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cies of souls as OF animals, or is there only
one species of soul in animals, differently
modified according to the diversity of or
ganization?" And, like the wise man that
he was, he says, This question is abso-
lutely imlpenetrable by u.s. and con-
tlnues, "All we can say concerning it is
this: if God, who has always acted BY the
most simple means, has thought proper
to vary the spiritual perfection of animals,
merely by organization, his wisdom has
SO ordained it." Mr.. Wesley evidently
concluded that there is nothing in science,
nothing In reason, nothing in religion that
forbids belief that a horse, or a dog, or
any other animal is possessed of a soul.
Reviewing the question, from personal
observation, / commit myself to a belief
that there is an individual soul in each
form of animated nature. 1 have salts
fed myself that the horse and the dog
think, feel, originate, reason, calculate
and conclude. l see, therefore, no reason
for denying to them what the magnificent
egotist, man, claims for him self-the pos
session OF moral motor. The great Ital-
ian scientist, Lombroso, asserts that
animals not only SIN, but are conscious OF
the sin, and that they have, therefore,
moral nature; that they are virtuous and
that they lack virtue, that they are con-
scious of law governing their acts, and
that they know that any violation Of that
law is crime. and, therefore, they have a
conscience. Now, if animals have
knowledge of right and wrong, if obe-
dent to that knowledge they live
righteously, or if in defiance of
that knowledge they commit crime, are
they not possessed of force that is not
materialP Is not that directing force a
soul? The great distinction made be-
tween man and the inferior animals is in
the recognition by man of God and in
mans possession of the art of speech.
Row do we know that animals do not
recognize God, and is it demonstrated that
their thoughts2 Being lover of animals
and student of their ways l have satisfied
myself that, while we do not understand
them, they understand us. l am also sat
isfied that animals do communicate
thoughts. 1t is true that we are not yet
in possession of all the means which ami
mails employ to communicate their ideas,
but any observant person can determine
for himself the fact that ideas are commu-
nicated by the lower animals to each
other. Are not love, affection and graft
tude the highest qualities in man. and
do they not proceed from the highest ma
ture in man, namely, the soul? Are we
prepared to deny that the dog and the
horse and many other animals exhibit
love, affection. gratitude? / am not pre-
pared to doubt what my constant observa-
ton confirms. Perhaps one of the noblest
qualities in man is the sense of duty, and
l claim that that sense is not wanting in
the horse and the dog. 1t may be urged
that domesticated animals initiate in
some respect the qualities of their owners,
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is in manifest possession of the elementary
constituents in the system of thought,
namely, time, space, number, cause and
all the forms of the ideal. The doctrine of
psychologists, like Wundt and those who
follow him, to the effect that the apparent
reasonlngs of animals are only apparent
and are the mere results of association
seems to me to be case of cart before the
horse. Association itself needs explain
ton and cannot really be explained except
as founded on reasoning. Dumb animals
may indeed be unable in their present
state of existence to reflect on their rea-
soning and analyze it as logic-making
human beings do, but this, again, is only
matter of degree in their development.
Thev. actually and instinctively do reason
in spite of that, and one may fairly aver
that they can be seen in the very act of
reasoning.
I'm their present state of existencep'
some one may echo. "And are we, then,
to suppose that animals are immortal in
stead of being the beasts that perish pr
Well, why not? Will men be less so if
they are? Why should we grudge to the
silent makers and Interpreters of signs the
chance for larger being which we so
much value for ourselves? They surely
need it at least as much as we, and will
their bliss in it in the least diminish ours2
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A LAYMAN'S OPINION.
1t Is That Dumb Animals, Like
Man, Possess a Moral
Motor

William Greer Harrison. believes that each
animal has soul, modified as to its potency
by the conditions OF the organization on the
BODY. Hequotes no less religious authority
than John Wesley, founder of Methodism, with
reference 10 the theory of evolution. Mr.. Har-
rison illustrate his views bv an examnIe in the
shape of dog of remarkable inteI1iqence
Whlen WHghle ne owns. From personal observation
Mr.. Harrison has satisfied himself that horses
ana dogs talnk, feel, originate, reason, calcu-
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but there is no evidence TO confirm this
suggestion. On the contrary, | think the
is the result of a sense of
affinity between the animals and their
owners. I think the dog recognizes in the
man a soul having in it the nature of his
own, and that the sympathy which un-
doubtedly exists between man and his
domestic animals is spirit or soul
affinity To attribute to instinct all the
acts performed by the lower animals is
simply to exhibit our own ignorance. our
assumption OF superiority and our splendid
egotism. / have in my possession a fox
terrier. She has been with us some seven
years and she exhibits all the Qualities
which indicate the possession OF reason
and reflection. She has a complete indi-
viduality of her own, and has very little
in common with her species am sat-
isfied that she knows right from wrong:
that she understands the mood of every
person in the family; that she does not
take the family as whole, but separates
1t and distinguishes it. With some men,
bers she is most intimate and exhibits a
tenderness and affection for them that is
thoroughly human. With other members
she is polite but distant. | have never
known her to make a mistake with visit
ors. She invariably attaches herself to
those who are fond of dogs and she avoids
those who are not. She has a way of
making known ner every want and is
very persistent in having that want sup
piled. What has attracted nv obserya-
ton must have attracted thousands of
other observers. and were it not for the
weak but common pride of humanity /
think all who have carefully studied the
inferior animals will admit that thev have.
subject to notifications, all that we claim
for ourselves. What l mean by this is
that each animal has a soul modified as to
its potency by the conditions of the organ.
ization of the body.
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Have 9 Dumb Animals Souls ?

This IS an awkward question because it
involves the putting of two other oues-
tions, namely, are animals dumb and what
Is soul? presume what is meant would
be expressed by asking the question. Are
all the animals inferior tc man possessed
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reputation of the writer as a thinker and a
leader of thought will command for his views
careful consideration. Why may we not sup
pose that animals are immortal? he asks
"Will men be less so, if they are ?"
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order in this City, while conceding that the
belief in the immortality of all animated
creatures is warranted by science, takes occa-
sion to observe that the opinions of eminent
psychologists that the animal soul is immortal
furnishes, by way of analogy, strong argll-
ment for the Immortality of the rational soul,
besides removing the strongest grounds upon
which materialism rests. Father Wyman
maintains that the question of immortal souls
does not belong to the domain of theology, but
of philosophy.
Have the Lower Animals Immortal
Souls?
This is question of philosophy-not of
theology. The Christian revelation does
not touch it. therefore liberty OF opinion
concerning it is allowed without prejudice
to faith. The older metaphysicians. as
for instance st. Thomas of Aouin. held
that the substantially or the existence of
the soul when separated from the BODY
was true'of the soul of man onlv-not of
that of the lower animal, because man
alone has intellect or reason and the moral
faculty, which, alone, as they assumed
necessitated an immaterial or spiritual
nature. They considered that a soul
which has only the sentient faculty or re-
ceives impressions from and acts only
through physical organs and cannot form
all abstract judgment and choice. is a
mere principle of operation of a.material
nature, and, therefore, cannot subsist bv
itself
Nothing is so difficult in science, it seems
to me. as the discovery of what the inner
consciousness of an animal is. But re-
Gently the study of comparative psychol-
oov has brought ont so rnanv fao+s -
cernlng the power of the higher animal
instinct that many eminent psychologists
are now inclined to think that the animal
soul is, to say the least, immaterial, and
consequently immortal. This opinion. by
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WHY NOT IMMORTAL :?
The Advanced Ground Taken by
Professor George n. How

The position taken by George II. Howison.
LII. D., professor OF intellectual and moral phil
osophy and civil polity at the University of Cal
ifornia, is quite an advanced one. The wide
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-01-03
A WORD 10 DELEGATE GAIRQN.

If Delegate Catron has a modicum of
fair play in mind as respects the state
hood question he will insure the support
of united people at home for his meas
ure by making the apportionment con-
form to common sense and reason. All
of our peoples interests are too vitality
locked up in the statehood proposition to
warrant him in undertaking to force his
bill through congress in its present
shape. He may succeed in the house but
disaster will certainly fall upon him IN
the senate. Should the apportionment
feature be modified as right and justice
demands, it is believed that the bill can
be passed at this session of congress by
the aid of the votes of our Democratic
friends in the senate. Without them it
can never certainly become law. Dele
gate Catron has the matter practically
in his own hands. The opportunity is
rare one. The conditions are extra
ordinarily favorable for success. If I'M
der the circum stances he wants to assume
the responsibility of defeating statehood
by stubbornly maintaining his arbitrary,
unjust and unreasonable stan1, then let
him do so. The people will know where
to place the blame.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-01-03
An Unjust AppOrtlOnment.

Delegate Catron's statehood bill is a
rock-ribbed Republican document. By
ite provisions the constitutional conven-
ton will contain about sixty Republicans
an twenty Democrats. As this constitu-
tional convention will be charged, among
other things, with the duty of apportion-
ing the new state into legislative districts
the first Legislature will be made up some
what on the lines of the constitutional
convention. Chaves county, which is
safely Democratic, and has a voting
population of between 800 and 900 is
given one delegate in the convention,
while Valencia county, which is just as
safely Republican, and has voting popu-
lation of less than 1000, is given seven
delegates in the convention. A like dis
elimination runs through the entire APP
portionment Of the territory. In the al
lotment of lands for the various New
MsAico institutions the New Mexico
military institute is left out. This, how
ever, may have been an oversight, and
can yet be provided for by an amend
ment. There can be no mistake, or over
sight, in the matter of apportioning dele
gates. The apportionment was evidently
based upon the vote Delegate Catron re-
ceived in the last election, and not on the
entire vote of the territory.-Roswell
Record.
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BELATED new YORK.


Ten days ago, after the panicky ex-
citement had come and gone, Wall streets
clearing house got together and decided
to issue clearing house certificates. Next
day the New York papers solemnly pro-
claimed that this action had Saved the
country from disastrous panic" So on
yesterday when the country at large had
fully made up its mind that there could
be no war with Great Britain over the
Venezuelan affair, New York's chamber
of commerce comes bravely to the front
with protest against war! The goldite
metropolis should do one of three things
it should either get abreast of the
times with true American sentiment;
keep quiet, or petition congress to push
it into the Atlantic and tow it over to
England.
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PRESS COMMENT.
give and Take and Get Together.


1t is q we'll known fact that during the
past year there have been some very
grave differences In the Democratic
ranks in New Mexico, but 1t is believed
that these are in fair way to be patched
up and it may be confidently expected
that within the next month the party will
be in excellent shape for the campaign.
Leading Democrats Who have been at
variance realize that they can gain moth
ing by continuing to fight within the
party lines, but that if this sort of fight
ing is kept up it will certainly result in
the defeat of the party at the polls.
Nobody doubts that the territory is
Democratic on a strict party vote nor is
there any doubt as to the result in the ter
ritory next fall if the Democrats put up
man for delegate who will poll the full
Democratic vote. Having suffered de-
feat OF the last election, the Democr
of New Mexico are willing to bury all
petty grievances IN order to regain Sd
premacy.
Many Democrats who considered the
chances of Dem ocratic success in the ma
tional camp aign next fall as hopeless a
few weeks ago have entirely changed their
minds and now regard Democratic sue.
cess as reasonably certain. 1t is not
likely that much will be done toward
shaping the policy of the party in the
territory until after the meeting of the
territorial committee which will be with
in the next six weeks.-Silver City
Eagle.
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SUGAR TRUST INFLUENCE.

American sugar producers are up In
arms over the failure of the Republicans
in the house to provide tariff on sugar.
Throughout the south and in the beet
sugar districts of Nebraska and California
there ara ominous protests against the
action Of Reed and his diciple, Dingley,
over this matter. II is even limited that
these two worthless declined to provide
the slightest concession to the sugar
planters because such course would
have antagonized the interests of the
sugar trust, that iniquitous combine
which has it's grip on the leg ofeevery
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FRIDAY. JANUARY 3.
Democratic Territorial Central Com.
HSittpp,

Iitttec.
OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
J. H. Crist, chairman, Rafael Romero
secretary, W. T. Thornton, treasurer, Il. B.
Ferguson, A. B. Fall, +. A. Manzanares,
MEMBERS AT LARGE.
II. B. Ferguson, Albuquerque, Felipe
Chavez, Belen, f. A. Mauzanares, Las
Vegas, j. H. Crist Santa Fe, G. H. Glider.
sleeve, Santa Fe, A. B. Fall, Las Cruces
MEMBERS.
Bernailo County.-O. N. Marion, G
w. Harrison.
Chavez County.--G A. Richardson.
Colfax County.-A. Sever.
Dona Ana County.-R. L. Young, P
Pine.
Eddy County.-B. A. Nymeyer.
Grant County.--W. B. Walton, j. W.
Fleming.
Guadalupe County, Ramon Dodge.
Lincoln Connty.-George Curry.
Mora County,-Macario Gallegos.
Rio Arriba County. Henry Grant.
Santa Fe County.-W. I. Thornton, W.
P. Cunningham.
Sierra County.-W. S. Hopewell.
San Miguel County.-Feli1 Martinez
Catarino Romero, DR.. Geo. L. Gould.
Socorro County.-E. Y. Chavez, Euti-
milo Montoya.
San Juan County, Frank E. Prewitt.
Taos County.-Jua Jan Romero, A. Scheu.
rich.
Valencia County.-Jose G.. Chavez.
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unfortunate

Cod liver oil suggests
consumption, which is al
most unfortunate.
It's best use is before you
fear consumption when
you begin to get thin, weak,
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CoRPoRAL d. P. CARR came forth with
the vigor of an avalanche to crush the
New Mexico Mckinley bureau, but he is
as silent as the cold, cold grave about the
Reed bureau. 1t can't be that Corporal
Carr regards Reeds love for the free
coinage idea as any more ardent than
that Of the arch.priest of protection.
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Americans breakfast table. Doubtless
Mckinley will smile when he takes note
of Gear Reeds move in this matter. 1t
will certainly hurt Reeds chances for
swinging the Nebraska and California as
we'll as the southern Republican delegates
in the national convention.
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MONEY is not to be had at any price in
Boston, while gold coin is at premium
in Baltimore, New York and Philadel-
phia, and yet the demand of the west and
south for larger per capita circulating
medium is met by the gold bugs with the
reply that there is plenty of money in
the country. What rot.
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IT would be good business as we'll as
good politics to call the New Mexico
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the close of the present month. The ma
tional committee assemblies on the 18th
inst. and shortly following it our terri
torial committeeman should get together.
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New YoRK,,by her action in reference
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quite clear that the national Democratic
convention will be held in the west.
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Valencia County.-Jose G. Chavez.
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