Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-18
BNAI BIRTH CONVENTION
CONTINUED from First Pase.)

of his brother, It is important that W,
| understand clearly the consequences OF oul
attitude toward the great questions which
engage the attention Of the social body o.
which we are a part AS we build fol
| permanence in our private lives, IL is nc
| less our duty 20 build for permanence In
| the future of the republic.
| The aristoCracy of usefulness Is the only
| one to which we should aspire. An aris-
| tocracy OF mere wealth bellies itself and is
| no aristocracy at all. Aristocracy, as orig
| best" but in our ordinary use, the best q
| on false standards Of accumulation and
| not of accomplishment as the test OF
| worth, too often means merely the highest
| in rank and wealth, which is too often the
| lowest in the scale of moral worth and use
In other lands there is an aristocracy Of
| birth; with us It is of wealth 1t is useless
| to declare that we are demecratic; 1t is
| useless to plead the leveling character Of
| our institutions. We have among us an
aristocracy of recognized power, and that
| wealth. With rare exceptions, the youth
| of our land are faithful votaries of NAM
mon. and too often they are willing to lay
| ence for ideals and their moral interest in
| a service the natural tendency of which Is
to develop their vices; they become servile
| sycophants; they become selfish in the pur-
| suit OF occupations which permit or en-
courage Misrepresentation, trickery, gam
| bling, speculation, and not infrequently
| downright knavery
Mast he in the Battle.
Positive energy and talents avail more
| than virtues for success in the accumula-
| ton of wealth. 1t is well for us to re-
| member that every social fact, or phenom-
| enon, is merely an expression Of the central
| essential truth, which is the law of the
universe which is about us and OF which
| we are a part. No two facts In our his
| tory can belle the central truth from which
| they spring, and every fact In the entire
record Of humanity on TT TINS esrtn Sa is bis- re-
| tory and we, as individuals, and as an or
| Eanization, whether we know II or not,
must find ourselves upon one or the other
| side of that line of conflict which is waged,
| from the beginning of time, TO enlarge or
to suppress the liberties and the ,oppor-
| tunities of man. AS we read the history
| of the Jew, there should be no question
| of his allegiance; the shibboleth OF the Jew,
who is honest with himself Just d0,,f,II 40 ms
| son to his motherland, must De nperty,
| freedom; and these can only come through
| the reincarnation of the old and eternal
| nrincipIes of Justice, of truth, of righteous
| ness as they were first laid down IN re-
| corded history by our fathers The deca-
| across the centuries, the laws of right and
| wrong History is simply philosophy,
teaching by example, ana tne ,nt n,s'9Fy sbouId ID
| forever determine the position OF the ,iM SeM
| with reference to those questions, Wnicn Wi
! are old, but ever new, and which are penn peing
! fought out in the silent clash of bathing
| systems in this, our country -. -. 80
| Our country! When, on the nrst oaS .ta Ua
|
| hand of Fate and our new nation was % poIn
| into the world, II was. not vast ooHlIhitoh
or swarming millions %nicn NM maeg az, ' men are
| created free and equal. with thls loea ss
| onr impellinE force we stand today az the
apex Of two Gent%Il99, na m,aterial e grandeur, as
| a nation AS the century just closeu mas mas
| given us material supremacy, the c,,on1it
| now opening must lead us TO the SUNNY
nS moTai worth and power or else our ma
| teriai glory will be the source OF ouI fa n
tional decay. As we nave stooo md "a in the
coming time there is work ior the 'e" :"
| and for our country
Pr..tdent streIitsky's Address.
In his message to the convention. Dis
trict President ]. L. Strelitsky OF erahu
Rapids, Mich, wrote;
We as Israelites, representing only "a
very small portion OF the commut1itff nm. IN feS
rnmtual protection to unite for purposes
| of moral and intellectual aoVanceeInh,snu, h,
Many of the social clubs "a sn1 our Saith. and
this order standing as IT does for all thst that
Is good and true, must raise 10 Rlsner ',r
Saith. that our neighbors may learn to
know us For by our acts will we be
Judged" thus evidencing that we sta stand tSs fOs
| a higher and nobler manhood, ana tne
time will come when all men Will recognise ,lss
us as their equal in all things, and JUST
40 long is It necessary that fraternal
! oTdeT as ours is must work to overcome
| these obstacles to progress ana enhsnten,II
| nent not alone of the Israelite but Tor all
! douyntrodden peoples, that the world may
| know and respect us for acts petlolmep
| let us endeavor to instill into the minds
| and hearts of our brethren the true
| doctrine of humanity. that all men are
brethren, and created in the Image OF Gou i,1s
Thus our order will be, as our ancestors
have always been, the advance guard
! shedding light and truth to all MANKIND
| and unostentatiously, perpetuatlng the
sentiment of universal brotherhood, ana
thus kindle in all men, the incenuNe TOT
| works of love, showertng It's dressings on
| the entire human family.
| In the matter of Traffic in Girls, upon
| careful persual makes one shudder at the
| deplorable condition of our co-relglon'sIs
in Galicia Poland and South Russia IL
| is unnecessary on my part to dwell upon
| a subject so abhorrent, suffice IT TO say
subject in said bulletin, appointed Brothers
DR. Simon or Omaha, DR.. Franklin OF De-
| troit and Z. Rubovits and Israel Cowen
az Chicago as members of the committee
representing this district to act with the
committee In charge, for the purpose OF
saving Jewish girls from a fate worse
than death and If possible, bring the
criminal to Justice
As 20 Roumnnian Refugees.
might here also say that as to the
Roumanian refugees, those sent to this dis
trict as far as l can learn, have been and
are doing very well. The majority or
them are above the ordinary average OF
intelligence, and most OF them being
artisans are making good living, and
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