Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-07-12
CHAUTAUQUA
A SUCCESS
SEVEN DAY FESTIVAL OF ORA
TORY. MUSIC AND ART EN-
JoYED BY ALL.
FOLKS RAsTERLY ADDRESS
5,Thav,u'. Bard, earretts'y rrainea
R'rds and Animals, and the
Puah.Riner Co.

R'-ds and Animals, and the
Puah.Riner Co.
All things considered, the Chau.au
qua which ! closed lis sessions il
this, city last Saturday evening. wa,
quite successful. The torrid TEN
perature which prevailed during tn
week would have seriously reduces
the attendance llad / it not been fol
the exceptionally gool location o
the big tent in Thrills park. Thf
cool breezes from the river made
the Chautauqua grounds one Of tht
most comfortable places in town.
Thaviu's International Band was &
rare freat to the, lovers Of good mi,
sic and all the children and many
of the adults were delighted owe.
I the wonderful performances OF
Garretta's. tfained birds and ami
y mails He had his pets" instruct.
ed until they seemed to possess
human intelligence.
During the week several really
good musical companies entertain
ed for day and passed on, but Y
remained for the Push! -Riner Com
psny to get in close to the heart
of the people, Of Manchester. They
were literally cheered as long as
\ they remained on the grounds.
We would like to say more about
several other features Of the Chau-
tauqua work, but Ex-Governor Folk:
adGresa wes so full CT good things
that we devote the balance OF our
space to that feature Of the Chau
tauqua:
At the hour for Governor Folk'r
address, Wednesday evening. north
eastern Iowa was enjoying million
dollaq) dcWn-pour Of much needed
rain. 1t fell in torrents here in
MeEeLoster. and assisted by
strong wind put the big Chautauqus
tent temporarily out of commission
Many sought safety in their homes,
tG:t quite a nuniter, notwithstanding
the condition Of the weather, as
semElel in the Presbyterian chnrcle
where they listened to a brief
speech by. Mr.. Folks Ut was there
deeiGe.. that the speakers regular
address world be delivered at 10
o'clock Thursday forenoon, and a.
the hour agreed upon a good sized
audience. greeted the Ex-Governor2in
the tent, and enjoyed one of .the
very best speeches ever delivered il
this city. 1t was replete with goo,
thoughtsa admirably phrase1.
The following is a synopsis of the
principal points covered by his adj
dress:
There has leen great awaken
ing on the subject OF individual re
sons Utility for the affairs of city, .
state and nation within the last few
years. The public conscience has
been aroused against evils and
things are not tolerted now that 6
few years ago were submitted to II
silence. Will the movement to-
ward higher ideals cd on? Will the
people socn forget?
Fight Special Privilege.
Reforms sometimes die, but re-
yolutions never 60 backward. and e
revolution has been wrought in the
conscience Of men. The awakening
is merely. determination to have
the government of city, state and
nation represen. the public ;ntere2t
and not special privilege. In the
battlei against privilege some fights
must be lost. With each fight lost
we should not lose courage, but fight
all the harder; with each fight wol
we should not become apathetic,' ant
think ALL has teen won. If the is
sue could be represented square.S
Between public rights and specia.
privilege everywhere there would be
no Doubt as to the outcome. For
the majority of the people here and
everywhere will do right when they
know right.
Zone of the Obstacles to the pro-
gress of righteousness everywhere
is the mistaken view that it Injuries
a city or state to prosecute wrong
doing. have heard men deplore the
exposure of public corruption be-
cause it<hurts a city; have seen
men oppose the enforcement of LAW
against gambling and liquor lawless-
ness because it Injuries the state;
| have heard men object to prosecut-
ing trusts and monoplies because it
hurts business, Such views are en-
tirely false No city can he injured
by the enforcement of the peoples
laws; to do otherwise is to sub
catitute the will Of the official fer the
laws of the people and that is
tyranny. No state can be hurt by
opposing grating; to do otherwise is
to connive at it. There is no Sc
cret remedy known for evils of this
character They cannot be cured
by hiding them. The disgrace is
not in their correction but, in sub
mission to them with supine indif-
ference.
People at Fault.
"The most conspicuous fault of