The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-09
BEDE COUNSELS
The RECHABIIES.
Minnesota Congressman Tells
Washington People the World
Is Growing Better.

Washington, Feb. 9.--One of the fea
lures of the watch-night services of the
Rechabites in Washington was an adj
dress by Congr sS ;. Ada an n Bsae
g am not going to tell you how to
reform the world. If knew how
would do the thing myself. would
not tell someone else to do 1T. Now, at
this time of the year we generally make
resolutions that we hope to carry out
in the new year. The thing to do IS
Quotes from Uncle Joe.
uI once heard Mr.. Speaker Cannon of
the house of representatives tell story |
of young man, a stamp ana an en-
veiop. It was back there in the days
when a postage stamp in the section
of the country where the young man
every day in the year, as IN the present
time. So this young man, after gazing
at the envelop and postage for some
time, decided to send note to ms
sweetheart. After he had written the
note he sealed the envelop and looked at
not stick Finally he licked the stamp
and placed it in the corner of the
envelop. The stamp stuck all right, but
the young man was not so sure that II
would stay, SO he, took pin and pinned
it to the envelop, and underneath
the stamp he wrote, ,PostSge paid II
"There are several kinds Of liberty
in this country of ours. Any man can
think as he pleases, provided that he
does not bother you and me. The rea-
son why you have not made greater
progress is because you have not specl-
fed your work as it should be. Specify
hi,or
out all right.
49,. Short on Statesmen.
''When the war broke out between
! this country and Spain, hardly anyone
knew what the Cubans were lighting
for They had not specified anything:
! They had no Thomas Jefferson to 40 IL
men. In this temperance, work, SPECIFY
everything and the great body Of Amer
leans will be with you in your WORK.
We cling to old things whether they
are better or not. It takes time to
do things. Some one had said that our
to the metric system, to simplify 1t,
but this will take time. Someone has IA
suggested that when we buy the milk
for the babes of this generation we
we should have it weighed by the
metric system SO that the men Of the
next generation will be users Of the
system, having formed liking for 1t
in their -bsbyhood. -
elf you could change the government
in minute you could take our price
less liberty away in a minute | am
glad you cannot. change it in that time.
Don't worry because you think things
are going to demnition. Begin with
the children. [ see in your order you
take in the children. You are picking
out the grandfather Of tomorrow and
making environment. Lead the children
on in the paths that are right. You
never get thru with the solving prob:
lem. If we should get thru the good
+ Lord would call us home to wear the
white wings. There would be no use
for Rechabites and congressman. ~~s.
81 - Some time ago when we went west
we ran up against polygamy. We had
Der Of the house Of representatives has
said that polygamy was matrimony on 8
basis of 16 TO l. But we must keep ul
with the age. Take, for instance, the
days Of fifty years ago.. You coulc
have walked all the way across thi:
great country hunting for the job Of {
motorman, but nowhere, from New York
to San Francisco, would you have found
one. But if you had attempted to fine
job as a mule driver you would have
had no difficulty. Today there is nj
demand for mule drivers, and some o:
4 them will have to come to congress:
Salaries Fifty Years Ago.
Fifty years ago few men wer
drawing a salary of 100000 a year
Nowadays any kind of an insuranc
I man can draw that amount, The worl
is better today than ever before. TIL
pilgrim fathers we're not any bette
than us. True enough they had som
sturdiness Of character that we hav
not got. One hundred and two of tn
pilgrim fathers landed in this countr
from the Mayfower, but the record
4 show that one was hanged for murde
and that after he had lived in the colon
/ that Of today.
I No one here needs lecture on ter
\ perance. You all know the great valr
i Of it. All of the great corporations
4 today require that their employees
4 temperate. No young man can no
down a job if he drinks.
+ Premium to Sober Men.
Give the young man who new
touches 1t a premium; he who do
right, he who is Johnny on, the spot. I
young men who will succeed. There
:" a strict demand everywhere for a te
perate life. 1t is not respectable to Q
B drunk nowadays. There are today m
lions Of men who have never been i
= der the influence of liquor. Today
SO different from a short time az
f. Think of the age we live in. Here Y
are SO happy without votes; so 1nu
In common. I walk thru the parks
own several Of them. We own them
common. Then the wonderful OPP
tunities Of today. The humblest {
get an education. Everything is fl
with the possible exception Of the M
ticket. But that is one Of the SIN
things.
Mr.. Carnegie must find some W
to get rid Of his money He bui
libraries in the belief that he is dol
the greatest good to his fellow nj
with the least injury II { was ia
ing. to Andy I would insist on
building country roads. You may
- positive that the billionaires Of the n
century will be building these ro
with their surplus and making
country more beautiful. The trouble
this country is that there is too nj
punching Of wealth. We are going
put stop to it.
Thomas Jefferson said, Life,
erty and the pursuit of happine
Thomas was a careful fellow. The
lionaires Of today are certainly in !
suit of happiness. When man