Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-16
DEFINITION OF GRAFT
REPRESENTATIVE CHANEY'S AD-
DRESS BEFORE UNITY CLUB.

The Unity Club held meeting Wednes-
day evening at the assembly rooms of the
w. c. T. u, 500 9Th street northwest, with
President Henry p. Holden in the chair.
Mr.. ]. Kraft sang Goodbye" by Tosti,
which brought an encore which was re-
sponded to with 1.-THE Dawn" The other
features of the miscellaneous program, fol-
lowing the address of the evening" was a
song, Gould L., by Miss Elaine Sebring
daughter of Mr.. FIR; Sebring BY re-
quest, she also sang why Don't You
Try?" She was accompanied on the piano
by Miss Lydia T. Hughes. Another vocal
number was given by Miss Carrie Smith.
1.-The Golden Silence" to her own piano ac-
compartment. while "King volmer and
Elsie, from the Danish, was read by Mrs
L. r. Patterson. The feature of the oyen-
ing was an address by Representative John
c. CLANCY of Indiana his subject being
The Moral Side Of Politics" The principal
individual responsibility, the embodiment of
the golden rule the doctrine federation,
the recognition of intrinsic worth and civic
idealism
MI. Chaney's Address.
He said in part:
sour government is a federal republic
There are other republics in the world, and
republics of very much greater age than
that of the United States; but there Is no
other federal republic in all the world than
ours. We are made up of a number of
small republics, federated together under
one general scheme of government, on the
theory that the government shall do moth
ing that the state can 90 the state nothing
that the county can do, and the county
nothing that the individual can do. In
other words, ours is a government of in
dividual citizenship; and while the Consti-
tuition of the United States was adopted by
N-nfn nf tha lot -At
constitution of the people themselves
And you will remember the preamble to
the Constitution which recites that We the
people of the United States. do ETC.. so
that while this is a government of states in
one sense, it is a government Of the people
in larger sense, ours being government
of individualism, of citizenship.
1.-The life of the individual is the founda-
ton upon which this civilization rests-the
corner stone on which this country rests.
The individual citizen cannot lose or evade
his responsibility and his duties to his fell
bowman.
Long ago might made right, but the
highest step in civilization came when dis
agreements involving rights were submitted
to the people. We have now reached that
splendid position in civilization where peo-
pie strive to differentiate between right and
wrong, and knowing this difference, seek
to accord to others the rights they accord
themselves Our civilization Is a civilization
that rests upon that great and sacred prin-
ciple.
lone Of the best things man can learn
Is how to tolerate the opinions AID privi-
leges of others. The person who Is reared
by a good father and a good mother who
believes in the things that make for good
citizenship, who believes that the highest
duty of a man and woman In this life is to
be of the greatest amount of use in the
world, will believe in the doctrine Of tolera-
ton, and become useful citizen"
Meaning Of Graft.
The speaker elucidated the meaning Of
graft" saying It els a milder term than
steal When the Decalogue was written It
was not known that the word steal could
be modified. The only true way to trade is
to give value for value. and the man who
does not recognize that is a CRATER What
we want in this civilization is to teach the
boy that it is more glorious to earn his
way and pay his way than to teach him
to sneak around the barn and steal his
way.
commend a man for doing his duty; to have
a little of the milk of human kindness for
the man and the woman and the child who
do their duty in life."
The speaker paid high tribute to Presi-
dent Roosevelt, and said that every Lmeri-
can citizen should take as personal COM
pliment the awarding of the Nobel prize to
him. He stated that this lis the land Of
duty and Of destiny, and one which Is to
be an important factor in the civilizations
of the EARTH" He said, although we have
had great political parties in this country.
politics do not count for much now; lit Is
only a question of right and wrong"
A rising vote Of thanks was given Judge
Clancy for his presentation OF the moral
verities.