The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-10
GENE WARE CALLED UP
11rs. John c. Obs on His "War"
Gp3ach-
FEELS HORROR AZ Els SENTIMENTS.
Tlle y5-oneU's Progressive League
6,.s.tlsssea5 she speech and some of
Chem shed Tears.

The S5-orae1's Progressive League
6,.sct1sse5 she speech and some of
Chem shed Tears.
Eugene f Ware, who is considered
o,.e eff the most patriotic. as we'll as brill
! 1T, men in the state. has done what no
enc would ever suspect. He has offend
ed some of the women of Topeka. II is
c,r;alu that 1Ir. Is are never intended to
Do so, aad he Will no doubt be panied
whom lac hears that the Woman's Pro-
gressiva Political league gave him lee
turs at the5r meeting last evening, which
would Indicate that they think that he is
% hor-id, bloodthirsty man."
lIol2tv AlterEOon BIZ Ware delivered
an address at the raising Of the flag over
the high school. 1t was a brilliant ad-
dress, and he took occasion to define De-
tri0tisu; he also said That more good than
bad resulted from war.
Slrs John G. OILS. wife of ex- Congress
man @ IS. delivered the principal address.
ANON 0-her things she said, addressing
her re-uarks directly to Dir. Ware: "In
your scholarly address before the stu
denis Of the high school upon tho &C.
c sion Of raising the flag you, who
have long been recognized as one of
orr leading Kansas poets are re-
ported as having said, i am ono who
believes il war as an educator as part
o. our public school system. We should
have wax every generation, so as to
make our people patriotic. Sooner or
later the United States Will have another
war. hope We will have it soon. We
need ii. There IS an occasion this very
day for a war aad we ought to open it.
la times OF peace socialism and anarchy
assail the flag ia times OF war they do
not. Socialism is simply organized indo-
lelce. Anarchy IS only disappointed
avarice. In times CT peace we have them
both; dose of war cures both of these
evils
Permit ne to frankly say that 1 am
surprised that one who claims such
patriotism as yourself should not pro-
gross Z step farther and enter a protest
agaiAst the increased facilities for
slaughter on the battle field ever being
turned AGAIN upon the noble manhood of
brave America, for surely inventive
genius has so perfected such weapons
that in the name OF humanity we should
protest.
lie is 4ucivilized ana inhumau to per-
nit men to be moved down on some field
OF carnage at the mouth of gatling gun
like grass upon the prairie. 1t means
more than wholesale murder; it would
almost mean the humiliation of the race.
Your scholarly address moves me on to
renewed anu more vigorous 9uOrL TO
secure the mothers influence and voice
in the government of our country. No
one bur a mother knows the value of
human being.
Gan it be possible that the air of
Kansas has lost its progressive attri-
butes? Alas the irony of fate, a poet of
cur state advocating war an educator
uf ne rising generation. Are the wheels
o. time turning backward?
'fWebster says that patriotism is love
Of country. Does your idea of love of
country consist ia arrayin9 one class or
nation 4lity of men against another in a
wholesale murder and leave old
glory 10 float over dumb animals and
Ihc fertile plains Of the prairies?
did you ever think that it is possible
10 manifest q greater patriotism in living
for ones country than in dying for it?
"When you attempted TO cultivate the
vsr spirit in our high school students
did you forget that Jesus message was
TO proclaim peace on earth and good will
To ment"
During the reading of Mrs. Otis address
several OF The women present shed tears
over the "reminiscences of sad scenes of
She war depicted By the speaker.