Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-30

week. Tine O0acago Federation or
Labor actually seriously debated and
had many speakers favorins the propo-
sition. for "all toilers" on q certain day
to withdraw from the banks Of this
country every penny on deposit in
| these banks.
The resolutions concluded as follows:
Resolved, Hhat the Chicago Fedora
! ton Of Labor urge the executive coun-
Gil OF the American Federation of Labor
| to consider the advisability Of disarm-
ing these corrupt influences by striking
at the very foundation of their system
the banks. We urge that day be
decided up when all toilers, union and
non union, local and national organi-
cations. shall withdraw from the banks
in every city and town in the United
States their accounts and deposits. If
this is accomplished even to a small
extent. we will have a financial situa-
ton turnout the width and breadth of
TINS country which will give Wall
street. the insurance companies, the
railroad flnanciers and trust magnates
plenty of work other, than crushing
labor unions; and be it further
Resolved. That we urge affiliated
unions their members and friends to
prepare to comply with such a call
when properly Endorsed and sanctioned
by the American Federation of Labor;
and be it further
Resolved. That the secretary of this
federation send copy of these reso-
buttons to the meeting of the executive
council of the American Federation of
Labor, which will be held in Washing
ton Wednesday morning. March 90
1910.
The reader can figure out the result.
if such action We're universal. and these
.'toilers.' would foot the bill'' before
the trouble was over.
Rev. Thomas Grimshaw of St Louis
speaking before the WISCONSIN estate
Spiritualist Association. declared
against capital punishment.
Criminals he said. ARE being hung
or electrocuted simply to get rid of
and legislative bodies do not realize
that criminals are of more harm when
dead than when alive. The criminal is
not prepared for the spirit world when
executed. He enters it with all the
lusts and passions which he had in this
life lowering its moral tone and de-
stroyng its serenity. and his influence
is directed toward exciting the criminal
iilSliiiSlS cl pSoIit On tdl W.
Now. we understand some things.
How blindly we have been working.
Mr.. Red Handed. murderer, is locked
safely in the iron cage. his spirit per-
force must also remain in solitary con-
finement. But the authorities of the
state of New York say he must be
electrocuted and by such action I'M
hitch his spirit from his body. The
body goes to the Potters' field but Reds
spirit flies away into space and begins
Ito excite the criminal instinct of peo-
pie on earth. What a colossal blunder.
Reds spirit was tied to his body in
Sing Sing. Absolutely powerless "to
exist" So many thousand volts of
electricity unties his spirit and "tickled
to death" its free and begins Ito
raise the devil everywhere" Down with
capital punishment. Let's keep all of
these bad spirits in the penEentiary.
Somebody has said. no one ever per-
formed a great action or uttered grand
imperishable words, that was conscious
at the time of the act or the hour of
the grafton, such acts or words were
out of the ordinary. In the light of
history this theory can be proven Mrs.
Stowe was a case in point. Uncle
Toms Cabin" was as much of sur
prise to her as the rest of the world.
In later years she came to believe that
she was inspired when she wrote that
great work. Then she became only the
commonplace word phraser. Hobson's
deed will live in history. He had no
idea that he was performing heroic
act. He was doing something that
ought to be done. The Hobson on the
chautauqua platform is 50 different.
The Hobson uttering his Japan war cry
is so enthralled. And while we are
moralizing. why is it that these great
deeds. and great words. never come
from the same source twice. 1t is true
circum stances conspire to make men
great. or rather men take advantage of
circum stances to do great things.
Doesn't opportunity come but once in
mans life time?
Right along this line is the. old saw
about seeing ourselves as Others see
u.s." Instead Of praying the gods for
such gift. everyone should pray, good
Lord deliver US from seeing ourselves
as others see us. It is true in these
days of publicity our foremost figures
in public do have fine chance to read
ABOUT themselves, Dut We 1OiAo
have no such favors. We have an idea
the world regards us as saints or
criminals, but how often We are mis-
taken. Think Of the sensation Of the
preacher if he only knew what his
audience really were saying to them
selves. Why take away our conceit
and silence would reign the world over.
It's useless to claim that we don't care
what the world thinks Of US. We do
care. Public opinion finally settles our
career. Again. if we only, saw our
selves as others see us, there would
be no such thing as reforming the
masses" AT the outset so strong would
be the antagonism, if we, only knew of
it, that hope, faith and chaxHyg would
all disappear. ut woul dforce the utter
ance, "Ephriam is joined to his. idols,
let him alone"
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