Omaha daily bee., 1892-06-22

poor Is IL the fault OF bad laws or laws Of
nature. He hoped that all these and moro
would be clearly, carefully aud fully dir,
cussed for the Information of all.
Miss Park sang "fhe Song My Mother
Used to Sing" and gave as an encore THE
Spyder and the Fly" both being enthusp
astically received
Judge Z. II. Scott of Omaha spoke on tho
practical lesson to be drawn from the day,
He thought the greatest lesson was that we
benefited ourselves most when we benefited
our net9hbors. Another lesson was thaA
of fraternai love. He saiu that the
world had been building monuments since
tho world began, and would so continue
TO do, either for the living or the dead. This
structure was built as a monument but IL II
had no principles back OF it it was erected IN
vain. Every man and woman arc erecting
monuments whether they know 1t or not
and oil would leave them TO be seen and Wis.
ited by those who como after them. Ii the
object of this building was to make bettet
husbands and wives, better fathers
and mothers aud children; IL 10
was to cause mothers face to
put on another smile III home life was to be
bet,ered ana pert tetuatod by ii II the COM
mon school system was to be purified and
built up by 1t, 1t was cheap oven IL 1t had
cost ten million of money!
Chancellor j. III. Garfield OF tho State uni
versitv was the next speaker. He said he
was ALWAYS glad to countenapce any
good thing, as all good things work
together for nll other good things.
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present is tied TO the past. The picket fence
of today Is n relic of the barbarous ares
when logs were placed on end BY men who
had TO quarantine themselves against their
iawiess ueighbors. In the churches men are
today at the head of the pews, supposedly as
evidence OF their lordship, a loruship, how
ever, oftener felt than actually existing. IL
was as matter of fact only relic of the
days when each man sat ready to seize
his gun and rush to the wocden
shutter to defend the more readily those
he loved. The dapper young man with tho
cane was relic OF the DAYS when every
man was allowed TO carry his spear in public.
Two buttohs were still worn on the coat
behind, but no one could tell why. Tho two
lower down, that had IN the early DAYS
served the purpose of buttoning the pockets
together, had gradually dropped OFT OF sight
in the scientific evolutionary process OF
coat, but tho others stil remained,
simply as relics of the other days.
so was this gathering tied TO the old town
meeting, and that In turn to tho gathering of
the elder and wiser men, and so on back still
further.
This is the place." SAID tho speaker
"where those interested in the best growth
OF the community may moet in consultation.
1t shows spirit of helpfulness. Tho time
never has been when it was marked by
greater unsetishncss than the present.
Other Features of the Day.
"rhe best work done today Is gratuitous--
women's work on school boards and as trus-
tees, and men building museums, libraries
and churches. He who lives solely for HIM
self cannot live ut ALL he can merely exist.
II was this spirit of interest in the public
welfare that led to the erection of this build
ing. There is lack today Of common ex-
preston of common sentiment on
| common questions of everyday Importance.
The old lyceum Is out of date. 1t mas given
| place to the press, ana TO IA large extent tho
press is dong 1t better than it was once done
| by the platform. The press is not rs good as
| il MIGHT he Dut IL frOpi az nnonla da
| sire TO have it, II Is Incorporate ut times,
| but so is the individual. Those who read
| the press don't fully comprehend its re-
sources and that by it they command the
| knowledge, skill and learning of the thou
| sands of writers and operators whose SER
| vices are employed.
Think of what it Is to place the daily
| papers of Omaha in this city in the morning,
| that you may know the doings of tho metrop-
oils, the speech of yesterday, the sermon Of
| Sunday, the situation here and the accident
| yonder. do not wish to detract In the least
/ from tie press, but with oil its facilities and
| the old debate. The word of mouth,
even If falteriug, appeals to you
| directly and sincerely as printed pago
cannot and the tongue appeals as cold type
cannot. There is all the difference in tho
| world in doing something yourself and hav-
| ing somebody do it for you. A general
mental weakness has come with the press.
The press has fed us SO much that we arc
| ing moro. And with this comes tho
tendency to allow all to come In at
| one ear and go out at the other. ] am glad
you are to revive the old town meeting here,
| and will renew discussion of topics Of
! interest. The leading feature Of this cen
! tury Is alert intelligence. The uneducatcd,
| ignorant man of today goes TO the wall. He
| is simply an animal, and does not bring as
| much In the market as even other nimals,
| because he has not as much muscle
| and is not willing to follow directions.
| The thoroughly ignorant man is always ono
| who knows II all aud never makes mistake.
| He puts himself on the level with the brute,
| and yet can't compete with brute muscle or
| with machinery. He has not the show today
| that he used TO have. In the old days clocks
| were made with wooden wheels, but the
| watch OF today. Men used TO travel with OK
teams, but OK teams are not selected for long
journeys. Thoy call them the good old days.
| Pm glad they call them so-the old days
| good because so far in the rear.
"A man must recognize the alertness and
| intelligence with which business Is done
| today. If he does not he is hanging onto the
I end of the nineteenth century as a boy
| hangs onto the hind end of wagon on o
cold morning, dragging and half catching
! up and dragging again, too lazy to climb in 4.
If man is willfully ignorant and slothful,
nope God will have pity on HIM, for it is cer-
| tain that man will have none The time has
gone by whom man will take pity on ignor-
ance and slothfulness in this day and age.
Some men hang on to the bottom round
OF tho ladder, with mouth wide open
waiting for something to drop in.
They wait for an opportunity, while
thousands of strong young men around them
are making their opportunities. Waiting for
an opportunity is like going into a pasture
with a milk pail ana milking stool and wait.
ing for the cows to come and be milked.
Tue necessity for alert intelligence aE-
plies TO. both sexes. 1t takes two halves
to make a whole, and II only
one half be developed you only
have half a community after all
| The simplest question to be considered Is
that of existence. Macauiey said years ago,
Your repu bllcan form OF govern nment is ali
right now. but wait until you have 400 to the
square mile.' We have only eighteen to the
square mile, yet we are having trouble in est
large cities. i don't bolieve thero were ever
worse governed cities in the world
than those OF 80 today. There Is
moro lawlessness, ana IL Is ar
the increase. What will 1t be when we have
400 TO the square mile! VIII there be
trouble as Macauley predictedi i don't be-
| lieve that our free institutions are to perish,
but there is question for us to consider, an q
this is the place TO consider 1t ond olhe
like it.n
DMr. Whitmore expressed the disappoint
ment OF many at the absence OF Mr.. n iwarc
! RoseWater editor of The BEE, who W. {