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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-07-14
Wrong Ancestor worship.

Yes. il Is absurd Ia worship ut the
graves of ancestors, aS do some Of the
titled families of Europe. When in
January. LOO the ancestral bones of
the lIoheuzollcrms were being moved
into the new cryptS of the great cathe-
dral where they now sleep Frederick
the Great. who had n deep reverence
for his grandfather. Frederick William.
the great clcctor. had his ancestors
coffin opened Then he looked with
alteration upon the face of the dead.
He pattrd the hands moldcring into
dust aS lie turned to his courticrs and
said: All. gentlemen. these are the
hands which did the great works,
These are the sacred hands, So some
people reverence their dead ancestors
and never cease 10 hold high their
heads in pride of what their great
grandfathcrs did. though their own
hands have never done anything re
markablc and though they have been
all their lives mere parasites. depend
ing on others for their support and al
Vanccncnt.
But though Europe may err Ia too
much reverence for the dead. ! be
lieve Americans err just rs much on
the other side when they pretend To
deSpise the sources from which their
family blood is derived. The sins of
the fathers are visited upon the chill
dren. even unto the third and fourth
generations. BY the same law of her
itage the virtues of the parents are
also transmitted through the blood.
want you this morning to analyze your
blood in the gospel laboratories.
would put your eye Ia the gospel micro
scope and invite You 10 examine your
ancestral corpuScles. want you Ia
find your limitations physically, men
tally, morally and spiritually And rs
some OF us learn how narrow our
horizons may Ice on account of our
family blood ! would also have some
Of us learn how great our opportuni-
ties of life are on account of father
aud mother and grandparents and
great grandparents whose qualities we
inherit.
would have you do this for your
own sake and for the sake of your
children. These evil propensities may
he checked. These evil tendencies may
he controlled When you learn from
YOUR self examination and from your
knowledge of yOur ancestors what
your dangers are you know where To
station your guard aud what tcmpta-
ti0ns yOn must avoid You may over
come your inherited taint. Most of the
philosophers declare that environment
and education are more potent IN the
formation of character than the strong
est hereditary influence. You may have
the glory of reversing bad hercdity
aud transmitting Ia your children an
inheritance purified and cleansed
Reversing the Inheritance.
| would take you. IN the first place,
and examine You in reference Ia your
ancestors In a physical SENSE would
ask you such questions as the life IN
surance doctor does when YOU are
about 10 take ont new policy. Are
yonr two parents alive; \, what age
did they die? or what disease Are
your uncleS and aunts allvcf At what
age aud Of what disease did they dief
How long did your grandparents ON
your mothers side Iivef How long lid
your grandparents on your fathers
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-07-14

of that ancestor. 81 a. YOU should
guard your body ~. ,ntt the tendency
10 consumption which you may have
Inherited from your mother you should
guard against the special moral or the
spiritual weakness which you may
have inherited from your father or
one Of your grandparents. Brother
you cannot afford to tr1e viii that
Intoxicating glass. You cannot ifford
to do IL any more than could Henry
Wilson. who was once vice president
Of the Emitted States. For years he
was one Of the very few prominent Of
ficials In the city Of Washington who
would turn down his glass at the pub.
lie banquets one day some one asked
him why lac was 50 pronounced upon
the temperance question. and he re
piled: II WAS brought up In the home
of II drunkard In order To lee free Of
the sight of u drunken father as u lit
tie boy ran away from home aud
changed my name The blood Of
cannot afford 10 triie With this evil"
Henry Wilson was not the real name
of the vice president Of the United
States In 1873. My friend. II the in
toxicating fires are In your blood. be
ware how you trlhe with the curse
which destroyed the manhood of that
noble parent.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-07-14


tOxicating fires are In your blood. be
ware how you tribe with the curse
which destroyed the manhood of that
noble parent.
beware Of Speculation.
You. ON the other hand cannot az.
ford Ia enter any speculative business.
Your father may have lost fortune
Ia Wall street He may not have been
a gambler with cards. but lac was with
stocks. You cannot afford to take any
business position away from home.
You have IA noble Christian wife and
three children. As long rs you are In
their surroundings you are nj sight.
But beware OF that moral delinqucn.
cy of your ancestor. Better give up
that membership AZ the club. You may
have greairr opportunity there TO yield
10 that evil tendency You know H.
Beware. You are all right IL by the
help of God you turn and flee that
danger rs YOU would run from mad
dog But do not stand and hesitate.
DO not let that evil temptation which
overthrow one Of your ancestors put
It's fatal hand upon you. else YOU are
gone. Run from that temptation. la
Gods name run. run. run.
Nor do ! wish TO discourage you.
These evil propcnsities in your nature
may Ice turned 10 useful purposes. The
philosophers tell us that dirt is only
matter IN the wrong place. The quail
ties which cause you so much anxiety
may be used for your own good and
the good Of your country and the good
OF ChriSt's cause The ingenuity and
skill In the use of tools which the bur
glar employs in breaking into houses
and picking the locks of safes Is not
an evil. hut only valuable power
proStituted 10 evil purposes. With his
powers he might he one of the most
useful mechanics So your evil pro-
pensitics may he turned 20 your ad-
a ~. 49, .l..fp
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-07-14
Make Allowance. For Them.

The sins of the fathers aud mothers,
~ we'll rs their virtues. are visited up
on the children even 10 the third AMI
the fourth generations. believe his
tory and statistics prove IL. Now.
what are TO be the great practical de
ductiomsf Ia the first place. would
charge you To have sympathy with
those who prenataIly as well as by en-
vironmcnt in childhood had bad
start In life DO not be too harsh upon
the Maynard ones unless You lind out
who WAS their father and who their
mother. If even with all the good
physical anl moral ancestral blood
flowing in your veins you have had
such a hard time 10 do right. how
much harder must II Ice for that man
10 do right who was born wrong aud
whose early parental training has not
been what II OUGHT 10 have heenf by
the law Of birth you have no right 10
judge all men alike. IL is not fair or
Just or right Why are we not ready
10 confess the difference Of man from
man In moral and spiritual and Il
physical sense:
In almost every family there are GER
tain moral or spiritual delinquencies 10
he found in the ancestral records. We
30 NOT speak much about their short
comlngs in public. The family skele-
tons are nearly always put In the far
thest corners of the darkest closets.
We not only shut the doors of these
closets. but douhly lock them with
two different locks Then we plug up
the keyho'l..
Now. my friends. I do not want You
IA publish your past family difficult
ties. Bui what do want is FOR You
never Ia forget the moral weaknesses
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-07-14
InheritinE virtues.

DIt are lht ttit Virtues vi AIf
also transmttedf Then on account of
the glorious Christian triumphs Of your
parents and grandparents aud great
grandparents are these not mighty
possibilities Of Christian usefulness
also within your own lives BY the
very words Of praise which you are
continually using In speaking Of Your
ancestors | know they are possible 10
you also. What kind Of woman
was your mother: All" you answer,
my mother was one of the noblest
Christian women who ever lived
cannot think OF her ever doing any
thing of which could say, 1 wish
mother had not done that We nev.
cr had much money. but she always
had enough to help the needy Then
she was the best nurse in our town.
She was always hunting up some poor
sick people and staying with them
overnight She never spoke in pub
lie except TO pray. But, my, she could
pray. Then my father What a fine
man he was. Why. he was So honest
aud fair and true that whenever the
neighbors had dispute they would
come "a him and let him settle II for
them. All yes you say. that was
beautiful Christian home IN which |
was brought up. And as far as can
make out my grandparents on both my
fathers and mothers side were just
the same kind OF Christian people as
flas.f.. sslsflHe..rt L. thaf NJ
brother? Is that so. my sister? Then
| know the possibilities OF mighty
Christian usefulness are within you.
You have inherited these possibilities
VIII YOU not here and now surrender
your heart 10 Jesus Christ's service and
beg him 10 make you like those Chris
tian parents who gave you birth;
And as | am now pleading with you
not Ia longer resist those good ances-
trail tendencies | want To ask you
question. Tell me. do YOU not nj times
have strange. intense longing come
into your heart In the quiet of your
own room: This yearning and longing
seems Ia say: oh. why do ! not give
up this selfish life of sin; Why do
not become Il gentle. pure noble Chris
tlan character. ms was my mother or
my father or my grandmothers and my
grandfathersT DO You know what
that longing wasi II was the Chris.
tian blood Of your ancestors pleading
with you 60 lead the Christian life.
viii you not obey that call aud come
and surrender your lives 10 the Mas
ter's service There are great possihil-
tiles OF Christian usefulness IN YOU
BY your family record | know IL
When ask you the words of my text.
Whose son art thou?" will You here
and now answer. Il am the son of
Christian. and by the help and pardon
ana mercy of my fathers and mothers
God will lie a Christian too" Whose
sou art thou Young man; Whose
daughter art thou. Young woman?
whose Whose; Art thou a child OF
God?
Copyright. 1906 BY Louis Klopsohl
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-26
Personal NOTES.

Emperor William spends half a million
dollars yearly in travelling about his EN-
pire.
The Austrian emperor has more titles
than any other monarch. lie is a king nine
times over and duke eighteen timeB.
John r. Carroll who once aspired TO tile
leadership OF Tammany Hall in New York,
made so much money in Ice trust stock that
he can now live I'm Paris most OF the time.
Indiana is one Of the first states m the
union to organize and index library de-
signed especially for its legislature. d. Z.
Brown, state librarian, is adding to the
state library large number OF books that
treat of subjects that win be useful to the
members of the next general assembly and
is having them indexed for their use
Judge John J. jackson Of Psrkersburg,
w. Va, though IN his SD year, is full OF
vigor and his mind is as clear and strong
as any time in his almost unparalleled ca
reer Of forty-four years service on the fed
eral bench. lie was appointed to that ONCE
by President Lincoln, as the president not
only wanted judge learned In the law, but
one who was against the policy of secession.
Senator Stone Of Missouri is the victim OF
a mysterious theft Apparently he is fol-
lowed around by this rascal, for nearly
everywhere he has gone this fall the Mis-
souri, statesman has lost either his over
coat or umbrella. Thus far during the sea-
son he has had four overcoats stolen. and
he has quit keeping count OF the umbrellas
, that have been surreptitously taken from
him Nr
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-26
UNREeuLArEp - LoINs

The discussion Of the emergency
bank note scheme. which really eman-
ated from eastern banking interests.
largely on account OF their speculative
relations, viii be OF incaleulable value
il it has no other effect than to CON
centrate public attention upon the fail
ure Of the New York banks particu-
larry TO remedy many evils which II
is easily within their power as Il
is their duty to do. One of these
evils Of obvious and far-reaching mis-
chief is the unprotected and unre-
stricted interest rate on call loans.
Their amount and Importance as a
factor in the general money market are
prodigious, their average total now
probably by far exceeding billion
dollars.
Yet there is absolutely no regula-
ton, legal or other, upon the fixing
OF these rates, and practically no at
tempt on the part OF the banks Of the
Clearing House association and the
affiliated trust companies and other
great financial institutions 10 restrain
the call rates to safe and conserva-
tive basis. They are there subject to
the forms OF competitive bidding in
the Stock exchange, but, in reality,
under these forms, to sheer manipula-
ton, especially at critical times. so
that not infrequently there is the alb
surd spectacle of huctuation OF from
10 TO 100 per cent within few days,
and even of from 5 to 90 per cent
within few hours OF the same day.
The absurdity would not be so bad If
1t did not involve profound peril, not
only to the vast interests there CEN
tered, but also to the vaster interests
of the country as a whole, threatening
at times>tO precipitate panic. It is no.
torious that favorite method of stock
speculation, often aiming at control Of
great railroad and industrial corpora
tons, includes manipulation OF the
call rate, and there is good ground for
believing that some OF the greatest
New York banks and trust companies
are parties to such conspiracies. in
stead OF being invinclble safeguards
against them.
Secretary Shaw has meyer made a
more pertinent suggestion than that
the big New York financial institutions
through REPRESENTATIVE committee
ousnt 70 aeate this nuisance and peril
by fixing t.he rates on a rational and
lesiumSRe basis The fact that they
nave &iot done so warrants the sus.
pSStCn that they themselves are inter
ested in an evil situation, which is one
that is tolerated in no other great
banking center in the world.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-26

The Crapsey Case a TXBe Of M""y
HurtfuI 90 Religion.

n
Within and without the Protestant hp.'-
cupal communion profound regret Will he
felt at the accusation. the trial and the
final condemnation for hercticol teaching
ON appeal recently OF the Rev Alsernon
s. Crapsey. priest of that church.
Whether the laws OF his church require
or do not require this sentence, whether
an Episcopal clergyman be or be not
bound by the Interpretation others put on
the letter and words Of the creeds OF hts
church, where the liberty OF the Individual
conscience ends and the needs OF an or-
ganization. with It's metes and bounds ~
rule, authority and confession bogin-these
are all issues into which secular Journal
need not and should not enter. They are
wisely left under our American system to
the courts and the public opinion Of each
Christian communion TO decide.
But each great church plays It's i'm
portout and benefcent share in couserv-
ing the spiritual interests and Inheritance
OF the community as whole. An that
Injuries such q communion is a profound
injury TO the most precious element m all
human society.
For arty years these trials have gone
ON. All have done harm What did Pres-
byterianisln gain by trying Barnes or
Briggs in the north OF Woodrow I'm the
south? The injury worked by tho trials
Of Bushnell, Merriam Hume and The AM
dover professors by the Congregational
church is SIN felt
SO through all the dreary round of these
ecclesiastical trials. The teaching FOR
which each man was accused and tried
was later accepted by his communion.
Nor will a different result follow the
Crapsey case. Harm, and only HARM IS
done by these efforts on the part OF nlen
to protect truths, whose truth is their GER
tain ana only protection.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-26

STRUGGLE FOR INSURANCE CONTROL:
The struggle now in progress for
control of two of the big New York
life insurance companies is of char
acter to strengthen suspicion that the
same forces whose abuses we're eX-
posed in the famous Armstrong in
vestigatlon are still active and potent.
The essence of these abuses was that
the immense trust funds had been
employed, not paramountly for the
advantage OF their owners. the policy
holders, but for that OF those who had
managed to become trustees or to
control them, chief among whom were
men in high finance" dominating
great railroad, banking and other
corporation interests And it was for
the purpose OF preventing this evil
that the legislature enacted among a
series of elaborate corrective statutes
the law providing for selection of di-
rectors through direct vote OF the
policyholders.
But it is becoming evident that pow
erfui outside financial interests are
engaged in an arduous and expensive
contest to retain or seize. under the
forms of the new law. substantially
the same control which they long en-
loved with enormous profit to them
selves. but with corresponding hurt
to the great body of policyholders,
One thing is certain--namely, that
the stockholders are not supplying
the hundreds of thousands and prob
ably millions OF dollars which are be
ing lavished in this struggle for mas.
terry OF trust funds. Nor is It less
certain that the motive hack OF such
outlay is not policyholders' interest
therein, but the special personal o.
corporation interests which supplies
the cash.
What is Transporting is signal ad
monition that, after all has been done
that can be done by way of Legislation
and Official safeguard, eternal vigilance
must still be the price OF security tol
such trusts. They embrace in none!
and power more than a princes ran
som. and until human cupidity and
unsorupulousness shall cease thieves
will try to break in and steal
The pOlicyholders. therefore, are no
safe merely because of the discover!
of former systematic footing of thei
aggregated savings aud because TN
legal code guarding their interests ha
been extensively amended. 1t remain
to enforce these laws and to keel
eeaseless espionage upOn those. who
ever they may be. who succeed II
fierce pending struggle for the trus
teeship.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-26
DEAR OLD FRlENDs,
PhlIadslnhin Ledger

Philadelphia Ledger.
There are some dear expressions that re-
porters love 10 wFites
Whenever Of society OF Of dos nght thsP
Or. # i"q Il be Of politics, Of scandal or OF
war,
cause that's what they're Tor.
II anywhere, at home, ABROAD upon TINS
There is Investigation, this is termed %
II prices SS'' IL the mart go up and promise
These prices never simply rise. for eustom
makes them soar"
Nor do a couple marry now; OF such ~
must be said; .l
The bride wore orange blossoms and ae
high noon they were wed"
And this account the editor would charge
with sorry lack 1924
II il neglected TO record the groom AZ
wearing BLACK"
The willing hands bear tendefly" wAen-
ever there's a hurt,
While "begRar all descriptions" 10 q sign
that ink Will squirt.
'Death's won the race" q million times
within the current year, Hii
"As though the earth had swallowed
them Is how men disappear,
''The sea Of faces" ever stares at orators
While "sickening thud'' long since has lost
its power to surprise.
This list is but partial one, hut ettort
Would cause the rhyme 10 driver on for
ever without end.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-26

The announcement from Chicago
that western roads will continue to
furnish interstate passes to politicians
will not come with any Of the force of
surprise. Not even the most san
guine believer in the reform movement
thought that the railroads were going
out OF politics at this time. A, little
pass binds some men faster than a
greater favor and for this reason is all
the more pernicious. II the Nebraska
legislature does it's duty the railroads
Of this state will have TO reward for a
little service in some other way than
by granting free transportation.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-26

his unqualified approval OF such exer-
ton Of public authority
Mr.. Hill's argument for government
control OF the grain trade was certainly
cogent and could be indefinitely rein
forced from universal experience Of
Producers and consumers. as well as
from that OF the majority of shippers.
II is, however, to say the least. not
stronger than the argument Tor Ia
tionsl control OF transportation rates
and services, which Mr.. Hill is so illog-
zeal - in almost the same breath to
protest against.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-26
III HILLS LOGIC

While reiterating IN recent public
addresses his sntipAthy 10 national
control Of railroad rates and services,
denouncinS IL as an abuse Of power
hurtful TO transportation interests.
James J. Hin OF the Great Northern.
testifying under oath before the Inter
state Commerce commission in its
grain investigation, has just disclosed
his recognition OF the value and neces-
slty OF government control in other,
although closely analogous matters.
He therein declared with great empha-
sis and elaboration that the inspection
OF grain and fixing of grades by the
national government is necessary to
protect the public against abuses in
the interstate grain trade. announcing
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-26
THE GRANGERs OF TODAY.
Power of the gAniEatiOn shifts from
West 10 East.
Boston Transcript

Boston Transcript.
The annual meeting OF the National
Grange at Denver has borne witness TO one
of the changes which lime has brought
about In the transfer of power among the
CSranseTs from the west TO the east. Thirty
years ago when the Patrons of Husbandry'
as IA tre official designation of the Changers,
wero at the zenith OF their influence and
the membership was estimated as high as
.5O0OOO the order was largely western
The eastern clement was small and incon-
seouentiaI. Now all that is changed The
eastern states are those in which the
GrsnEers are most numerous, not only rela-
lively but in some cases positively. New
York leads the union in Grange members
shin. It has 5000 Changers, Maine comes
second with 5000, Michigan is third with
IS OOO: but Pennsylvania with 5000 and New
FIampsbire with 5000 are respectively
fourth and nth. States which We should
looly upon as peculiarly favorable for the
growth OF the grange idea lag. In Ne
braska, Missouri, Iowa. Wisconsin and
Minnesota, progress Is not reported and
they are coming to be regarded as weak
STATES that stand in need Of q helping hand
from the east.
Probably the diminution OF western i'm
portance IL traeeabie 70 the success OF the
agitation with which the Changers were
erst identified. for cheaper transportation,
etc. In the east the Changers are not a
political organization, though their infiu-
enee is felt in legislation bearing on agri-
cultural interests That Changers vote for
Changers is evident from the fact chat In
the last ton years there have been at least
two New England governors who were
patrons OF Husbandry' '-Batcbelder OF
New Hampshire and Bell Of Vermont.
! Nevertheless the order has not been obtru-
sive. and its nature has been Industrial
social.
In New England there are 1000 subordi-
nate state oranges. These are found
mainly. but not exclusively, I'm the farm
ing communities. In the back towns the
grange IL the club. There the men discuss
I farm topics and the vlands which the
/ women folks" who are eligible to member
I ship. have provided. The grange meetings
are occasions Of harmless ioliity az well
as business discussion. The grange also
manages entertainments, provides amuse.
ment that makes the long northern winter
endurable. and ga general keeps the town
/ from going drowsy in the cold. There are
/ oranges nearer the cities than il gener-
ally suspected. In Massachusetts, they are
found in Essex and Mlddlesex as well "a
in the western counties. You may brush
against Grangers any day IN Boston. Thel
are not easily 10 be detected, for contrary
10 the general impression all of them ID
not dress like stage farmers, or weal
boards that seek eOmmunien with thsil
Epees.