The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-10-20

wealth. Oh TIC WOIlu SASSPsAAAo 49, "
in its natural state. Without the ac-
emulation of labor into capital there
could be no leisure class; therefore no
literature, no fine arts, none OF the
music which inspires the world, none
of the thought which leads the minds
II men to higher ideals; hone OF the
comforts, Injuries and eiegances OF
life.
II believe in private property The
little girl playing with heI doll, fond
ling it, kissing it, talking childish
prattle to it, dressing it and making it
ever more beautiful, If she can, repre-
sents the material instinct OF the hu-
man race. The mans instinct for
home, a home Of his own, is almost
as strong as universal. Tn, beast OF
the field, the birds of the air struggle
for what is theirs-the nest their mar
velous skill and industry built, the
caves which they found and appro-
priated, the bed of leaves or straw or
rushes which they made for them
selves.
.Iet one bird or beast invade the
home of another and there is a fight.
f~~~-ss.<s.AnW Man Has Advanced
Mans advance sSs0na barb arism to
civilization can be shown in a neltst
of lightning flashes which reveal the
changes he has made in his home.
From the bark hut in the woods to
1.-THE log cabin in the cleared field, and
1.-THE mansion In the town, man inn
lproves himself. The whole weight OF
fertilization rests upon the hOme-its
inspiration Is the home. Patriotism in
Its last analysis is the love of home.
And you love it for the reason that it
lis your home-yOurs exclusively; yours
| to lock the door Of ?nd say to all the
world, Keep, out, this is mine; here
lis my castle, here is the tireside by
(which sit, sheltered from the outer
storm, with my Wife's arm around my
meek and my cid sitting on my knee
mime, mine, not Smiths, not Brown 3
NOR everybody but mine, just as my
Iwife is mine and my child is mine.
The party which represent does
not think it can do it's work In one
day, or in one campaign. It does not
ldelude itself with vain imaginations.
But it does say that all reforms must
lstart somewhere. No matter how
small the beginning, If it is right,
lit is not to be despised A million
Iacorns may fall to the ground and
never produce an oak; but whenever
|you gaze upon the majestic oak-the
froyal tree which has esisted the storms
Iof a hundred years, which shelters the
birds of the air amid its boughs and
the beasts of the field beneath its
a shade remember that there was a
time when ali ne and greatness
, and beauty Of the towering, DIUau
branched oak were held in the dainty
!, little cup which nature made for the
! acorn.
Work for the Future
ITO the remotes. regions of the
earth have penetrated the organized
hosts of Christianity, rearing temples
wherever the human family makes {
, home, and as ages go it has not beer
SO long since the enormous energies O
Christianity were bound up in tn,
lives of twelve moneyless. homeless
wanderers in Judea.
Ict III Lldu Uc ASHAMED OF D61n;
i in the minority. Let him be ashame,
only in being in the wrong.
, ITO the extent that we allow GU
liberties encroached upon, we hay
4 been towards, renegades to principle
e recreants to duty. We can restor
g our government to right principles i
O we will, but we have no time to lose
O Liberty. civil liberty as we knoy
v lit, did not happen by accident. You
! ballot your right to vote was not pickle
# up in the highway. Every privilege W
: enjoy has been wrested from the or
II pressor, cost the lives of brave mer
q has been drenched with marytr bloot
n What we call Christian civilizatio
If was once the protest of a despise
4 minority, the vision of men who wei
4 in advance of their times.
ITO the ordinary man the roue
= block of marble, just from the QUAR-
"a is block of marble. and it is notl
. ing more. But the sculptor, lookir
upon the same rude block, sees q
angel within the stone, and deftly wit
T. his chisel he works and works ii
- that which in his mind is hodiod for,