The independent., 1907-04-18

| who needed more government aid than
I they were getting, and because all this
| time he nursed such fine contempt for
| the abundantly rich who still reached
| out for government grauities He said
| to the writer that he would take some
| little satisfaction in occupying that use
| full position were it not that he was oc-
casionally Obliged to send home for
remittance to piece out his living ex-
penses.
Colonel p G. Adams, who retired from
/ the Fullerton Post something like Il year
ago TO join the lighting forces OF Inc
| Salvation army, is again in charge of
/ the newspaper, for which he is to be con-
graduated The Salvation army has
| great labor to perform in rescuing the
perishing, but the intelligent and thought
full man, armed with newspaper having
large and dignified circulation, can
| do a more lasting and dignified service
for the cause than by carrying a banner
on the public highways, or beating
drum or pasting tambourine. Tne
salvation of this suffering people hinges
largely upon the inculcation of such NOR
al, ethical and religious truths as shall
make for a better average OF citizenship.
| The newspaper writer talks to large
congregation. Let his sermons be short
and to the point; not tiresome and full
Of cant. Tell the boys to do right and
avoid the dissipations of the reckless be-
cause by so doing they will get larger
measure of success and satisfaction in
living, Tell the old sinners to quit their
meanness for the sake of the rising gem
Grafton, if they have no regard for their
own welfare here or hereafter. News
paper men are in position to do an
immense amount of good by writing sem
sibly and not trying to do it all at once
Vice-P President Fairbanks is not the
! choice of Indiana republicans for first
place on the national ticket, and Lucius
, b. Swift of Indianapolis has nerve
, | enough to say so over his own signature.
He admits that Mr.. Fairbanks is good
neighbor, a pleasant gentleman of con-
J siderable ability and fair spoken, but
, has been going forward for cleaner poll
} tics and squarer relations between the
: great combinations of wealth and the
. general public Mr.. Fairbanks has had
no part. Summing up the Whole Datter
he says:
The whole question is whether the
$ country is to continue in civil progress
or is to suffer reaction The people dc
!. not want a reaction and the fear is deep
< seated that the choice Of Mr.. Fairbanks
G would lead to that result. 1t is toe
! late in the day to remove that fear ane
7 Mr.. Fairbanks has no record by which
S it can be removed. The people believe
q that the corporations and trusts rely
; upon him to save him their oppressive
e and grasping privileges This is the
e mouth to mouth opinion commonly ex
It pressed and gathere from all parts OF
the state For these reasons there is M
d enthusiasm among the people of Indiana
q for Mr. Fairbanks.
:. Massachusetts has an organization
= known as the Order Of Sons of Rest.
= = 1t opposes the strenuous plan OF work
: ing 365 days in the year and resting
: when you are dead 1t advocates {
: month of relaxation every year for mel
: and women following business or profes
:. sional pursuits or for manual laborers
= Everybody rests but father under tn,
= new regime, and he may have a month
= off TO go sleght-riding in the winte
= time if he wants to. 1t is grea
scheme but it won't pan out. Thirt.
days of recreation is not for the labor
q ing man unless he does something an,
!, has to go to jail for it. If the farme
u quits his farm for any length of time n
; loses money by it, and when the mer
4 chant goes on a iaunt leaving his busi
ness in the hands of the head clerk, Sc
" what happens to him.
So Wen stick to our job like good ltti
. man,
Ever gladly and faithfully toilin
re away,
- And we'll rest with the coming of nigh
If if We can
And go back to our work at the dawn
al ing of day.
And the cruel north wind reaches
W1en we near ltS SrOanS ana SCfeecHes
Out its hands to pinch the peaches s
~ I. they never will get ripe,
III Such wind storm is bearer
Is Of our springtime reign of terror
v, 'ris form of mortal error of an ag
rs gravating type.
ce o, such very beastly weather
to Sweeping over field and heather
to 1t is CHASTITY altogether, grips the fru
he as in a vice,
he we will have no luscious berry
no Neither plrm nor peach nor cherry
We Still there's cause for making merry
ng there will be a crop of Ice.
ch
IS | rose to greet the dawn's first light
to And viewed a melancholy sight
lis / woke the house. and said. My dea
40 Shake OF they sloth, lend me thine eal