The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-12-14

Perhaps the Bradley. Brown case has
already occupied a. much space as the
public cares for; nevertheless The Re-
publican commends the following from
the Detroit Evening News as the most
worthy comment on the case we have
seen, one we'll worth reading. The
News says:
"They are few who would care to say
a word for former Senator Arthur
Brown OF Utah. His account with
earth Is closed. inasmuch as the cause
which he set 10 motion quickly and
unerringly mated with its effect The
law under which he paid the penalty
Is tho law under which all the good
and bad OF earth live. None can reap
figs OF thistles, neither can they reap
thistles OF figs. for as a man soweth so
shall he reap, and he that soweth the
wind shall reap the whirlwind.
LAS to Mrs. Bradley. She esteemed
her own reputation somewhat but
cared little for the cleanliness Of her
character Not being fully alive to
the sacredness OF her own womanhood,
she could not appreciate the sanctity
OF the Brown home. The cheapness
In which she held herself cheapened
everything that she beheld, and In
time the very illusion Of cheapness
made a full-blooded male seem very
precious. The Illusion Of cheapness
grew until human life itself was OF
little worth in her eyes, and she slew
the cheap thing she most priced Now
she stands before the world as the In.
carnation OF cheap, cheap'womanhood,
and cheap affection cheaply won. 1t
was impossible In the very nature OF
things that Senator Brown should net
at last have come to regard her as a
bauble cheaply got and to be thrown
aside without regret-even with re.
lief. To speak Of the manliness or un-
manliness Of his act Is beside the
mark, for there was not the slightest
spark OF manliness or womanliness In
the entire relation. -S
Theoretically the law holds that
the life OF Senator Brown was OF much
worth. Now that life has been cared,
1t is seen to be hardly worth the dis.
play made about 1t, and the law Of
cause and effect had previous jurisdic.
tion. The law also theoretically holds
that the freedom or Imprisonment of
Mrs. Bradley Is OF great consequence
to society, but now that her Scared
soul has been barred to the public, 1t Is
seen to be worth none OF the commo.
tion that has been made OF 1t. 1t is a
cheap tragedy OF cheapness. Had Mrs.
Bradley set a value on her conscience
when its first whisperings Of warning
were heard; had she set a value upon
Senator Browns true estimate of her;
had she set value upon another
womans honor; had she even pos.
sessed the maternal instinct that sets
a value on the name of a babe; or 60
ing lower, had she even the sense OF
value possessed by the women of the
scarlet sisterhood, there might have
been some palliati0n OF her 0ffense,
not against Brown, but against her
self-but even these elementary values
are buried in cheapness. 1t Is ever
lastingly true thlt ste who cheapens
herself shall be held cheaply
THE second lesson is an ampitica.
tion of the first; cheapness Of charac.
ter robs a woman OF even that which
another finds OF transient value In her.
Senator Brown was a powerful man,
full OF western Vitality. Mrs. Bradley
was superb woman. Like most ATTN.
tiles, the attractions were largely
physical. In the presence of the In.
tensely masculine, the intensely fem.
in;ne held itself cheaply, and in that
moment ceased to be the attractive
feminine 1t had been. The woman
whose company supplied Illicit solace
to Brown soon became nag. Sinking
slowly into the quicksands Of hel
cheap nature she reached out more
and more to him, to his great annoy
ance, The nerves that formerly
tingled In unison with his, gave GU,
, Earring notes. Where before she
! laughed gaily, now she worried and
, fretted. Where before she was glad
to see him 20 alone, she now followed
him jealousy. Her face lost its curve:
, her brow its smoothness; her tongue
T was tipped with reprimand, her heart
, filled with remorse. Cheapncss wa!
! doing its perfect work-the womat
| was becoming too cheap for the mar
|; who had won her with nothing, Sh,
I trailed him like Nemesis. She threw
+ broken promises in his face and seemed
5 to be surprised that he had formed
! other associations. The woman neve
: lived who can play the cheap gam
I and live. She cannot keep herself a
9 the point where once she was attrac