The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-23

Id increase In the hiihbef 81 Insane
and detectives. Our art. says Prof.
Thomas, treats the relation Of the
sexes before marriage largely as
matter OF appetite and afterward as
a subject for jest, and that is sig
nificant of the incomplete and i'm
moral condition of marriage. Hence
he points to the new interest in the
science of eugenics or conscious race
culture. as hopeful sign. He Of
fers this as a new and satisfying in
terest or passion for noble women to
take up.
In view Of the recent discussion
of socialism by Mr.. Roosevelt and
by his critics, a new essay by H. G..
Wells, the English fictionist, on the
subject of Socialism and the Fam
ily," (Ball Publishing Company, },
is of peculiar interest, as Wells is
now recognized as leader of So
cialist thought in England. While
repudiating absolutely the charge
that either English or American So
cialists counsel anything that may
be termed free love, Wells does be-
lieve that the time has now come for
plain speaking about the inevitable
changes in the family relations to be
expected under the Socialist regime.
Under existing conditions he notes
the more or less conscious strike
against parentage and the fact that
families are becoming smaller, and
that an increasing number in the
middle class are avoiding mar
riage altogether. He finds that
the middle-class woman is becoming
discontinued and is beginning to
think, whereas the wife of the past
was caught younger, so that she had
no time to thing about anything but
bearing babies. He regards this
discomfort as an available force for
socialism. Irrespective of Socialism
he says, "the modern tendency is
toward an amount of control over
the function of reproduction" great
er than that exercised by the state
and public usage today. Essentially
the socialist position is, he declares.
a denial of property in human be-
ings, which includes women and chill
dren, and it does propose to
abolish the patriarchial family. Men
and women are to he equal i'm citi-
zenship and the state is to be an
over parent, which will pay people
for the service of rearing children
we'll. Socialism, says Wells, ode
MES the right of anyone to beget
children carelessly and promiscu-
ously."
Virginia republicans are becom-
ing active in anticipation Of the state
campaign soon to begin. At present
suitable candidate for governor is
being sought.
Edward w. Durant, whom Presi-
dent Taft has appointed collector of
customs at Charleston, 8. c., is forty
five years old and native of Mime
sofa. He is a graduate of the Shelf
field scientific school.
Mayor D. w. Lawler, of St. Paul,
proposes to create city cabinet by
appointing an advisory committee
Of fifty prominent business and pro
fessional men to act as advisors in
the administration of municipal af-
fairs.
Governor Hadley, Of Missouri, ex-
presses the opinion that one Of the
political possibilities of the near fu-
ture, will be titanic struggle be-
tween the democratic and republican
parties for the control of the South's
electoral votes.
Hon. Horace Chiffon, former Uni
ted States Senator from Texas, has
been asked by Governor Campbell of
that state to accept the place on the
state railroad commission left va
cant by the recent death OF Judge
Leonidas j. Storey.
L l.. y
A we'll defined movement is said
to be under way to dislodge Col. Ce-
Gil Lyon from the leadership Of the
republican organization in Texas. A
conference OF the opposition leaders
is to be held soon to take definite
action in the matter.
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The Massachusetts legislature in
joint session Wednesday, had a hot
fight over the choice of successor
to Treasurer Chaplin, who had been
made savings bank commissioner.
Senator Stevens was the choice, not
withdrawing the fact that the con-
stitution directs that the choice must
.be from the people at large. The
seating Of Stevens is to be contested
| in the courts.
r. "a. Taft, son Of the President,
was chosen head Of the intercolle-
Igiate league at its recent meeting in
New York. The league is an organ
tzation which plans to interest coll
lsleges Ia politics, to show them what
their civic duty is. and to inspire
them to perform II. Thirty OF the
leading colleges OF the country are
embraced IA the membership Of the
league. Young Mr.. Taft Il a stu-
dent ct Yale and represented that
institution at the league convention.
Representative Hughes. Of New
Jersey, has been appointed as the