Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-07-16

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to work and vote and toll and suffer
for the protection Of what we call
\ Home. Sweet Home.
! A voice: Amen.
DR.. Wilson: The most sacred
/ institution in this country is not the
state. whatever the patriot may say,
I nor the church, my brethren, what
/ ever the preacher may claim. but 1t
is the home. The angels of God
camp around It, the sapphire of the
divine promise is underneath It: the
I rainbow OF hope arches its future;
it is the trystring place OF men and
Z angels. where earth and sky meet
and the one melts away into the
other; it is the training ground of
the soldiers of the cross. ft is
/ kindergarten for the university Of
I heaven; il is Americas great school
for patriotic and moral citizenship.
! There is nothing like the American
home Hope seats its gentle radi-
ance around its cradle, and the mes
senger from on high waits by its ted
Of death with a convoy Of angels to
take the spirit up to the mansions of
light when il has wrought so as TO
make this world better for its being
I in It.
I wish I could investigate the
Z American home. Uncle Sam has
been taking a census. I wish he
would appoint a commission from
. Congress and come to this platform
and we will imagine this is q home
and we will let the officers come and
knock. and the mother comes and
opens the door and as he stands
there the biggest boy is driving the
horse and COW down to the barn. the
little fellow is whistling a familiar
tune here in the hall. and the girl is
playing on the piano. and he says.
Madam, We are a commission Of
Congress to investigate the resources
Of this country. and we have been ap-
pointed 10 investigate the home. the
typical American home. and we want
to ask what is this home willing 10
do for the great republic. the flag
has been fired on" And she viii
rremble for q moment and then. get
ting q wOmau's grip upon her feel
ings she viii say, There is our old
est boy; take him away; take him
away 10 the front and let him be q
target for the shot of the enemy. and
il he falls before the fire of the foe
come hack and we will send our
second son to 90 and take his place.
I say that q nation or q state OF
city that won't protect an institution
like that by all the force Of its bal
lots and its law and its police and its
government and its army. ought 10
take down the flag aud not call itself
q Christian nation. loud applause.l
II I could tonight ! would love TO
write g description and hang il up
upon these walls alongside OF that
one. Get right with GCi" ] would
have il copied and hung in every
legislature and In every home and
over every pulpit and in the pnbliC
schools. / would put on that certain
sentiments that are unQuestiOnable.
The first one I would borrow from
the Book Of Books: Look not thou
upon the wine when Il is red. when
il giveth its color in the cup. when
il mOveth itself Alright; az the last it
bireth like serpent and stingeth
Ike an adder"
Under those would put the words
OF John Wesley: The rum traffic
slaughters mankind by the whole
sale and drives them 10 hell like
sheep. No man can gain by this
business. swallowing up his neigh
bOr's substance without gaining with
it the dsmnatiOu Of hell"
Under those would put the words
OF Euglani's greatest statesman-
"Intemperance is a greater evil than
war. pastilenCe and famine conn
bined"
Under those I would put the words
Of Abraham Lincoln; Three
f0urJhs Of mankind now confess with
greatly benefited By the total
hanishmeUt OF alcoholic liquors and
an the rest acknowledge it in their
hearts"
Under those would put the words
Of James A Garfield True states
manShiD consists rather in removing
the cause than in Furnishing or evad-
ing the results
Under those ! would put the words
OF William Z GlsdstOus- 1T Is the
province OF government to make il
easy for 4 man 10 do right and hard
for hi INTO DO wrong (Appizuss-A .
Under those would put the words
Of Burke. the great English states
man: What Is morally wrong can
never be politically right ZAP
plausel
Under those would put the words
Of Theodore Roosevelt tLOud an
plause-l When the hcuOr dealers
came 20 him in q body when be was
chairman OF the police commission
OF New York. and said ~Au We ask
is TO be treated Just like any other
business" he said. ''GsuJIsUeu. you
are engaged in 3 matter that is IN
like any other business Won are
engaged in a business that violates
the Law and breeds crime and an
2rChy- You cannot open your places
on Sunday while ! am On this com
mission" Applause
Under those would put the words
Of William Jennings Bryan r,seez-1F
uttered (Applausel. NO man
speaks for the sElCCl- I1 fE eTIl
only evil and that cOltiEuEIlF Men
give no reason for It's eTis1azcs. euG
they persist IN Ep0IOEiEtlg for IT,
For myself bslieVe On Prsctztt E1cal
option. in city lOc1l cptioz- In s14Es
local option and in nEEto1EL local
option" GApplauseA
And under those I WcuI5 pu1 the
adaptation Ct General Grants words
We viii fight Il ugs On thss lfzs q
IL takes from now TO the eighth o.
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