The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-08-13
SOCIALISM
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that time the people have not govern
ed themselves. The worst fault Of the
Constitution Is that II interferes with
spontaneity.
1T is unfortunate to be ruled by an
autocrat, a benevolent despot. II is
very much better to have petty ward
politician in the mayors chair, as we
have, than to be governed by a one
man power.
"Class consciousness is the most
conspicuous article OF faith OF the
economic orthodoxists. not of the
great unwashed, but Of the leading
people. The conception Of liberty in
this country is one OF our great and
precious heritages, but we play with
II great deal. We are. considerably
muddled to know just how much the
law ought TO interfere.
MANY people would much rather
abandon their religious faith than
omit any Of the socal amenities. Why
should not a man go to dinner In his
sulII tlttNeb ihSttdu VI a cidW nam
mer IL he is more comfortable that
way? It's the orthodoxy OF conven-
tionality that we all subscribe to. II
seems strange that In n country Hike
America there should not be more OF
fatherhood and motherhood in the
home instead OF mastership and mis-
tressship. Our social position must
be shaky, TO say the least, when we
are so reluctant 10 let our daughters
learn to sew and cook.
ORTHODOXY OF FASHION.
an social life the orthodoxy OF
fashion prevails. Shop girls dress as
the leisure class dictates, regardless
OF the comforts- and convenience Of
their work and station. The leisure
class is Just as influential in this
country as 1t is in England, II not so
we'll defined. But the one in England
will do Just as well. because II sets
our standards for US. and we bow
down before II. The artificial stand
ard that II setR up we try to initiate,
even In the clothes that we wear.
I'VE have a class that has nothing
10 do but think about where II shall
live and how II shall spend Its leisure.
Yet II we have no right TO demand
that n man stand on his own feet and
prove his own worth in the world. ir-
respective Of where or with whom he
lives, can we expect independence Of
religious thought?
Take the orthodoxy about the race
question. Whites cannot concede that
any belief more liberal than theirs is
correct. Our orthodoxy won't swal-
low the idea that the negro is a man.
| see little hope OF the solution OF the
race problem because Of this intense
race orthodoxy. Nobody has a right
to assume 10 despise the Chinese. One |
must be humbled in the presence OF
such a race. Some say they like the
Japanese better because they happen
to know a few Japanese university |
students and a few Chinese laundry
men. II is better 10 belong TO vel. !
low race than to degenerate one, and
we have degenerate representatives in |
the white race. >
GOOD IN TWO, PARTIES.
There is a political orthodoxy, and
we call that loyalty. Loyalty 10 some
petty political party, OF which he
knows no more than that his father
belonged to II, is the test OF some
mems conception OF political science
md the art OF government. The ex-
stence OF two great political parties
of this country is as good an example
II orthodoxy as the Methodist and
Baptist churches in religion. There
must be two parties with slight diff
erences In order TO put men into
,ffice.
"The most repugnant expression. OF
orthodoxy is the continuance OF the
OF the tribal deity. This is
cen In the worship OF the Anglo
saxon deity during the Boer war, in
he invocation OF the kaiser when he :
ent his troops to China, in the devo-
Ion to the Russian deity as shown by
he attitude of the czar. This is drag.
Ing down the Infinite to the basis of
ingoism, and in supposedly civilized
"The ordinary person cannot give a
eason for his devotion TO religious
'elief. He is orthodox in IT. that's
IL. He is devoted to his devotion.
here were people who listened with
Ireat delight to Ingersoll's lecture on
he mistakes OF Moses, who would
ave pulled out what hair he had left
he had lectured on the mistakes OF