The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-05-08
THE WATTERSON LECTURE
Money and Morals" Discussed by
the Distinguished Ken
lucky Orator.
An Appreclativo Audience at the
Auditorium 20 Hear
Him Talk.
He Lntertains Them for over an Hour
with His Flashes OF wit and
Eioquence.

The lecture on Money and Morals" de-
iivered by Hon. Henri Wattsrson at the
auditorium last night ev fairly large
and thoroughly appreoiatiys audience. Mr..
Mattetson has pleasant voice and a msg-
neiio personality which held the attention
OF his audience for over an hour. His ap-
pearanco in the hall was greeted by ap-
plAuse. lie was accompanied by Hon.
Martin MsRinnis. Hon. Sam Word and EH-
Gov. J.. II. Leslie Major MaRinnis intro
duced the lecturer in a neat little speech.
Mr. Whtterson: 81 will talk 20 you to-
night as a patriot. NOT as a partisan. As a
nationalist, not as a sectionalist Last
winter when l was about 20 start out TO fll
my lecture engagements received q letter
from a friend who said be had sssn by the
papers that | was 90 lecture on 'AoHey and
Morals and as he had none OF either he
would take great pleasure 10 going TO hear
me- Laughter. hope the sam senti-
ment has not animated you this evening.
and that you are not "a destituts as m y
nameless friend. Applause.
Take the map Of North Amsrica and
behold the view Cas- In all his greatness
never behold the like; NApoleon in all his
glory, power and limitless ambition never
saw anything so vast. What q wealth is
here TO elevate the mind. inspire the soul
and 10 make ne proud OF ourselves and
country. Is there anything TO mar the
prospect TO Garksn the scene. dim the
light, 10 obstruct our march 10 tfiunph a.
a great psopley Yes. there is-Canada and
MEXICO. Laughter. Csnsda. the con-
Vsnient Mecca OF gentlemen with more
money than honor OF the right 90 possess
IL; Mexico. full of gentlemen without man
ners or morals.
'You remember when the attorney heard
the full particulars Of the crime of his
client he advised him 10 hyl What, hyP
asked the client; 'ain't l already in TsXasP
| Laughter. Slnoe thOn the lone star has
Desn merged into foTty-fou Applause.
Canada ia greatly in favor with those tour
lists who have no time TO purchase tourist
tickets. / use Canada snd Mexico merely
as figures OF speech 10 illustrate my main
thoughts, not ~ terms OF rspToach. am
suTo no one ia here Tonight who 10 old
enough TO Invade an apple orchard OF rob q
n elOn patch who has not at some time or
another thOuRht how good 10 was 20 have
plenty of money aud who has not thought
Of how much good no might do with II II
only to satisfy the wants Of the Door.
What spendthrift has not thought Of What
| its possession might do for himl What
millionaire has not thought how much
/ better 10 would be for him In his enter
Driaes II his pital were doubledI
Money IL relative quality. The man
who has $40 600 900 cuts poor figure be-
side the man who has $50 0OO, 900, and the
/ man With a measly million 10 a pAup0r IN
/ comparison with the two. There are men
/ In she great money centefs who manage TO
eke out a scanty livelihood with $4,000
year. and II you look around carefully In
| Helena you may hnd some poor oreatutes
who struggle along with half that sua."
Laughter. The lecturer said that money
vas uot only relative. but 10 vas full OF IL
lusions. Prince, peasant philosopher, war
rior and statesman had at some time been
struck bv that golden rod which commands
everything. Money WAS the one thing uni
versaly used. coveted and revilst. All
men look at II in a like spirit, and all men
struggle 20 attain as much of 10 as possible.
10 the speaker moneY was an instrument
not an end With g single shot in his
locker be had enough TO satisfy him. He
had once declined 10 90 for money to al
uncle OF HE whose politics differed from
his. and In order TO escape bis satire be took
his watch to an uncle who had no politics
at ell. Laughte..
through the 0Te of the needle" he con-
unued, was not such a difficult task II the
camel was very small and the eye OF the
needle very large 1 should hate 90 think
that money was a perpetual bar to the SAL
walton of the rich man. Bat II is true the
possession of money often makes ths
hearts of men hard. Mems natures some-
times become as brittle as the metal tbey
possess. and IL is only natural. for their
only business In life is 90 rub two dollars
together and produces three. How many
a good Inan has becoms bad bY the psssss-
sion Of money. How few are the cases
where the possession OF great wealth has
enlarged the mind OF amplined the soul.
/ How often are the cases where money be-
came as Dead SOS fruit 10 the hands OF its
possessOrs. We are told that perseverance,
oonquers all things; that labor eonquers all
things; that love conquers everything.
perssvefa anee will not revive deadened en-
eTgv. labor will NOT change clout into
J uoet and love won't transform soW's ear
| into n EIlken purse. Laughter.
III success comes 10y perseverance, 10 ie
often of a character that brings with 10
sorrow and discomfort. ! once heard
president OF the Intted states say; 4 vas
o. candidate for twenty Years aud every four
years / came away from the conventions
beaten and disap. ointed, aud at last when
/ secured the Prize / found that those
whom wished 10 reward were dead and
those whom | wished Co panish hal beeoms
my friends. laughter Success in life
- happiness. Applause. The suscessiul
man. the happy man, is no who believes his
own wife ~ the best woman on earth; ap-
piausel whose ne-ooVefed. thatshed cot
tnee IL 20 him palace. ana who would not
swap has freckied, Ted-hairei ersts for
pginoes Of the blood. Applause, Happi
ness ia the creation OF the mind and heart.
not OF the at0m ich.
FOR those who pay indehnite visits 90
Canada or Mexico 1 nave genuine sympA-
thy. 10 does not necessarily follow that
the dcfAulter Is devoid OF merit o. the thief
Of virtue. Ihsra arc circumstances hich
plunge men down into the voftsI OF sin aud
crime which we often cannot undefat aud.
| Therefore. ict NJ Judge them not too
hafshly. The gambling instinct 10 uni
versal. No gambler expects 90 lose. but tha
man who wins laughs. and ne who lossa
sWears. But what "a fatnl mistake makes
the man who pnts his hand on a single dol
lar which he bus not c,nseientiously
earned. Applause. l we'll Trmsmbsr a
. riccting some ea. . ago g. discuss the dis
honesty OF a . usttd agent who had forged
I = warehouse receipt. some Wers for prose
cniing him. but good counsel y svsiled, the
money Was returned and the matter
dropped. hut az months later Que Of
those who had wanted 10 proseoute diaAp-
pea cd with SluO0lo. ana sorns months
I after that anothsr went 90 Canada With
l g.nlOOO fAised on forged securities. but
she most remarkable thiug about the whole
Adsir Was that the man vi ho had been saved
/ from prosecution. now q successful mer-