The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-23

mans clothing Is poor, he is not men,
Der OF the family In the old sense. and II
a woman's bonnet is cheap. she is made
to feel, 10 some extent, that her religion
is cheap. Being a church member my
self, 1 feel free to give expression to
my opinions.
But my most serious complaint against
the church Is that It seeks to have the
/ legislatures Of States control the morals
, Of the people. Religion is dedled when
( ii begins to operate in politics. Chris
/ tan people pray, or at least they say
( they do, and If their prayers are not
answered quickly. they remark. one TO
the other, Let's go to Indianapolis and
/ try the legislature Christ lived under
| tho most oppressive Of despousms, but
he said nothing about Rome. except that
/ all men should render unto Caesar that
which belonged TO Caesar. Paul didn't
| hang around the Hobbies and buttOnhole
the lawmakers If a slave escapes he
/ told the people. return him TO his mas
| ter Christ and His disciples and apostles
worked with the hearts OF men.
I'VE legislate against some form of
moral delinquency, and Immediately an
other evil takes its place. There is prog
| ress In crime, as there is in everything
else. Sweeten the heart Of the manufac-
tureT and he viii not sweeten his canned
fruits and vegetables with formaidehyde
| Get at the conscience Of the contract
OF, and he Will not build a house that
will fall down. Meanwhile, it should
be remembered that the battle against
sin. mourned over by some, makes char
acter and glorifes human nature"
Were you a poor boy?'' I asked.
Not Cold and HnngEE.
AT the risk of being dun and IN
dramatic let me say that up to date I
have never known a hungry or a shabby
minute. In my youth I did nothing.
manually, you understand, but unwillingIy
to split a little wood now and then. |
also managed the kindling for the kitchen
| stove. and my father, a country doctor.
said I did It indifferently. although his
language was less polite Getting down
among the roots Of my family tree. I will
explain that Thomas Marshall. my great
grandfather, was a Virginian. He liber-
ated his slaves and his sons left home
| to make a living. Riley Marshall nv
grandfather, came to Indiana. He owned
a section of land IN the later oil and gas
/ belt and sold it for S25 900. His neighbors
said he was rich as a prince and he
didn't deny the allegation. NV father
studied in the office Of local physician,
and then went to Chicago on horseback
and was graduated from Rush Medical
| College. My mother came from Pennsvl-
vania. She was an orphan. Many of her
relatives were clergymen and professors
In theological seminaries.
When was two years old, my mother
being I'll with malady of the lungs. we
| left New Manchester, In this State and
moved West in a covered wagon. NV
father said that life in the open air was
/ good for consumption He was a CON-
petent and successful physician and a
! temperance orator of wide reputation
! We stopped at Champaign, III. My uncles
came and opened a dry goods store and
| my father practlced his profession. I
/ heard the debate between Lincoln and
/ Douglas at the town Of Freeport. sitting
on Lincoln's lap while Douglas spoke
and on Douglas lap while Lincoln spoke.
only recollect that one man was tall
and the other short. and that the short
man irritated me by patting the top of
my head.
Move to Kansas.
When my grandfather sold his farm
for $4,000 he moved to Ossawatonie,
kans., to which place we moved. also in
the covered wagon, when my mother