Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-04
Wen, before we yield to that CRY, 1t US

Well, before we yield to that cry, 1t US
find out how easy it is now.
l nave looked over the laws OF all the
states and l find that while III some
states it is easier than in others. in
every state it is easy. The State of III
inois. through its legislature, recites a
long list Of proper CAUSES for divorce,
and then closes up by giving to the !
courts the right to make decree of d. |
vorce in any case where they deem it
eXpetlicnt. After that you are not sur
prised ut the announcement that III one
county OF the State Of Illinois, in one
year. there We're S33 divorces. If YOU
want to know how easy it is, You have
only to look over the records of the
states. In the city Of San Francisco 3S3
divorces in one year; and in twenty
years In New England 10000. Is that
not easy enough?
If the same ratio continue-the ratio
of multiplied divorce and multiplied
causes Of divorce-we are not far from
the time when our courts will have to
set apart whole days for application.
and all you will have to prove against
a man will be that he left his ncwSpa-
per in the middle of the floor, and all
YOU will have to prove against Il wo-
man will be that her husbands over
coat is but,onless. Causes of divorce
doubled in a few years--doubled In
France. doubled in England and doub-
led in the United States. To show how
very easy it is. l have to tell you that
in the Western Reserve, Ohio. the pro-
portion of divorces to marriages cele-
DRAFTED is one to eleven: In Rhode Island
is one to thirteen: in Vermont. one TO
fourteen. Is not that easy enouSht
l want you to notice that frequency
of divorce always goes along With The
dissolutencss of society. Rome for 500
years had not one case of divorce.
Those We're her days of glory and VIZ
tue. Then the reign Of vice began, and
divorce became epidemic. Ii you want
TO know how rapidly the empire went
down ask Gibbon-
Wha, we want in this country and in
all lands is that divorce be made more
and more difficult. Then people before
they enter the marriage relation VIII be
persuaded that there will probably be
no escape from it except through the
door of the sepulcher. Then they will
pauSe on the verge of that relation I'M
til they are fully satisf1 d that it s best
and that it is right. and that it is hap
?
| marriage in fun. Then men and women
will not enter The relation with the idea
! 1t is only trial trip. and If they do not
| like IT they can get out at the first land
ing Then this whole question Will he
taken out of the frivolous into the ire
men[ous, and there will be no more
Joking about the blossoms in brides
hair than about the cypress on coffin.
What we want is that the congress OF
the United States change the national
constitution so that law can be pass
! 4l which shall be uniform all over the
country. and what shall be right in one
state shall be right in all the states,
! aud what is wrong in one state VIII be
wrong In al the states.
How is it now? II q party in the
marriage relation gets dissatisfied. 1t Is
only necessary to move to another state
to achieve liberation from the domestic
tie. and divorce is effected so easy thai
the first one party knows Of it is by see
ing it in the newspaper that Rev. Dr
Somebody, on March IL, 1895, intro
duccd in a new marriage relation
member Of the household, who went of
ON n pleasure excursion to Newport o.
n business excursion to Chicago. Mar
ried at the brides house. No cards
There are states of the Union which
practically put premium upon the dis
indignation of the marriage relation
while there are other states, ike on
) own New York state, that had for
long time the pre-eminent idiocy o
making marriage lawful at II and L
years of age.
! The Congress of the United State
) needs to move for q change OF TIL
national Constitution, and then to NJ
noint a committeeman made up o
: single gentlemen, but of men of fam
{ lilies. and their families in Washing
: ton-who shall prepare a good, hol
est. righteous, comprehensive uniforl
,, law that will control everything frol
Sandy Hook to the Golden llorl
. That will put an end to brokerage
: in marriages. That will send divorr
!. LAWYERS into q decent business. Tina
, will set people agitated for man
: years on the question of how the
get away from each other to plannin
how they can adjust themselves
I the more or less unfavorable circuu
i stances.
i. More difficult divorces will put 4
: estopnel to n great extent upon ma
. riagcs as financial speculation
4 There are uen who so into the rel:
: ton just as they so into Wall stree
e to purchase shares. The female to /
s invited into the partnership OF WEE
G lock is utterly unatt.active and III di
r position q suppres,.l vrsuvius. E'
!, erybody knows it, but this masculiIl
3 candidate for matrimonial order
: Though the commercial agency c
) through the country records. finds OF
how much estate is to be inherited
:, and lie calculates it. He thinks ,
. how hong 1t will be before the ol
: man will die. and whether he ca
1, stand the refractory temper until t
= does die, and then he enters the rel;
j. ton; for he says: "If can not stan
I it, through the divorce law I'll bac
e out" That process is going on a
e the time, and man enters the relatio
e without any moral principle, witho,
II any affection, and 1t is as much ma
r ter OF stock speculation as anythin
n that transpired yesterday in Unto
l. Pacific, Illinois Central or Delawal
2, and Iackawanna