The Columbus journal., 1910-05-04

the way In which minoritsea m,
treated In that country. Not ouI,
should there be complete liberty ID
matters Of religion and opinion, bu,
complete liberty for each man to lead
his life a. be desires. provided only
that In so doing be does rot vrous
his neighbor. Persecution Il bad be.
cause 1t Is persecution, and witbou,
reference to which side happens 1t the
moment to be the prosecutor and
which the prosecuted. Class hatred 10
bad 10 Just the same way. and without
arv regard to the individua! -Ao st
q Given time. substitutes loyalty t. q
class for loyalty to the nation. or sub
stitutes hatred Of men because they
happen to come In & certain social
category. for judgment, awarded them
according to their conduct. Remem
Der always that the sa.ue measure Of
condemnation should be extended To
the arrogance which would look down
upon or crush any man because he IL
poor. aud to the envy and hatred
which would destroy q man because
he Is wealthy The overbearins bru.
tally 81 the man of wealth or power
and the envious and hateful malice dj.
rected against wealth or power. are
really at root merely different mani
festations Of the same quality. merely
the two sides Of the same shield.
The man who. II born to wealth and
power. exploits and ruins his less
fortunate brethren is at heart the
same as the greedy and violent dema
gogue who exc!tes those who have |
not property to plumber those who |
have. OF one man in especial. BE-
yond anyone else. the citizens OF a re-
public should beware. and that Is OF
the man who appeals to them to SUD-
port him on the ground that he 10
hostile to other citizens Of the repub
lie. that he will secure for those who
elect him. In one shape or another.
prcfit at the expense Of other citizens
d. the republic. I: makes no differ.
ance whether he appeals to class
hatred or class interest. to religious
n anti-religious prejudice. the man
Who makes such an appeal should al
ways be presumed to make II for the
AXE OF furthering his own interest
The very thing that an intelligent
md selfrespecting member OF q
democratic community should not do
to reward any public man because
hat public man says he viii get the
rfvate citizen something to which [
his private citizen 10 not entitled, or [
I'LL crafty some emotion or ami. {
,osity which this private citizen I
ueht not to possess I
A Ranch Story.
Let me illustrate this By one
necdote from my own experience: A :
lumber OF years ago I was engaged
cattle-ranching on the great plains
the western United States. There :
ere no fences. The cattle wandered :.
&c. the ownership of each being de- :.
rmfned by the brand: the calves :.
ere branded with the brand Of the =:
Tvs they followed. II. on the round. -
}. an animal was passed by. the fol. I"
wing year 1t would appear as an un.
anded yeariing and was then called '.
maverick. BY the custom of the
untry these mavericks were brand. u
with the brand Of the man on l.
hose range they were found. One ~
y ] was riding the range with a a
WY hired cowboy. and We came III
on a maverick OF
said to him: 1T Is soand-so's
and" naming the man on whose ~
nge We happened to be- as
He answered: That's all right, UT
S.. ! know my business ma
10 another moment ! said to him: w
cid. on. you are putting on my mi
md" tn
70 this he answered: That's all mi
ht: ] always put on the boss thu
nd"
answered: "Oh. very well. Now OF
90 straight back to the ranch and au
what is owing to you. don't need abb
any longer" Ha
[e Jumped up and said: why.
ITS the matter? ! was putting on a
r brand" dit
nd ] answered: Yes. my friend. the
II You will steal for me you will ed
i from me-" dea
ow the same principle which ap- A
8 In private life applies also In son
lie life. n public man tries to tow
your vote by saying that he will oun
wrong In your interest, circ
can be absolutely certain that n the
II becomes worth his while be in q
do something wrong against r
} interest >.
France and the United States. a =
I'd now. my host. q word In part. sew.
You and belong to the only nea,
great republics among the great that
rs Of the world The ancient tor
usn.p between france and the Of I
~ states mas oeeh' on the whole. Ii
cere and disinterested friendship had
lamity to you would be q sorrow re,,,,
"'" We "oIe tnan auto
In the seething turmoil Of the ~.
u.aS seI'aI" nat'ons p!ete
or charm. some special gift OF mol;
49,. "S ""c" the I
makes them rank forever with -.
!, mo ,.,,on. e.. -. snce Is srarl
! no . ~. .. ~ g. ~ s'n. ernoI
are certain lessons Of brilliancs e'
'f generous gallantry that she ,.u usu
.ach better than any Of her sister oui's
Is When the French peasantry En-
Of Malbrook Il was to tell bov Super
'ul Of this varrior.foe took dieht the 5,