Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-09-21

and a disccrnment That seeks for ar
opening in the feeble mind throush
which entrance may be made to a.
waken intelligence and interest. This
is done by observing What one thing
attracts the patients interest and
then contratiug ever! >hlng to the
development Of that one faculty
Which is thuS revealed.
II the man! thousands OF harmless
predetermined children nov outside
such institutions. and whose condition
thru neglect and ignorance goes rap
IDLY from bad TO worse, could be
placed within them and treated as
Indicated above the number of mental
unlortuna1es WOULD be materially de-
or, ascd and society would be SO niue h
III" gHin"r.
\ study OF political CONDITIONS in
his country rGu| : that Voters are do
INK lots uG thinking . more than ever
hrtnre. THAT is good thing for the
nor" people mink and act for them
elves the less Will be the power Of
Political bosses and the purrr will
TOW the stream Of political life. The
day has about passed %hen men OF
shudG reputation and spotted private
If" can he forced rs candidates upon
pie be expected to vote Tor them. Con
Sli1u"n, les nov study men ami prin-
,iplcs and almost 'INnliably if a can
Giualp is To su,ct"u he must be a
ritan man II j. W"ll, also, TO re-
member in lhrst. days when political
corruption is h,%uG unrArthod ANA
som" politicians arr under cloud,
that the great majority OF represent
talivea in state LEGISLATURES and con-
grrss are honorable mon and that the
leaders Of the great parties az" pure,
high toned. earnest. patriotic meu
" hatrver may be their political con-
victions.
Tn" clerical Recommendation of the so
cial doings OF N"N port fast society az
pears 10 have been Justified. If one
half OF what on" reads and hears Of
thar set is true ii is clear that they
hay" very little moral sense. y dis
regard for moral law and sacred in
situations, d"praNrN moral tastes. idle
ness and a selfish msus" ol wealth
Of Newport society as IA whole. Its
life shows the decentralization caused
by the possession of great Ncalth
when the character is not governed
by right principles. If those people
had iOftier aims, and true cOncep-
ton OF life, and of their esponsibll-
tiles they would do as much to bene-
fit society as they are now doing 20
injure it.
There is always a good deal of talk
about the need of doing reclamatory
work among the vicious poor, and
certainly there is need of such work.
But there is quite as much need that
similar work be done among the vi
cious rich. OF the two classes the
rich are the more dangerous to So
ciety because in the power which
wealth, social position, and education
give them; their facilities for wrong
doing are greater and their example
and influence more potent. With the
vicious poor we see sin in it's most
hideous aspects while among the rich
it takes on attractive forms which
make it doubly harmful.
Perhaps levity, irreverence and a
disregard for decency we're never
more displayed than by that COM
pany of midnight jewellers who in
an eastern state recently turned a
cemetery into a dance hall. People
who dance upon their ancestors
graves, convert monuments into
chandeliers by hanging lanterns upon
them, and the roof of vault into a
platform for the orchestra must be
lost to all sense of reverence and
shame. They belong to the class that
laughs at the instruction of fathers,
mocks the prayers of mothers, and
breaks all the commandments with
impunity.
The taking of a portion of Finland
and adding it to the province of st.
Petersburg probably means the dis
memberment of the country by Rus
STA. Such action is repellant to ev-
cry lover of personal freedom and ma
tional independence. But Russia has