The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-24
= .aass ana Gentlemen of Logan:

.aasss ana Gentlemen of Logan:
y am going to ask you, because !
Dsn getting to be an old man, and
INV haii is thin, what there is of It,
20 allow me in this night air to put
nm my hat
am delighted to be here in the
,eJrmpany of your most efficient rep
reseniatiye Mr.. Howell, whom / have
Known long and fayorably in Wash
RISton. and with your governor and
y nin' distinguished senator. They all
have done their utmost to make me
feel welcome in Utah, and they have
succeeded
want to talk to you tonight a
fbfSe something that have pretty
ulHar at heart, and that Is the ratifi.
cation of the peace treaties. lam
very anxious IL the United States can
en-, anything to help along the cause
81 permanent peace, it should do so.
and old men. too, and | want to
arouse in them an enthusiasm for
t,eace. When man is young bis
blood runs fast, and he thinks of the
glory of the battlefield, and he thinks
or what war has done in the past
and thai possibly 1t may accomplish
something of good in the future, He
looks on the fair side OF the picture,
Vie does not realize the awful horrors
that war brings, the bloody cruelty,
the decentralization. the corruption
that follows in its train. He does not
Know and can hardly appreciate the
agony of the mothers. the sisters aud
the daughters in time of war, as they
esp Nnit their hearts in agony at the
news that may come from the battle.
field TINT their dear ones have lost
their lives.
War Unnecessary.
It Is said that war is necessary to
human character. There are other
ways of training human character,
1han by war. Are there not genera.
atoms of men that grow to be great
strong men and never take part IN
war? Is it not possible for MS by
arbitration. by Il judicial arhitral
court to substitute some means of de ,
Gliding questions that arise between ,
nations than by war? We have trea
aies that provide for arbtatiOn be-
tl.,ts -
they except questions of national
honor and vital interest, and II Is SAID |
VhaI We ought never to consent 10
z,rbirrate a question of national honor. |
Well. why not? One numbered years
ago IL used TO be that II one were a
gentleman and felt the obligations OF
- gentleman, and another insulted
him. it was his business to send a
challenge and then to stand himself
AT ten. or twenty or thirty PAGES and
make himself a target for the man
who insulted him, II is true that he
saRso had chance to shoot the man
VINO insulted him OF course II he
sg1s,t him then he went home and
SAID. We'll, have wiped out that
siam but suppose he was not the
%, tu.r marksman. and suppose the
s1ther FELLOW shot him, and he took a
Gl,lllst home and went to the uospi
nal and lay there thirty days thinking
a. over, don't you think he ha0 p,
pretty hard time to satisfy himself
shat was a very satisfactory way of
NyipinE out the insult and satisfying
his honor?
Days Of the Duel.
In the old days at common law. If II
man was sued on promisary note
Anr could go into court and say de-
Snand tAat this issue be tried by
wager of battle. The plaintiff might
have his witnesses there, but the de-
gendant had a right to try il out that
way. ana so the court drew out from
mehind the bench two long swords
=lno rbe plaintiff and the defendant
,weuI al each other. and If the de-
EendaBt cut off the plaintiffs head
or fa'm or knocked him down in any
was that settled the fact that he
mad never made the note, or If h"