inside a
state, should be given power to
vote conditions in such city, or
corporation, that will entail ex
pense upon the larger corpora
tion is so thoroughly out of line
with a republican form of gov
ernment that it is unjust, and
ought to be unconstitutional.
This measure was fathered by
the liquor interests, and there
are some things that are so
utterly selfish that the interests
ami rights of other people are
shoved out ofV'ght, crowded to
the wall, or trodden under foot.
It was conceived in lust and
greed and is the legitimate child
of selfishness, hence, there could
be no conception of, nor justice
coupled with it.
But it is said: "Truth crushed
to earth shall rise again," and
"Right must prevail over error."
We believe not only this, but
that man shall yet rill out the
measure of his creation and that
all injustice and inequality of
privilege shall pass away. If
Home Rule comes before the
people again, they will certainly
entomb it sufficiently deep to
debar it from resurrection.
Sleeping Over Volcanoes.
The Oregon Register has the
following to say in speaking of
the views of Ex-consul H. B.
Miller:
"He sees in our present na
tional life the germs of the same
malady that fastened itself upon
China, and in the course of
centuries dragged that nation
down from a position of promi
nence and advancement and
left it hopelessly mired and
beaten. He sees private greed
taking the place of patriotism.
He sees the hand of special in
terest closing upon us. He ees
a tendency to wink at graft
when it is successful and brings
wealth and power to the grafter.
He sees political leaders who no
longer ask themselves "What is
best for my country?" but whose
first thought is "How can I best
look out for my own interests?"
"Mr. Miller's position gives
weight to what he has to say.
He has been away from the
United States for many years,
and this clears his vision. Ho
is detached from the quarrels
and the prejudice and the per
sonal feeling that obscure the
view of those who are hero and
who are taking part in the na
tional life, and yet he speaks
with sympathy for he is a citi
zen of the United States."
"His "remarks are tipped with
(ire, but there is no denying their
truth. It is too easy to contirm
thorn. Patriotism is declining,
and special interest and self
seeking are rising too rapidly."
"Politics is too rapidly bo-
coming a separate and distinct
business The man who is elect
ed to office too soon becomes a
politician and nothing else
Thereafter he is chiefly con
cerned with the best method of
keeping himself at the lop of
the heap. He has begun to pay
chief attention to his own politi
cal fortunes, and to permit the
larger interests of his country
to drop into the background."
Mr. Miller holds out the hope
that woman suffrage will be the
power that will give reactionary
force sufficient for the better
ment of the conditions depicted
above. Whether or not uch
may prove true remains for
future development to deter
mine. There is no doubt but that
private greed has displaced
patriotism, and this is not only
true on the part of the person
who has fed upon and cultivated
greed until he has lost his love
of country, but it is also true of
his victims, those who, because
of the strenuous life forced upon
them tlnough the immense tolls
which greed has and is collect
ing, have also lost out in love
for their country because? their
country offers them only a life
of toil and privation, and where
the heart strings are stretched
to the parting point, merely to
eke out an existence, there is
nothing left worth lighting for,
and men lose heart and will not
fight for that which does ntt
contribute to their require
ments. Rome was an easy prey when
greed had crushed hope out of
the hearts of the common peo
ple. There is no use to deny that
these conditions are obtaining
in our own land, and that most
other countries are affected also,
but even if we do have the fore
sight, and are awake to the
tendency which conditions and
time are bringing. How small
is the concern we feel and the
care we exercise.
We are drifting; the world is
drifting; all are drifting along
the River of Time so uncon
cerned in our morbid condition
that we won't wake up, and per
chance if we do take on energy,
we lay hold on the minor trouble
and try to eliminate the evil by
an effort to remove the result
instead of the cause.
An Act That Should Pass.
Backed by an organization of
women who are striving to do
whatever they can in a practical
way for the betterment of social
conditions, a bill is before the
Legislature which w.ould require
the state to see to it that the
father of an illegitimate child
shall be compelled to contribute
to its support until it reaches a
specified age. Chivalry, morality,
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the ulKlit od top of a handsome resident' st I'slmtr's Oreen. Dear Lou
don, tliai rescuers fouud blui uoixbnlaiitly smoking a d-arsttt wuhd
they rle1 ladders to taks blirt from bis perilous ikisIHou H met with
the acvldeiil arter Hying acrons tbe Kngllsb chsnuel from Boulogne 11 flew
ever taudou safely, but darkntws overtook blm. and down b cams, crashing
opon the slMte roof of ths private bous Tb occupants thought an earth
quake Uud struck tbe village. TUelr fear turned to wuuder when tbey saw
their visitor wan nd air man
the social welfare and, above
and including all, justice, de
mand that tlrts "bill should be
enacted into law. Such a law
would be at one ami the same
time punitive, restltutional in a
measure, a restraint upon im
morality, of economic value to
the body politic, and (of greater
moment than those) it would re
sult in partial justice to the un
fortunate mother and the more
unfortunate child. Telegram.
NEWS FROM COUNTY SEAT
Court House Notes.
Judge Galloway disposed of
the following cases on Saturday
in circuit court in the manner
named:
John G Brown et al vs. Maud
Butler; complaint dismissed.
Wm. Faul vs, Herbert A Wil
son; case dismissed.
J A Laurenson vs. Nettie B
Rogers; settled and dismissed.
Thos. Rand vs. John Rand;
settled and dismissed.
J M Stone vs. George H Stone;
settled and dismissed.
Nellie Lewis vs. Ed. K Lewis;
default entered and decree as
prayed for.
Dora A Chase vs. Lenn E Davis
et al; default entered and decree
Bertha Eakin vs. Newton
Winkleman; default and decree.
Melissa J Grant vs. J T Stone
et al; default entered and decree.
TusieA Vorphal vs. Lida W
Varpohl, divorce; dismissed on
motion of plaintiff.
Cora Comstock vs. Fred Corn
stock, divorce; default entered.
L E Crowe vs. Delia L Thomas;
default and decree.
Agatha Quering, vs. Henry
Quering, divorce; default entered
and decree. "
David Giger vs. John Hostet
ler et al; H H Belt appointed to
examine title.
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