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LODGE AMENDMENT
Proposed Increase Of Inter-
state Commission.
PRESENT MEMBERS PRAISED
Objection Expressed to Legislating
Them From Office.
THE RATE BILL IN THE SENATE
Plan for the Geographical Division Of
the Commission Discussed-Ad-
vanced Salaries.
PRESENT MEMBERS PRAISED
THE RATE BILL IN THE SENATE

The Senate began its consideration Of the
railroad rate bill today by taking up Sem
ator Lodges amendment providing for the
increase of the Interstate commerce COM
mission to nine members and requiring that
one be appointed from each of the judicial
circuits of the country. Senator Hopkins
opposed the amendment on the ground that
1t would deprive the commission of its ma
tional character.
The senator from Massachusetts and the
senator from Maine (Mr. Hale) seek to in
ject sectionaiism into the work Of the
commission he said. He also opposed the
enlargement OF the commission.
Mr. Hopkins also found fault with the
proposed increase of salary for the mem
bers of the commission.
I'VE are running mad in our effort to
increase salaries of officials" he declared.
The amendment received the hearty in
dorsement of Senator Martin, who especial
ly commended the proposition to increase
salaries, increase the size of the commits
sion and distribute the members through
out the country.
Present Commission Praised.
Does the senator know any. good reason
why we should legislate out of office good
men, such as the present members of the
commission are?' asked Senator Beveridge,
and the Virginia senator said that If the
amendment should prevail the President
would not be prohibited from reappointing
the members of the present commission.
Senator Elkins advocated the retention of
the House provision. taking the position
that small commission would be more ef-
icient than large one. He also opposed
the move to legislate the present commits
sioners out of office, saying that they had
rendered unexceptional service and that
their service would be most valuable.
Senator Morgan thought there should be
nine men on the commission. but opposed
the requirement of the amendment that
three members of the commission should be
lawyers. He did not believe there should
be any lawyers on the commission.
Instead of having the commissioners
chosen according to judicial circuit, he
would have the various industrial interests
represented on the commission. Especially
would he have each seaboard represented,
and he presented a substitute covering that
idea.
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Higher Salaries Opposed.

Senator McCumber opposed the provision
as "a surreptitious effort to increase sal
aries" He did not believe that commits
sioners should be paid more than federal
court judges. He referred to the high SAL
aries paid to the engineers In connection
with the Panama canal, saying that not
withstanding Mr.. Wallace had received a
salary of $4,000 or $4,000 year, Mr..
Shonts had testified that the dirt he had
dumped would have to be removed.
I'VE can get men to do bad work for less
pay" he declared.
Senator Morgan said that no such testi-
mony had been given in the canal matter,
but Mr.. McCumber stuck to his point.
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First Race at Belmont ]

First Race at Belmont Park.
BELMONT PARK, May 15.-First race
three-quarters of a mile, main course; SELL
ing; e-year-olds-Op ticians 9 to / ana 2
TO I. first; Lord of the Forest, 3 to place.
second; Mintia. third. Time, LA Is.
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ocean Steamship Movemsnts

NEW YORK. May 15.--ArrIved: Kaiser
Wilhelm II. from Brennan.
Blue-grass blade., 1906-02-11
A TRIP TO
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS

Within the next month, DR.. Wilson's
book, "A Trip to Rome" will be COM
pleted, and ready to send to subscrib-
ers. Since the subscriptions were Civ.
en- over a year ago, many have chang
ed location. and were l to send the
book to the address first given, 1t
would not reach them. To be sure
that each person will get his book
and to avoid all complications, re-
quest that each subscriber write me
and give his name and address. Let
each one take pains to write name
and address plainly. If any book
miscarries from wrong address, it will
either be cost, or will have to send
postage for its return.
No books will be sent out, until
names and addresses of all the orr
ginal subscribers are in, and Tailed
with the list OF names on hand. As
4 have no means Of knowing who may,
and who may not have moved, l want
all names and addresses. No matter
If you have previously notified me Of
removal, send in change Of address
now. | viii have a special clerk to
list all the names.
Also l request that each Of you In.
clude
THE POSTAGE.
Required to mail the book, which
will be 10 cents.
OF course you are not compelled %
include this sum, but l feel that you
will not question my right to ask
1t, when tell you that the book will
be much larger than l contracted for
In the first place.
DR.. Wilson intended to write only
about 300 pages, but the book will be
nearer 400 than 300 pages, and this
Blue-grass blade., 1906-02-11
THE NATION is IN URGENT NEED
OF MORAL AWAKENING

If anything is true; if anything can
be true, moral revival among the
leaders of American society is now
urgently and imperatiyely needed to
promote the happiness and welfare Of
the masses.
The shameless conduct and fragrant
immoralities of such great leaders in
the social business, religious and poll
teal world, as the McCalls and the
McCurdys, the Hydes and the An
drews, the Bigelows and the Depews,
suggest to me the very urgent need Of
a moral revival.
Let us hope that every good man
and every good woman in the nation
will unite and combine their efforts to
arouse and develop the moral sense
in man, which is priceless, and rare
aJove intellect, far above all the sor-
did gold Of earth and far above pomp
and place and power.
A study of the psychology Of the
public mind demonstrates that In all
ages of the world. and among all
peoples, both savage and civilized,
the masses of men and women follow
the fashions of the wealthy, and adopt
the standard Of honor established by
the leaders in the social, business and
religious world, and this psychology
cal law with which all students are
familiar is now working an alarming
degradation Of the moral sense in all
classes Of society.
This psychological law, by virtue Of
which the masses follow the fashions
Blue-grass blade., 1906-02-11
EN- PERoR
Employs a Water Witch TO Locate
Water in Feminine Stricken
Southwestern Africa.

Berlin, January 26.-Curious inter
est attaches to the announcement that
Emperor William has commissioned
Herr Won Usher, Chief Government Of
hcial of Apenred, province OF Schles-
wig Hoistein, to proceed to German
Southwest Africa and find the subter-
ranean springs by means of divin.
ing rod.
Won Uslar has a wide reputation as
water finder in Schleswil Holstein,
but scientists refuse to admit / is
claims that he discovers water by
means of a divining rod. The Emper-
or heard of Won Uslar and ordered
the ministry of public works to in.
quire into the matter. The ministry
collected numerous testimonials from
the provincial authorities, seemingly
proving the extraordinary success OF
Won Uslar in discovering water veins.
The Emperor thereupon decided to
utilize Won Uslar's powers for the pur-
pose Of alleviating the chronic famine
in German Southwest Africa, where
the German troops are seriously
handicapped by lack of water.
Blue-grass blade., 1906-02-11

extra weight will not only cost extra
postage, but extra for paper and bind
ing, which is now very high, and extra
Tor printing.
| am sure taat the extra expense
which l have hazarded, and the extra
pages given you by DR.. Wilson will be
worth lar more than the I5 cents
and that for these reasons, you will
agree that 1 am justified in asking
it. 1 am only asking for the extra,
| am putting in the book Of which
you get the benefit. DR.. Wilson
wouldn't consent to have his book
abbreviated, anu having begun, insist
ed on telling his whole story. begin
ming when he left New York, and end
ing on his return to that city. Such
a book in any bookstore would cost
for your book when you have once
read 1t.
There are about 200 of the original
subscribers who have not yet paid
for the book. Now that the boon is
almost ready for binding, and that
you are assured of getting it, please
remit the S1.15 at once. Be careful
to spell your names and addresses
correctly, and give the county as well
as state and post Office.
JAMES z. HUGHES.
Blue-grass blade., 1906-02-11
New York, Feb Sth, 1906


Dear Mr.. Hughes:
Your telegram just received So
the dread messenger has called for our
friend Mr.. Moore to-day. His CO.
workers in the cause of Secularism at
ahome and abroad will receive the
news with sorrow. Let us all hope
however, that the Blade will live, and
that on may receive every encour-
agement to continue its publication.
If you can have the able contributions
of DIR. ]. B. Wilson, Mrs. Josephine K
Henry, DR.. Bowles and Mrs. Harriet
NJ. Closz, the paper can hardly fail
to have the support of it's old readers
May it live as a monument to it's la
mented founder.
Please remember me in words of
sincere sympathy to his surviving
family. Very truly yours,
e. B. FOOTE.
Blue-grass blade., 1906-02-11
milwaukee Daily News, Jan. 16, '06.)
GlRARD AND ROCKEFELLER.

When Stephen Girard died sixty
years ago he was the richest man in
the United States, leaving a fortune
of 100000, with which Girard COL
lege was established and endowed.
The funds Of the college though 1t is
a Pennsylvania institution have not
been Incorporated. The Philadel-
phia Press says that there are 1000
students enrolled. "A group of build
ings unsurpassed for utility and, in
one instance. for architectural beauty,
by any college in the land has been
erected. A constantly changing
army Of orphan boys has entered to
emerge well-trained, carefully edu-
Gated, properly clothed body of
youths, fit for every duty of citizen
ship. 1t is altogether commendabe to
Pniledelphia's management Of the
Girard fortune that, while the great
Blue-grass blade., 1906-02-11

college for poor boys has been built
and supported in a munifcent fash.
ion, the fortune has grown many
times its original size. The report Of
the board of city trusts shows that
the annual income last year far ex
&C eded that OF the previous year. II
is also highly gratifying that nc
breath Of real suspicion has ever at
tached to the handling of this i'm.
mense endowment"
The founder of the college provid.
ed that no clergyman or priest should
have voice In its affairs. He was
an atheist or agnostic and took pre-
caution that the institution that he
founded should not come under the
control of any religious organization.
Compared with Rocefeller's fortune
and donations to Chicago University,
Girard's fortune was a pittance. The
Rockefeller institution must be head
ed by a Baptist. Yet despite the
fact that Girard's fortune is nothing
in comparison with Rocekfeller's mil
lions and that the one barred all
clergymen and the other insists on
Baptists, it is quite as likely when
the record is finally made up 1t will
Ne found that Girard worked greater
benefit to humanity than the colossus
of mineral oil.
Blue-grass blade., 1906-02-11
U IIIV IINNV0IIT " 'I7VVVII IIII TTTV77'
METHODS:
The Organization into a Political
Body.

OF ALL MEN AND WOMEN WHO WOULD
MAINTAIN THE PURELY SECULAR CHAR.
ACTER OF THIS GOVERNMENT
/. BY defending the freedom Of speech and press
in local courts and before legislative bodies.
2. BY likewise resisting all encroachments of &C.
clesiasticism upon the State.
3. By uniting with and assisting individuals and
societies Of whatever creed or party, when un-
justly prosecuted for religious and political ex
preston or belief.
4. BY preventing the corrupt reign of monopoly
and partisanship through Direct Legislation by
the Initiative and Referendum.
8. BY advocating equal rights and justice to all
giving women equal voice in all Povern-
- r-ss--Sr asizqtitr IuaCtiditf dnu-
illegal methods, maifabiing personal libeFf~,
Just economic conditions and all other IS /.
tials upon which secular and free govern
ment must rest.
Blue-grass blade., 1906-02-11
EVANGELIST POSES AS ST. JOHN
Asks People to Wear Crosses tC
Scare Away Devil.

PONCE, Porto Rico, Jan. Ian
evangelist calling himself st. John is
creating great excitement. About
three thousand people have left their
homes and labor to follow him. Al
times he breaches some Bible truths
and at other times the contrary. He
commands the people to foaow him
and to wear three crosses hanging
from their necks, so that Satan may
not carry them away. He announced
a service recently, and about ten
thousar people met to hear him.
Blue-grass blade., 1906-02-11
REDUCED RATES

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QUEEN G. CRESCENT
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for the round trip. Tickets on sale
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for trains scheduled to arrive in Mo
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For information ask agents, or ].
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Blue-grass blade., 1906-02-11

not loud enough to disturb the meet
ing, but sufficiently emphasized to b
heard by those agreeing or disagree
ing with the sentiments uttered
Strange as the services were the,
were also profound and thoughtfu
and Mrs. Henry, in a clear ringing
voice, spoke as follows:
Here follows the address of Mrs
Henry and Moses kaufman, which
will appear in the Blade next week.
DR.. Wilson Speaks.
The next speaker was DR.. J. b. vii
son, of Cincinnati. DR.. Wilson Is pres
ident of the National Freethinkers
Society, and was one of the men who
most assidiously assisted in the de
Tense OF Mr.. Moore when going
through his numerous prosecutions In
the courts of the country. He is the
Ingersoll of the West. DR.. Wilson was
more vigorous in his speech and in
dulged in comparative common as be
tween the life accomplishments of the
deceased with those of other distin
guished Kentuckians who have gone
before. He spoke for nearly an hour
In his reference to Mr.. Moore and
other noted men he brought up Mar
shall, Breckenridge and said "All they
have left is a few flashes OF wit and
CLEANS of oratory, but they never ex'
posed fallacy, revealed a new truth
or advocated aught that was calcul-
ated to be of benefit to mankind" He
then preceded to show by compari-
son that the life of Mr.. Moore had
been even more successful than
theirs.
At the Grave.
This closed the services in the
chapel. Now the crowd began to met
away. Some returned to the city, but
the majority followed the procession
Of mourners to the open grave which
was waiting and ready to receive the
dead. AS the casket was laid on the
top of the grave, and the family and
friends had gathered about, Hon.
Moses Kaufman then delivered the
following address, which brought the
strange ceremony to close.
The address of Mr.. Kaufman will
appear in the next Blade.
Blue-grass blade., 1906-02-11

(From New York Truth Seeker)
Mrs. Josephine X. Henry, of Yer
sailles, KY, has published a 60-page
pamphlet with the title Marriage
and Divorce" 1t is written from the
sSaaza sids aEysfrs.
Henry says. 1t is an extfehssly vigor-
GUS presentation of the defects in our
marriage system, and her remedy is
the enactment of mutual consent di-
vorce laws" She is of the opinion
that economic, moral, and mental in.
dependence is being so rapidly secur-
ed by women that the times are ripe
for such a law. Those who take her
view will find her phamphlet a pow.
erful argument in it's behalf. Price
rs cents.
Blue-grass blade., 1906-02-11
MAYOR WILL NOT
SPEAK IN CHURCH

Toledo, Ohio, January 26.-Mayor
Whitlock, as a chief executive, will
not be a drawing card for church
socials and other entertainments.
AT the Colburn street United Breth-
rem Church there is to be a little
function this evening. The pastor
asked the Mayor to speak. The
Mayor declined and the announce
Blue-grass blade., 1906-02-11

ment made that Mayor Whitlock
would be there.
"A Mayors chief duty seems to
be trotting about making polite little
speeches." he commented, disgusted-
ly, as he informed the reporters that
he could not possibly get to the
church.
Blue-grass blade., 1906-02-11
OBJECTS:
The Complete Separation of
Church and State. {
BY WHICH. WE DEMAND

Bl WHIOI- WE DENIANU
l. The Taxation Of Church Property.
2. The abrogation Of all laws favoring the OBJ
servance OF Sunday a holy-day.
8. The cessation OF approprating public funds
for sectarian purposes-for chaplains in our
army, navy, legislatures, and other State in
stitutions.
4. The abrogation Of the judicial oath in the
courts and in inaugural ceremonies, and all
other legal recognition OF religion, such as
religious festivals, and days Of Thanksgiving
and prayer.
8. That no diplomatic relations be established
with the head official authority Of any
church or religion, nor that the God or Savior
Of any religion be incorporated into the Con-
stitution nor other violation be made Of Agti-
Gle l Of the Amendments to the Constitution.
G. The abrogation Of all laws, whatsoever, grant.
ing class privileges.
I. The fren1oln Of snench and MOS.
Blue-grass blade., 1906-02-11

kthe fine, as Captain Denison, one of
New Ravens most popular and re-
spected citizens paid fifteen shillings
for absence from church. William
Blagden who lived in New Haven in
1647, was brought up for absence from
meeting. He pleaded that he had fall
len in the water late on Saturday,
could light no fire on Sunday to dry
mis- clothes, and so had lain in bed to
Keep warm while his only suit was
drying. He was convicted of sloth-
fulness for this and sentenced to be
.publ!cquely whipped"
t1The Quakers were beaten with
kpouts similar to those the Cossacks
Of Russia use on the common people)
for non-attendance at worship. If
they attended and objected to the
f4les of worship, and ear was cut off,
q second offense the other ear was cut
on and the tongue bored with a hot
lirpn. Many were stripped to the
waist (both sexes) and fiayed with
these three corded knouts, receiving
from ten to fifteen strokes from the
hand OF good stout servant OF the
merciful God. Anything blue about
this? The people were not only COM
HpAled to attend public worship, but
~ were compelled to pay to the
CHURCH whatever amount was assess
ed against them for a system of wor-
ship, they abhorred.
! 7feomas Prince, governor of Ply
mPuth, was heard to say that in his
conscience the Quakers were such
pdopie as deserved to be destroyed,
they. their wives and children, their
muses. and lands, without pity or mer-
CT Humphrey Norton, at New Haven
~ being a Quaker, was severely
Whipped and burned in the hand with
the letter H to signify hereto.
Ihe sentence of death was executed
upon William Robinson and Marina
duke Stephenson, upon the twenty
seventh of October, 1863. Following is
TIP warrant under which Walden
AIDED:
ITO the Constables Dover, Hamp-
TOP, Salisbury, Newbury, Rowley, Fps
web, Wenham, Linn, Boston, Rox-
bury, Dedham and until these vaga-
bond Quakers are carried out of this
Jurisdiction: You and every one of
ydn are required in the kings males
TVS name to take these vagabond
Qnakers, Anne Coleman, Mary Temp
kins and Alice Ambrose, and make
them fast to the carts tail, and drive
the cart your several towns, to whip
them on their backs, not to exceed ten
st<lpes apiece on each of them in each
toFn and SO to convey them from
g stable to constable, till they come
g of this jurisdiction, and you will
wer it at your peril and this shall
your warrant. Per me, Richard
den, at Dover, dated December
WA ssra.szsrs-.ssss.~ A.
Il see no reason for Publicds BENG
ignorant of these fact unless he has
purposely refused to inform himself
when plenty of opportunities were
present, for in these days of abundant
cheap literature when every person
almost can read and have abundant
opportunity.
He had just as well said that the
prosecutions that were committed
during the long period from the fourth
to the seventeenth centuries only ex.
listed in the imagination of some dis
gruntled person. E LEWIS
Blue-grass blade., 1906-02-11
From Louisville Herald.
DEATH, GENTLE MESSENGER
TO RELEASE HUMANITY FROM
CARES AND SoRROWs-MRs.
JOSEPHINE X. HENRY DELiv-
ERS REMARKABLE ADDRESS.

At Burial of c. c. Moore, the "Heath.
en- Editor."- Assembly Muir
murs Dissent.
Lexington, KY, Feb, 9.-The body
of Charles Chiffon Moore, noted as ag-
nostic and the brilliant but ezra
tic editor OF the Bluegrass Blade, and
who took pride in calling himself the
fa.d to rest -.
Rthe Lexington cemetery this after
noon. The funeral services were held
in the little chapel. Fully 1000 peo-
pie had gathered, most of them
through curiosity to hear what would
be said over the corpse of an Infdel,
although Mr.. Moore had many person
a. friends in the throng. Few of those
present, however, were in sympathy
with his anu-Christian views, as was
shown by the murmurs of dissent,
during the address of Mrs. Josephine
X. Henry, of Versailles, who was the
principal speaker. The tenor of Mrs.
Henry's GRAFTON, which was read from
manuscript, was that the grave ended
all. and that Mr.. Moore would live
hereafter only in the memory of his
pure and upright life and in the love
of those who had known him. The
salient points of Mrs. Henry's address
were as follows:
Here follows extracts from the ad-
dress of Mrs. Henry, DR.. Wilson, and
Moses kaufman, which will appear In
the Blade in full lnext week.
Blue-grass blade., 1906-02-11
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ing, mining and manufacturing. And
last, but not least, il is
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