Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-01
THE EVENING STAR MONDAY JANUARY l. 1906 20 PAGES
MR.. BEDE ENTERTAINS
MINNESOTA REPRESENTATIVE
TALKS AT WATCH MEETING.
Addresses Audience Of Rechabites at
Concordia Hall-Prominent
Members Present.

Representatives of all of the tents of the
Rechabites Of the city held watch-night
services last evening at the Concordia Hall,
9th and E streets northwest. when many
of the members of the order gave personal
"reminiscences of the work of the order and
the benefits derived. The meeting was pre-
sided over by Mr.. w. w. Burlew, who
made a short Introductory speech In which
he spoke of the work of the Rechabites and
Of the progress which the members hope to
make during the new year.
Mr.. w. w. Cordell. the high chief ruler
Of the order. was present and aided In CIV
ing those in attendance a most cordial
greeting. After several members of the
order had given their personal reminis-
cences Mr.. Burlew introduced Mr.. ]. Adam
Bede, representative from Minnesota. Mr..
Bede said: II know so little of the work
of the Rechabites that do not like to at
tempt to give talk on what the order
should do. You have eight hundred MEM
bers in the city of Washington and four
hundred thousand members in the world.
When you speak of the number 1t seems
large; but then. again. when you consider.
work before you.
II am not going to tell you how to reform
the world. If knew how I would do the
thing myself. I would not tell some one
we generally make resolutions that we hope
to carry out in the new year. The thing
to do is to make resolutions that will stick.
Quotes From Uncle Joe.
IT once heard Mr.. Speaker Cannon of the
House of Representatives tell a story of a
young man, stamp and an envelope. 1t
was back there IN the days when postage
stamp in the section of the country where
the young man lived was something that
was not seen every day in the year, as in
the present time So this young man after
gazing at the envelope and postage for some
time decided to send a note to his sweet
heart. After he had written the note he
sealed the envelope and looked at the
stamp. He was afraid that 1t would not
stick Finally he licked the stamp and
placed 1t in the corner of the envelope. The
stamp stuck all right but the young man
was not SO sure that 1t would stay, so he
took pin and pinned 1t to the envelope
and underneath of the stamp he wrote,
postage paid II the blamed thing sticks
Resolutions we may make here tonight
Will be good. and If they only stick. But
my friends. am not making temperance
speech and as the thought flashed through
my mind l cannot but think of the friend
of mine who once spent a fortune of his
own and part of his family's in trying to
find brand Of whisky that would taste the
same coming up that 1t did going down. He
was one for the members of this order to
bring into the fold
There are several kinds Of liberty in
this country of ours. Any man can think
as he pleases, provided that he does not
bother you and me. The reason why you
have not made greater progress Is because
you have not specified your work as it
| should be. The reason why you have not
solved 1t is because that 1 am first
termer.' Specify your grievances and
things will come out all right.
Short on Statesmen.
when the war broke out between this
| country and Spain hardly any one knew
| what the Cubans were fighting for. They
| had not specified anything. They had no
| Thomas Jefferson to do 1t for them. The.'
! were short on statesmen. In this temper
| ance work specify everything and the great
| body of Americans will be with you In your
work We cling to old things whether they
are better or not. 1t takes time to do
| things. Some one had said that our sys-
| tenn Of weights should be changed to the
| metric system. to simplify 1t. but this will
| take time Some one has suggested that
when we buy the milk for the babes of this
| generation we should have it weighed by
| the metric system so that the men of the
! next generation will be users of the sys-
| tenn. having formed a liking for 1t in their
| babyhood.
.If you could change the government In a
| minute you could take our priceless liberty
away in minute. I am glad you cannot
| change 1t in that time. Don't worry be-
cause you think things are going to demni-
| ton. Begin with the children I see in
| your order you take in the children, You
are picking out the grandfather Of tomor-
| row and making environment. Lead the
children on In the paths that are right.
You never get through with the solving
| problem. If we should get through the
white wings. There would be no use for
| Rechabites and congressmen.
Some time ago when we went west we
ran up against polygamy. We had thought
| everything was we'll member of the
| House of Representatives has said that
polygamy was matrimony on basis of 16
| to 1. But we must keep up with the age.
| Take, for instance, the days Of fifty years
ago You could have walked all the way
across this great country hunting for the
! job of a motorman. but nowhere. from New
York to San Francisco, would you have
found one But If you had attempted to
had no difficulty. Today there is no de-
mand for mule drivers. and some of them
| will have to come to Congress.
Salaries Fifty Years Ago
Fifty years ago few men were drawing
a salary OF $4,000 a year Nowadays any
kind of an insurance man can draw that
amount. The world is better today than
ever before. The pilgrim fathers were not
any better than US. True enough they had
some sturdiness Of character that we have
not got. One hundred and two of the pill
grim fathers landed in this country from
the Mayfower, but the records show that
one was hanged for murder, and that after
he had lived in the colony for ten years.
Consider the ratio with that of today.
II have given the world millions of dol
lars worth of advice. but they have not
taken It, met friend once who was Just
coming out OF saloon. He told me that
he had just finished purchasing some lining
for his undertaking He thought that
there was something the matter with the
world. An earthquake came and swallowed
up his home, and to follow this the tax
collector came and assessed him for the