Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-30

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The Womans Literary club held its
regular weekly meeting in it's rooms in
the Hearst free library building last Sat-
urday afternoon, at which three very
interesting papers were read. How In
dia Became British" was the subject
for a carefully prepared paper by Mrs.
F. w. Peckover, in which she outlined
the past history Of the great and ex-
tensive empire belonging to the British
crown Miss Elizabeth Thompson read
a concise and interesting paper on the
struggle. called in America, the "Old
French War;" or the French and Indian
War;" and known in Europe as the
Seven Years War;" and Miss j. e.
Blackstone read a paper on 1.-THE English
View of the War for Independence"
Miss J. e. Blackstone presided over
current events and the following SUBJ
jects We're discussed at some length:
The establishment of branches Of the
general federation of Woman's clubs in
Alaska and Honolulu: the establishment
by Woman's clubs throughout the Unit
ed States of domestic training schools
for girls; the present unclean condition
of our school buildings and how it should
be regulated; why should our schools
not run during the entire year instead
of eight or nine months; the control Of
the sale OF liquor in Russia by the Cow
eminent: and the condition of affairs be-
tween China and the powers.
MISS BLACKsToNE's PAPER.
st. George and the dragon, or the royal
English lion are either of them fitting
symbols for a race that is a curious adj
mixture of chivalry, loyalty and material
greed, both represent the supine inert
ness, the unwavering stern resolve, the
care, free thOughtlessness and mature
devotion to principles of right that have
made the nations life and history almost
identical with the growth and progress
of civilization.
Our subject to-day is the study Of one
of the transient moods Of great people,
when weakened but undying moral
force triumphs over an ever present
tempter in the guise OF gold.
The English of Cromwell, with its dark
STERN. bigoted. ungracious Puritans had
luxurious England of the second Stuart,
succeeded again by the commercial Eng
land of the Hanoveriap house. From the
time of the first James the will of the
people had slowly, slowly but surely; as
drop by drop water accumulates in it's
underground reservoirs, until reaching
the ordained level it gushes forth one
OF Gods best gifts to man; been gather
ing that force which should change Eng
lands government from a monarchy that
privileged parliament to . parliament
that privileged a monarch. The Eng
land OF the Ha0Overian house was COM
mercial. commercial to such an extent,
that as yet with all the vigor and head
long rashness which the youths of our
own republic makes possible, there re-
mains the undoubted lead of the mother
country.
Offices meant plumber, bribery or loot.
Men were bought on the floor of the
house, elections represented nothing 9TH
er than the money of the contestants,
being considered regular source of in
come by those enjoying the right OF
franchise. The people We're busy amass-
ing fortunes and left the needs of the
nation to somebody, to anybody, so that
their occupation of accumulation be not
interrupted Upon this, England, from
this public. doomed three great figures,
the Earl of Chatham, Edmund Burke and
Fox There was fourth in nc wise great
yet destined to be remembered. while
fame emblazOnes the names of the others
upon her shield. of him posterity says
with shrug and thinks with a sheer
George the Third, egotist. George the
First and Second had drifted with the
current. George the Third had but one
great lesson taught him by his mother
and that was to be king in fact as we'll
as name, to rule as well as reign. And
with an unalterabie determination to do
that thing he was crowned king of Eng
land. the England that had throbbed and
thrilled to Pitts calls for national life.
of the England that held the personal
obligations. the religious fervor and UNI
equaled organization of John Wesley's
followers.
. The moral life Of the nation awak.
ened from stupor that resempled death
and drinking deen at that fountain,
which is called everlasting life. proved
yet once again that right is might To
a money making people the wealth of the
American colonies appealed for that
same people had the debts of the French
and Indian war to nay. the Americans
should te taxed. and taxed they We're
with Pitts ringing voice protesting that
In law and equity the taxed must aid i'm
the taKation. that it was folly, folly to
make Of the American colonies another
case Of John Handlers shin money
Burfe's heavier e'ocuence asserted that
parliament had the right to deal with
the colonies as it saw fit in all cases.
but that It was not exnediert to tax a
n""'>iA where that taxation meant revo-
hutton.
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