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Blue-grass blade., 1908-03-29
HEREsY IN ROME.

Another mind, soaring toward the light;
another mind, unable to retain the silly
stories taught in tie name of orthodox
Christianity, has announced a rejection of
the myths connected with the Garden of
right to officiate as priest of god has
been denied those high in church authority.
This time the denouement is found in
Italy. the home of the Pope, and the pres
ent battle ground for mental liberty. The
principal character therein is Father Peter
Minochi, a Roman Catholic priest. In ad-
dtion to his ecclesiastical predictions,
he was also historian and scientist, and
is rated as being among the best scholars
in the nation. The scene of this little
demonstration is laid in the beautiful city
of Florence, where, it is said, the priest has
ministered to Roman Catholic congrega-
ton for years. His researches and in.
vestigations into the realm of both science
and history had led him to completely re-
ject the Garden of Eden story, and what
is more, he is determined to make his re-
lection in public in spite of protest. The
published accounts state that he had pre-
pared a lecture which he proposed to give
before the people of his parish, but, in
strict accord with Roman Catholic custom
he first submitted the copy Of his lecture
to the Archbishop of the diocese, for ap-
prevail or disapproval. An approval meant
that the lecture could be given under the
sanction of the church. disapproval
meant that the lecture should be absolutely
suppressed The archbishop disapproved.
The lecture was placed on the Index Ex-
purgatorius. Father Minochi knew too
much Moreover he was possessed of an
indomitable power and a courage that is
simply superb. A retraction was demanded
and as Indignantly refused. Father Minochi
gave the lecture without permission and for
his pains he was refused the right to cele-
brate mass in any of the Catholic churches.
So far so good. In former years a far diff
ferent fate would have been meted out to
him. This alone is an indication of prog
ress. The church can no longer kill the
man. 1t can only prevent him from
officiating in their sanctuaries.
When the request reached Father Minochi
Blue-grass blade., 1908-03-29
M. DIS. AND D. DIS

According to well authenticated reports
the city of New York is to have a church
clynic for the treatment of nervous
diseases, conducted on joint plan, by
doctors of divinity, and doctors of medicine,
and in this the church would appear to be
riding for fearful fall.
The movement has been inaugurated
upon a small scale, but some OF the preach
ers in the big city and it's tributary terri
tory, are now openly advocating an ex-
tension thereof. With preachers and doc
t3.s at work upon a given case the patient
will never know, if a cure is wrought, how
much is due to medicine and how much
to divinity. Should both curative agents
attempt to operate at the same time there
might come conflict of authority tend
ing to a further injury of the patients
case and it would be a case of pull god,
pull devil' to see which could get there first
and afterwards claim all the credit. 1t is
evident that the doctors of divinity are I'M
willing to tackle the job alone and are, in n
measure, compelled to call in the assistance
of the doctors of medicine. The doctors
of medicine xoulu stand better chance of
winning ~ play ng a lone hand, but with
the preachers added to the faculty there
are wider opportunities for a splendid graft
and for business reasons the partnership
between medicine and divinity was deemed
more preferable than for each agency to
operate alone. Should dissolution ever
take place, and each side undertake to run
a clinic according to its own notions. we
would be willing to stake our all upon the
chances of medicine proving winner in
the number of cures, but the divinity e!e-
ment would got the larger share Of the
ca h.
Preachers might seem by nature peculiar
ly fitted for the treatment of nervous
diseases. They create more cases of n
nervous character than all other elements
combined. Religion, itself, is but the mani
festation of a nervous disorder, and it
would be idle to suppose that religion, the
cause could ever successfully he made
cure Gentle minds revolt at the fearful
doctrines promulgated in the name of re-
ligion, and under its influences, such minds
give way to melancholy, and their afflic-
ton brings on nervous disorders. So far
as is known this is the first time in history
that an ecclesiastical organization has been
effected to attempt to offer a cure for ills
produced by itself. The experiments will
Blue-grass blade., 1908-03-29
CHURCH OPPOSING PROHIBITION.

Can it be true that the Episcopal church
has been capable of grasping truth? Can
it be true that after years of argument in
which the church stoutly maintained a de-
NAL, and actively sought after religious
legislation in an effort to make some sort
of Christian observances compulsory, the
church has at last been brought to a realiza-
ton of the sociological fact that men can.
not be made good or moral by law? Such
seems to be- the case il current news
paper reports are true. From them we
learn that Bishop Grafton of Fond du Lac,
and Bishop Webb, of Milwaukee, both in
Wisconsin, have denounced prohibition as
being a cause of crime, and Bishop Webb
actually asserts that his opinion is that of
the Episcopal church, as a whole
There is, however, just little incon-
sistency in some of the reasoning INDUCED
in by Bishop Webb, who is accredited with
saying: Prohibition is advisable in the
South because of the colored race, but in
the North is unwise."
The principal ground upon which the
objection to Prohibition in the north Is
made is that it encourages secret sales of
eness and rowdyism. If this is true, which
simply means, that in spite Of prohibition
the white men of the north can procure
whiskey, would not the same conditions
prevail in the South and the colored race
display an equal aptitude in the same d.
Blue-grass blade., 1908-03-29
: Current Comment on Public Events

be watched with no little interest,
but that interest would be even
greater had the medicine portion of the
treatment been left out.
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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-29

was 6.8 per cent greater That sat
fseactory fact cannot be a4nsaid-
These facts show that under a suf-
iciently full protective tarin work
and wages increase faster than do
prices OF needed commodf tiles. Scar
city of work and low wages cannot
be compensated for by lower prices
for The food and things we need. All
olir experience attests the truth OF
stIiat atenient what avail were
slow prices In the dark dayssof s93-
49, when thousands of American
workmen and their families were
starVing2 What use Is bread at
three cents a loaf when the necessary
three cents are absent?
The American workman needs the
benedt of a sufficiently full protects
-ive tariff. He has that now, and to
retain 1t he must vote in November
next only for such men as Congress-
men who can be depended upon to
surely guard his interests thercios
when the matter OF tariff adjustment
comes up for discussion and voting
on the floor of the House.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-29
pR. BRYAM.

CTune of Solomon Levi
NY name Is DR.. Bryan
And i've on Easy street,
sEis there you'll md me all my NE,
with little Jokes 80 neat.
On governmental ownership
And banks that cannot bust,
And an the glittering fallacies
That sensible men dfstrust.
oh, DR.. Dryans
Give us q theory new.
Good old DR.. Bryan,
What can we do for yoI1s for you3
My name is DR.. Bryan
And cannot change It yet.
There 1rc SO very many things
Which people won't forest.
Pretty little theories
That I've to limbo sent.
Rise up like ghosts
TO hinder them
t9zctn making M IfsesiGent.
Helen Waters Gates.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-29
WORK AND lNAGES
UNDER PROTECTION
~ .WA.Il.TER ). BALhARD.
(From Trol. Times.

Ivy
Investigation by the United States
Bureau Of Labor brings out the fact
that the average hourly wages IN
1907 were higher than In any other
year Of the eighteen=year period
.1890-1907, and more than tVEe nty per.
cent. higher than the average In any
year from 1890 to 1900. AS COM
pared I'm each case With the average
for ten-year period, 1890 to 1888
average hourly wages In 1907 were
2S.S per cent. higher the number OF
employees In the 4169 abltshments
investigated was Z 4.4'sper cent: great
er and the average hours OF labor
per week were five per cent. lower.
1t must be noted that the establish
ments Investigated represented the
principal manufacturing and me
chanica1 industries of the country,
that the 1878 per cent. advance IN
wages in 1907 over the average of a
ten-year period included four years
under Democratic low tartm. Not
only were wages higher, but 44,4 per
cent more workingmen obtained ems
labor were lower in 1907. This Is
the best possible evidence OF contin-
ued improvements In conditions among
the Ngage-earners of the country un-
der the present protective tariff.
The Bureau of Labor also reports,
price OF thirty principal articles was
twenty per cent higher In 1907 than
the average price for the ten years,
1890 to 1899. Against that Is the
fact stated above that not only were
wages 1913 per cent, but also the
people were employed. And more:
Compared with the average for the
same ten-Year period the purchasing
power OF an hours wages in 1907
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-29
ONE OF COUNIRYsS
GREATEST STATESMEN

- '
The Rev DR.. Arthur ] Bowl sec
Rotary OF the Board OF Foreign MIS-
sions of the Presbyte terrain @ huTeh ana
author OF book tiled II ne sew
thusiastfc over he work and IN g as.
Rfstance which Tart, as governor
General OF tho PHILIPPINES gave 70
the various relfg ious eects In striving
to educate and uplift the Etltpinos.
He spent several months In the ISIS
and5 when Governor Taft was there.
In his book he shows his appreciation
OF Governor Taft's co-operat11o ~ g
the church movement. He says that
Taft realized that the chief def1cten-
| cy OF the Filipino was character and
that the church wound help tren1ts!l-
dous1y In the education ana moral
upbufIdIng OF the natives. he
praises Taft g work in obtaining the
enactment OF q law which permits all
religious sects to own land IN 1ns
islands. Referring to the work OF
AS American citizens. we may
cherish q pardonab1e pride that dur
ing this emergence OF our country as
an Asiatic power our national policy
has been shaped by such men as Pres
ident Mckinley President Roosevelt,
Secretary of State Hay, Secretary OF
War Root and Governor-9e art.
NO other Americans since Washing
ton have had to grappte with more
stupendous problems. Our history
furnished no precedents to guide the
new peoples, no intelligence to help.
Order. liberty and Justice had to be
newly created out OF chaos bondage
and oppression.
Amid these extra and dimcult con-
ditions these men have shown q bold
ness OF initiative, wisdom OF execu-
ton. q fertility OF resource and a
breadth OF mind and heart which
place them among the greatest states
men There should be no policies In
our support of their policy. no secta-
rianisnl IN our prayer that tho God
Of nations may continue TO guide
Alright those upon whom such solemn
responsibilities now rest.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-29
HUGHES AND HLs ENEMIES.
The People Want the Man Who
Makes That Kind Of Enemies.

Governor Hughes has not said, as
some of his critics pretend, that all
against him are crooks; he has said
that all the crooks are against him.
II this statement were false, 1t could
easily be proven untrue by naming
crooks who are for Hughes and are
willing to give reasons for support
ing him.
The welI-known fact Is, however,
that Governor Hughes Is telling the
truth. He Is opposed by every thief
and every near-thfef In Now York;
by every gambler, every bunco-
steerer and awindling boolrmaker,
who have seen their usual prey
snatched from their clutches by
Hughes. They all hate him. and
are all going to be disappointed on
the night of November 3.
A large majority of the people OF
New York believe in decent amuse-
ments and wholesome recreation. but
they are not prepared to admit that
the bookmaker and bunco-steerer;
the racing tout and the poolroom-
keeper represent that class Of aTnuse-
ments, or that their disappointment
In being interfered with in their OUT
lawed occupations merits the SYM
patty of citizens who live moral and
respectable lives.
The opponents OF Governor Hughes
are making a big noise-some OF
them have a practice of doing that
but while they are shouting the law
abiding citizen is thinking, and the
more he "Ioves him for the enc
mics he has made" and the more
determined he is to help In re-elect-
ing him. November Sd will prove
that New York Is not ready to sur
render to the crooks and grafters
who are moving every sinister force
at their command to defeat the offi-
cial who has done his duty.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-29

Bryan's double appeal to Protest
ants and Catholics Is likely to mark
him as one OF the most religious men
that ever was dumped outside OF
participation in a State that Is free
from church domination.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-29

In7BEr. Taftss home IN Washington
Is big mission armchair which he
calls The Suprame Bench. Ihes
house IS packed with rare nlld valtl-
able treasures Of tapestT en- 2fpld
brac from the Orient, lp1clS them
gifts from the z. pFerpr OF Jap an an
che Empresa Of China iss.ls4tsl
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-29

Money talks, but some of the men
who make the most noise for Bryan
do not appear among his contrib
utors.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-29

Haskell2 who Is he2 oh, yes,
he's the man who carries on the most
one-sided correspondence In Amert-
can politics.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-29

Candidate Taft keeps his mast In
the Hn,c-light of. the present: Candl-
dste Bryan strives to hide his past
in the darkness of evasion
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-29

Prosperity with honor, success
with equity. Those are the Taft
ideals, that President Taft win real
lie.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-29

The trouble with canning Mr.. Bry-
ans speeches Is that they win not
keep. None of his speeches in prev
ious campaigns are good In this.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-29

Not all the people who oppose the
reelection of Gov. Hughes, of New
York, are gamblers, but all the game
.blers are against him.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-29
Bishop HartzeI Shows All Good Church People Why They
Should Vote For Taft.
JOSEPH @. HARTNELL,
BISHOP AFRICA
Methodist Episcopal Church
cIneInnatI, ohio. oct. a, 1908.

MY pear Bnother:
Replying 10 your letter Of oetober 18th,
the
The.o United States dIatlnceIy pro-
sFaM religious tests reored OF
there
VeVvs prevent In Mr. Tafts
slIo1
cfrsnce Eyerett tSale
IJrttarasIs publicly
influences 'rl9tial lz1sttl-
be4eyc that
statespnansIIp executive slltS he q
better equipped either OF the
Candidates.
j. E3ARTz-LL.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-29

The spectacle OF Bryan trying to
run away from himself reminds one
of the boy trying to lift himself DY
hts boot-straps.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-29

It is truly time for Republicans to
begin to convince the South that II IS
In fact friendly country
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-29

Taft knows Ohio; Ohio knows
Taft. Hence the mutual agreement
In prediction of normal Republican
majority.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-29

This is Bryan's greatest campaign,
leading to his greatest and hnal de-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-29

u Some New York Democrats profess
to be disappointed tecatt8a q II Ia e. re-
forms advocated 10y tsoyeFnor H1ghe4
have not bean carried q tltsa eaetF
lack OF the sense OF humor II really
distressing "a
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-29

The people t8erI ives are about
to relieve Bryan 8 Il StstR q bout the,
question. Shall the peep sic ruler
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-01-23
NO. 80

the robberies and expressions of greed
and monopoly together do not begin
to compare with the sorrow, the ruin,
the misery, the crime, the poverty,
the madness, the vice, the degradation
the death and the damnation produc-
ed by strong drink; and, therefore, in
the interest of business, for the pro-
lection of helpless women and chill
dren, for the suppression of crime, the
amelioration of want and poverty, the
prevention of disease, the preserva-
ton of life and the salvation Of hui
man souls, in the name of more than
a million true, brave, pure and noble
North Carolina men, women and chill
dren, l ask you at this session to
abolish this demon of destruction! If
you do this, your act will be the wis
est and best ever passed by any leg
islative body, and will be ratified and
endorsed by the good people of the
State. But, whether you follow my
suggestion or not, / will always feel
that no act that 1 ever did was more
for the uplifting and upbuilding of the
entire State than my message for
State prohibition.
Again [ commend to you the propo-
sition to settle the rate controversy
upon the terms offered by the State
and agreed to by the railroads, SUBJ
ject to your approval. Your action at
the last session was based on the rail-
roads reports of earnings, and was,
therefore, just and not wrong When
the railroads refused to recognize
your law, by a strong hand the roads
refusing were compelled to obey and
to admit the sovereignty of the State;
but now, when the railroads have
agreed to the States terms, which
give a fair and reasonable rate, not
only to our own State, but to all the
South, we can afford to lift the hand
that enforced the law and give it in
relief to a needy subject, especially
when in giving relief to the subject
we receive equal benefits to the SOW
ereign, thus showing how a State can
be strong and at the same time just
and protecting.
If this Legislature, having seen it's
laws enforced and obeyed, will at this
session ratify an act that will bring
peace and harmony among all contend
ing interests, and at the same time pass
an act lifting the curse of strong drink
and bringing order and soberness into
our borders, it will have performed
two acts that will make it's name i'm
mortal and be forever remembered as
a blessing to the State.
Wishing each of you a happy So
journ at our Capital City, and ex-
tending to all a most cordial and
hearty welcome. 1 close my message
by expressing the belief that, actuated
by high and patriotic motives, you
will do your full duty to the State and
pass such laws as to you seem just
and right. I bid you God speed in
your work and ask Heavens blessing
on all you do. Respectfully,
R. B. GLENN,
Governor. Y
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-01-23
Read in Both Houses of the General
Assembly Tuesday.
Ut Deals With Railroad Rate: Urges Appointment
of Extra Judges, and Strongly Advocates
Enactment Of State Prohi-
bition Law.

gardless of the amount fixed, I ad-
dressed a letter to all the State
Judges, asking them ''to properly
charge Jhe grand juries and to direct
the Solicitors to send bills against
the agents and employees of the rail-
roads, or their higher officials, thus
openly acting in defiance of law" In
that letter 1 recommended that only
enough indictments be made to test
| the validity of the law in all it's
phases, and not to needlessly harass
| the railroads.
| Several railroad agents were in
dicted, convicted and sentenced when
the United States Court, not waiting
for the defendants to appeal in the
l,orderly way to the higher courts, again
iinterfered, and by writ of habeas cor
pus discharged the defendants from
the custody of the States officers. For
a while a conflict between the Federal
and State authorities seemed immi-
nent, but GOODNESS ON both sides was
exercised, and it was agreed that the
railroads should recognize and obey
the law, pending the test of it's con-
stitutionality, and that the equity suit,
ings should be prosecuted to a speedy
conclusion. In taking steps to uphold
the law enacted by the General AS
sembly only one motive actuated me-
and that was, while not wishing to
mulct the railroads with costs or need
lessly imprison their agents, simply
to compel them, the creatures, to rec.
ognize that the State, the creator, was
sovereign and supreme and it's laws
had to be obeyed until some compe
tent court declared that said law was
unconstitutional and therefore void.
The equity suit and criminal pro
ceedings moved very slowly, and, a
financial crisis having come upon the
country, several efforts were made to
settle all disputes and produce har
mony between the State and the rail
troads.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-01-23
Terms Offered.

Finally I suggested the following
terms as an equitable adjustment of
the entire matter, subject, of course,
to your approval:
The changing of the fiat intrastate
rate of PA cents per mile to a fiat
intrastate rate Of 21s cents per mile;
fifteen cents to be charged extra for
persons boarding trainst without tick
cts when tickets could be obtained
in a reasonable time before departure
of train, and the repeating Of the pen
atty and misdemeanor clauses in the
act of 1907; this, however, only to be
done when the railroads operating in
the State-eXcept those exempted by
law-agreed on their part to a reduc-
ton of the present Interstate rate Of
3 and 31A cents per mile to a 2h-cent
rate, thus making interstate and in
trastate rates uniform; also. the rail-
roads to issue a mileage book of 1000
miles for heads of firms and en-
ployees, not exceeding five persons,
names to be entered at time of pur-
chase, said books to be interchange
able on ali solvent roads and inter
state and intrastate at cents per
mile; also, an individual mileage book
of 1000 miles, interchangeable, inter
state and intrastate, for 2 cents per
mile; also, a family mileage book for
heads of families and dependent mem
bers of family, names to be entered
at time of purchase, intrastate, and
not interchangeable, for 2 cents per
mile; also, the railroads to pay an
amount not exceeding $17,500 with
which to pay the States costs in the
various suits.
The railroads agreed to these de-
mands, except the payment of the
money and the 500-mileage book for 2
cents. They claimed it was impossible
for them to operate with such mile
age book, as It would practically put
the State on 2-cent fiat rate, and
that they should not be required to
furnish a book of 500 miles at as low
rate as books of larger mileage. Not
being able, therefore, to get this re-
duction, and seeing some force in
their contention, it was agreed that
the family mileage book should be
fixed at 2H cents per mile and that
the railroads would pay the State
$17,5OO, to be applied as the State
thought proper. The usual require
ments as to time of redeeming books
were to be observed and enforced. It
was also agreed that, if, after a rea-
sonable time, to-wit, twelve months, it