The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-03
a FAKE PtTeIoT.

o. The dag j. the indignation 81 cel.
tain Russians over the treatment ac.
corded Gorky and The ialy of sus.ept
ibIe virtue uho accompanied h.m to
this country Some ~ tie ia'e.I.c,nals
have published statement in which
they say thar "the Americans have
iusuit.d Russian author and Rus
.Ian lads Jy o0aIseiy drawing atfen-
ton To- their private lfe rnron.
scigis lumor could 20 no further than
This says he Memphis Commercial
Appeal
The fa,f- ara these. Co.tf vas ar
rested in Russia HIs ulf' dd 90.
orsfhlug .u her power f0 secure hIs
liberation Ths sympathy of OBJ. VOL
uas enlisted .n behalf of patriot
Who Has made martyr uy 'h' gov
eminent while hIs vfa and children
were .,T uI'hDu. their natural pro
ta,tnr- FINALLY there uas "a joyful r'
union goIss va. freed u. embraced
hI. wife and children aud then picked
1900 pourrssu auI departed fo Amer
lpa with Der He Iid not announce
when Do. reached l--ooin.ry that he
brought hI- mistress alon- aI.h hIm
&c. spoke OF her a. bis wife
n G7-TT had been entirely honest.
ho would have said that hc believed
in liberty ~ the extremist kud
that marriag" meant nothing fo him.
and that hls lady friend was not his
wife Bui ho Vas not honest He va
no true champion ~ liberty Only
when be had been h6o' out did he
complain of The American idea OF
liberty
Gorky s unquor1ionably q writer of
great native ability Many Americans
have been attracted by his works He
d. literary power. aud be- bad apps
ronily identified himself with a move.
mcnt looking toward the establish.
1 mont Of Russian freedom iio had suf
fcrod and be- had won The sympathy =
many excellent people Amang those in
general gmpthy with the aspirations
~ moderl Russia were Mark Twain.
! William Dean HowolIs and Miss Jane
Addams They arc however. all p~o
pie Of high ideals and pure lives Mis-
Addams is q noble hearted lady, and
the mor. association % her name with
any cause represented by q bostiaI
wretch Ike Gorl,y must occasion her
Infinite embarrassment But certainly
she did not know MARI Twain and
MI HoWclls are men Of irrcproachabl'
private lifo and they would not Tor .
moment sanction any unmostic irreg
ularity We believe in liberty In tht
country. hut W. also believe In th'
sanctity Of tho home n is no wonder
then. that Mr. Ilowolls. M Clcmeni
and Miss Addams have severed al
connection with the Gorky movement
"A writer In that souu religious week
ly. the Independent, undertakes 10 de
fcnd Gorly lIc says that the Russian
has done nothing more than man.
other famous people have done, AN,
he rccitcs the relationship botwccI
George Eliot and lowos, and bctwccl
John stuart Min and his Cycntua
wife. and others. But this does no
cover the case There are two side
To the Eliot matter. just as there ar
two sides 20 the case Of shelly. lohl
Stuart Min and his wife did not be
Ucye In the marriage ceremony, bu
they entered into q marriage contrac,
each being throughout life uu" to th
other 10 an intcnts and purpose
they were married from the begin
ming
Gork,s ease is different lie ha
been married for several wears lie 9
the father ~ several children lli
r wife has never been untrue to him, g
F, far a. o. known She stood by him .
p his troublcF. aud parted with him 0
tears. "" became infatuated WIN M
other woman aud so abandoned hi
+ wife ana children
II Gorky had com, oyef 10 thi
: country alone for the purpose Of avail
,nur interest and securing nuauci'
aid In movement for Russian irc
b dom, his private life would have cI
no figure iu il Many Of the world
heroes have been infatuated wit
women The peerless Nelson had a
unfortunate Uaisou with the hpauutl
Lady Hamilton nyrou, Lislt Goolh
' Chopin, Rousseau Vultairc, ParnD
and many ,.n,r great mon were /
regular n their domestic relation
v This in no way impaired the literaI
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