Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-04-16

Grown Within the Past Century The
Local Branch Is Keeping up with the
Organization.
In the early part Of the century
just past in the year 1911, la the
English House of Lords, scene was
enacted that so far as known was
without parallel in any legislative as
semhly. For in that small chamber
in. the very home Of eonyentionality
surrounded By men whose names
were synonymous for exclusiveness and
conservatism, Lord ErsKlne made the
| first public appeal for Justice and
mercy fer the lower animals.
The Noble Lord for such he was
stood up in his place and presented
the case OF these creatures on whom
the passions OF the eallous or cruel
have been vented without restraint
from the beginning OF time and the
other noble lords broke forth In deris-
/ ion at the absurdity. lit is said
that loud leers. vulgar ejaculation. In
decorQus demeanor and even whistling
and cock growing were practically the
only reply given to the grand speech
/ OF this high souled man. 7
| There was NO one who took part In
the astonishing scene In the House of
! Lords who could have imagined that
] he was assisting at an era in the his
tory of civilization and that from Il
would date The inception OF one OF The
most important and far-reaching of
all movements, the movement known
as 'sHumaneH which has for Its OBJ
ject the elimination OF cruelty from
! The world and the medication Of kind
ness 10 all living creatures
! Yet there have always been human
hearts and imaginations sufficiently
alive to comprehend suffering even In
the persons Of beings below The hu-
/ man level.
/ About a hundred and forty years
before this time Sir Samuel pepys put
into his diary one of his little sketches
] that probably gives us the situation
as clearly as anything. Being out for
i pleasure with SOME friends, he says:
II carried them 10 kensington, To
the Grotto, and there we sang To my
great content, only vexed In going In
/ TO see son OF Sir Heneage Flnch's
beating Of poor little dog TO death.
letting 1t lie in SO much pain that
made me mad TO see it, aill by and
/ by the servants Of the house Gliding
/ their young master, one Of them came
with string and killed the dog out
right presently"
The bystander was not without
feeling but he could do nothing till,
when the boy had tired OF his sport,
the servants might finish 1t quickly.
In spite Of the brave words of Lord
Erskine the law took no cognizaDce Of
the suffering Of animals until 1922,
when statute was enacted IN Eng
land ITO prevent the cruel and Inn
! proper treatment Of CATTLE After
ward other acts were obtained i'm
proving upon this and In 1924 the
first "Society for the Prevention to
Cruelty to Animals was organized In
! London.
This grew in grace until even Rank
and Fashion those twin goddesses
that can make or mar anything,
smiled upon it; the Royal family gave
it patronage and by command OF the
queen it took the name OF the "Royal
Society,"
/ And then In the year 1862 the Uni
ted States sent to st. Petersburg as
i Secretary Of Legation man by the
name Of Henry Bergh who in Russia
/ received an education that was awak-
ened to duty not contemplated in
his official instructions; for there be
saw and was enabled to interfere In
cases OF great cruelty because OF his
/ diplomatic position without which he
would have been exposed TO personal
violence
On his way home three years later
he made the acquaintance Of the Earl
Of Narrowly, President Of the Royal
Society, who gave him valuable infor-
nation concerning the work OF the
society, primed with which he landed
in his own country and Immediately
set about creating interest In SINH
| lar movement in New York.
/ His first lecture aroused much sym
| pathy, the Press took 1t up, the Leo
ture was published Ia all the great
cities In the country and the first
American Society for the Prevention
Of Cruelty to Animals was incorpora-
ted In New York April 10, 1866.
Since that many other such societies
have been organized in different parts
Of the country.
| An important step has been the or
ganizing in the United States OF
nearly all such societies into one great
body known as the ssAmerican HUI
name Association, which meets
every year in one OF our cities, each
local society being represented thereat
By delegates and of which the Presi-
dent is now Hon. James NJ Brown or
/ Toledo.
To these meetings delegates bring
their experiences and discuss the best
methods OF action, one of the objects
being the ameliofation Of conditions
| in the TRANSFORMATION NJ cattle n