The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-08-31


form.
whether money Is n curse or not
largely depends on the use it is put
TO. ANY man who will use his wealth
In debauching an innocent girl, bring
ing shame and ignominy upon her,
causing the finger of scorn to be point
ed at her, breaking her heart and
wrecking her life. causing her fami-
ly sorrow lifelong far worse than
would her death, making them some-
times believe that God had forsaken
them, is a man whose heart is black
er than the hinges of hell. whose
lrlenuSh1p is prrtenSe and mis-
fortune, whose philanthropy is Il gilt
terinS snare and an ultimate curse, If
we were God we would damn that
man above every other man for the
blacklist crime man could commit
To see Friday Bedell going along
the street with the big Boss" re-
minds us of Il little poodle trotting
along by the side of full grown St.
Bernard. intellectually the compari-
sen continues: politically the COM
parlson overreaches in favor of the
Big Bliss. AS slippery, sycophan-
tish. truth-defyer. Friday Bedell sizes
up with the biggest of them. really
reaching the towering altitude of
Bragwa. the "Prevaricatiag Klepto-
manioc", Sub-judge of the swinegogue
who is prominent in his line-The
Premier.
Isn't it strange that in, this fast
age of patent fly traps and incubators
drug. store axe not Brought to
Justice? Those who did it are not
on an aviation trip.
Is it too puZZling. or too perplexing
that an answer to the query Bond
Bond who has the Strawbond"-has
not been answered? Usually, IN or
der to keep up the hilariousness of
the play. when question cannot be
| answered. some one propounds the
question to the propouTder for solu-
ton is the question too profound to be
propounded? Ask Jim Holley or
Shirley Ross.
Adulterous started life as Chief of
Police by acting the martinez. He
would now. if he could. pose as a
martyr. He can't do it, you know"
Adulterous hasn't taken time, as
yet, to deny charge of forging City
| City Auditor. signing the employees s
name on the check and collecting the
| money. Perhaps Judge Black can
| force Adulterous to answer. We are
| inclined to think SO.
| AdulterouS Quill is about as cs-
| sentia1 to the protection of life and
| property in Charleston as a flea is to
the happiness and well being of n
| dog. God made man. then to show
| the diversity in the acts of creation
| had an apprentice COB up some mud
and. make Quill. Gee what n botch.
1t is no unusual spectacle to see
fools rush in where angels fear to
| tread. Motive is behind nearly every
action-we do not refer to motive as
n force or power in a mechanical sense
but to the mental or moral stimu-
lus behind every effort made manifest
| on the plain of human endeavor
Mental force is behind every physical
| effect made manifest to the senses
| in other wordS-every visible action
is the result or effect of an anterior
mental cause. We see results every
where on every hand. and each and
every one of them is the physical
photograph of a mental state thrown
force. Every political action is borr
| into the world from the womb o!
thought, as is every other manifest
| result The most successful leaders
of men are those who spend great
time in mental cogitation and il
planning the battles. me:ltally. as they
hope they may be fought actually
And he who can literalize in action
his preaconceived conception of thing:
is generally the greatest and mos
powerful leader. y battle royal. ac
tually occurs before ii is staged whei
opposing leaders are in the silence
crystalizins thought as artillery to b'
used in the open affray- We speal
only of the leaders in this connec
ton, for heretofore, the people. th'
voters are simply as clay in the pot
ters hand, or as foolish sheep in th'
neutrality-suspicious. to suit the bosse
and led or driven by the Sub-bosses t.
do the things required Of them. Al
men are created equal in but on
thing-the ability to think. But o
what use is this ability. if the thinke
Subordinates his personal thought an'
, submerger his Personality in th