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i Root on the Infallibility of
J the Courts
While Mr Root's friends will generally be obliged to admit
that his speech at Chicago was in the main a purely partisan
argument. Ihe> will probably “point with pride to the pero
ration.
The final passages of the speech—in which Mr. Root apos
trophizes the practice of law as it now exists —do. indeed, re
veal a kind of eloquence, the rapture of a highly prosperous cor
poration attorney, transported for a moment by the contempla
tion of the blessings political intrigues bestow upon him.
From the beginning of the world the high courtiers of king
ships and other forms of established privilege have played the
same verbal trick upon the patient populace that Mr. Root re
sorts to in his sophisticated argument against the recall of judges.
He begins by announcing the sublime truth that justice is divine,
and ia higher than all human opinion, and then, while the people
stand reverently gazing into heaven, he slips a false bottom into
his argument. 'He suddenly decides-*with a violence to logic
which only the discerning may perceive—-that the particular insti
tution that has fostered his own fortunes is the only extant ve
hicle and embodiment of the divine law.
Thus Mr. Root exclaims:
“There is a divine principle of justice which mon can not
make or unmake, which is above all government, above all legisla
tures. above all majorities.’’
He carefully refrains from saying that this divine principle
is also above ail lawyers and above all courts of law. For he
is preparing his hearers to believe that while legislators and ex
ecutive officers may he earthly, sensual and devilish, there can
he no question at all about the abounding grace and plenary
Inspiration of all the judges.
Stripped of its cant, Mr. Root ’s argument against the judi
riary recall is seen to he nothing hut a ghostly survival of the
mperatitions of Old World court, preachers.
The divine law that men ought to obey is not to he found
sHfh ntter certainty in any political institution. It is in the
hrnnan conscience It is in the hearts of the people, ft consti
tutes their sovereignty.
Sometimes the hearts of th" majority are fat and foolish,
filled with passion, prejudice and blindness. Then, for the mo
ment. the divrne law is to he found in the wisdom of the few ;
but, if it is real wisdom it soon spreads to the many in our land,
ft is the faith of America that, in the long run, truth and jus
tice are uttered by the people—by the people In mass.
Tt is the belief of Americans that the Federal Constitution
was created by the truth and justice of the multitude. It is to
he revered on that account —and continually improved by fresh
inspirations of justice. It is not to be worshipped—since nothing
that men make should be worshipped.
As for the courts of law and equity, they are made by the
constitution, and they share its moral authority. The judicial
branch of the government stands on precisely the same moral
ground as the executive and legislative branches.
The American people stand by the constitution. It is be
cause they stand by the constitution that they insist that the
three great branches of the government shall be kept on an
equal footing and of co-ordinate power. They insist that the
judiciary must, not land it over the others. t
The American people insist —in spite of Mr. Root and all
other suhvertera of constituional right- -that the judges shall be
as amenable to the authority that, is sovereign under the consti
tution as the executives and legislators are.
This is the meaning of the movement for the judiciary re
call.
Perhaps Mr. Root knows that, this is so and willfully under
takes to deceive Perhaps Mr Root is—in spite of his cunning
brain—blind at heart and wholly unable to understand.
School of Economy Wanted
Bv ADA PAJ’TERSON.
MISS SARAH MACKINTOSH
TUCKER said she would
like to eee schools of econ
omy established In this country.
"At any rate," she insisted, "1
should like to see a chair of econ- t
omy tn all women's < oHegrs." Miss
Tucker epoke like the practical,
level-headed woman she Is.
Laetures on how to live within
your Income might profitably be
delivered In colleges for girls, and
classes in marketing and shopping
would be as practicable and helpful
se the cooking schools which have
set a higher standard for our
kitchens and a correspondingly
higher standard for family health
tn this country.
Friday afternoon talks <>n the
values of food and clothes stuffs,
object lessons in mateial that will
wear well In rain and snow and not
fade in sunshine, and demonstra
tions in meats and vegetables that
will nourish would be of more ben
efit to pupils in the public schools
than learning all about the petals
and Btaniens of a rose
Sentimentalists make a.i .y, •
about the causes for lox. grown
cold, but a great realist compressed
more truth into a sentem . than
they bare used in covering reams
of par r when he wrot. There is
no wind that blows so coldly upon
eave as a demand for mom y
When a couple do not get on v. ell
the root of the dis. ord t*. t.timer
money than anything < Ise.
The break comes in some sn>h
way as this:
"Didn't I see the washerwoman
• arrying away that pink dress you
got last week?" he ask-
"Yes.” replica the wife of Ins be.,
om. "I gave it to hi t. I didn't like
1t after 1 gos it home. 1 don't know
why I ever bought it.”
Then falls the thunderbolt of hue
bandly wrath.
You are always buying clothes,
but never have any.” he storms He
reminds her of a green gown that
had zone to her cousin after one
wearing, a blue one she had given
to a friend because she had found
the trimming "unbecoming after
ai" a black one that didn't fit so
well as she thought. And when
th« form has pat'red the wife has
gone home to mother because she
docs not believe In free speech for
husbands.
This and hundreds of similar
scenes and similar sequels could
be avoided if there were schools in
household economy, or if, until we
have them, every woman set herself
to learn trne economy.
A first great rule is; "Buy only
what you need." Money will dis
appear as though from a bottom
less purse If you buy what you
want. Late In one season look
over your wardrobe and decide
what clothes and wraps and hats
you need, not want, for the next.
Make a list of them and follow that
list as you would the map of a
strange country There will bo Jun
gles of temptation In 'this strange
shopping country, beauties and
novelties among which you may
wander and be lost, hut keep 1n the
highroad of what you need. Stick
to your map.
tn admirable way to learn econ
omy is to keep accounts. The rec
ord of what we spent last month,
written in our own hand, will face
us and laugh down our pitiable lit
tle excuses A year's accounts will
show us in what respect we have
been extravagant. It' we have ex
ceeded the amount we should have
spent, how muota have we exceeded
i: and what item is the heaviest?
It< flection oxer fi column of figures
will b< tile best investment ever
made \rd the resolution to avoid
>he mix.takes glaring from those
oolunms max Insure domestic hap
piness Try to see Ip a sum of
money not the coin itself, but what
it represents,
V X oung woman who managed a
typewriting office told me that a
dime was not ten cents to her. but
a page ot < spying, perhaps done at
ilu end of a long day. when her
fingers ached and she was diz.xy
from fan tm \ half-dollar Is
les- ea-ily spent If we remind our
aelves that it r the interest on Jlh
tor a yeai. and a higher rate of
nt * ' * t than i ■ pa id by the sa v Ings
banks al that.
1-• citing Hu t eded ■. hop!. of
r * onojny v.» • bool <nir«el\p?,
in ihe art.
The Atlanta Georgian
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By T. E. POWERS
Copyright,' 1912, by Internationa! News Service
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The Young Man’s Plight &
BUT supose that fancy turns
to love? How can a young
man who is a stranger in a
town go about it to make the ac
quaintance of the girf his heart is
seeking?
There are chances offered him
for hardening his muscles in a
gymnasium. He can get lessons
in swimming Opportunities for
Improving his brain are fairly
thrust upon him. He gets free
baths, free free music, free
art galleries, free parks, and if he
gets financially embarrassed he
gets aid from a provident associa
tion.
But if lie Is a self respecting,
honorable, steady young man with
ability to support a wife, and the
longing to have one, how can he
find her? He is a stranger in a
big city. His employ er Is concerned
in his brain, his back, his hands
and ills habits.
His heart doesn't concern the
man who employs him. Neither
does it seem to concern the al
truists.
This Is the fifth letter of this
tenor I have received 1n a week:
Few Chances to Meet Girls
Who Are His Equals.
"I am a young man who came to
the city a few months ago. taking
a good position. But I find my
chances of meeting girls my equal
are not very good. Perhaps you
will tell me to join some church
society, as you told a business girl
who was discouraged for the same
reason. Rut I have been to several
churches, and I do not believe the
opportunities for a stranger to
meet girls come that way.
"1 have met a few ladies of
® © Some Editorials by Readers of The Georgian ® ©
HOME INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Io the Tditor of The Georgian:
In the last twenty years millions
of dollars that formerly went Io
Eastern insurance interests never
to return has been kept at home
through the patronizing of home
insurance. The raucous cry that
is being raised today for legislation
along insurance lines at the ap
proaching session of the legislature
is taised for the purpose of crip
pling home insurance rath,er than
to protect it by suitable legislation.
The grelit state of Georgia ought to
nourish the growth of home insur
ance instead of aiding in making It
possible to destroy It.
.MARK ALLEN <'ANDI,ER.
Atlanta, Ga.
DENTISTS CARELESSNESS.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
From time to time I see where
the state board of health Is rail
ed upon to Investigate filthy milk
and meats.
I would like to 0(11 attention to
th* fart that there t: a, praetir* in
TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1912.
How Can He Meet the Girl He Wants to Marry?
our state that I consider as bad
as selling filthy milk
I nelieve that 90 per tent of the
dentists spread more disease than
they cure.
I have seen dentists operate upon
consumptives and never even wash
their instruments and then use
them in another's mouth. I have
been practicing for eight years,
and know whereof I speak.
1 wish this subject could be
brought before the proper persons
ami regulated.
Respectfully.
R. H. THOMAS. D.D.S.
Savannah Ga.
SAVE THE SEASHORE.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Another of the islands on the
Georgia coast has passed into the
hands of private individuals, and
no doubt a wall will be thrown up
so that no citizen can land and get
■ven a sniff of th*' ocean breeze,
much less a dip in the serf on the
beaches, and as to th*' privilege of
hunting or fishing, he would be
thrown into (a d If he w ere to catch
tv BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
well-respected families who seem
ed to like me, but they are so much
older than ntyself. I only want
one girl, but I want one suited to
make a happy marriage I be
lieve there are as many girls as
young men find themselves in
a nositlon similar to mine. Now
how are they going to get to
gether?
His Love Goes Deeper
Than Mere Beauty.
"I can dance, and have gone to
several dances lately, but the class
of girls one finds at dances are not
to my liking. My love goes deeper
thin just beauty. So many girls
nowadays seem to have nothing but
foolishness In their heads. They
want the roal sporty man, and will
not give the other fellows a chance,
and from what 1 know the men
they prefer are not the men with
good Intentions.
"Now. what are the fellows like
myself going to do to find the right
girl? 1 have about decided to go to
the matrimonial papers, for, among
all the girls advertising in these
papers, there must be some chance
of finding a few with some educa
tion and good sense who could
make life happy for a man. It
certainly is hard for men placed In
positions like mine to find them.”
An interesting letter and one
that carries with it a conviction of
sincerity and good faith. But who
can give the remedy?
This young man goes to church,
no one knetws him, and in the great
majority of churches no one cares
to. If some good brother takes him
by the hand, tt is to express the
hope that he wiil come again. If
he goes ag-ain. he may. by- going
many, many times, finally get his
passport to good society (his face)
passed upon favorably, and be in
troduced to a woman.
This may happen. Sometimes it
is a year in happening. Often it
never happens. One can not blame
those inside the shelter of the
church and who are intrenched In
their circle of friends too harshly.
Serious happenings have resulted
from introducing the casual ac
quaintance into a family fold.
At the same time there is sympa
thy for a well-meaning man like
the writer of this letter who must
suffer isolation and loneliness be
cause of the crimes of men before
him. So much sympathy that his
protest should open some way for
him to meet the right kind of a
girl.
It is his due. He was put on
earth to marry and the progress of
the world depends, in a measure,
upon that marriage being a happy
one. Every mismated marriage is
a factor for national disaster.
He is hard working, sensible,
ambitious and wants a wife who
will possess good sense. He has
looked for her at public dances and
no one is surprised that he did not
find her there.
He threatens to look to the mat
rimonial papers, and I seriously
doubt if he will find her there'.
Hard to Wait Patiently
When One Is Young.
Then what chance is left? If he
waits in patience I am sure he will
meet her, but it is hard to accept
such counsel when one is young
and it is springtime.
It is a problem for the altruists
who must know that true love is as
important a factor in the soul sal
vation as free libraries, free art
gallaries and free swimming pools.
even a little minnow. But he still
has the privilege, tor a. short time,
at least, of standing off within the
three-mile league and viewing the
immense piles of brick and mor
tar. taxed at one-tenth their value,
and get a glimpse of the imported
white-aproned servants as they flit
from one millionaire -to another
bearing imported supplies for their
comfort and pleasure. They have
displaced many Georgia Crackers,
who could at least vote and fight,
100. if the state required it, and
would do a little trading w ith us in
chickens and eggs, if nothing more.
in<iead of Importing them. Be
sides. hundreds of fishermen and
oystermen are out of a job.
Only St. Simon and Cumberland
are left, and they say it is only a
matter of a short time when the
latter will probably pass into the
hands of one of the Carnegies, to
gether with the toinh of "White
Horse Harry Lee.”
These seacoast island beaches
are nature's greatest sanitariums
for the people of the state. They
have av*'d thousands of liver and
THE HOME PAPER
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Writes on
The Healing Power of
Faith
—and—
The Power of Mind
Over Body
Written For The Atlanta Georgian
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Copyright. 1912. by American-Journal-Examiner.
is very largely the
want of wilt. Everything is
brain. There is thought and
feeling nol only, but will: and will
includes in it far more than men
tal philosophers think. It acts
universally, now upon the mind,
and then just as much upon the
body. It is another name for life
force. Men in whom this life—or
will-power—is great resist disease
and combat it when attacked. To
array a man's mind and will
against, his sickness Is the supreme
act of medicine. Inspire in men
courage and purpose, and the
mind-power will cast out disease.
The doctor was himself the best
medicine and often cured by his
presence those whom drugs would
have scarcely helped. These cures
through the spirit of his patient be
regarded as far the most skillful
and philosophical. "Nothing ails
her. It is only her imagination.”
said the nurse to him one day.
"Only imagination? That is enough.
Better suffer in bone and muscle
than in imagination. If the body
is sick the mind can cure It. But
if the mind itself is sick what
shall cure that?”—Henry Ward
Beecher in "Norwood,” printed 1867.
That the healing power is not in
the remedy, but in the faith that
is placed in the remedy, is often
illustrated by amusing instances
like the following:
"Middlebourne, TV. Va. —Roused
in his sleep in the dead of night by
intense pain caused by acute indi
gestion, T. P. Swan, road commis
sioner, swallowed three shoe but
tons, mistaking them for pills. Aft
er taking the supposed pills the
pain wore off. Swan went back to
bed and was comfortable until this
morning.”
Law Is Central Thought,
Os a Great Religion.
Since Henry Ward Beecher wrote
his "Norwood” the world has ad
vanced marvelously in this under
standing of the power of the mind
over the body.
Now, that law is the central
Thought of a Great Religion, the
Old “New Thought.”
Never was a more beautiful, a
more wholesome religion than this.
Or one which brought more im
mediate results in the way of hap
piness. and health, and peace, and
power, and plenty.
But it, like all religions, is much
more easily preached than prac
ticed.
All over the land there are teach
ers and societies which make the
promulgation of this beneficent
philosophy a life work.
Among all these people are great
souls and logical minds living the
philosophy they teach; and there
are, alas, others *vho talk more
than they act.
An organization of Metaphysical
workers was asked recently if sim
ilar societies could be formed else
where. The reply was:
"You can start a society of Silent
Unity if you begin with this loy-
restored tens of thousands to
health.
Yet it seems there is not a Geor
gian in all this great state who will
utter one word of protest. If some
one should divert the little insig
nificant Indian Spring from its
course, or despoil the Tallulah Falls
a thousand Georgians would at
once cry, "To arms! To arms!”
What is the remedy? What can
be done? it is easy enough. The
state could buy a few acres on the
beaches of each of these islands for
the benefit of the people and that
would give a right of way to the
people to the beach and its enjoy
ment forever. In cases where such
purchases could not be made, then
use condemnation proceedings. If
there is no law for that purpose,
then make one If it should be un
constitutional. then change the
constitution. It would be worth it.
LLEWELLYN J. BROWN.
Social Circle, Ga.
OPPOSES WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
To the Editor of The Georgian
You discuss woman suffrage and
invite communications on the sub-
v
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yijß* ’ll
SH6£fcu>i<E/ . \.«’-'> -y-’.- .:<.. <
alty to the Truth and stick to it.
That is another point that might
be brought out. It requires per
sistency to do good healing. You
will have to keep going right for
ward. V.
Principle of Life Is . '
Health and Strength.
"You can't talk about the power
of God in your life one day and
whip around like lhe wind the next
day and talk something else. You
can't expect your diseases and vour
troubles to vanish if you keep call
ing them up, and telling your
neighbors and your friends about
how you once demonstrated over
that thing, but It has come back on
you. and you wonder why it is that
you don't get along faster. The
principle of Else is health and t
strength, and it is healing. Stick .!j
to It. Don't allow any other thought
to come in; don't talk about any
thing else. People salt themselves
down in the old thought, like Lot’s
wife, by looking back and calling
up in thought and conversation the
sinful past. Once you have dem
onstrated over a thing, drop it right
out of your mind, as if it never had
existence. Sin and sickness never
were any part of your true Ufa
Those unhealthy conditions, those
discords of mind and body, were
nightmares If they had been s
we could not so easily get rid or
them; w 7 e could not wipe them but
with our words of Truth." f
One can feel patient, with the W
Old Thoughter, who has no knowl
edge and no belief in the mental
power to control conditions.
But it is difficult to feel patient
with the teacher or the devotee of
this religion who goes proclaiming
It from the house tops, and then
descends to the lower rooms to talk
of gloomy, sad and disagreeable
things.
Not every one is strong enough
<o accept the Spiritual philosophy
in full, and do away utterly with
old methods of cure when iIL
But every one ought to be strong
enough to avoid talking of disease,
describing operations, dwelling on
sorrowful subjects and indulging In
gossip and tale bearing. y
Try To Be Tolerant
Toward the World.
Any one who is the least awak
ened upon the subject of this great
and wholesome philosophy, should
at least make it the effort of the
whole being to talk health, hope,
charity, patience, love and good will
and to F’EBT, toleration and sym
pathy toward all the world.
It is not an easy matter.
It requires a continual effort of
the will.
The only way to achieve it is to
set a watch upon the lips and an
other at the door of the mind, and
the moment an unworthy, an over
sensitive. an over-critical, an angry
or a gloomy thought approaches to
say, “Get thee behind me. Satan;"
and to call the "Invisible Helpe’s”
to take charge of the mind and
mouth.
They will come when called.
ject. God in His infinite wisdom-'
ject. God in His infinite wisdom
never created woman equal with
man. either mentally or physically,
but a helpmate for man. Their do
mestic relations are to be ruled by
love, and the marriage obligation
binds the man to provide and to
protect the woman.
Now, let's see, under the Chris
tian dispensation if the wife is to
be subject unto the husband.
Ephesians 5:24-25 says: "As the
church Is subject unto Christ, so
let the wives be to their own hus
bands in everything. Husbands,
love your wives, even as Christ
loved the church and gave Him
self for It.”
Do you see any God-given right
for a woman to disobey her hus
band if he should say for her to go
vote for John Smith for governor,
if we had equal suffrage? Now, if
woman suffrage was in force, what
would they be benefited if theJo
obey their husbands? It would be
just double trouble to accomplish
the same thing I B JOHNSON.
LaFayette. Ala