Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-11-08
Shakespearsan Actor Speaks.

Shakespearean Actor Speaks.
William Owen, who appears in Dubois
4 Gays hall tomorrow evening in "Romeo
and Juliet recently delivered before a
body OF students an address which asserted
that the myriad minded Shakespeare,
the Sphinx of Literature" wrote to appeal
To the primal man, 10 create mirror OF
life whereby human nature is to govern
itself and TO See all the intrieacies OF real
| life.
tie traced the history of literature,
proving that the great things in II have
been plays, the highest products oil
Aesehylus, Euripides, Moliere, Goethe
and Shakespeare being written in that
style OF literature,
Then he spoke OF the deeper meaning OF
"rhe Merchant OF Venice showing that
while the Christian perseeutes the jew he
is not following the "great and most elo-
quent speech in literature" Portals
speech on mercy.
said that We have many with us who will
In years hence become great source OF
trouble, the large class OF the foreign
element.
"But you cannot deal with them in a
spirit OF hate he said, "Hate begets
hate, as love does love. You cannot deal
with them in spirit otpersecution but
only patience will remedy that. There
you have the art of Shakespeare as ex-
emplitied in "rhe Merchant Of Venice"
Vermonter for Judge.
A "Committee OF One Hundred" has
been organized In Denver, Col, TO fight
The corporate interests that lately domi-
mated both the Republican and Democrat
ic machines OF the city and still control
the former, and one faction OF the latter.
party. Through such control OF the ma
chinery OF both parties, the corporations
have us city, county and state officials.
and even the courts, as tools TO accom-
plish their purposes, the employment of
judges being the GROWING atrOcity.
Believing that free and untrammeled
judiciary is not obtainable when the can
didates for judicial positions are nomi-
mated and elected by corporate influence,
and that judges, whose campaign expens-
es have been borne for them by corpora
tions, cannot be impartial between such
corporations and the people, one hundred
men and women of Denver have banded
themselves together to secure the nomina-
ton and election OF fearless, independent
me1 for judges.
OF the five men whom this committee
nominated for judges on the Independent
ticket is John III. Denison, a brother OF j.
Royalton, where he was born in 1855. He
was graduated from the University OF Ver-
mont with the degree OF A. Il. in 1877 and,
after spending one year at the Harvard
Law school, was admitted to the Vermont
bar.
In 1881, failing health that seemed to
presage the development Of consumption
turned his steps to Colorado, in whose
salubrious climate his strength was final
ly rpstared tn him Since that time he
has practised law in Denver, steadily ad-
vancing in the p years through acknowl-
edged ability and gracious tact of friend
ship.
He hss been lecturer on equity pleading
in the University of Colorado for ten
years, professor OF pleading in the Univer-
sity OF Denver for seven years, and was
chairman of the Grievance committee Of
the Colorado Bar association in f90i-5.
He is highly esteemed both as man and
a lawyer, and the Committee of One Hun
bred is plainly aware that the way to win
is to put Vermonter ahead and keep the
lines closed up.