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SOFTENING OF THE BRAIN.
The Tribane editor is in receipt
of a letter from a reader in which
this editor is accuse«! of being af
fected with softening of th* brain
While it is true that the t»aasagr of
time has a<l<i« «l mor«* than the Bibli
cal allotted number of years to our
age and tha. an old time injury,
aided by years of rheumatic »offer
ing. has made us a permanent crip
pie we ar«* vain enough to believe
our think tank is yet unim|»aired
Rut let us are
Our correspondent’» caustic criti
cism waa evidently inspired by our
editorial in a recent issue of Th«-
Tribune under the caption
"The
Labor Strike a Menace." Now as
we gave the article in questi«»n con-
etderable hard thought, we feel just
a little humiliated to be accused of
brain softness. However, there is a
question of whose brain is soft.
The centra! thought of the above
mentioned article ia adv«»cacv of the
rule of th«* majority and the further
concede«! fact that any man has a
right to quit his job when he pleases
to do so. but he has not the right to
say another man shall not take his
plac« on the job. If advocacy of
the above is an ««vidcnceof softening
of the brain. th«-n we plead guilty.
from the days when men were gov to have them enact«! into law*.
erned by superstition; when a liter
A* a result, there has been more
al hell of fire and brimstone was real reform legislati«Ni which ha* in
held up I«efolw men to terrorize ured to the intervsta of the working
them and frighten them into doing and wraith producing rtaaare of the
or saying what was desired; at a people during the prem-lrncy of
time when witches were tortured Wood low WTIaon Ilian hml l«r«-n «m-
by fire, and when men were («ring acted during the entire previous
burned because they thought more history of our «»untry. Just think
of a principle than they did of life. what our financial «»million w««ul«i
Men and women aarent to this now ia* if it had been left to the
<*ath in which the help of God is so- tender m«*r«m*s of Wallotreet1 The
licited when they expect to and regional l«ank law <teatro>cd Wall
know they will testify falsely. They 'street’s power over the finances of
Railroad I ime Fable
to employ it in a gigantic way. In
Arrival and Ih-parture of I’awwoger
each instance an att«*mpt ia made t<>
Trams
set aside establish«! law
It L an
Woodburn ^vttringfield Branch
attempt to it aside the reciprocal
WEST SPIO
relattona of men or nations, which
North
democratic form* of government
7.00 a.m.
South
are instituted to establish ami both
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are subversive of twentieth centurv
Corvallis A F-wtern
civilization.'
Ml’N KERS
T rmnendoua strides have t-wn
To Albany
H:|| am
made in recent years in laws pro- '
To Detroit
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teettve of the intervals of labor '
Motor »er»ice dia«»nUnue«L
Three favorable laws have not lm-n thus destroy, so far as they are ca- our «»unlry.
Now the president ha» gone to
aecured by labor strikes
Oh! No. |*abk. the reverence we should nil
I<abor has apt-*al«-«l to th«- good have an«! feel for the creator of the Europe and has left congrea» com
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*«Mr» IiU
sense and justice of the people an«! universe.
Then why require men pletely unhanqierrd l«y hi» prrw-ncr
auccvsbled and will suceve«! ao long and women t*» «»mmit this aacrih-g«*? And yet «»ngrra» kicks Dm- bright
as labor’s appeals are made tn ac- If a person is truthful and loves (?> light, a m«-ml»rr from lllin«*ii.
coniance with recognize«! law
truth for truth's nake* he will tell want» the «»flier of pre»id«-nt de
Lal»or. or any other organization, the truth without the use of those clared vacant.
t’ongri-M set-m»
OU— m SUrere S'
mak«** a aeriou» mistake whenever »ui*-rflu«»us an-1 unnecessary words, alxiut as hard to pleaw* ami aa tur
it attempt* to shield or pr»t«-<-t law
Th«-n why should our law* rr«»g- bulent as some ladi«*s Red (’row <>r-
m
breaker* or criminal* T««m M«»-«ney niz«* a relic of superstition which ganization« that wr could name
I
may have b«-cn unjustly «»nvicted the |«eoplr of the w«»rld have entirely
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Yet the higher «»urt* di«l not awm discarded’’ Why not have our law*
Keller Should Be Fired.
W. A. Ewing,
A. E. Randall
to think ao. When Governor Steph- conform to what both modern and
Preaident
Vias Pre*.
rn* «»mmut«l his «wnten«* to im- reiigmu* thoiight agree up««n?
If Governor Withv«>mbe detures
E. 11. Myer», ('n hier
prison men t he did everything that
In nearly all of the state paper*
hia m*w warden to l»r »urn-awful and
l’oc» a general banking busim-s»,
labor should ask for. Ju»t as gr« at af th«- late Kaiser Wilhelm II the
the trouble at the (x-n to sulwide,
receives dcpoaita subject to check, pay*
hu«* ami cry went up fr«»m lai»or or-. word* "by th«* help of God" are
h«- will do aril to disatta* parole of interest on time deposits,
sells
ganization* wh«-n the McNM-nara «,.■«« I
( mm -n - no- ami justice
ficer Joe Keller.
A stream can traveler* checks an«! draft*, and
brother* were bring prosecuted for refu«*e to admit that God aided Ger-
never lie pure ao l««ng a» the source makes collections.
dynamiting the lx»s Angel«** Time* man soldier* to ravish women and
of impurity remain*.
building, and kill«*d aorne 20 labor young girl»; to cut <>ff th«* hand« of
Keller may lie abwdutely cl«*«r of ’
ing men. Labor pi«ut»le spent much inm»«-nt ami inofftmding children;
wrongdoing, rm-ddlmg. tale tx-aring.
money to defeml th«*se red-hand««! t«» thrust bayonet* through babes,
etc , but there ia g«vxi reason for
murderer« and martyrized them un ami to drive men and women into
doubt
When* there in so much
No one believe« that our |
til the McNamara* «*nf«*»*e<i their slavery
am->ke there must I m * aomr fire. It
U alter» Bi lx en, Prop
guilt. Mooney’s case mav be found just Go«j would ai«l or help in *uch
is hardly proliable that the four ex-1
Phone G-51Ó
to l>e similar. But if hia mn«>«-nee fiendish act*
Yet there ia ju»t as
wardens under thr Withyeombe re
STAUI: MILTS ALL I RAINS
can be eatablishe«l a full pardon can much reason to believe that God.
gime are all l>ad men ami inefficient.
leaves Scio Postoffice
ai«ir«i
th«-
kataer
and
hi*
aoldieia
in
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issue.
Is it not more reasonable to con al 7:10 a m ami u.oo «, In for
Sei«
If <»ur reader who a«*cuM*s us >f th«- «»mmM»a>n of their fiendiah
and 12:4.« p m for Munkur*
clude that Keller is the «ourcr of
brain softening will simtdy «»n»ider «•rim«** a* there ia to believe he help*
the trouble?
the alwive thoughts calmly ami ju a witnraa in th«- prosecution of the
Parole oflirer Keller nay* volun
dicially hr will ««ncltide that neither criminal for lewd «»habitation to
tarily that if the new w*rd«*n, R. L.
in thia not previous articl«*« ha» The tell "the truth, the whole truth. an<1
Steven», «»mplains of him in any
Notary Public ana
Tribune made war on either capital nothing hut the truth." Surelv the
way that he (KMIer) will at once;
or labor. We hate simply held that ordinary form of oath a* u*e>! by
< onocyemor
resign. Thia is tantamount to ad
labor organizations, a» well as those our court* *h«»uld be relieved of thia
mitting that there other wardens
Al»rtract* <>l I itle Examined
of capital, »hall obey law and to near saciileg«- and to «»nfurm to the
had cause to «»rnplain.
K',ü
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OREGON
abandon the principle of might. If now recognized relations of God to
So, governor, if you want your
he will, he will not hr liable to be man. It ia quite time to cut out all
penitentiary team to pull evtnly and
accuard «»f «»aving either softening idiorfia and th«*«»ries handeti down to
without friction, turn out the horre
ua fi«»m the dark ages, which th«*
of the brain or brainstorm.
which disturb» the harmony of team
world now know* to l»e both false
action
UNDERTAKERS
and impossible.
H. B. CHESS
Attorney *i Law
R. SHELTON
Morrison & Lowe
"SO HELP YOU GOD.”
The Tribun«* oditor was a »p«,cta-
tor rec«mtly in the circuit «»urt r«-»m
at Albany. While there a jury was
•worn to try the case Ix-mg submit*
ted. by the law as defined by th«*
«»urt ami by the evidence pla«-d
before it ami a true verdict give.
"So help you G«»d."
< all* Attended to Promptly
Dav or Night
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS
OREGON
Some of our legialatora ahould
tret busy sad evolve a plan by which
the fault« of our primary law would
AUCTIONEER
lw overcome. We refer in particu
lar to the nomination of candidate*
W a TKRUJO
OgglMlN
for the legislature and for county
a.
F.
D.
Ne.
I
IA«»»
Ui
H omm
judg«- and commiaaioner*.
Sale dales arrange«! for at The Sei«»
To illustrate: Three of the Linn
county member* of our next legis
Tribun«- Otti«-. Scio. Ore.
lative assembly reside, practically,
in one neighborhood or within six
C. C. BRYANT
or sewn mile* of each other. Ala«»,
th«* larger half of Ijnn county lie*
2 N«w First Satamal Bank Bldg.
north and east of the South Santiam
river. Yet thia larger half of the
ALBANY
OREGON
county ha* not aupplied a member
Noi«cr to Farmees.
of the county court for a great
I have about «1 walking plows of ya*'
rm««» makes and siaes, including byra-
many year*.
Now «»ur present primary law ia cuar. Oliver, I m - and Vulc.in which
to blame for thia inequality of rep- until LN-cembrr IS I will make a special
discount There is no u»<- in using your
reaentation. It can I** remedied by okl worn out plows when you can buy
dividing the county into three nom aa cheap as the price I will make you.
inating district* and the inequality It will be at least two years before ma <>ur twenty year rural credit plan
of loaning money to farmers help*
will lie overcome in a large degree. chinery price* will drop.
you to g.-t out of debt. Under our
Also
I
have
»«.me
harrows,
loth
<lisc
Other «»unties may l-e a* unequally
and drag, riding cultivator, linac-( form of loan the TOTAL am«»unt
rcpr» cnted.
count of the autna, instead of advancing <>f interest paid during its ENURE
\\ hen a fault or injustice is dia- Higgle» and surreys have dn»pped ia period of twenty years, is actually
cowred in any law it i* the duty of price. I have some on hand that I will leas than 5| per cent intersat.
Write us for bo«>klct
our la«» makers to provide a remedy, sell at your own price if I can possibly
stand
it.
CsS
engine,
corn
»heller,
feed
if potuulde. Representative govern
HECKER A- BEAM. Agent-
cutter, ensilage cutter, and many other
ment should lie representative in
things
too
numerous
to
mention
will
be
I
133 Lyon St
fact a* well a* in name.
sold at a great discount.
Get prices at other places ao you will
Albany, Oregon
know my prices are cheap. Don't wait
HARD TO PLEASE.
until the other fellow gets ahead of
you. The «ale is now on until the 15th.
N 1 M orsis »«,
Almost from the date when Wood I need the eaah
Neio, Oregon
row Wilson waa inducted tn the of-
The case being tried was for lewd
Since the article in question was «»habitation and we wondered if
written, the threatened strike to God ha«l time to spare or dem re to
force a new trial for Tom Mooney, liaten to the relation of matters
convicted of being the cause of the which are discreditable to law an«!
We felt
bomb tragedy in the San Francis«; the welfare of »«»ciely.
that
the
word»
"so
help
you
God.”
preparedn«*«m parade, has been de
as
assented
to
by
jury
and
witn«KM-s
clare«! off. thus showing that the
labor leaders are wise and amenable as usr«i in this case, were almost,
if not quite, sacriiege
W«> thought
to reason.
that
in
effect,
though
not
with in
The Tribune ia very much in fa
vor of labor organizaliona; of far tent. an insult was being offered to
mer organisations; or of employers the Deity.
And why ahould there word* I m *
organisations for that matter. Any
clasa of the people are juatified in used anyway? The oath Would tie
• Tecung organizations for the law just as binding without them. W hen
ful protection and benefit of its a man swear« to tell the truth, the
members. But when such organi whole truth, ami nothing but the
sations assume dictatorial authority truth, he has obligated himself as
and begin to give orders which tres deeply ami solemnly as ran lie with
pass upon the rights of other men out the use of the words which are
and organisations, then they are a sort of gratuitous insult to the
wrong and subversive of the rights Supreme Being. The oath of affir
which the federal «institution guar mation in which there words are
antees to every citizen.
absent ia juat aa binding and is per-
We have just concluded a great muanble by law. If a witneaa has
war in which ten millions of men conacientioua scruples against as
were either killed or crippled. This senting to the ordinary form of
enormous price has !»«*en paid, for oath ha mav have that of affirma
what?
To establish the principle tion or the Quaker oath administer- :
that Might is not Right; that the <*d. and one form ia just aa binding
weak have a right to live in the and subjects one to the penalties of flcv of president in March. 1918,
I
world as well aa the strong, and perjury as the other. Then why. « h gr-asmen and other* have com-
plamv l of In* domination in eno-
that the rule of force is to no longer have the two forma?
maintain aa the rule of action for
Tha oath in which "So help you grt.m toil legislation. On measures
nations aa well aa men
God" are tne concluding
________ _ words ia of importance to the country Prew-
The strike or lockout ia nmply] the form of oath banded down to ua I den’ Wilson ha.* uaed hia influence
H. C
ROLOFF
ATTORNEY AT LAW
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