The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-08

Lssdiaw - . human shield scr his cvn
body. bat she least he coss4 do IN deceney
Vas to take care Of his victim. He vio-
laid .'ths Golden RrEs. vixen he nsed
lAsdIsw - shisid for hn Own hide. snd
he violated the Gosdea Ruse . second time
when be refused 70 take care Of the man
he had seicshiy used n . human SHE'D
for himself Sage IS n years Of aes and to
save tie poor remnans OF his days he
nsed an entirely innocent young man ~ .
human SHE'D for his vretched old body
and then forces his human Shield" Who
10 wrecked in mind and body, 10 go into
court to get compensation which nobody
tut human hog Fouid have hesssaisd to
otter has victim the momees that the ex-
tent Of bis frsshfful injuries vas ascer-
tained- Such man ~ esge deserved the
sarcasm uttered by Mr.. Cnoate when he
said TO the jury. IL can's help the belief
that the life which Mr.. Sage has led has
hlustsd his moral sense somewhat You
know his record. You know he Is engaged
il at least one benevolent enierp.ise-shat
Of promoting the business Of puts and
calls Tor the benefit Of his neighboss."
Another minor case Of the golden
American hog who is obIivious to the
golden rule 10 Mr.. John Jacob Aston.
Who insists on building nsv stable On
vacant Ios q. the corner OF Madison ave-
nue. and Sixsy-ffth street despite the re-
monstrances Of the Jewish Synagogue and
ali bis neighbors, Who protest that il will
ruin their property The synagogue has
offered Ar. Aston the purchase price Of the
property, $1,000. while it Is only worth
$4,000 He replied that if they wanted II
very bad they could have IL for SIS 600,
which the synagogue, OF course, cannot
afford To pay. Then the synagogue offered
Mr.. Aston $1,000 ii he would restrict the
property against nuisances such as . sta
BILE. Mr.. Astor refused. It is said that
Aston has done this in order to deprecia.s
the property Of the synagogue which he 10
DESTROYS to obtain, bat which they are I'M
willing to sell.
Aston evidently believes that to avoid
the perpetual ofensiveness OF . stable
alongside Of their place of worship and its
odorous infringement Of spiritual condi-
lions the synagogue congregation will in
the end give up the contest and sell him
their property. which they have hitherto
declined TO cell because they had become
accustomed to their place of worship. il
was convenient for the large proportion Of
the worshippers and q change would b
against the general sense Of the congrega-
ton ~ well a. . tar on old and feebls
members.
So this rich young man, in order to bull
doze the synagogue into parting With their
property, proposes to erect a stable under
its nose; . clear transgression on the
Golden Rule Of decent neighbor.hip.
correspondent Of the New York Sun. who
is NOT q Jew at all. but Q Roman Catholic,
writes . protest against the measures of
Mr.. Astor. in which he says:
I'm the earlier days of our city there
we're instances in which men, from passion
or revenge, or to be bought of, threatened
to erect, and did In fact erect. stables and
unsuitable structures to injure their neigh
bors. But II was always considered a bar
bsrous thing to do. In consequence Of
such instances, however, the clause, con-
dition running with the land which Is
found 10 frequently in the Aston deeds
and leases. prohibiting the erection OF
stables or other nuisances which could
affect . neigh borhood for residences, WAS
generally adopted by rich and far-se,ng
owners of property. It appears that there
is no restriction IN the deed for the lot at
the corner of Madison avenue and
sixty-ff,h street But there is an
unwrittsn law, condition which
runs with the man-a community obli-
CATION to pay reasonable regard to the
rights of others which every good citizen
respects. IL Mr.. Astor should succeed In
driving away the synagogue by the erec-
ton o! the stable and get the property on
his own terms. what will be the nature of
the transactionf shall not characterize
it. All fair-mindsd men should make CON-
mon cause in this contest. Ii involves an
essential principle. / advise Mr.. John ia
cob Aston No. 3 not to build his stable as
he proposes. i, will be a monument not
TO hia honor. II he knew the state of local
opinion on the subject he would, think,
hesitate. Gold NAV rule in that way, but
there is Golden Rule OF different pat
tern which he will be wise TO respect, and
that is 10 DO unto others a. you wish to DO
done by