The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-23
u COUNTRY.
Rev. Fcther Edmund Hayes
Speaks TO n Crowded House.

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evening ia listen to The Rev. Father
Edmund Hayes lecture upon the sub
ject: OR Country. which he handled
in an able and eloquent address tia
commanded The attention Of his hearers
for more than al hour ana a half.
senator Comias called The meeting 10
order and n a fsa appropriate words
introduced the speaker, We reeret
that II IS impossible iar Us To give the
address in f5l but must content our
selves with the mcre=t synopsis. VA
turc, he said. has done much for or
country for which Wa should not take
credis TO ourselves. She has given Us
a great variety Of climate and bound
less resources which have made our
great progress possible. But the Amer
lean people, by virtue OF their Unborn
genius" have done more for themselves.
The Declaration OF Independence and
the Constitution OF .he United states
are documents unique in the history Of
the world and would not have been
possible to any other people. We have
also shown our genius in meeting i'm
portant crises and solving satisfactorily
those questions which threatened to
disrupt our union. We have abolished
slavery and since have abolished polyg-
amy. We have expanded III territory
and Il expansion has only begun. Our
commerce and all our domestic institu-
tons show L development such as no
other nation in the world can boast of
in the same length OF time. We are.
in fact, the grea.e,t nation of the world
to-day.
But other great nations have flour
ished before now and have persisted.
Even u country has blemishes which
must be removed before they sap Gun
strength and bring the mighty structure
to the dus.. The first of these is nm
equal taxation. the unequal division Of
the burden between the rich and She
poor. The speaker then submitted for
the consideration Of his hearers several
remedies 10 correct 5his condition.
First, that all promisory notes should
be made non-colleetable unless they
bore the assess5r'- stamp; second. that
the wnefofmortgaged property should
be required 20 pay taxes only upon The
equity which he holds; third. that own
; ers OF land who do not themselves or
: their families reside thereon fora period
t Of % years shall be required to sell Il to
r the state at a price TO be fixed by /;
Z Board Of Appraisers. and such land
: shall then be sold by the state to actual
settlers on . fesrs time.
He neXt called attention to the i,-
crease Of divorces in ibis cousntt and
, as a remedy advised greater caution ia
4 selecting husbands and wives. The
girls should not marry cigar signs and
c the men should not lnurr> dolls. Moral
virtues ate Of greatei value t..lan beai!ty
or money.
Ihe drink evil is another ofthe blem-
ishe7 upon The country, as is shown by
. he fact that 81, POO, eco. 000 was spent
IN this country last year for whiskey
and beer. No nan he said. has any
right to indulge in liquor or tobacaC
until he has provided himself a home.
and then Hith a good wife he saw NJ
reason why Il man should not 90 t.
: heaven. We are as nation 200 lond
Of money and pleasure. They are good
things in their place but the man Will
nothing but money is the poorest mar
m the world. We need IL more actl,,
public conscience, in business. in socia
) life, and in religion. That is the stand.
{, ard by which we shall be judged and
the condition Of our permanent pros.
perity.
The audience listened with the closest
attention throughout the address and
showed their appreciation by frequent
bursts Of applause. 1t is 10 be regret.
ted that We do not have the %opportun.
ity to listen to men like the Rev. Faith.
en- Hayes more often,