Œh Silürrton «Journal
WARS ANI) RUMORS OF WAR.
THE GEM THEATRE, MO^REs
Published every Friday morning at Silverton. Oregon, by
J. E. HOSMER. Editor.
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opi»ortunity and the religion of righteousness. It
» radically epposed to every form of superstition
and tyranny, or licensing or permitting any form
of evil.
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\\ HAT’S THE MATTER WITH YOU?
If the people who profess to believe in the doctrines of Jesus
really believed in them in a practical, working way, instead of in a
lump-sum, theoretical way, the world wouldn't be in such a crim
inal, miserable, fighting, unrighteous condition. Jesus didn’t be
lieve in policy. He struck right from the shoulder. He didn’t just
advocate one reform at a time. He wasn’t afraid of offending the
»»erites in the <» -i.ehes of his time. He said what he honestly
thought and willingly died for it. What’s the matter with you, you
pussy-foot.
dal Christians? Are you hiding your talents?
Do you know it vs. or honestly believe things, that you are too
much of a cowuid to tell in church or Sunday School? Are you
afraid that the Catholics will boycott your business? Say, do you
know’ that it will be no harder for a rich man to go to heaven than
it will for a ieiiow who has done everything he could to become
rich and been a cringing hypocrite besides? If you want anything
like heaven, here or hereafter, brace up; be honest and help your
fellow men to be outspoken and free, even as was Jesus, the car
penter’s son.
ROMAN CATHOLIC BOYCOTT
Nobody but crazy people fight. There is no sense in it at all.
in self-defense, to save his life, a man will get excited (an un
balanced or crazy condition) and fight like a wild beast, and no one
blames him. But what will we say of war which is nothing but
ENJOYED RY ALL CHILDREN AND GROWN FOLKS
premeditated butchery of the strongest, best specimens of our race
—getting other men to fight for that which could be only settled
Instructive and Educative.
right with reason, arbitration, real statesmanship. The men who
are the cause of the European demonstration of this wholesale
murder ought to be locked up and treated by the best scientific
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doctors obtainable. Perhaps an operation would be necessary on
some, while to read Kirkpatrick’s “War What For?” might bo
sufficient for others. The following, from that wonderful book, is
appropriate to close this subject on which our feelings are so in
tense that words utterly fail to express them:
Can you use, do you prefer to use... your developed mentality
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like a brute, like a savage, or like a truth-seeking socialized man?
Are you “not only willing, but anxious to fight," or are the bus
All ftork done In the •hortt»«t ponwib t time. We arc equip
iness and the methods of the brute disgusting you? What o'clock
ped to handle all kinds of furniture, pianoa, etc., with very little
is it in your personal evolution? Do you prefer a library to an
danger of any damage d«»ne.
armory, books rather than bayonets? Is a fight natural, or neces
sary, or helpful in your personal development? If a fight, actual
part in a fight rifle-in-hand, is not necessary to the preacher, the
senator, the professor, the banker or the manufacturer, why
should it seem necessary in your case- -and why should you permit
these "better class” citizens to have you ordered and led around
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ring called the struggle for the world market? War as a developer
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WE MUST (¡ROW OR DIE!
and a civilizer is a flat failure in your case if the capitalist class
can seduce you for fifty cents a day to fight for a foreign market
The Silverton Journal must keep its Subscription list
for American porterhouse steak while you ami your father and
growing or it will surely die. We need your help, but we ;
mother are fed on third-rate meat, beans, cheap syrup and mock-
want to give even more than value received.
cotree without cream. Brother, you may indeed I k * a "brave boy,”
Get us one or more at fifty cents a year.
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and a “good shot,” and you may have heroically stained your
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bands in other men's blood; but, really, the "upper class” have
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marked you as an easy victim, a useable cheap "guy” of the
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"lower class.”
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The "mother church” accomplishes very much by a quick
and complete boycott. A relic of this is also found in some of the
HEN - HUZZIES AT WORK
Protestant churches which have almost ceased protesting against
this inquisitorial principle. "If you don’t advocate what we think,
down you go,” is the motto of the old beast and those churches
The world is full of snoops and soreheads, and so the editor
w men prove by their conduct that they are her whelps. But it is xpects
better than personal attacks on his character,
very pleasing to know that many of the Protestant churches in ah i he work nothing
of
downing
personally is not confined to the Catholics
me denominations are broad enough to believe and preach the nd the influence that us they
can exert, but criminals who have no
.ucirines of the brave men who founded this republic. “The
morality than a hog and no more real religion than Catholic
iielates of one’s own conscience” should be the guide, and to boy- more
priest Schmidt are at their work, trying to help stop the free
JLi a man because his conscience dictates differently than any set press
isn’t afraid to speak out. We do not profess to be per
eas of other men is to put a premium on hypocrisy. There is fect. that
Who
But we do profess to want to do exact'y right
enough of this in the world now. Step back and look at the bars, and we are is?
working
with every ounce of our ability to help the
hypocrites, Scribes and Pharasees! Let us be honest and let’s world to become a better
place in which to live, for we fully realize
help the other fellow to be honest also. Don’t be a Roman and that “the night cometh when
no man can work.” But why talk
boycott, but be a Protestant and protest. Use the Silverton Jour about our self so much? The enemy
will soon be using this fact,
nal. Some of the writers are saying things you do not believe;
us self centered, bigoted and say we are trying to build up
protest; show them their mistakes; this is an opportunity to help calling
business and care nothing about what the Catholic Church
them and many others; help them bring out their best arguments, our
and
other evil institutions are doing. So why do we put this
and if you think they are wrong, smash them with better argu weapon
hands? Well, they are forcing us in self-defense
ments, and all readers will be converted to your way of thinking. to do so. in their
Letters
are coming in that we have not the time nor
>u may possibly learn something in this way also, unless you are the stamp money to
answer and we must answer in some way
.fallible like the pope of Rome. Don’t be a fool and act silly. We and this is the easiest
way possible. Here is a sample letter
e uot living in the 10th century and we are not yet entirely un- from a dear brother in the
work who really wants to know what
;er the control of the “inner circle” of the Roman Hierarchy. A
free press is needed as much as anything in this world. Help us kind of an animal the editor is:
to have at least one in the United States of America.
Glencoe, Ky., July 29, 1911.
EUROPEAN WAR WHAT FOR?
THE SILVERTON JOURNAL
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Dear Friend and Brother :
A well known Socialist of Silverton says that, over twelve
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years ago, it was predicted that war would be precipitated when
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emphatically
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Socialism became so strong that the rulers could not keep it from
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getting control in any other way; and "The American Socialist,” dorse your strong stand point against the Roman Hierarchy ai.d
printed in Chicago, declares that the present European war is to against the Liquor Traffic. Now I wish you to answer this im
halt Socialism. A prominent republican of Marion County, one portant question:
who has held high office in this state, in speaking of war, very
As I see the column in the “Journal’’ devoted to Materialists,
recently said that he was that much of a Socialist. Now it is an
undeniable fact that Socialism has become very strong in nearly will you be so kind as to tell me honestly : "Are you a Materialist,
all the European countries, and if this great war with Italy, believing that there is no God?”
Austria-Hungaria and Germany on one side and Russia, France
an 1 England on the other, with the chance of Canada taking a
Y'ours Cordially and Patriotically,
l and and even drawing the United State-; into the hellish mal-
strum of molten lead with the probable destruction of Belgium,
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Denmark and other smaller countries, what a criminal charge
It’s a good one to read and pass to a neighbor.
must history record against the rulers of those European coun
In answer to this question we wish to state that the word
tries and the system which has produced them and for which they ’Materialist” and the word “God” has different meanings and in t
stand. But we do not believe that the war will amount to much. stead of saying “yes” or “no,” we will endeavor to define just
The people are surely better civilized than to go and shoot down what we do believe, and before we begin we want our readers
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their brothers whom they have no reason to hate or no cause to to notice that w- start out with a vital principle which is o .? of
murder. With a modern gattling gun a whole regiment of men the cornerstones of our complete salvation as a people, if we are
can be killed in a very few minutes and the work of an air ship to be saved from the hell of sin and the devil of evil—this prin
loaded with high explosives is horrible to think if.
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ciple is honesty in saying just what we do believe, or,in other
But will the men fight? It is to be hoped that they will only words, the editor of the Silverton Journal is not a hypocrite. Nov.
take an outing, shake hands with their new found friends, the listen! What is called “gross materialism” we have no use for
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enemy, and go home to their sweethearts, wives and babies. We whatever. We believe in the intellectual, moral and what some
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the
Socialist
Party
can at least hope that the European monarch*will look in vain to call spiritual life and not in the low, materialistic, sensual and
the United States for recruits to their human slaughter house. animal life crowding out the higher life—the real beauty and sun
Uncle Sam should see that no victim crosses the seas in the mis shine of the ideal. But this higher life will not come from error
of Oregon for
taken hope that he is helping himself by going to his grave fight or from an idealism not founded on truth, and therefore we believe
ing the battles of a lot of stubborn European capitalists.
in the study of material science and in reducing whatever of the
higher ideals we may possess to a practical, working religion. In
this way we might be called a materialist. Calling every thing
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A VISIT FROM FATHER KANE
that really exists material and its actions and attributes spiritual ♦ If Elected, the moat Careful, Conscientious and Talented Legal ♦ ♦
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Service will be given to the People of the State.
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Father Kane, the Catholic speaker who was here last week chaos and forming suns, systems, living forms and finally blos
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with the Catholic Extension Car, honored us with a visit at our soming out into love. This love principle is really and scientifi
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Study the Principles he Advocates.
office. Mr. Kane proved to be a very genial and pleasing man with cally the great creator not of matter, for that is, as far as we
whom to talk. After a few jokes regarding our last week’s picture can think, eternal with this principle or action of affinity and its
of the extension car, etc., the conversation turned on to more sister power of repulsion. Love is the great creator or builder
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serious principles, and the little time our reverend (?) friend had of suns, systems, living forms, with man at the head of the crea
to devote to the humble (?) editor was filled to the brim and run tion. Yes, we believe in this great God of Love and we hope that
ning over. Mr. Kane freely confessed that very many things in it may fill our hearts or minds so full for our fellow men that we
mis church were parasitic and relics of a more barbarous age. He will be able to let our light so shine before men that they will see
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CLEAN
mentioned the counting of beads as one, said that many (includ our good works and glorify this Love that heaven may finally be
the
lot
of
the
millions
that
are
now
in
darkness.
One
who
be
ing himself) wished to make many changes, but that the people
were in ignorance, undeveloped, etc., etc., and asked, “What can lieves in a man-like God would not call us orthodox and yet we
we do?” This was our opportunity and we rapidly explained our number among our very best friends ministers of the different
Mrs. W. E. Sprague.
attitude in its great difference to the Roman Catholic idea. The denominations. How we hope and labor for the time when the
At her home on First and B. Sts., takes orders and delivers—
Catholic church keeps the people in ignorance and superstition by God of Love will really take hold of these preachers with such
the priests letting them, the people, believe that the priesthood a grip that they will forsake all and follow it into a great Pro
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really think all those foolish things about purgatory, the virgin testant Union which will forever destroy the blighting dogmas
Doughnuts, Pi is, Etc. Etc.
mother, the relics, the healing and the thousands of other stulti of an ignorant past which still blights and damns us through the
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fying superstitions are really true. This is the reason for their Devil’s own cult, “The Roman Catholic Church.”
W II O I. E S O M E
H K AITH F U L
being ignorant. Their teachers do not tell them the truth, but
Call us what you wish, dear brother, but be not~deceived by
treat them as underlings and even print what they know to be
■ lemies of freedom of thought, freedom of speech and free
lies in their magazines, papers and catechisms. Now we believe
in telling the people the truth—even if they crucify us. Can you dom of the press. The editor is not intentionally a bad man, and
see any difference? We did all we were “able” to convert our perhaps it may please you to know that one of the most vital
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dear brother Kane to the religion of righteousness and liberty
which has been recorded as the wonderful revelations of Jesus. parts.of his religion is the belief, practice and aggressive teaching
We have just what
We pointed out the evils of the celebate oath of their priests, against the saloon and the habitual use of all stimulants and nar
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showing him that prominent priests in this country and all over cotics. We never smoke, chew, drink tea or cofree, whiskey, beer,
the world were noted for adultery, and that the worst crimes wine, brandy, absynth, opium, cocane, morphine or carbolic acid. BIG SAVING ON FIRST COST close in The Journal to get ub new
known to man have been committed right here in Oregon by We are proud of this, not ashamed of it. Wo arc anxious to convert Ther6 are so many things that subs, It in the only way we can sur-
priests, mother superiors and others high in Catholic circles. \ ’ith
we have that you need, just as vive. Thifl is your fight, a« well as
the purchase of two copies of the Silverton Journal; a hearty people to the religion which we most sincerely believe in—the good
as new. Come in and see. ours. Let's each do his part well and
religion
of
Love,
which
is
also
a
religion
of
Liberty,
a
religion
hand shake and the promise to return, our Roman rounder de
a great victory will be won.
CHARLES WEBB
which will save us to the uttermuct.
parted, we hope, a wiser and a better man.
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