Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-23

Among the essays read yesterday py
the graduating class of the Butte Hlgh
school were the following: *
.DREYFUS CASE FROM AN AMERI-
CAN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ATKINS.
The Frenchman who believes himself
! Independent and given to sun
preserves a faith in the forms OF JUS
tice as they are practiced in his coun-
try and in every man who dischafges
the duties of a magistrate. These mag
istrates are responsible to themselves
alone; the life, liberty and honor OF
their fellow-citizens are placed IN thelr
hands by the law. A blameless man may
be accused by the most degraded OF be-
ings and at a word from the lnqulsllor
be cast into a dungeon, cut OH from the
rest of the world.
1t may seem that the circumstances
are overdrawn to some extent, but there
is a man, Captain Dreyfus of the french
artillery, who was arrested, accuseu'
judged and condemned, knowing practl-
cally nothing of his incarceration. Never
theless the public has convicted him and
has heaped it's eXecration upon MN.
There does not seem sufficient reason Tor
the terrible hatred showered upon MIN.
AS we lifted our arms in response 10
the wall of the oppressed Cubans, so
should we rise as a body and loudly pro-
lSeI III lit udlIlc " equity ecAAo NN
most unsanctimonious proceeding. But
the day will come when public opinion,
stronger than governments, more power
full than political influence, will triumph
and might will be conquered by right.
"THE MONROE DOCTRINE MODERN
IZED"-ALFRED BALMFORTH.
Frequent references to the Monroe
doctrine for the purpose Of sustaining
views connected with U foreign affairs
make it we'll to now what the doctrine
really is.
Shortly after the treaty of Nov. 30,
1882, in which Great Britain formally
acknowledged the sovereignty and indie
pendence Of the United States, the opin-
ion was prevalent that America belonged
to the Americans and in order to pre-
serve our institutions we must not be-
come a party to any foreign alliance.
That the Monroe doctrine is something
difficult of comprehension, as many per
sons seem to believe, Is far from the
ruth. If you would have the true mean
ing and it's applicability to our foreign
policy, read the words of the president
from whose lips flowed these patriotic
principles. Start at the source of this
great American doctrine n form your
own opinion.
1t is to be hoped that the Monroe doc
trine shall no longer be limited tc
america for the Americans" but shall
, grow " HEAL AL Lie WOTlu u IlleI
can m and the protection of the
!, American flag over the lives of Ameri-
! can citizens and American property in
; every corner of the earth"
THE POET OF CHILDHOOD
CHRISTINE BREBNER.
e There are few men or women, who, hav-
ing advanced to middle age, have not
come to look back on the Travelled road OF
, existence in thought of those who travel
! ed with them, a part of their hopes ant
; joyousness, the shares of all their ambi-
> ton and their pleasures, whose mission
I has been fulfilled and who have left them
= with the milestones Of years still seem
ing to stretch out on the path ahead. il
!, is then TENOR which comes with its
I soothing influence, telling of the happi-
y ness hat was theirs and comforting them
, with the ever-recurring thought of the
pleasures of those childhood days.
y Recollection is the only paradise from
which we cannot be turned out. 1t il
when we read the poems of Eugene Fiel(
: that all these pleasant memories com,
: back to us. Old hopes, rosy with the ex.
e p%ectations of the indefinite and unknow,
able. Old misgivings and fears; ole
/, romping and holidays and precious id,
hours. We know them all and we know
8 how true they are.
"THE MISSION OF LITERATURE"-
CORA SMITH.
What is the mission of Literature?'
a This question may be asked from the re.
e hottest ages of the literary world. IT.
greatest mission is to enlighten men
whether in science, hisctory or the art
d It's great purpose and aim is to furnish
y good or evil food to the youth, to delight
old age, to ornament prosperity, to com.
y fort adversely. and to fit man for the
highest motives of this life AID the life
d immortal.
1t is a matter of sincere regret as wei
as surprise, that many of the views o,
the purpose and mission of literatur,
- now prevailing are far below the stand.
ard of good literary judgment. So
With not a few Of our best writers the
necessities of life are of such a1naturt
THAT they are obliged to write for thei
fame is their worldly ambition, and they
are to realize it through their writings
Still, with others. that which they seel
is to please the reader and crafty thu
taste of ones great sense of beauty.
I"NATURE AN EDUCATION"-ISABEI
KELLEY.
multiplicity of unrealized possibilities
and which will always remain mere. pos
Isibilities if we fail to nOurish andfncOuf
age them to grow into realities.
AS the atmOspherical and terrestrial
agencies sprout a seed and further it
growth and assist each other in the oper
lations, so education sprouts the posi-
l. bilities in the natural mind and nourishe.
n them until they blossom into fuIl-growl
realities.
Re Education cannot bring out what is no
If included within The undeveloped mind
n 1t is only a means of perfecting nature
II Education eannOt make mind-it cal