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Tbia WiabK-bY XjaLEGKArH: MONDAY. AUGUST 14. 1»'J3.
AN OPPONENT
FOR M’KINLEY.
The Ohio Democrats Nominate Neal to
Fight the Father of the
Tariff Bill.
PLATFORM FOLLOWS CLEVELAND
A Coinage Resolution in.tiling Upon lit*
Regulation of Coiuafi* by Inter
national Agreement—Con-
ftclation for Campbell
Convention Hall, Cincinnati, O., Au
gust 10.—The convention to select an
orponent to Governor‘McKinley was
called to order at 9:30 o’clock this morn
ing In Music Hall. The decorations in
the hall are elaborate and exceedingly
tasteful. Around the balcony, alter
nated with groups of flags, urc pictures
of many of Ohio’s best known sons
who have distinguished themselves in
peace and war. There was no distinc
tion made as to party in the matter
of portraits and portraits of several
prominent Republicans, all of them
dead, were placed upon the wall beside
the sons of Democracy.
After 9 o’clock the delegates came, in
so slowly that at 9:30 not over otic-half
of them were in their seats, then they
came in more rapidly.
After the bands at the far end of the
hall and the organ at the baejk of the
stage had taio n turns at cntagtuiuing
such delegates as had arrived, Chair
man Crltes gave three blows with Jils
gavel and the convention was on hand.
In a few words the chairman Intro
duced Rev. George A. Thayer, Who de
livered a: brief pruyer, and at Its
conclusion Chairman Crltes made the
first formal address of the day.
Gilbert M. Barger, the temporary
chairman, was greeted with cheers long
and loud, and those which had wel
comed Mr. Crltes’ speech and met it
at the close.
Neal's Ileal Strength.
At the conclusion of Mr. Barger's ad
dress, the committee on credentials re
ported. The only contest of auy conse
quence was that from Chllicothe, where
Neal's delegation had been attacked.
The committee reported in favor ot
Neals' men. The deafening outburst
which followed waa the first real indi
cation of Neal's strength and showed
up in great shape, over three hundred
delegates springing to their feet and
yelling loud and long for the man from
ChllHcothe.
The committee on permanent organi
sation reported In favor of making the
temporary organization permanent,
which was done. The report of the
committee on rules and regulations waa
adopted, after Chairman Bargar had
acknowledged the honor of being made
permanent chairman.
There was no deviation from Ithe reg
ular order of transacting convention
business, the unit rule, which the Neal
man to anxiously desired, being ig
nored. After the report of the commu
te* on rules John A. McMahon of Day-
ton, chairman of the committee on res
olutions was Introduced and read the
following platform, which was received
with vociferous cheers:
The l'luflrirm.
The following platform was adopted
unanimously:
"Ws have hereby adapted the plat,
form of the Democratic party adopted
by ita national convention at Chicago,
and 'especially those porilons of It re
ferring to the tariff and to currency
legislation. We congratulate the coun
try upon the early prospect of measures
of relief as outlined by the preaeidtnt't
late message to congress and we have
confidence that .the Democratic con-
grass will devise law* to furnish such
relief. The financial situation is the un
fortunate outcome of a Republican ad
ministration. It is the natural result of
the McKinley tariff, the Sherman sli
ver law, the extravagance of the Re
publican party recently in power and
the creation and fostering of trust*
and corruptions by that party, all com
bining to shake credit, to create dis
trust in the money of the country and
to paralyze Us business. We recom
mend that national banks may be per
mitted to Issue their currency to an
amount equal to the par value of the
United States bonds which they may,
deposit with the treasurer of the United
States to the end that the volume of
ourrency may be immediately Increased.
"The Interest of every true soldier
and pensioner demands that the pen
sion roils should be made and preserved
at at roll of honor. We believe in the
Just and liberal recognition of the claims
majority in the congress of the United
States to extricate the great commer
cial Interests of this country from their
preseut distressed condition.
“The convention has abiding faith ip
the integrity, patriotism and exalted
courage of President Cleveland. True
to the people and watchful of their
interests, he will enforce honest and
economical methods in the conduct of
public affairs, aud secure to every sec
tion of the country the blessing * of
good government."
On tk« biker man Law. y
The coinage plank of th? Chicago
platform of June 22. 1892. referred to,
la as follows;
"We denounce the Republican legis
lation known as the Sherman act of
1890 as a cowardly makeshift fraught
with possibilities <^f danger in the fu
ture. which should make all of its sup
porters, as well as the author, an ex
cuse for Its speedy repeal. We hold to
the. use of both gold and silver as the
standard money of the country and to
the coinage of both gold and silver
without discriminating against either
©pta.1 or charge for mintage, but the
dollar unit of coinage of both metals
must be of equal Intrinsic and ex
changeable value or be adjusted
through International agreement or by
such safeguards of legislation as shall
Insure the‘maintenance of the parity of
the two metals and the equal power of
every dollar at all times in the markets
and in payment of debts, and we de
mand that all paper currency shall be
kept at par with and redeemable In
such coin. We insist upon this policy
as especially necc&Sary for the protec
tion of the farmers and laboring classes,
the first and most defenseless victims
of unstable money and a fluctuating
currency."
After the reading of the platfonn
Judge Ermiston of Hamilton county
Jumped to his feet. "I move the adop
tion of the report," said ho.
A dozen delegates shouted "Second."
The chairman rushed it to a vote and
SOLDIERS LYNCH
A GOAL MINER.
A NEW DAY TO DAWN.
CO-OPERATION IN BUSINESS TO TAKE
THE place of competition.
He Had Given Offense Recently to
Some Tennessee Military at
Coal Creek.
Her. Ilr. Dixon Says It Is 'the Incarnation
of the Dream of the Old Prophet—It Is
Christianity Mr. Bellamy’s Hook Praised.
An Eloquent Sermon.
THE ACT MAY CAUSE TROUBLE
Ttielr Rxcuae Given Does Not Appear to
Be a Reasonable One—Idle Mnero
May Become Enraged and
Trouble Will Follow.
the marine service, lie* was marched
it was passed in a hurry, the conven- I from the boarding-house and a team-
tlon standing and giving a chorus of gtcr in (1 , 0 mUitmy ca ^ I)g| lt wag n0 .
ayes. Only one "no" wa. heard. | ticedi a Uomp rope .
Knoxville, Tc-nn., Aug. 10.—A sequel
to the assassination of lTlvate Laugh-
erty of the state guard on duty at Coat
Creek Monday night was the lynching
of Dick Drummond, a miner, at the
same place at if o'clock this morning.
Drummond was boarding at tnc
house of Esquire Drummond and was
working In the Shamrock m.nes.
About 1 o'clock the militia surrounded
the house and demanded Drummond.
There were twenty-five or thirty sol
diers dressed in uniform and carrying
guns with fixed bayonets. They went
to Drummond's room. He had gone
down stairs In the kitchen, where ne
locked the door and refused to surgm-
der except to the sheriff, and was told
the authority for his arrest was higher
than the sheriff. At last he agreed to
surrender. He was once a purser tn
Only one "no" was heard.
Itj.nl Komlnnt.il. ■ ., ,
Then the chatrman said that counties „ ^ ^“‘g
would be allowed to preaent nomtaae. roadtrestie a few hundred yards from
for the governorship nomination v , hero ,,, arre6ted Th / moUve f0r
James P. Seward of Man. field came , ynohtnj{ waa tbat ho had bCM) one 0 . a
forward and was received with cheers party wh0 ran th ., s0 | dierg gn (tom a
when Introduced by the chairman. He house ot , u faTO5 a fcw weeka ^ and
congratulated the Democrats on the , t „ further t . hargeiJ ’ that „ e waf wl , h
victory of last fall. The Democratic n, u party that killed Laugherty
party." said he. "has been commls- Th< , r9 ha , ^ bad ^
sloned to enact tariff legislation on a th0 soMle „ and min(Tg for a and
basis of a tariff for revenue only. The serxius trouble Is feared. Tho situation
party will do It." He denounced the complicated by the fact that nearly
McKinley and Sherman law3 as re- m i ners are ou4 <i( the mln9s to< j a y.
spjnsiblo for the stagnation and gen- gome time ago the operators gave not
eral discontent. Then be placed in j tlee of a reduction in wages of 20 per
nomination the Hon. I-awrence T. cent., to take iffcct today. The miners
Neal of Chllllcothe. The convention Up- refused to accept the reduction at\d
plauded In moderate way. Mr. 6ew- have come out of the mines. No mine
ard called him the little giant of tha are being operated ekeept those em-
Chlcago convention. I ploying ciisvicta, and with so many
William J. Clark of Columbus pre- Idle the danger of trouble becomes
sented Col. W. A. Taylor, claiming greater. If all remain sober further
that he had been Instrumental as the trouble may be averted but <oo much
head of the ticket In cutting down the I wtaraky might provoke a disastrous col-
Republican majority last fall. There The striking miner* assert post-
was a long delay before the name of Uvely they will not work at the
Mr natter w-is nresented by a First P ro P 0,0< l reduction, while tho operator*
derate from Ms Mat No *"> >“« ** “'ey will not yield,
district delegate from his seat. There la no telling what the end will be.
nominating speeches were made In his I
behalf, and his name fell rather fiat. | GIGANTIC MAIL SWINDLE.
Tho next name, that of John H. Clark
of Youngatown. waa put In nomination, ,,otv Dorre, < t “ a M ,,l * 1 l ‘ a \‘ Worhci ,h -
no speech being made. The convention wsihin^nn an^m "ura.1 is
than proceeded to ballot for governor. W “* blDB ' on ’ A " 6 ' «>-«*“ U
At tha close of the calling of the roll »!"«» »» a extraordinary con
Neai had 409 1-2 vote*. Then followed I ap'racy to defraud the government it
a wild scramble for the hand wagon, now being unearthed by the inspector!
county after county changing Re vote of the pottolllce department U.
to NHI amid the wildest contusion and I Barrett of Spartanburg, 8. C., who it
loud yells. I said to be the head conspirator, hat
Consolation for campb.u. been arrested upon what Is believed to
A motion was then made that the I be positive proof of bis guilt. The
rule* be suspended and Neal's nomlna- , tory ag told by tJle po Aofflco depart-
tlon be ^de by acclmatlom This was l cnt ofllclalg „ gub , t;imlgl|J ag lol .
done smld the wildest scenes of delight j
and enthusiasm on the part of the con- 0 '
ventlon. The band in the gallery, with T-aHy In the last administration Bar-
a singular disregard of political pro-1 ett succeeded tn getting himself aud
?entio"’ wtfh'ihe'old So.'ch Toi'^he « P«“°“cc referees
Campbells are Coming." A recesa wa* 11* 1 S'P.'irtanbiirg district. Tde otti-
then taken until afternoon. cent of the department expected to re-
was nomluuted by acclamation for lieu-1 * er ,0 applications fo n appoint
tenant governor. At the conclusion of ment as postmasters In that section,
the roll call Mr. Neal was brought into tocether w i.h ..ii
the hall and made au address prophe- ,0 * e,ncr w,u * a “ < I uc * ,lon * «» •<> the
eying Democratic success lu the fall, I establishment of poslotilces, etc.
and thanking the convention for the Barrett, it is said, at once becan on.
nomination. After the enthusiastic . “ “ ' OBCC tKsan °P*
howls ot Neal's followers were rung I c ra, um* and succeeded in getting from
through the hall, the benign counte- twenty-five to fifty new oBlces located
nance of William A. Taylor was seen - •••
In the rear of the stage, mid he wa* ,n ' ork ' PfrenvUle, Pickens and other
dragged forward to make a pleasant t counties In hla section of the state, it
and witty little speech. The stale ticket hi* since been discovered that in
was completed as follows. For Judge “ u “ corercu ’“At In many
of the supreme court, John w. Later I «*»*• tnc postmaster wa* the only pat-
t ?^?»c“b u u n S\rc5,h ,i or.r?5rj:r.“, of T* and , ,aUc
toriiey general, John P. Bailey of Put-1 ** *° cancellat.on of stamps, a very
nam county; for member of the board good Income wa* obtained. In some
of public works, Lewis B. Wilhelm of 1 ... ... . , .
Akron; for food and dairy commission-1 °* '**’ t* 80 * the bonds furnished
er. V. H. McKeown of Cincinnati. I said to have been bogus. Barrett also
^ The convention then .djourned sine bad himself appointed as special mall
- ■ I carrier to these offices, which was an-
RICHMOND SHORT OF CURRENCY. | other source of revenue, it is also
aH that patriotism could ask, alt that
noSional gratitude would demand.. But
the granting of pension, on fraudulent
clahns.or for partisan,, purpose* on de
partment decisions in contravention of
law as practiced under the last admin
istration needs to be investigated and
corrected so that the unselfish valor ot
the American soldier may remain un
tarnished. The Democratic party pledges
itself that the rightful claims ot no
Union soldier to a pension shall be de
nted and tbe allowance of any worthy
pensioner shall not be dfatdrbed.
"We condemn the uubuairnss-Uke
administration of the state affairs un
der Governor McKinley, deplore the
official scandal and defalcations under
It, and denounce the condoning of the
official crimes which have brought hu
miliation upon our people. We
nounce the reckless extravagance of
the large Republican majority in tbe
seventieth general assembly, which ap
propriated for current expense* about
M00,00« in excess of the current reve
nue, and added almost Mo.ooo.oeo to the
loud bonded IndebtednMs of the slate
^ by laws tn main unconaUtutidnal. We
B that an end be pat to each
MJff bety of t*x payer*.
The Democratic party „
vin'ff'Brtj 1 od^hc'rp.’tod' hu " 0,1
*t* to materially assist the
Cape Charles, Vo., Ang. 13.—Rev.
Thomas Dixon, Jr., delivered today the
seventh sermon of the series on “Money
and the Money Problem.” The text
chosen was Galatian* vi, 3, “Bear ye one
another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law
of Christ.”
We have seen in our studies on the
subject of money that the result of com
petition and war with one another is tho
negation of competition in commercial
crisis and ruin. Black Friday is a neces
sary accompaniment to such a condition
of affairs. Competition may have hod a
work to do in the development of the
history of humanity. War has doubtless
had a work to accomplish in the destiny
of the raco. War is perhaps morally
and commercially a necessary evil inci
dent to our history. None the less are
the horrors of war real horrors. None
the less should wo hate war in itself and
seek the day of peace as a dream that
can be realized and never rest until it is
realized. None the less should we real
ize the awful waste of war; that it is de
struction of that which man loves and
needs most; that its good is remote, and
that the good comes only in tho overrul
ing of Providence. It is the duty of the
Christian to mitigate all horrors that
haunt the earth, to stop the waste, to
make the desert blossom, to bring about
new heaven and a new earth.
THI>'G3 TO FIGHT.
We may well ask ourselves tho ques
tion: Is it not time to cease fighting
against each other and begin to fight for
one another? Is it not timo that Franco
and Germany and Austria and Italy and
Rassia anil England should cease their
terrifio preparations to kill one another
and join hands against their common en
emy-famine, hunger,/cold, poverty and
wretchedness? What a grand allionco
it would be for nation thus to join with
nation; for the sorrow of Rassia to bo
the sorrow of the world; for the despair
of Ireland to be the despair of the race!
If the energies of the nations of Enrope,
that are now developed in the process of
preparing to kill one unother and in
rilling one another, were tnrned to tho
industries of peace and to tbe fraternal
work of helping one another prodnee the
largest harvests and exchange them
with greatest freedom and profit to ono
another, what a different world it wonld
be to live ini
FAILURES.
I So the industrial problem presses its
mighty burden now upon ns. So it has
been pressing through the past. Onr
great minds have pondered it deeply, and
pioneer spirits have gone forth into the
wilderness and attempted experiments
upon a new basis of society. Moat of
these experiment* have been failures.
Tde Brooke Farm experiment was one
that attracted the most brilliant minds
cf tho age, and it failed. But all the
tzporiments of pioneer mind* that are
failures are so many index fingers that
point to tho success that is yet to come.
They have simply exploded ono hypothe
sis. But as Keppler worked nine years
nrmseir." "au ye are brethren.” “God
bath made of one blood all the nations.”
FLOWER NOT DIRT.
Second—Nature proclaims it. The fin
ger of nature points forward, not back
ward. It is from the brnto upward that
we move. Nature may begin with ns in
war, hut nature is not satisfied with
war. Tho whole creation groaueth and
travaileth in pain together until now
for a divine purpose. War and barbar
ism are to be eliminated. Peace and fra
ternity are tho ends aimed at. Nature's
watchword is ever onward and upward.
It is the language of creation.
Man may have risen the first steps of
the ladder by competition, but it does
not argue that he can never co-operate.
A flower grows out of tho soil, but a
flower is not dirt.
Man doubtless developed irom the
brute world through the process of a di
vine evolntion. The preponderance of
cvidonco scorns to confirm the theory of
an evolutionary process of creation, but
man is not a brute because he grew out
of this underworld any more than a
flower is dirt because it gTew ont of the
soil.
Nature points onward and upward.
War may be a step in tho process of the
development of humanity, bnt war is
not humanity. War is hell, war is bar
barism, and it is all tbe more barbaric
when it is transferred to the realm of
commerce.
The natural conrso of progress today
shows that co-operation is a higher prin
ciple than competition. We observe this
fact in the development of tho most suc
cessful corporations. They are mado by
combined effort. The combination of
small firms make these great ones. They
once fought one* another. TTiey make a
combination and fight for one another.
Their success was phenomenal. This ie
the basis of every successful trust and
great corporation in onr nation today.
We antagonize them because we recog
nize them as tho evidences of social dis-
order. They are the evidences of social
disorder, bnt they are tho index fingers
that point ns to tho way of success. Their
abase does not argue against their valno.
WORKINGMEN'S SUCCESS.
Co-operation, when used by working
men, has resulted in advancing their con
dition in life. Tho history of tho co-op
erative societies of England and Scotland
is a most marvelous chapter in the de
velopment of the laboring men of tho
world. They have millions of dollars in
capital invested now and ships that plow
between tho great porta of tho world and
supply them by simple, fraternal co-op
eration. Simple workingmen, number
ing hundreds of thousands, have secured
for themselves immunity from poverty.
Some of them—jn fact, nil of them—may
bo considered rich as compared .with
those who are outside their ranks, with
tho same advantages of education nnd
personal environment.
Wherever co-operation in communities
has been substituted for competition it
has proven when thoroughly tested the
higher principle.
In Glasgow the transit facilities of the
city are managed by the people, and
they have 1 cent car fares. The go* is
also owned and managed by tho people
anil coats them 00 cents where it costs
ns (1.30.
TOE DIVINE IN MEN.
This process must continue until evo
lution has reached a- imiut of develop
ment that revolt Is no longer necessary.
We are reaching that condition gradual
out for wiiaV Uioy ought id-be. "They
are bom in the image of God. They are
his children. We cannot separate our
selves from them, for, after all we can
see to bo in our hearts the beginning:! „f
greater faults than we see developed in
others.
—to find nino suppositions failures—to . ... - _ -
find the law of the planet*, but in the
tenth year, on his tenth supposition,
ctrtincatn to n# ltiuod hy «Waring I '* k * t * ome °t these postmaster*
iiooi* Banks. procured letter heads, and by taking
Richmond, Va.. Au*. 10.—The clear- advantage of their poration an po*d
of veterans and favor granting them Ing house association met this mornlua master and tn vlrlno .. ‘
and decided that in view Of the fact " , “ * ,TlDg “ "’ferenco*
that other cities have declined cur-1 h number of other po*t>*
rencjr f..r balances with them that they master* In (he deal, succeeded In cot,
would only pay In currency checks to a
the amount of ISO against balances at I ’ or ™‘‘ ‘ l,r Pianos, sewlug ma
th* close of business today, but on chine*, etc., from city dealeA. »i„_
presentation of checks would certify nether the ... . . .
the same as gold and payable through f vfL'e«* rh * n, ° '* " alJ 10 have been
the cleiring house. Checks against 1 J„ Tfc J ,c 5 ulTe an ' 1 Profitable one
a deposit of currency on and after*. . now tn jail
morrow will be paid upon presentation I aiMltional development* are ex
it the hank*. | pcctcd.
•loot* sail Shoes. I Had Lire Iitturano.
Boots are supposed to bare been the in- . Richmond, Va., Aug. It.—Mr W c
ventlon of tha Carlana They were men- H*rw<>od of tbe Arm of Harwood *
tinned by Homer, SOT B.C. Grecian worn- dly d lodayTagcd *
en possessed Z2 kinds of footgewr, which 2i r ,Urwood • Ufe was insured
may be classed os those which cover all the ’ “
foot up to the ankle and tho** which aim-1
ply tied oo the top of the foot with wide I Duma, at Work,
ribboos or straps. The practice of ebo* The "EnglUhmanln Pari*” relates that
“ w-e . ‘ ~ ' iArtn^swaallaJ .. . .
and sandal wearing can be traced beck tor I ho on* day called to tee tbe elderEhimt.
tnomieur
of the shoe tn the Bible. (Mm the book of '
Exodus to tbe Acts, and then is mention
made of a shoe lazchet as eeriy aa the time I
of Abraham —Washington Stae.
can H ^^ hl, “^ r ‘ n,MUi ~ r ' MBB * i ~'
At that moment I heard a londbumof
u* b . Ur t S 31 **’• inatr apartment, so 1
“' J 1 would wait till monsieur’s visitors
Itiky was gefe. are gam h
Wbee via a Child, she cried for Cretorts.
Whi* «ht heeaow Mira dueg to CMerta.
Whca she had CMewra *e gave them Ghalorla.
. 3goo » i « ha* no visitor*—b* u wo
Jng, replied tho servant. “M. Dumas
ten laughs Uk* that at bis work."
tree enoogb. Tho novelist v
■ t* rmtt '’ r in company with one of bis
He waa limply roaring.
There wUJ fa* a reunion of the App-Mo:
I! -> •*T 1 *-«‘l r «»»TS nttbeNewHamp
shire building on Aug. U, and of thore oI
Dartmouth college on Aug. Id.
found the truth in tho orbit of tho el
lipse. so after our nine failures tho
tenth may lead us to tho trnth that shall
■avs society.
THE PRESS.
The signs of tbe times indicate a pro
found awakening upon this question.
The press is pouring forth from day to
day a stream of brilliant literature upon
this problem of social amelioration, aud
especially upon the fact that man can
cease now to fight his brother man snd
begin to co-operate with him both na
tionally and commercially. Some of the
greatest successes in the realm ot litera
ture in tbe post decade havo been the
book* that Imto dcult with this theme.
Two years ago Mr. Bellamy’s remark
able book, “Looking Backward," reached
300,000 copies anil is still marching on
its way of triumph. The theme of this
hook is the dream ot co-operation in
stead of competition in society. It is a
dream, yes, but it is an evangel and a
prophecy. It U tho vision of a prophet
whose soul climbed the steeps and cried
to the Bleeping world, “The(lay dawns!"
Tho feeling of every naan who has a
soul who reads such a book is, “May
God speed the day of such a social order.
AYe may disagreo as to details. Wo may
disagreo as to somo of the fundamental
estimates. But the Idea, tho fundamental
idea, of co-operation is one tliat thrills
the heart of tho Christian with inexpress
ible joy and hope. Tho trend of all
this literature is Christward. Some of
it U written by men who do not profess
Christianity, but it is the literal trans
lation iuto current literature of tbe reli
gion of Jesus Christ The message of
Christianity to the world is emphatically
fraternal. *
Co-operation most gradually hut sure
ly and completely take the place of com
petition and war.
BROTUZRUOOD OF MAN.
First—God reveals it
He has taught us in Christ the sublime
truth of fatherhood. Christ taught hit
disciples to pray, “Our FuUvr." He
taught the universal fatherhood of God
and the universal brotherhood of
As this truth takes possession of burasn-
ity it becomes more and more impossible
for us to fight one another. When the
day comes that w.> are unrisiiaas, war
must cease—martial war and commercial
war. It is impossible for two brothers
to join os brothers into gouging each
other's eyes and destroying each other’s
live*. The mpmeut they engage in that
pastime the word brotherhood becomes
a negation. They are no longer breth
ren. When tho brotherhood of man be
comes a living reality, and it is becom
ing so every day, wo most, from tbe
very necessities of the case, cease to fight
each other.
God reveals it to ns in Christ onr S»-
viour and teacher and exemplar. Ho
was tho great harden hearer. His disci-
pies told him their sorrow*. Their bur
dens were his harden*. Qis work was
the ministry of burden bearing, of hcal-
i-'ig, of helping tho sick, tho Iatno, tbe
blind, tbe leper, tho dead. His teachings
bore tho same relation to society as his
life. “Thou shalt lore thy neighbor **
tiiyseU," “A new ■ .i.. a£ iriTf-1
nr.to yon, that y# leva ono another."
, .*2?2.5V 1 ? Bztft .to btv’telf. or gwth to
more in the direction of co-operation on
the part of the community than it hai
been in the pa«L Our laws touch mere
fully the whole range of life, and the
people are beginning more and more to > duces two-thirds of the cotton used Is
Wo cannot separate ourselves from
the race if we would.
We say that the stranger is nothing to
us, but they are. If we are human, their
burdens are our burdens.
A railroad train crashes into another
Hundreds of lives are lost, and we read
the story. We cry over tho description
—we cannot help it They are nothing
to us. We do not know them. But they
are mado in tbe imago of God. They
are human. They are somo one else’*
brothers and sisters and fathers, and
therefore theynro our brethren. And
we weep with those who weep.
Our hearts are made so that, if we 6ar-
ry out the deepest aspirations aud truest
yearnings, wo must love one another.
We must fight for one another. We
must co-operato one with another. It is
this burden bearing, one for another
that makes tho brightness of the world
today.
It is only in such hours thatweburv
bur little animosities and the world be
comes a fit place for men and angels to
dwell. When General Garfield was dy
ing, the south as well os the north bent
over his bed with tears and prayers and
boundless sympathy. Tho asperities of
a bitter conflict wore all forgotten. Sec
tionalism was buried, and around the
bed of Bufforing tho nation gathered as a
nation, and all its minor differences were
washed ont in the tears of love and sym
pathy.
, A D1UCA1L
Co-operation a dream? Yes, I know it
is a dream—the dream of an enthusiast.
I thank God I am ono. “Bear ye one
another’s burdens, nnd so fulfill the law
of Christ.” Christ was on enthusiast.
Christianity is an enthusiasm. Chris
tianity is a dream. It is the incarnation
of the dream of tho old prophet, who told
of the Messiah who should rise and free
the people, who would smite the earth
with tho rod of his mouth and judge the
poor in equity, who would slay tbe
wicked with his breath, and whoso
knowledge should cover the earth as the
waters cover the sea, and in who**
name tveakneu should rule strength. It
1b a dream, I know, bnt it is Christian
ity. I call you to it. It is the dream of
Jesus of Nazareth.
THE PROSPEROUS SOUTH.
Tbs Cincinnati Tribune Hat Someihlag
1-oinrasnilabU to Say.
The Cincinnati Tribune, a paper that
finds lt extremely difficult to say any
thing commendable ot the fiouth, and
is always criticising this section and
the Democratic party, thus speaks of
the past, present and prospect In at
tainments of tha South:
I would be hard to assign an accept
able reason for the South's present
prosperity. While the North. We«t
and Hast have been troubled by s
restless condition In financial circles,
tha New South seems advent and quiet. >
Possibly their bank depgslt* are not - (
made up as largely from a class of
small depositors as are those tn other
sections of our county. But the cause
lies deeper. Changes tn many direc
tion* have placed tho South on a sure
and stable foundation. But. a few
y*»r» *«». tbe exportation of fruits and
vegetables from this favored land was
no element of trade. Now. with rapid
train service, thla trade probabiy ag
gregates 150.000.000 a year and la rap
idly growing. New and large orchards
of smell fruits will be adding, from
year to year, to this total. While cot
ton la low price, the production has
nearly doubled In ten year*, and now
tha United State*, or the South, pro-
see that they are competent to tako caro
of theirown affairs if they only make np
their mind to do it.
Third—Evory initinctof tho prophetic
sonl ot man leaps to the thought of this
dream of the race.
Tha highest instinct* of humanity
throb in harmony with their divine laws.
The diTlne in man goes ont to tho Buffer
ing. Wo must co-operate with one an
other. We cannot endure tho sight of
the suffering and pain of tKo world
longer. Wo havo societies for the pre
vention of cruelty to animals. A man
cannot beat hi* own homo unmercifully
in the streets without being arrested.
The divino in man more and more goes
out to suffering wherever seen. And
when the world knows really os it is the
suffering of man, because ot his war
with man in this world of trade, of com
merce, of labor, the heart of humanity
cannot endure tho knowledge. Tbe re
organization of society upon a co-oper
ative basis is a foregone conclusion
when tho heart of society recognizes
things as they really are today.
Tint RACE'S ENEMIES.
The idea tliat we are to be benefited by
war and pestilence and famine in the re
moval of our fellow creatures may be a
conception which the political economists
of a hundred years ago thought scientific,
hut it is certainly an idea that the heart
of humanity in the closing of this cen
tury cannot endure. Want, hunger,'
cold, nakedness, men ore more and more
regarding as the grim and terrible ene
mies of all the race, and when we realize
their tree ravages we have reached a
point that endurance will cease to be a
possibility, for it is in nroDortion as.wn
bear one another’s burdens that wo our
selves attain tho highest lifo and tho
world realljr made the brighter. This
burden bearing means the pressing 6t
our lives into the lives of our neighbors
until they are common in sorrows and
burdens and joys. It means tho estimat
ing of life npon a different basis than
mere money return.
It is true there are some people who
are not worth much and who rato them
selves commercially at a low estimato.
the world's manufacture.
In permanent value, however, the
development of manufacturing estab
lishments tn new lines has been a much
more important factor than the pro
ducts of the toll. The cotton that bios-
jom* and bloom* In the sun is now b*-
lig turned into thread and cloth within
Mht of the fields whereon it grew.
Coal and iron are so largely produced
flat the day may not be far distant
Wien Pennsylvania’* crown of Iron *-‘M
placed on Alabama's brow. At that,
hhssachuaetts, too. will be compelled
t« give up her pre-eminence m me
iking of cotton goods and congratu-
lal- Qeorgta upon her succeaa in the
rati.
jie production of com has Increased
lsry-ly. and naturally therewith more
catle nnd hog*. In short, all the po*-
•iblties of thla section of our country
ig developed. No man In the
Nofh begrudges the South one lota
of hr prosperity. Indirectly all enjoy
the isufruct. The prosperity of one
pareia the prosperity of all. It Is but
tbe eglnning of greater things. Not
a gel'ration ago It am* a desolate land,
tired s person with a stout heart
n hope. But the change came,
nnd time with a rush. It has not
stoprsl. nor will it stop so long as the
nature advantages of the South exist
and Red development.
K,t lion's Father at Oft.
Port luron. Mich.. Correspondent of
Deteit Free Press.
"Hal and hearty." he said, repeating
a content to that effect, "you bet I
am! Shy shouldn’t I be? I came of »
long-lit d family. I had two aunu
who (Id In their 99th year, and my
father Las 103 vear* and 23 days old
when |e passed away. His ai’t.u'
she waa 10? year* old. Pret-
___ lan’l thorn?
Bnt we recognize in man not simply
what ho is, hut what he ought to be,
what hois capable of being, what he was
bom to be. A man rescued three peoplo
from drowning in tho East river a short
time ago. Their boat capsized, and they
wore about to drown when the brave
young fellow risked his own life, swam
out and saved the three. In a violent
fit of generosity after they were safo
they took np a collection and gave him
a puree of 33 centra
a Diitrarnso fact.
The knowledge that there are each
people in tbe world U dispiriting to ns
when we dream of the day of universal
fraternal cooperation. But this co-op
eration does not imply equality. It does
imply Christianity. It dot* imply that
we ore to hearth* burdens of the weak:
that we are to teach tbe ignorant—we
who are strong; that we are to save
thorn who ary even in their own estimate
ot little valor, net for what tU y.are.
chance for me. lan’t there?
ured him that there wss and
that he looked uncommonly
for such an advanced ***
. already attained.
whip any man of my ag* »
the co try.” be said, gleefully.
Belni asked If he enjoyed life, he
answer poetically: ,
"You st. I've been scattering seeds
along t pathway of Ilf* ever eince I
began Uve. and now I’m picking
the flo' r* of memory, and they *rr
very fr rant and comforting."
In np ting of bis earlier yeari. Mr.
Edison Id: .
"I an . Blue Nose. I wss born n
ftova Slla In 1903 snd left there »
MIL Mmxtii'- town is Plehy. "•
I camel Holland Dutch stock, blx
The
year* all visited the homes of my
ancestor! In Amsterdam »nd Tne
Hague.”; , . .....
In refine* to M* personal hsblt*.
Mr. Edll ealdt , . . ,, v .
"I am lister of smoking and drink
Ing and gnbllng. I have smoked ann
drank wfcv moderatriy when I need
ed It. ad. I know when
alone. Save stopped if™},'*
year* at time, then taken It up
again. I I gambling alone.
Mrs. EUn. who l* the
and not Sm's mother. Is, » vwT
tractive (Irian, with handsome wrii*
hair snd Its than half the •■J bT
husband, ' re are three. cbUdrcnW
this Wlfelirs. Jonea-MsririM-*"®
Uvea at h(f» : Maud May. a pretirnu**
of 15 yeaiiand Mabel Clare, apriji.
.. child. »nd *5?
s her ball brother.
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