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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-22
STILL WITH IT'S.

That the liar is still extant is proved by the enor-
amount of attention he receives from pulpit and
press Had the sad example Of Ananias-and
Sapphira-made sufficient impression the trouble
some genus would scarcely have survived civil
ization and steal time from peasanter topics.
As matter Of fact it is not little remarkable that
he could survive the countless generations of human
progress for which truth has served q beacon and
goal BY the rule Of fitness and survivorship the liar
should long have fallen into the processions
and disappeared.
Doubtless he remains for great purpose-per-
haps reflector of truth. Black may be made
either to contrast reflect white and civiliza-
TONS path of light may require the contrast of error
represented by the liar.
When he shall have served his purpose civiliza-
ton will probably do away with him. That he prac-
tees an acquired and not natural habit is evil
denced by the fact that children and fools and dogs
do not lie. In time the race may reach q plane where
lying will be objectless, in which the liar may
be counted upon to give himself and his neighbors
no further trouble Possibly he is Just stimulus to
promote the millennium In the Interim however
which promises to be somewhat long, We should ad-
jure and demonstrate. enforce the perjury laws and
above all set good example
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They respect and enjoy each other: they
echo each others sentiments; and their be-
ings are coupled together, trottihg along
like two dogs well looked after.
Their discussions at hcme are never on
any higher question than whether green
peas are better with duck than Brussels
sprouts. They are cheerful. smiling.
She calls him Smith or Brown, and he
never speaks Of her but as my good lady. -
Before the children they call each other
Father" and Mother"
Ihey may be grocerS, fruiterers l don [
care what they are. they are happy. perfect
subjects for matrimony.
What divers and strange unions are sane
toned py matrimony. to be sure. by the
sue Ct resigned couples, harnessed together
anu p3inIui.y dragging the plow. those
wno have never been able 10 understand
eacn ClI..r, Through want of sIac=, because
they were too near 10 max proper obser-
Nations; those VINO, alas, unoeis.and each
other LOO Wei; sweet, amlaElc women OF
poetic a.sposI.ions chained TO mattel -oI-facL
piusui men, nonesL saving, naru-workinS
Lien fas.eI,d fol .ife to SHY, tnougntie.s,
eA.ras-gant women; romantic woman mar
rieu TO Inen who see no difference between
NesuVluS in eruption and the siri- king CHM
neys, OF tittspurg or Birmingham; women or
keen humorous disposition living with dull
lafus unable to a joke Wssnerians hav-
Ing FOR wives women VINO pcetcr the music
OF The CASINO Girl to that or 'I.onengrin';
almost everywhere, Tragedy or conae-y.
Matrimony is very narrow Carriage. II
you want to be comfortable in 1t you have
to be careful or one will soon be In the Tay
of the other
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And SO he killed himself.
But surely, he must have been long
time in deciding upon money as the chief
factor in the affairs Of the world
Had he been as much of an observer as he
was student. he would have discovered
long ago-indeed. early in life-that in COM
parison with money, learning, except by thu
few, Is looked upon with contempt
knowledge is power.
Yes, but what sort o. knowledge? The
understanding Of Plato or the market?
John ]. ingalls, said that If he could live
over again his life he would devote his tai
ents to the acquisition of money.
Hundreds OF men, Inundated in the pres
ence Of the rich. scorned by porter and
utstreated by landlord. have thought the
same thing. But that money is all powerful
is no new idea Money was born powerful.
Learning was OF humble birth. Money is
the lion Of life; learning the lamb.
But there is no greater truth than learn
ing and no greater lie than money.
30 Money promises happiness and Is a cheat.
Learning promises to her humble servants
that she will bring to them deep pleasure
and never fails to keep her word.
In the civilized world the masses are In
telligent. the few Intellectual. and it Is not
to be expected that the few should be so
powerful as-the many.
A thousand men of ordinary mind are
greater than one man OF superior mind,
they believe; but 5000 men possessed OF
SO 90 apiece do not presume 10 think that
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the more modern school OF construction and interpre
taton. And by this school, which favors defexion
and extension of principle consistent with the Con-
stitutions spirit apsee with OR development and
growing necessities it Is possible that such enlarged
Interpretation Of the police power would not be
garded as too great strainns of established doc
trine.
The Constitutions meaning grows and expands as
we progress. 1t is fundamentally the conservator of
welfare. We are confronted with tremendous
evils. We should be fortunate indeed could find
deverance in the Constitution itself without resort
to modern laws Of Congress.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-22
WORLDS BIGGEST LAWSUIT.

Uncle Sam has called Pierpont Morgan, James J.
Hill and several lesser fnanciers into court by que
warranto proceeding their right to merge com
peting lines Of railway.
The interests which will be affected directly and
indirectly by the decision reach total of three and
one-half billions while those Immediately involved
exceed half billion. Thus 1t is the most importan:
suit In point OF dollars which has ever been tried.
The United States Government contends that the
merger OF the competing lines by the Northern Secur
ties Company would be restraint of trade within
the purview Of the Sherman Antitrust law
Fundamentally. the case involves the question by
no means novel, OF the subordnation Of the natural
right OF purchase the police power of the nation
Application of the police power the rights of COM
bined capital would put restraint Of the trusts upon
broader grounds than have heretofore been gener-
ally considered.
II the police power, Of the United States may be
called reauison for curling the trusts we shall
have small use for new antitrust laws Should the
present case furnish precedent for extending the
police power to this class Of cases. 1t will in
deed be the worlds greatest lawsuit Monopoly viii
be proceeded against because reuguant to the spirit
Of institutions. and shah have cause to look
upon the wisdom Of constitutional forbears with
a new veneration as something directly inspired.
As matter Of fact, 1t ia not altogether probable
that the trainers had monopoly in mind or locked
upon the police power suf1cieafy farreaching to
encompass monopolys evils Nevertheless. It II the
spirit and import OF the Constitution rather than its
narrow teralness which Is looked for guidance by
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RECENT COMMENT.
Italy and California

E c. Peixotto In Sunset Magazine
After passing for days through landscapes
the Western plains and the aka of Nevada our
train crossed the Seras and began genial
western slopes From endless forests of pine wound
down through historic mining camps-Gold Run Dutch
Flat and Auburn-down to where cottages nestle mid
young orange orchards Then palm tree ap
peared and then files of pale olives but few
hours running through fields dotted with
stately oaks and aure under whose herds of
tie browseo And in mid-November how green fresh
the grass! At each turning the eye plunged
Ear out and down to where the boundss
Sacramento Valley stretched hazy indisnct and infinite
of to the vague horizon.
Two years before almost a day had sped down
the southern slopes of Alpine grades
OF Mount Cenis and mountains clothed
down to where orchards Joined vineyards towns
perohed upon the hltops slugged the
hills And beyond opened the reaches of the
plains OF Lombardythat waveess seastretchnE to the
ends of the earth.
Who could help noting the likeness Of these
scapes VINO could be blind feel the
OF the same forces at vorka similarity of climatic
lions, similarity of opportunity.
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To nut yourself to little inconvenience
now and then Is the only way of making
the other comfortable. To believe that
love alone without careful study. will re-
s,st all the shocks and will be all the more
durable in that it is ardent. Is the greatest
mistake one can make in the world.
Violent passion may be compared to Her
cuies. who might have enough strength 10
raise palace on his shoulders. but not
a,ouvb 10 stand a cold in his head. 1t IL
the thousand and one little drawbacks OF
matrimonial life that undermine 1t; love
Will survive a great misfortune but will be
killed nv the little mlseries OF conjugal
partnership.
In natrinony 1t is the little things that
count and which, added up. make terri
bS al. The waning love of wife will
not pe revived by the present OF so."p pair
Of earrings. but 1t may be kept up by the
daily present of a scent bundle or Vioiets
which reminds her that you tnihh Oh heF
every day Of your lie
It Is not the great sacrifices that appeal
m her as do constant little CONCESSIONS
Many men would sacrifice their lives who
would not give up smoking or their 100 ire
ouort visits TO their Clubs for their wives
MANY women will be the incarnation OF
devotion and self-abnesatioD who VIII no,
do their hair as their husbands beg them to.
Surely r-iatr.u1ony ought to procure nappi-
ness for the greatest bliss on earth should
no 70 love in peaceful security with the
guarantee OF the MORROW
Natrimony il all right. So are the sym
BONES of Beethover-when they are per
ned by orcheatras who play In time ann
nrriab, 1863. BY W. r Hearst. Great Britain
ats reserved.
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THE PRIEST AND THE POET.

Pope Leo NIL pacidly contemplating in his nine
r-thrd year the inevitable near approach of death
and composing Latin poem voscing his thought and
aspiration at such time presents figure of singu-
lar tranquility and dignity.
Following se-closey the imposing ceremonies cele-
brating the jubilee anniversary of his service in the
priesthood the simple character of his recent audi
ence Ia the Cardinals OF his Church Of which the
presentation Of copy Of his poem was feature can
not but touch the worlds heart regardless differ
ences in the matter of religious faith An old man.
bent and worn and weary with long living lifts his
face to confront the Great Mystery and sings
the song Of trustuness which has comforted the
from the beginning. He is not reluctant nor afraid.
The time has come TO depart. and .the citizens of
heaven. GODS face and light. await the summoned
soul
It is good for q strenuous age to hear above the
roar OF material noises this gentle roice that is raised
TO make audible the spiritual thought And In what
dramatic contrast is the song thus sounding through
the cries Of selfish seeking for the substance of things
Priest and Poet. figures that hare so little to do
With the hard world of the present-how ancient and
outxf0wn they seem RS, for a brief moment they
rtand visible and vital In the sight OF modern man.
How old is their dreaming how little time in the
Axsathless strife to listen to SO venerable voice
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-22
EARNEST BUT COOL.

The proper spirit with which to enter the present
campaign is one of unqualified good humor. What's
the use of all St Louis getting mad about it,? The
action which finally take will be governed by a
very simple reasoning and we may as well consider
the arguments pro and con with a calm intelligence
unruffed by partisan Spleen SPITE vndictveness.
There is no special resentment to be vented at the
April election. no tremendous punishment be in
ficted there is nothing to animate but sensible,
good natured resolve to do best clean govern
ment. If possible, should like to sweep out mu-
nicipal evil with single stroke Of the broom. For
this we should require complete undoing Of old
regimes. and everybody's hands pulling in the same
direction
There will be a mild resistance on the broom
handle, but enough of may pull together to work
substantial good 1t will be perhaps impossible at the
present time TO elect perfectly uneXceptionable
House of Delegates; but can accomplish enough
results to diminish the influence Of inferior Delegates
We should approach the task with fixed determine
ton of common purpose.
Assuredly it is common purpose which animates
the people of st. Louis in this campagn-to do the
best possible under all the circumstances and cond-
TONS There Is no room for quarrel the main
chance, the great aim All honest people desire the
same thing. There are minor differences as to the
best means of securing the best government but our
choice Of the means will be prompted by considera-
tons of sane wisdom and expedience; and we shall
not quarrel because some of are Democrats and
some Republicans-we are citizens first.
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We can overlook a good many big sins Ia
the person whose department is always be-
yond reproach. and who possesses the knack
OF always saying the agreeable thing to
US. and II more men and women p-acticed
these gentle arts in the home there would
he fewer people out on a sill hunt for
lawyer TO free them from bonds that have
become CALLING
The book that most needs to be written
and that will come nearest to filling q long
felt want will lie a handy manual Of eti-
Suetts for HUSBANDS and wives that will
teach them to be as polite to each other -
they are TO strangers
No greater faliacy exists than the wide
spread belief that we may say what We
please to our own, and dispense in the fam
lily circle with the courtesies OF life.
The home is not a place for frankness.
1t Is place for diplomacy. Not in vain did
the great masters paint Cupid with wings
Tha: was to show that love can ny from
Us as well as to US. and that it Is a shy
bird that is precious easy to shoe out OF our
backyard.
Copyright. 1863 By W. r. Hearst Grsas Brit
ain rights reserved
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they are as great as one man who has &C
cumulated fifty millions.
We may well believe in the sincerity of
the old negro preacher who. after failing
to persuade his salary from the pockets of
cool congregation, lifted his hands and
prayed: ''Lawd. sweep inter de eve-lastin'
sea o 'blivioa every dollar dar IS in dis
Cussed- world-eider do Ca. I.avd. or give
ter yo' old sarvant a feH wagin loads of
whut money dar is
1t is generally agreed that money is a
necessity. II "a necessity with the most
Of us. 1t would be rather ea;tyabie to sit
about in grove, listening to birds ard
studying tho immortal words O. some pom
derous philosopher who while he lived lent
money at outraged rates of interest.
Then the jealousies and eavies would be
intellectual differences. criticisms which
after a few centuries might be srloothed
over to break out afresh IN the century
following.
Money has a clearinghouse to square its
differences. but the polite arts never reach
a settlement.
When man finds that in business he is
a failure. he decides against money.
This has Influenced my decision. l hate
all noney-that l do not possess. and that
means about all. Money usually comes too
late and always goes too soon.
And not until it is gone. do some of US
realize that We needed IT, But money is a
great civilizer. discoverer. 1t discovered
America
1t discovered Mr.. Rockefeller, and now it
Is seeking to discover a cure for jaded di-
gestion-
Money is the essence Of physical energy.
hence the activity of the bill collector. II
missionaries were as active and as per-
sistent as bill collectors the gospel would
long since have been spread throughout the
world.
Once the lawyer was a statesman, star
orator, travelling from one jury to an
other, saving necks here and hanging men
there, an emotionalist. a tragedian. but now
he is too often collector OF weary debts.
II the world were one vast university Of
learning its end would be in sight. Strife
keeps the world alive. desire to do some
thing to be powerful. and out Of this desire
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Money as Facto, in the Woyhzs At7ars: OPIE READ.

even if It be directed solely toward the get
ting of money much good may come
The rich man. after awhile realizing that
life Is short may attempt TO square sotte VI
his earlier "thrifts'' and give to the poor a
park with d monument OF hifhsei ieais'
in ,he center Of it
There the children may be kept on the
sra-s DO you know why / have given SO
much money to the NEEDY? saio an oiu
man, looking proudly at a ouiidins IN
tended for the public
res" some one replied because s"u
cant take il with YOU
And this IS the cause of great zeal
CT The worlds generosity What oiesseo
thing il - tina. money cannot be ferrled
over the dark river.
Why. the strain on the gold reserve wou!d
be SO great as to keep the country IN
canSsant paCic-s But some men eofiie H-oA
hedging on death.
Tney can and often do leave their money
where il DOES the most harm
Some publicists have thought that all
big fortunes should he LETT 10 the stare
But that would necessitate wiser aofnih-
istration of affairs than is now known 10
So long as tn. United States Senator holds
a p-erosatiye and a power beyond the
reach of the people. this plan would not De
safe Senators would talk men to oeath III
order to administer upon their estates
The Senate was once ieeFheo poos
students constitutional lawyers. but no" IL
Ia almost a rnoneyed aristocracy.
Those of the Senators who are not
rpi;iionsires are dominated by those who
are.
When a learned man talks. critics. few IN
number. may call him wise But wneh
money speaks the country. struggling 10
seize upon dollars. says: Great
Let those of US who are financial failures
remember that the worlds greatest men
were poor.
Il Is rather a poor consolation for the
rnost of us bu: it belongs 10 US. and II -
M more than just that We should lay
claim TO it. Remember that one day you
will own as much Morgan
Copyr.ent. 1876: by ". r. Hearst Great HE'tAan
rights reserved.
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want to know, that We are trying to BLIND
ourselves TO.
And yet there are people who speculate
about the cause of domestic infeticity.
This is the very root of the divorce ques-
ton, and il the real correspondent were to
be named. in ninety-nine out of hundred
cases Of separation 1t would be lack OF DO
likeness.
The freedom to say Just what one pleases
to husband or wife has broken up more
homes than drink or infidelity or any other
cause.
Courtesy Is the buffer which We inierpose
between ourselves and the unpleasant facts
of life. Nowhere else Is 1t so needed as In
matrimony. Nowhere else IL It 50 complete
ly dispensed with. which accounts for the
number and violence of the family jars
We hear on every side.
Every man when he marries believes him
self a hero in the eyes OF his wife Every
woman thinks her husband has idealised
her into an angel and both of them get
the jolt Of their lives when they are told N
plain unvarnished English that the other
party not only regards them a. human be-
ings. Nut as pretty poor. msasly specimens
OF humanity at that.
This is universally conceded to be one OF
the privileges of matrimony- There are
people with inSrowing consciences that
even consider i; d duty to tell their hus-
bands or wives of their faults. but 1t does
not make for peace or happiness This may
be a Christening experience. hut it does not
endear.
Few people are meek enough TO kiss the
hand that smites them. or TO encore the
lecture on their own weaknesses
Every one knows this and 1t Is inexpii-
cable that We should ignore II in the most
important crisis of life. for It Is OF little
matter whether We get aleng with casual
acquaintance or not in comparison with
whether We hit 1t off with our ewH par
ticular Mary Jane or John Henry.
Yet to the one We show the most beautiful
difference. the most exquisite consideration
the most natte-ing and tactful attention.
while 10 the other-where the same conduct
would bring us harves, Of hsppiness-we
exhibit all that is most brutal In our ma
lures and conduct
Gro,esaueiy pitiful as 1t sounds. II may
be laid down as en- axiom that X the supply
OF common. decent civility was not 50
short in family life. the crop Of divorces
would not be 80 large.
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WORLD'S-1sO4-FAIR.
GERMAN,AMERIoAN RELATIONS.

- OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES hELAIlONS.
While German Minister Sternberg has aroused the
resentment of certain radical politicians in Germany
by the friendpess of his attitude toward the United
States in connection with the Venezuelan negotiations
the fact is Of little Importance bearing upon the
lations between the two countries.
The recent utterances OF Professor Hasse in the
German Reichstag scoring Minister Sternberg because
OF this attitude and claiming that American dattery
has turned his head, do not by any means reflect
German public sentiment General satisfaction with
the nal results of the Venezuelan negotiations is
made apparent in the reports from Berlin This
satisfaction is especially plain in official circles, sig
n6cant truth when it is remembered that have
long been asked to believe that it official Ger
many which was hostile to American influence and
that the German people as whole were friendly
toward U.S.
Happily, there is little likelihood that anti-Ger-
man spirit will be aroused in this country by Pro
fesor Hasse's attack on Minister Sternberg for
friendliness toward the United States. Mr. Melville E.
Stone Of the Associated Press in his remarks the
Missouri Society banquet to Worlds Fair President
Francis in New York, stated the controlling truth
20 well known to US that American misunderstanding
Of German action Is no longer probable. Il had an
audience with Emperor William shortly before Gov
ernor Francis invaded Berlin, and want to tell you
that the Emperor is pleading for the friendship of
this country. 1t is n mistake IL Americans watch
critically every action of his with the idea that he
is waiting to pounce upon He is far too wise"
There are both German and American LIMOGES y
unfortunately, whose pleasure /. is to so disort the
signihcatsse Of dealings between the two Govern
ments as to make i: appear to the superficial observer
that there is bad feeling between them. 1t diff
cult to put this aspect upon any incident of nerna-
tional diplomacy in which delay has occurred and
there time when these limoges" used the Ven
exuelan negotiations with considerable sncess along
such lines. Luckily, however, Minister Sternberg
himself, COOL practical and well balanced came into
the affair rs Germanys special envoy and instantly
made II plain that the trouble brewers no basis
for their claims. The sober second thought has come
to both peoples since that moment There is now no
hearing for the lingo element in a discussion Of
Gernan-American relations.