Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-31


law and protected by the same law. the
President of this country must obey that
law just the same as you Will be required
20 obey it.
IS. The country is governed by laws
made by men chosen by the people. Ii
those laws are unjust or oppressive, they
can b.. changed hy the same BODY Whnch
makes them. and since the men VINO frame
the laws are chosen at short intervals no
unjust law is permitted to remain long III
force. -.
..7 All those who are born here are citl-
GEMS of this country, and as such are en-
titled to participate in tie government 10
vote for officers and to hold otfce. lhoSe
not born here can become citizens by pc
coming naturalized, and when person IS
50 naturalized he has all the rights OF a
citizen-is a citizen. To be naturalzed a
person must have lived in this country for
five wears. have good moral CHARACTER
he able to speak and understand our ian
guage, and have some general loea OF the
form of our government.
Suggested by Washington Society
The Washington Society of the Sons OF
the American Revolution suggested the
idea the National Society approved II
and instructed the executive committee
to act Secretary Straus Of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor and Com
missioner Sargent Of the bureau of lmml-
grafton indorscd it heartily and provided
for the translation of the tract into 1tal-
ian. Polish. Magyar, Yiddish. Russian
and other languages. 1t is proposed to
| have the document distributed among i'm
/ migrants by agents Of the steamship
companies in the European ports and by
| the agents of the bureau of immigration.
! It is also proposed to go a little farther
| and have intelligent men detailed from
! the bureau of immigration to accompany
| every immigrant steamer to explain more
| fully the M aiming of the circular, and. at
| the same time. to instruct immigrants as
| to the dangers to which they Will be eX-
| posed upon their arrival, to protect them
| from undesirable influences, to give them
| information as to labor conditions, the
| cost of living, the respective advantage
! of different sections OF the country and
| to divert them to those sections where
| they are most needed
| The little village of Hawarden, near
| Chester. in northern England, where
Gladstone lived. is very Old. 1t dates BACK
to the Roman occupation, but is only one
little street extending, perhaps, quarter
of a mile There are "a schoolhouse in the
churchyard an inn, the proprietor of
which is licensed to sell spirits. malt
liquors and tobacco to be consumed on
the premises, a general store ana a
blacksmith shop, and most of the resi-
l
front of their dwellings from which they
supply refreshments to the excursioniSts
that come almost daily.
The churchyard is well populated and
the buriaIs date back to the fourteenth
century Some of the Inscriptions upon
the stones are quaint and curious. One
which is dedicated to Mary Jones, reaus:
she was Worth of praise from her
earliest days for industry. prudence. and
skill Is Wife it Is trG" her equals
feI npv "a -
great.
Another. upon a stone that marks the
grave of Andrew Rowe, reads:
His languishing head IS at rest;
Its thinkingS aud achings are Ger;
His quiet immOvable breast
Is heaved by Affections more.
His heart is no longer the seat
OF trouble and torture and pain
1t to fluttcr and beat
1t will futter again
The following appears upon the grave
of two infants twins:
.'Lifetess infants though be.
You learn truth from We
Think whene'c r you this spot
You have sinned but have not
The tombstone of another infant bear
this inscription:
I'm robes of innocence and love
Her virgin soul is dressed.
And all the angel hosts above
Rejoice TO see her hleSt.
This lovely bud, young. so fair
Called home by early doom,
just came to show how flower
In Paradise could bloom