The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-07-06
AN UNOSTENTATIOUS BUT
SACRIFICIAL CHARITY

Tho universal generosity with witch
tfc country mas responded TO the accd
% snn Frnncisco has made au humanity
rejoice that the soul of mau is pot d-
sorhcd in its conouests for = cot Ri-
conEcience dead GO the .ye ss-
peal OF want A catastfc sviich can
do that however rapach I,fpS dectruc-
tion OF property aad howeve, mercieqe
It's sacrifice OF human Hfe. S. uotiAo-
gether without COMPENSATION
We Gave seen the famous and the OBJ
scurc the cpulent and the poor gtvc
freely Of what they POSSESSED that the
hungry and homeless OF Frisco might
be speedily and plcntcousiy succored lu
an hour Of supreme ordeal And these
we have applauded just as men, yield
ing to that which IS God-lko iu % em
have ever applauded "a charity which
comes from the hcnrt and ia which there
IS 40 leavea OF Pharseclsm We have
made no distinctions 90 awardmg our
praise Of all this out-ponring of fine
charity although vow and then the
mmidccnce of am individual elft has
halted ana held our admiration for "a
moment Nor do We intend now 70 note
the charity of one maa above that OF
another, but we d0 Intend 90 can att
tcution To "a charity on behalf of suick-
ca and trembling Frisco. which has becu
SO complete and boundless that it rises
% the superb quality OF "a sacrhcc. About
this clarity there has been little said
nor has It sousht notoriety 1t Is a
Distinguishing quality or the CHARITY we
we have go mind that it is never ciam-
orous for publc attention
This same charity oamo to thc rescue
OF Galveston whom the st1tc mcaked
behind an archaic constitution and
whined That it could not come 60 the re-
lief OF It's own strickcb aud dcsolate
city The seif-sacraciug charity TO
which we refer was that of the uln
roads-American railroads if you please.
Tile twin devn Of hurricane and tidal
wave. ttat demolished twenty millions
Of property and sevnty-hye hundred
lives az Galveston destroyed every foot
OF treste and every span OF iron that
let the railroads over the bav from the
main land To Galveston island These
railroads asked for no public sympathy
and they knew the public would not
help them stouter Of heart than that
aud seasoned TO disaster by bitter ex-
periences thcy set about repairing TIE
disaster without hesitation One of
them. tho Gulf Colorado q Santa Fe
reconstructed its outlet TO the mamland
before the smolSefrom tla funeral pyres
OF the dead on tie island had ceased To-
float out TO sea. An Of them carried the
homeless survivors ofthe Galveston dis
astcr to friends and relatives Chs the in-
torior. as far as their lines extended. and
then still other lines picked the rel
ugces up In free and welcoming clrs
and hurried them TO their destination.
Meantimethese railroads brought so the
military and stores. and supplies To the
dazcd men and women Of the island
who had begun thctasl5 Of rehabilitation.
And al this without one dollar OF COM
pensation, and without hope Of reward
Of any kind
Whosoever says this was not ID SUI
perb and sacriheial charity is an migrate,
and would not himself give charity un-
less he khcw beforehand that the deed
would beparaded Ia the market places
with vulgar Osteutation hut the rail-
roads said nothing about it. I, Is not
/ their way Evca when Galveston had
set its face Min courage TO the futm