The Green Forest tribune., 1910-04-29

as his own. Probably the best test of true love of liberty in any country is the way in which minorities are treated in that country. Not only should there be complete liberty in matters of religion and opinion, but complete liberty for each man to lead his life as he desires, provided only that in so doing he does not wrong his neighbor. Persecution is bad be- cause it is persecution, and without reference to which side happens at the moment to be the persecutor and which the persecuted Class hatred is bad in just the same way, and without any regard to the individual who, at given time, substitutes loyalty to class for loyalty to the nation. or sub stitutes hatred of men because they happen to come in a certain social category, for judgment awarded them according to their conduct. Remem Der always that the same measure of condemnation should be extended to the arrogance which would look down upon or crush any man because he is poor, and to the envy and hatred which would destroy man because he is wealthy. The overbearing bru- tality of the man of wealth or power, and the envious and hateful malice di- 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, if 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 excites those who have not property to plunder 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 sup port him on the ground that he is hostile to other citizens of the repub- lie, that he will secure for those who elect him. in one shape or another, profit at the expense of other citizens | of the republic. It makes no differ ence whether he appeals to class | hatred or class interest. to religious or anti-religious prejudice, the man who makes such an appeal should al ways be presumed to make it for the sake of furthering his own interest. The very thing that an intelligent | and self-respecting member of a democratic community should not do is to reward any public man because that public man says he will get the | private citizen something to which this private citizen is not entitled, or will gratify some emotion or ami mostly which this private citizen ought not to. possess. -a Ranch Story.
 Let me illustrate this by one number of years ago I was engaged in cattle-ranching on the great plains of the western United States. There ere no fences. The cattle wandered l free, the ownership of each being de- termined by the brand: the calves were branded with the brand of the COWS they followed. If, on the round up, an animal was passed by, the fol lowing year it would appear as an un- branded yearling and was then called a maverick. By the custom of the country these mavericks were brand ed with the brand of the man on whose range they were found. One day I was riding the range with a newly hired cowboy, and we came upon maverick
 said to him: Tt Is so-and-so's brand" naming the man on whose range we happened to be.
 He answered: That's all right. boss, know my business"
 In another moment 1 said to him: Hold, on, you are putting on my brand"
 To this he answered: That's all right; I always put on the boss brand"
 answered: "Oh, very well. Now you go straight back to the ranch and get wT''s is owing to you. l don't need you anf~ .onger.'
 He Jumped up and ssi6: Why. what's the matter? I was putting on your brand"
 And I answered.: "Yes, my friend, and if you will steal for me you will steal from me-"
 Now the same principle which ap- plies in private life applies also in public life If public man tries to get your vote by saying that he will do something wrong in your interest, you can be absolutely certain that if ever it becomes worth his while he will do something wrong against your interest.
 France and the United States.
 And now, my host, word in part ing. You and I belong to the only two great republics among the great powers of the world. The ancient friendship between France and the United States has been, on the whole, a sincere and disinterested friendship. A calamity to you would be a sorrow to us But it would be more than that In the seething turmoil of the history of humanity certain nations stand out as possessing peculiar power or charm, some special gift of beauty or wisdom of strength, which puts them among the immortals, which makes them rank forever with the leaders of mankind. France is one of the nations. For her to sink would be a loss to all the world There are certain lessons of brilliance and of generous gallantry that she can teach better than any of her sister nations. When the French peasantry sang of Malbrook 1t was to tell how the soul of this warriorfoe took flight unMard through the laurels he had