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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-26

I understand the democratic side of the United States Senate Is in search of leader. Culberson has no superior in that body. No man is more alert-swifter to see a mistake of the enemy or prompter to take advantage of 1t. It may be ob- jected that he is Fabius rather than Marcellus: but Fabius gave Hannibal more concern that did Marcelus Fabius saved Rome; Marcellus fell in action. Culberson Is perhaps the only senator the democrats would cheerfully follow. He does not create antagonlsms. He has an admirable temper. He commands con- fidence and wins respect. Leadership is as necessary to a party as to an army No man who saw the work of Thomas B. Reed in the Fifty-second Congress will challenge that proposition. If the demo- crats of the Senate of 1907-0s are led with half the skill the republicans of the House were In 1S91-93, 1t will have tremendous effect on the political situa- ton.
 When the southern senators retired in 1861 and Douglas died, the democrats of the Senate were m a great deal worse fix than their successors are in the pres ent Senate. They were few in number and without leadership. The two ablest men among them were powerless in the grasp of the demon of drink. Garrett Davis was not yet a democrat Lazarus w. Powell was discredted for his south ern sympathies. Doolittle was still full republican. Latham was more than half a republican. Purple was a senator but a few weeks. Hendricks was not yet a senator. Thurman did not come in until 1869. There was no leadership. and very nearly no party. Hendricks and Thurman put a different face on things and it was the wise counsel of Thurman. supported by Bayard, Lamar, Hill and
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Now. the forms of words" certainly do not logically admit of being described as the laws of the things nature To re- duce a flaw" to a mere form of words,
 is either to use words very earelessly or else it Is an attempt to cover out of sight the immense difference between phe- nomena and the laws under which those phenome ena occur. The 'phenomena" do not admit of being described as laws" un4ess we determine before hand to ig- nore the causes of the phenomena, or else to oonfound causes with effects. Phenomena occur under laws, or accord ing to laws, but they are not laws insist upon this statement. not as 0 matter of verbal criticism, but because 1t involves a vital issue. If phenomena are q law unto themselves, then the idea of a First Cause is no longer neces- sary to our thinking, and God Is thus legislated out of His own universe
 When Laplace presented Napoleon with copy of the "Mecanique Geleste'-a treatise on the construction of the uni verse-the Emperor, who was fond of mathematics, said: Your book makes no mention of God" Sire, replied the atheistic astronomer. q had no need of that hypothesis" that Is, he could con struct the universe without any aid from the Almighty. If the making of a uni
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or Jackson, and it Is no small tribute to a mans capacity and character when Calhoun and Webster indorsed him for the first place In the republic.
 Charles A. Culberson of Texas is a direct lineal descendant from William H.. Crawford of Georgia, and a chip of that same block in abilities, in character, in temperament. Cautious in deliberation, he is adamant when once he has reached conclusion. There is nothing dazzling about him. It is a cool head always He reflects carefully and weighs every argu- ment scrupulously before he decides; but his decision is final. He is today the best prepared man in the Senate. He has in old trunks, boxes, drawers and chests more papers and scraps of papers than any other of our public men, and he knows precisely where to search Tor any one of them. He burns no letters, and writes no letters he would request or wish to be burned. Like Baillie Nicol Jarvie 5 father, the deacon, he never puts out his hand so far that he cannot draw 1t back again. He is the most capable and most skillful politician in the democratic party today.
 David B. Culberson was a member of Congress for twenty-two years when he voluntarily retired from that body. AS a lawyer he had no superior in either house of the national legislature, and for many years he presided over the Judiciary committed One of the finest speakers in public life, he rarely ad- dressed the House, but when he did rise to speak he commanded the attention of all within the sound of his voice. He was powerful in the logic of common sense He loved simple and homely speech. He was a simple man in temperament and as democratic as a hunting shirt or a coonskin cap. The late Tom Reed had
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his mere passing-to be a benediction and
 an inspiration to strive for better things.
 The Mahatma, on the contrary, reminds
 me of the epigram of Ambrose Blerce:
 'He who knows himself great accepts
 the truth in reverent silence, but he
 who only believes himself great has em-
 braced a noisy faith"
 Thousands of years ago the wonderful
 philosophers of India learned the secrets of tho universe. They foretold all that
 astronomy afterward discovered. They
 foretold all that science now knows as
 truth and much that science has yet to
 find out and prove.
 They knew "electrons' and "atoms' un- der other names, and explained the one ness of all life. In their ancient books can be found all knowledge and all mir acles" claimed by later religions.
 Yet India has failed to formulate a
 practical, helpful religion for its own
 starving, unwashed millions of people for
 many centuries. It has had few hun
 dred wise men and millions of ignorant sufferers from superstition, uncleanliness
 and sloth. One of the great causes of It's
 failure to make use of its wisdom for humanity has been the subjective posi- tion of it's women.
 No country can attain to the best and most practical mental or spiritual devel- opment unless woman walks hand In hand and shoulder to shoulder with man. We need to learn the greatness of the philosophy of India We need to enlarge our narrow creeds with his wisdom re- ligious. Butwe want to imbue them with our own modern spirit of progress, and to apply them practically, lovingly and patiently to human needs. Vivakananda came to us with a message. 'I do not come to convert you to a new belief," he
 said. "I want you to keep your own be- lief; I want to make the Methodist a better Methodist the Presbyterian bet ter Presbyterian, the Unitatian better ] Unitarian. I want to teach you to live the truth. to reveal the light within your l own soul" He gave the message that | strengthened the man of business, that caused the frivolous society woman to pause and think; that gave the artist new aspirations; that imbued the wife and mother. the husband and father with | larger and holier comprehension of duty. i That Is the message we need in this | age
 | However sunk in materialism we are | we cannot be helped to higher ground by an intolerant. jealous. caustic egotist
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MT. Darwin he confessed with charac- teristie candor that Aristotle had here shadowed forth the doctrine of natural selection"
 n critical examination of Aristotle's reasoning will clearly show that the great father of the science of logic has here committed logi sal suicide. The teeth grow by accident" and yet they are adapted for chewing the food says the philosopher Now, an accidental adapta- ton Is q contradiction in terms. One might as we'll speak of cool fire. or of dry water A schoolboy contending with one 9f his fellows. says: You did that accidentally on purpose" but he means to say an absurd thing, and hence is not to be charged with Aristotle's blum ders.
 John Stuart Mill one of the greatest of modern logicians, goes sadly astray in his reasoning on Nature in it's rea- tion to law" He says that the nature of thing is fits entire capacity of ex- hbitius phenomena And since the phe- nomena which a thing exhibits, however much they vary in different circum- stances, are always the same in the same circumstances, they admit of being de- scribsd in general forms of words, which are called the laws of the things na- ture.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-26
CHARLES A. CULBERSON OF TEXAS

he made another exceptionally strong plea before that bench, Justice Gray again sent for him, and said "Young man, I have watched your career and am not unmindful of the fact that the people of Texas have taken care that you should not go unrewarded." Chief Justice Full Ter also heartily commended him.
 In 1894 Culberson was elected goVer- nor, defeating the veteran John H. Reagan for the nomination. Two years later he was reelected His administra- tion was eminently satisfactory and ms fame went to the uttermost parts of the union, when, with bulldog determinations he banished the prize ring from the state. 1t cost a deal of money and no end or vigilance, but Christian civilization cheer fully footed the bill and policed the Dor der. In 1899 Culberson became senator in Congress, and Is now serving his sec ond term. He is a capital public speaker, but not a whirlwind declaimer. What he says will set men a-thlnldng, rather than a-houting He speaks the English tongue, and never wanders from the text. His style is that of the thinker and the law yer. He never talks for the galleries, but his addresses are to the senators.
 Culberson is a party man through and through; so was Lincoln; so Is Roose- welt. Put Culberson, like all great law yers, is a conservative. He does not be- lieve in pyrotechnics He suspects novelty He will sooner cross the river on safe bridge than on a tightrope. He examines everything, and no labor daunts him. Well grounded in the fundamentals of party politics, he tests everything by those principles. In short, Charles A. Culberson is his great-great-gr grandfather returned to life, and William H. Craw- ford and David B. Culberson live again in him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-26
BY SAVOYARD.

Casserley, that gave tho democrats the Senate in the Forty-slxth Congress. It took twelve years for the "Old Roman" to accomplish it, but he had but a hand full of supporters to begin with, yet he hewed his way to the majority by the sheer force of logic and the invincible truths of old-fashioned democracy a principle that has never for one moment been In a minority in this republic since the ordination of the constitution of the Un.te1 States. Tilden saw with perfect vision when, as early as 1870. he made the declaration: "The democratic party was never beaten when 1t was demo- cratic"
 Bat leadership implies discipline Will the democracy be led? That Is the ques- ton, and there's the rub. Senators are human. Culberson Is yet young for a senatorial leader. Will the others follow? It is said that MT. Roosevelt has chosen the democratic leader of the Senate. and Mir Culberson is not the man. MT. Roose- welt has accomplished more impossible things than any other man since Napo- leon Bonaparte He is absolute master of one party and claims an option on the other If the democratic party Is going to take orders from republican Presi- dent, 1t is useless to even think of Gull person for the titular leader of such a layout If he is made leader In name he will be leader in fact, and the party in the Senate would as we'll or better, go out of the political business as to name leader and then take orders from the enemy.
 With strong democratic leadership in the two houses of Congress-Culberso and Willams-the next session of the American Congress would be the most interesting within a generation and 1t would benefcially effect American politics for another generation.
 Copyrighted by E. w. Newman.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-26

A BOUT four years before the pro-
 A mitigation of the Declaration of 4 \ Independence by the Continental Congress, William H. Crawford was born in Amherst county, Virginia. Before he had advanced beyond childhood his father took him to Georgia, and there the boy grew to manhood, and became one of the first citizens of the republic. He was elected to the legislature, and soon after was chosen a senator in congress, of which body he became president pro tempore during his first term. He was minister to France during the war or 1872. and upon his return was appointed secretary of war by President Madison, and soon after was transferred to the treasury department of which he con- tinued to head throughout the succeeding two administrations of President Mon roe. He was & prominent candidate for President in 1924, and his was one of the names that went before the House or Representatives upon the failure oI the electoral college to elect. Though he was a Jeffersonian, Daniel Webster, New England federalist, strove for the cleo tion of Crawford even over John C.. Adams, from Websters own state. When Adams was elected by the House he in- yited Crawford to remain at the head of the treasury, but he declined, returned home, accepted a judgeship, and few wears later died.
 Crawford was not so great a man as Clay, or Calhoun, or Webster, but he was better fitted for the Presidency than any one of them. He was emphatically a sagacious man. He was not states man by intuition; his statesmanship re- suited from reflection. Though no genius, he had wisdom of the highest practical order. Webster and Calhoun were warm friends in 1925, and both hoped to see Crawford chosen President over Adams
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-26
A VISIT FROM MAMA TMA

you tell me that child murder was preva- lent before Englands advent on the scene"
 The Mahatma waived the question and began to tell me of his indifference to making converts. My philosophy Is too high for America" he said. 1 nave a large following in England. And in India I am the head of everything. There are many classes there, but they all fear me-
 But. replied I've cannot help the world through fear We must help it through love-"
 Many people are like animals he re- piled. They do not understand love. They must be made to fear. And ne con tinued to vaunt his power to make people afraid.
 To change the topic, I told him that l began to recall my last incarnation. At this he sneered. All women are miracle lovers" he said. "But you cannot remem- Der. That calls for long training"
 Nevertheless, I do remember 1t, l said. My psychic memory Is awakened. It has made so much clear to me, and given me new faith and new love TOT my Creator, and new understanding Of my kind.'
 The Mahatma took more snuff, and scoffed loudly at my feminine folly In this belief Then he told me how very ma terial all Americans were, and how he never touched money. He despised It.
 Still the Mahatma lives in material world in a material body; and however simple are his wants, in food and cloth ing. and means of transportation,' he lives on the proceeds of other peoples earn ings.
 Somebody's money pays for his robe and turban, and food, and room, and train and steamer transportation, and for his snuff l believe a religious teacher should have no regard for money as money. but I see little difference between accepting a nominal sum for services and paving one's bills or accepting the ma lerial things which money purchases.
 Americans place too high value on money as factor in happiness. They need to be taught how small part riches can play in real happiness. They need to understand that real happiness is attainable only through love of God and humanity. Our fashionable clergy men. our well fed pastors and priests. in opulent and expensive churches, are not teaching this truth. But the Mahatma is not liable to make it understood any more clearly. fear. He IS not approach ing it in the right spirit.
 I bowed myself from the presence of th<
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instructions of the old man for three years and then became a student at the law department of the University of Vir- ginia, where he greatly distinguished himself. Here he attracted the attention of Senator Daniel, himself a great law yer, who wrote a paper on one of Culber- sons legal productions at school, and pre- dicted the distinguished career the young man was to carve out.
 Returning to Texas after his gradua- tion, young Culberson opened an office at Jefferson, and engaged actively in the practice. He was very soon thereafter elected prosecuting attorney of Marion county; but his private practice made such demands on him that, In justice to his clients he was forced to resign the office. While yet very young man he appeared in the supreme court Of the Uni ted States and argued the celebrated case of Le Grande vs. the United States, tn- volving the constitutionality of the ku klux act. His speech on that occasion was a legal triumph, and the court decided the case in his clients favor.
 In 1890, at the age of thirty-five, he was elected attorney general of Texas, suc- ceedng the redoubtable James Hogg, and two years later he was reelected. It was while he was attorney general that he again appeared before the supreme bench at Washington and argued the case of Reagan vs the Farmers Loan and Trust company, involving the constitutionality of the act creating the Texas railroad commission. When he had concluded his argument and was preparing to leave the room the clerk of the court beekoned him, and upon going to the desk he there found MT. Justice Gray who warmly congratu- lated him upon his able presentation or the case This was praise from Sir Hu- bert, and a Sir Hubert not lavish of praise Some years subsequently,, when
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, come" The Mahatma, who was contlnuai- ly taking snuff while he talked sniffed
 up an extra large pinch and continued:
 When women rule men-then it makes
 men mere women. They are no longer
 men. So l say you have no men in Amer
 ica In India 1t is not so Women keep
 their place there"
 He continued in this vein for some time,
 always filling his nose with snuff.
 How does 1t happen" I asked, since your old religions are so wonderful, and that they contain all the knowledge which
 science now claims for It's own, as l know
 they do that today in India there are ! four hundred million people who can nei-
 ther read nor write, and who know ab- solutely nothing of the teachings of the
 Vedas nor of the beautiful philosophy of
 Buddha?"
 What they call Buddhism is not what that master taught. It has degenerated
 even more than Christ's teachings have degenerated here-and that Is bad enough.
 Why do not your great teachers en- tighten your own people?"
 The voice of the Mahatma grew harsh CT and thicker as he launched forth in a severe denunciaton of England
 England has spoiled India,' he said "It has given our people a little of what you call education, and caused dissension and mutiny. It has been the ruin of the , land"
 "But 1t has also done much good" ! replied Tt has taught your poorer ma asses cleanliness, and 1t has helped tc do away to large degree with the mur- der of girl babies. l met Judge Muioch last winter, who was for thirty years a judge in northern India. He told me that when he first went to India in his | domain eight mothers out of every ter ] believed 1t was right to smother their gir infants as soon as born. They destroyed the helpless little girls, saying, fGo bacl l and tell your brother to coma' Englanc | has done much to lessen this evil.' 1 While I spoke I wondered if the Mahat | ma would be quick-witted enough to re
 ply. as he might: Christian women mur l der their infants before birth; the womer
 of India murder them afterward. Where | is the moral difference?"
 1 But the Mahatma only glared at me an, answered; That man lied. 1t is hun
 dreds of years since such crime existed | in India" | "But," I inquired. how do you mak' | that assertion consistent with what vol l said before? You told me India was al ] right before England took control. Nov
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Mahatma with a great disappointment in my heart, yet a great joy and sense of , self reliance back of the disappointment. I was disappointed in the representative | of a large philosophy. was grieyed that | the master had not come to us with the gentle unassuming dignity of the younger | teacher. All true greatness Is associated
 with gentleness, simplicity and courtesy l The Mahatma had shown no one Of ] these qualities.
 | He had been ungracious, intolerant, vi- | imperative, egotistical and rude. dd not resent these expressions of his nature per
 sonally. I only felt disappointed in him. | that he held such an attitude toward hu- l manity-Gods humanity. The great Buddha, the Great Christ,
 were not like this. Other Hndoo philos- | ophers whom I had met were not like | this.
 When Buddha came forth from his | seven years of meditation in the solitude, | he went back to humanity with love ana sympathy radiating from his presence. lie l pleaded with people to abandon tneir | idols-ihe did not antagonize them witn ] insults.
 , I had gone into the presence of the Mahatma thinking he had some message , for me and that through this message ! might be able to reach greater heights | of helpfulness for my kind. came from his presence conscious that 1 however wonderful the mans learning
 and psychic development, I held within
 my own mind and soul qualities which will lead me to better understanding 1 of Gods laws than anything he can teach me. I want no religion, no philosophy
 which does not express itself in love for humanity, In helpfulness and in synnpa- | thy.
 1 I have no doubt the Mahatma has con- ouered certain laws of nature. have no 1 doubt that he can separate his mind from l his body suspend animation, and see and
 hear sights and sounds on other planes | outside the earth. But that does not make ! him a "godly'' or a "holy' man
 That is only a sort of spiritual calls ] thenics Many men who are possessed of | the secrets of black magic can do these | things.
 I have no doubt the Mahatma is wise In | hook lore, and that he Is Intellectually lcapabIe of teaching us important truths. But he is far. very far, from the spiritual development which makes man mas ! ter in the religious sense.
 A master must radiate light He must | send forth those love vibrations for hu-
 manity which cause his silent presence
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Society In London.
From Harper's Bazai

run Ildipoi D bdZd1
 The craze of the day Is to be. or to ap- pear to be earnest. To be rich and beauti- full is not sufficient; the real social lead CTS of the day are not content with these accidents of birth and fortune. They as- pire to political influence or to be thought literary and artistic. and society follows the lead It is the fashion to attend lec- lures and court Bernard Shaw, to in dulge in oratories and eighteenth-century concerts, to breathe Bach and Beethoven.
 The standard of education and culture Is higher nowadays for the majority than 1t used to be In the old days. Formerly women stayed at home, and had more time to perfect their education, but much time was taken up with the writing of mawkish diaries and in the execution of feeble sketches. Then you had few shining lights who stood out above the crowd now hundreds are to the fore. It takes remarkable clever woman now to ba sery prominent by her own merit