Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-03


Our amazement at their action is
equalled only at the fact that no major
poet save Longfellow is Included, and
that with the exception of the three
mentioned above no other man of LETT
tiers was admitted save Emerson. Four
names out of thirty is a small propor-
ton to represent American literature
lper SCI.
In comparison with this list of letters
1T is interesting to note the preference
given to legal lights Webster and Mar
( shall and Kent and Story, not counting
the long list of lawyers among the legis-
Ilators and statesmen. Kent's claims to
fame rest upon his commentaries. but
just why legal commentary deserves
more prestige than other commentators
IS an unsolyed conundrum to our mind.
Joseph Story was an eminent jurist in
his day, but there was a son, w. w.
Story-not admitted to this hall-who
was not only famous American sculp-
tor, but a poet as well, one of his poems
is Nictis, being classcd by popular
vote in the list of ten great American
poems, In what way is legal superior
to artistic genius?
But when we come to the list OF
preachers, a Still more curious problem
presents itself. 1t is safe TO conclude
I lnul q majority OF me jury who gave
q ~ : sote LOT Jo.iathan towards
gre soou toia -iashioned blue Presbyteri-
ans, who Still believe in unelected in-
ia,ies sailas eyeri '7. torture.
{. It's sssialncanl 8that Jonathan Ed
wards, whose preaching in all its hide
Gus nakedness of the most horrible doc
e a,,l, Known 70 'Shrlstlan theology has
49, Mi.n ~, thousands OF souls
sotsa's sMelisll ~ the llst with elghty-s
tlian ere gwen 70 inc
s..in Z. {, ssllanhin VINO preached the love
=. s,9a al'u me pro,herhood.s OF man,
so 'iisse,i WOES more man beecher,5
whose claim 70 fame, however. we adj.
nut nut, rests only upon his oratory
80 ~ ~ ses''ieiie ourselves to8the
8. ~ ~ lhendore iSarKer,s name,
NV 'i's yupses i'u' on 'he ground that
: 'si' iesly9. ND we Ven
~ ~. : .'is risulsslols .hhe among the
,ls, 'ilt' iuiuIs isafker viii
~, az .iis ~ { 81 american Nh 5divinss
- o''i'se Won Win 1hls jonathan Ed
80 sy.e = curious 70 note the pre-
Seelil'ehl ior theology over
- ~ ~. ~ haSlile received
4, !. . n - y WE ,itiH INT
''s's.'s eiii0l'is's iseapoay and COOPER
~ Nosss more IMAM audubon low
n atia sasior OF me plrds' and fourteen
l'iaas. MN f1ofaee Mann benefactor of
~ ~. ''is''ies scnools
hss'e arc better names that prompt
~ aiia n9t washington Allston2
So, Wy ms. @ Robert - Lee2
.us'l' Il We hof'sari niiIl.s1ve can not help
~ 5,''i,lN nus lielussoi weak conces-
si.s' s'oa' nsfn cement of the jury
~ h5is Ewherelores might be
.onaiiueu ihashnitely but what's the
VS.
e i,aiis q latne. says loooley. is like
-. sipe " Y "a I'm NYhere little boy
3 it''s 81 isatile " IN ne sirl ne loves,
ai,a ~ q NY or TWO ne goes back an
800 ~
W. asscH mat IN few years an
o =, le armed Jury WI whitewash over
~ ''eselit nan anc begin With new
i's',
nsconlparison With this official roll of
lah'e x = interesting TO place over
. Gam 81 " TWO popular gtiesses complied
.hru the press-one representing 77G vot-
ers thru he Brooklyn Eagle. the other
'',s voters thru the Minneapolis journal. !
rs most significant thing about this
repular election Is that the first forty
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