The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04

filled with sorrow. Brother Eugene
Woodruff has departed this life. He
was a splendid manly man, of sterling
quality. of magnificent integrity He
belonged to the great army of COM
mercial men who have builded up this
west. These men are pioneers
They are the advance agents. For
more than one~quarter of a century he
was with the same firm in business
Many a time have they doubtlessly
cried out for his return.
1T is for US to watch with our suf-
fering brother in the hour of his dis
tress. Stay close together is the law
of fraternity. It is the story-the true
story Our brother left US in the hour
of his prime, when his footsteps still
were strong. We miss his manly form
among US, but we will engrave his
memory in our hearts. and chisel it on
the marble tablets of our hall. We
will not forget him We viii raise the
cry % live forever
Judge Foote'S Address.
The address of the afternoon was
made by Chapel Z. Foote. 1t was a
magnificent effort, full of vigorous
thought, and full of the beautiful
story of fraternity. Following are
brief extracts:
II do not believe that humanity is
totally depraved; however, one is al
most led to think sometimes, that GER
tain persons are. And yet, L would
rather feel that however bad one may
some good in him; that away down
deep in the recesses of the stained
heart, there is a spot that may be
touched; there is a chord that if
properly struck, will respond to the
better impulses of life.
Between the two great forces of
ones nature, there is a ceaseless rag
ing, relentless battle for the mastery:
and this mighty struggle has ever
been, and will continue to be, the
most interesting engagement among
all the worlds conflicts; for upon the
result OF this great contest. hangs the
destiny of not only the individual, but
of the human race. The fail of ma
tons, the destruction of principaliues.
the Wrecking of the immortal soul the
tears of women and children, and the
pains of mankind, are the legitimate
fruits of this frightful combat AS it
was from the beginning. so it is to-
day; these martialled forces are lined
up in battle array, each seemingly de-
termined to gain the victory and wear
the crown; and. willing or unwilling
we must not only witness this eternal
struggle, but participate therein. un-
til the conflict is over and the battle
lost OF won.
Sometimes the individual effort to
maintain the right and achieve a laud-
able success is sad and pitiful. Many
/ times the peculiar methods adopted by
civilized society to accomplish similar
ends, are equally pitiful and aSton1sh-
ingly fruitless. However, it is not diff
ficult to distinguish between the just
cause of the one, and the unholy cause
of the other. 1t does not require
/ legislative enactment, nor the arbitrary
ruling of a monarch to settle that
| question; for the power of discernment
is inherent in the individual and also
in organized society The author of
our being has not only made that pos
sible, but very essential; and will hold
the individual responsible for proper
decision and an effort to overcome the
wrong to the fullest extent of each
ones ability. Cain was just as con-
scious that to murder his brother was
wrong, as he would have been had he
/ committed the crime after the COM
mandments were engraVen upon stone.
/ There is not commandment in the
/ OeCalOgue but that was engraved upon
1 the human heart, long before Moses
/ was discovered in the bull-rushes;
/ hence, the moral responsibility of man
1 kind does not hinge upon a fat law
/ nor fixed rules of men, neither will one
/ of these nor all combined bring about
/ that condition in the Individual which
I makes him the pride of his Maker and
/ that condition in society which reaches
/ the acme of Christian civilization.
/ The fact IS, law never made any man
good and it never will. Neither does
it prevent him from being bad 1t may
] hold while love works, but if either the
| individual or the community be made
4 better. the Improvement must be ac-
complished through love, and not law.
/ Law may pen up the criminal but it
! can never reform him. It may point
/ to Saviour. but it can not save. What
/ therefore, The law can not do in that
/ it is weak through the flesh must be
| accomplished by some other means. If
| this be true, It is therefore evident
! that what the world stands in need of
| today. is more love and less law: more
/ Christianity and less churchfanitv. If
/ you would make men better, if you
| would improve society, If you care to
| exemplify the teachings OF the great
| Master. apply the Golden Rule to your
| own life and conduct, and then watch
| for the results
The Topeka Flood.
when the mighty foods that re-
Gently struck the city of Topeka. car
rying down human lives, homes and
| property in the destructive whirlpool
of the maddened waters, the EIks'
lodge was among the first to extend a
helping hand and relieve, as far as
possible. those in distress. at that time.
1t was the Elks lodge that came i'm
! mediately to the rescue of the needy
and contributed thousands of dollars
to supply the necessities of life and to
help restore, in a measure, the losses
sustained by the unfortunate. It was
the Elks' lodge that purchased forty
sewing machines and through the po-
lice matron of this city, distributed
them among the good women, who
We're compelled to earn their bread in
the sweat Of their faces. Other or
CARNATIONS have done like work: but.
I feel justified in saying that there is
not another organization on the face
of the earth, with a broader concep-
ton and more liberal practice. of what
= it cOnceives to be the work of charity.
Tt does not conf1ne its operations along
that line to members OF its own family,
but reaches out to those in distress
outside of the fold, regardless of their
8 religious views or personal peculiari-
ties. There may be some things in
> / connection with this great fraternity
/ which are not cOmmendable: some
practices which perhaps are a little toe
5 convivial. There are doubtless some
lhlIIsS pIac1ceu throughout the ira