Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-30

tive to the fNccui uhh-Sttllllc CUT
freak which he had witnessed In the
imperial parliament In Vienna. His dcs-
,4i1tion OF the violent. deep. seated
hatred Of the Jewish race disclosed in
nat remarkable scene OF riot and dis
order made a deep Impression on many
Hebrew readers. and letters have COM
tlnued 10 reach him from Jews In Amer
ira naklng him to give his explanation
81 this widespread rucim hatred, owl
donced ia 40 pre-eminent degree In
Eu-sia. Austria. and France, and even
occasionally showing Itself In America.
ono Jew writes to him:
THE show Of military force In the
Austrian parliament which proclpltatod
,ho riots. was not introduced by any
lew No jew was n member Of that
body No Jewish question was Involved
m Inc AusFicich or In the language
rrurosltlon. 40 Jew was Insulting any
body In short. no jew was doing any
mischief to anybody whatsoever In
fart the Jews were the only ones OF
fbe nineteen different races In Auatriu
who did not have a party-thcy are alb
r5iuteiy participants Yet In your
article you say that In the rioung
which followed. All classes VI people
we're unanimous only on one thing. viz
in bcinK against the Jews. Now Will you
kindly tell me why. In your judgment
even now. In these days Of supposed In
tfIlircnco. the butt N baaelefn vicious
nnlmuaitics7 ! dare say that Tor cen.
turtles there has been no more quiet
undlsturbing, and withdrawing citl-
Gems. nH n class than that same Jcw.
II seems to me that Ignorance and
fanatlclHm can not alone account Tor
these horrible ana unjust prosecutions
Tell me. therefore. from your van.
tagc.polnt OF cold view what In your
mind n the cause. Can American Jews
do anything 60 correct u either In
America or abrondT VIII II ever come
90 am ondT VIII jew be Permitted 20
live honestly doContly. and ueucenhly
like the rest Of mnnklnd2 What has
become N the Golden Rulc2"
10 the current tseptomher) number
Of Hnrper'a magazine. Mark Twain
tries 20 answer these questions More
than once, lac says, Jews have OBJ
served 10 him that In an his works
there can be found no uncuurteouH rUf-
,fcnce TO their race. and be declares
himself wholly free from all prciudlccs
u race, color, caste. or creed. except
one national prejudice apparently
auti-Galllc. lie even has no prejudice
against hlH Satanic majesty: indeed, he
thinks that the acknowledged lord Of
four.nftha N the human race deserves
confederation and fair chance 60 mar
rate hia side of the case. With an these
qualifications. therefore. Mark thinks h.
& particularly well lifted to discuss the
jewish question. He finds that thcfo
urr six points worthy OF consideration
On the letter given above.
THE jew iH "a well-bchaycd ciu-
zen.
Can ignorance aud fnnnticlsm
alone account for his unjust treat
mont2
Gan Jews do anything to Improve
the Hltuuuuu7
1.-THE Jews have no party: they are
u0n-participnuta
"s.-Wil this persecution ever come
20 an end, ana the Jews be permitted 20
live pcnccahly like the ruHt u mnnkind7
What has become 0f tho Golden
Mark Twain thinks we must grant
point number l. Tor many reasons;
The jew n not a diHturber ~ the
peace Of any country. Even his enemies
Will conccde that ~. ~ not loafcf.
he h not IA sot. he II not noisy. he IL
not a brawlcr nor rloter. he ia not
quarroisomo. In the statistics OF crime
his presence IL couHplcuousiy rnro--ln
all countries. with murder and other
crimes Of violence he has but little TO
do he II a stranger To the hangmnn.
IN the police courts daily long roll Of
assaults and drunk and dlsordcrilea'
biz name seldom appears. That the
jewish home II home In the truert
sense n a fact which no one will ais.
puto. The family is knitted together
ly the HtrunHeHt affections! IT, meme
bcrs show each other every due respect;
oud reverence Tor the elders lH an In
violate law OF the house. The jew IL
not burden on the charities of the
state nor ~ tho city. these could cease
from their functions without affecting
him. when h. " wen enough. he works.
when he ~ incapaCltutcd his own poo-
pie take care or him. Aud not In a poor
and nungy way. but with nne and
large honevulcuCp. His race ~ entitled
Co be- called the most benevolent NJ all
The races of men. 4 jew brggnr Is not
impossible, perhaps; such a thing may
exist hut there are few men that can
cay they have seen that spectacle The
jew has been staged Ia many unCom-
illWentnry forms, but. 80 far as I know
30 dramatist has done him the inius-
ticc 20 stage him a. a beggar. o..
The jew has his other Side He has
some discreditablc ways. though he
hha not monopoly Of them because
Ne can not get entirely rid Of veNutlous
christian competition. We have seen
that he seldom transgresaca the laws
against crimes OF violence. Indeed, his
dealings with courts nre almost re-
ttlclod 10 matters connected with COM
MERGE, lie has reputation Tor var
'l"ua small forms Of cheating. and Tor
lflcUclng oppressive usury, and for
burning himself out 10 get the insur-
uh'r, ana FOR arranging cunning con-
tracts which leave him an exit but lock
The other man In. and for smart eva
tiuns which Ind him safe and COM
Portable Just within the strict letter OF
thc law, when court aud Jury know
Very wen that he has violated the spirit
or g. lie II frequent and faithful
una capable officer la the civil service,
hut he II charged with an unpatriotlc
blIlncllnatlon 10 stand by the flag as
tollier-like the Christian Qunkcfp.
Now, N you offset these dlacrcditahle
iehlutuh by the credltnhlc ones sum
married In preceding paragraph boz
summing with the words. These facts
w nll on the credit side and strike a
nlhnce, what must the verdict be2
Ihs, l think. that, the merits and de-
merits being fairly weighed and meas
uiru on both sides. the Christian can
lam no superiority over the jew In
'he matter OF good citizenship.
l'l IN an countries, from the dawn
or history, the jew has been porEistpnt-
ana implncahly hated, and with fire.
quency Prosecuted"
~ 20 point 2, the writer thinks that
Iahhuelsm alone does not account FOR
tnlH' indeed for hardly any Of II. though
" once thought otherwise before he
hAd studied the question. lie refers to
we ancient story Of Joseph and his at
trlnPt 70 corner atupendOua corn mar
h't IN Egypt, centuries before
,he cruclhNion Again, he comes
upWn almost two mllennlums later to
tne time Of one uf the Latin historians.
christianity was then hardly known To
w" world 40 large but tho historian