Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-19

all work is the fundamental one, the
stand for going beyond the law.
did not say contrary to the law, but
beyond 1t. AS a matter of fact the
law Is immeasurably beyond any con-
temporary status Of humanity. We
are always going ahead and pulling
the Law after us. First, a resolution
has to be passed. and then finally the
law Is enacted and put on the statute
books, and then it is away behind the
times.
"Some OF us took great delight in
an address by President Roosevelt, in
which he advocated two distinct laws
namely, a statute law and a moral
law. The president called attention
that many men are doing everything
the law does not forbid. Our president
has gone out of his way to put a
theory like that.
"In illustrating this let me give you
little personal experience.
Law of the First
"At one time I was looking for a
servant girl and in applying at an ad-
dress given me woman, with tiny
babe in her arms, answered the door
and we were discussing the possi-
bilities and probabilities when a man.
ing any of the conversation roughly
handled the woman and brutally
kicked her. Now the rest is in the
nature of confession. My head was
completely turned by the awful spec
tacle and-well that man suddenly laid
down.
"Then, he told me that I didn't un-
derstand, that the woman was his
wife and he had right to treat her as
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have 1 let him up (applause). No,
that applause was not right, for 1 did
a wrong, but not only that man but
thousands of others commit many
wrongs because the statute law does
not forbid them.
Here, let me say punishment is no
part of human business. This is an
association of charities and correc-
tions gathering in all reinforcements
for the protection of the young, par
ticularly the jails and prisons. Again
l say punishment is no part of human
business.
"Getting Even"
Punishment is sense of getting
even and is not right under any hu-
man conditions. Now l am not ex-
pressing your opinion, but mine. You
and [ have no right to lay the hand
of retribution on any human being.
vengeance is mine, saith the Lord.
You human beings let 1t alone! l am
more theologian than a lawyer, but
again l say that punishment is no part
of human business, because it Is no
one else'S business and 1 make nc
limit. 1t may be wrong, but 1 stand
by It.
THAT man, who on a green hill far
away, when this ball of earth had
wrought it's utmost against him, was
hung between earth and sky so igno-
miniously that the word cross was
never on the lips of noble Roman
gave an answer that the world little
know not what they do Let us be-
lieve with him that philosophy which
is not retribution but restoration in
part, The heart of, the universe is not
retribution or punishment or law, but
love, kindness, good will, help and re-
demption. We should need to deny
the best the world knows If we were to
deny that. BY love 1 do not mean
mere softness but pure, strong love
that will do right.
The ChiId's Rights
parents feel a right to the child's
labor until he is u. On what ground
The parent has absolutely no claim on
the ground of parenthood. We are all
Gods children. God Almighty never
puts forth claim, simply because he
made us. 1 didn't ask to be made
Existence was thrust upon me. At one
time l refused to have a God who
lorded over me, but then 1 found that
God not only made, but loved me- and
l found that out in the face of Jesus
Christ-the pater and mater of the old
Latin proVerb. If the parent does not
love, the child may repudiate it's par
ent If the parent does not treat the
child right the state steps in. The
only ground of obligation is love, and
love is all in all.
Vermont's Hanging
"We have already taken long steps
for it was not so long ago that prison
ers were tortured and murdered and
slavery universal. | was never more
ashamed of being Vermonter than
the other day, when that state de-
liberately put a rope around a woman's
neck and hanged her. There are bet
ter uses that a human being can be
put to. / have no sentimental notions
people ought to be killed, but not
under those conditions.
I'm England at one time pickpockets
were hanged and in order to terrify the
crowds, the culprits were hanged in
public. and more pockets were picked
III InOSe lnTOnSS tndn anywhere else.
Criminals are not deferred by capital
punishment.
1.-The next great step is the end of
war. OF all insane things the world
knows, war is the worst. People who
go to war never fight about the real
question. After the close of the fight,
men gather and argue and settle the
question. Why not do that without the
CHASTITY preliminaries. Men are be-
ginning to find other ways. No other
beings will fight like men. Take wild
they do not assemble by the
thousand to fight to settle a question.
No creature but man is fool enough for
that-yet we think we are wise. Some
statesmen get together and decide to
have war and say go and fight, and
all go. We get up our honor and make
the young people feel that 1t is the
heighth of human glory. Individually
II isl have lost too many relatives
10 speak with irreverence. Eventually,
when the men from the ralSe, bench
and counter are called, they will say
we are busy, If you want a fight go
and do it yourself
"The state should train criminals
and loafers to earn money for their
keep. Here l fly in the face of my
union friends. The broommakers are.
trying to keep 2OOO men from an oc-
that will