The silver star., 1899-02-23
DOLORES MoN7EzuMA THURSDAY

to take action Upon the subject.
The mode of securing the cessation
Of labor for the day in these states
Will be influenced by the powers Of
decree that rest with the Governor.
If the Governor of such states has
the power to declare the day sacred
to the commemoration of Washing
ton, even moderate pressure of the
matter Upon his attention would
bring the result; more especially If
states around him wefe taking fa-
vorable action.
\A/Hl1-E INDIVIDUAL action is
Y v powerful to influence legis-
lators, concerted action is still more
SO. You khow dozen who otght
to join with you in a petition-go
and find them; the power Of the
twelve, if they be not all of the same
political complexion, will be great
er than that of twelve individuals.
Try it and prove it.
a IT is NOT possible for ine to
use the space set apart by your
complacent editor for my column,
in too frequent reference to one sub
ject, ! will cover the Washington
matter still further in the present
column, and then leave the leaven
to work. While the cessation of
work means much to us who toll
hard brain-wise, or hand-wise it is
like a Sunday spent in slumber-
not enough in itself to do honor to
the one whose life has caused the
day to be honorcd. Granting then
the possibility of December IA as a
holiday-let us call it holy day
there must needs be the getting to-
gethef now in early spring of those
who intend the day shall be well
honored in order that details and
plans properly distributed among
live committees may be delibefate-
ly worked out. The care and palms.
taking will not be wasted, for the
celebration will be historical among
the nations of the earth. Labor too
and the giving up Of time need not
be begrudged, for the occasion will
not offer for another hundred years,
when other hands than these shall
be Carrying on the work Of the
world and still holding firm, let us
Hope, the standard Of personal pro-
bity and national liberty for which
Washington contehded.
Dob
n NATURALLY INro preliminary
J Y work will gravitate the pro-
fessional people--teachefs, lawyers,
physicians. But no sufficient
breadth will be impaired to the
WORK unlcss the wotiien and the la.
boring people are in it too. Pei;
haps the womsn will be in it any
way. Look odt however for the
One who eafns his bread by the
sweat Of Ills face. His interest in
the principles Of human freedoni
that Washington espoused II even
mort practical than to Others. They
are his itain-stay, his bread and
butter, his life. He inust,.be In the
plans and his suggestions to the
country he has helped to upbuild
will be practical indeed. It shall
not be a celebration that has ,iieans
Ing only to Daughters and Danes,
Sons and Founders. The wanderef
from afat is botnd into the same
bundle Of life with the descendants
bf Revolutionary heroes. His vcfy
presence here proves his arbitration
Of American principles; HE very
presence here is what has rendered
ill things possii,ie to the Atiisricah
Republic.
VERY SCHOOL. house will. 4
60 special cdninternoration, every
town With, d pdblic meeting, every
cohimuaity, with a Washington Gil,
Gle mads, ,dR Of patriots Who will
study hilA tseptx,. .etery possible
wheel Of ihNWJtry resting oh the day