The Advocate and news., 1898-02-16

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ne hated war and loved peace His vOic,
was always for good will and fraternity
All parties and sections regarded hi
death as private loss and a natiOna
misfortune"
Several pages under the head above re-
ferred to are devoted to "the blowing III
of Hell Gate In New York bay" the great
interest which was aroused in the dis.
covery Of natural gas, the wonderful de.
Velopment Of the oil fields Of Pennsyl.
vania, the spread of the knights OF La
bor the Haymarket riots OF Chicago
the Charleston earthquake, the erection
OF the Statute Of LibertyOn BedlOe island
In New York harbOr, the great real es-
tate boom in the West, together with
more than page devoted to the issues
which made up the campaign Of 1888.
1t Is the duty of the historian to re-
cord events Of national Importance, and
In this respect Professor Taylor has en-
deared himself to the parents Of the ma
tion In making prominent In the Model
School History the organization and
growth OF two societies during Cleye-
lands first term. Reference is made to
the Grand Army of the Republic and the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
which at that time was one of the great
reformatOry agencies of the nation. The
Barnes History which was suDplanted
by the Model, and used in the schools of
Kansas for several years, contained not
a word about these two grand OrganIza-
tlOns; and but for the information i'm
parted by patriotic and Christian par
ents, and through the press Of the coun-
try, the children Of this enlightened COM
mOnwealth would be ignorant as to these
important historical events. OF the for
mer, Historian Taylor says:
I'm order to preserve the memories of
service and army friendships, the SOL
diers OF the Union organized the society
known as the Grand Army of the Re-
public. They grouped themselves into
G. A. r. posts, or lodges, in towns and
cities, and maintained military Organi-
zattOn. They met yearly in national en-
campment. On parade, a braided hat.
and In business dress, a button hole
ba0ge, marked out the veteran of the
Union. They take charge of the solemn
ceremonies OF Decoration day. Poor and
sick comrades are cared for in life and
buried in death. The widows and or
phans Of the soldier have q helpful hand
extended to them. Pensions were lfber-
ally bestowed by the government upon
it's needy defenders and their families"
Referring to the rapid growth of the
WOman's Christian Temperance Union
the Model School History says
Though at first intended to graDple
specially with the liquor traffic, it now
represents forty-fOur different branches
OF refOrmatOry work. The w. C. r. u.
Is an aggressive but not a secret order.
1t Is one Of the powers of the land. The
public heart appears to approve of its
aims and to wish 1t success"
There have been criticisms of other
books Of the series adopted for the
schools of Kansas which are as void of
truth and fairness as those about the
Model School History. No one has
claimed that the Kansas books are per-
feet. Nor has there ever been a series of
books adopted for the schools of any
State in the Union that pleased every
body--that would be impossible, espe-
cially while the book trust, which for
years fattened off the people of Kansas,
and was finally dethrOned, lives. Hun
dreds Of thousands Of dollars have been
extorted from the people of this State
for books not one whit better, and in
many respects, not as good, which, under
the new law will be saved. A careful es-
innate places the saving to the people of
Kansas at more than half million of
dollars during the next five years. Prices
were practically cut in two. Evidently
the contractors who are furnishing the
books to the people will make some