Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-08-26

who think their opinions on all SUD-
jects are the only right ones. These
are one-idea fools who consider it
blasphemy for a man to think and
doubt and such men-no, fools-are
responsible for the thumb screw, the
stocks, the guillotine and the stake,
which have been the portion OF so
many who dared to think. The leg
Ultimate descendants of the old bigots
are the conservatives who martyr
the progressives and retard the
worlds progress-the man who al
ways votes the straight ticket, no
matter how crooked he is himself.
tell you that man is hypocrite and
a coward who will not meet every
issue with an unbiased mind Don't
ask whether that agrees with the
general opinion. We always martyr
the man who establishes a proceed
|ent.
There is no excuse for ignorance
on the great issues in this age Of the
newspaper, the library and the
Chautauqua. 1t is easy to get fknowl-
edge on both sides. There are real
leaders, ready to apply the ideas and
principles of the man of Gallilee.
The world is growing better politi-
cally, socially, in every way, and the
man who says it is not is turning
against God himself. The cranks and
fools of today are the sages of to-
morrow. We martyr the thinkers.
We don't cut off their heads but we
cut off their bread supply. The
preacher who dares to preach the
truth, is invited to mind his own
business or move on.
A real idea always creates a dis
turbance. Get one and see if it
doesn't. Supposing l should tell
you there is going to be a great
change in the political philosophy of
the world, that the time is coming
when a man will have to give value
received in some kind of labor for
every dollar he gets, would you be-
lieve it? @
Daniel Webster once said, ''The
man is a fool who believes steam
engine can be made to go, and If it
would go, he couldn't stop it," II
know man with a big idea whose
enemies have hired detectives and
harlots to try to prove that he is
not the man he claims to be, and |
have been unable to prove a single
charge against him; but I believe
that the natural tendency of this
American people Is to do the right
thing, and the time will come when
they will dedicate in love monu-l
ment in the city of Denver in mem
Dry of Judge Ben Lindsey, the friend
Of the children, the type of manhood
who will make our country trulyt
tree and great. and our religion
true seven days of the week, II you
are going to try to raise a great
deal you'll suffer martyrdom, but
'or myself / prefer to have a soul
against the gang. but in the end it
makes no difference what they do to
he individual, individuals don't
,ount, principles and souls are the
,nly things immortal. They cannot
martyr your cause If it is just and
light, because there is a God.
There are people who are mar
yred for their ideals and another
lass whose ideals martyr them, and
hose for whom the fires of mar
yrdom burn brightest are the ones
nartyred by their own conduct, and .
Who wanted to be fools. Those Who'll .
iced to hear this part of my lecture
re probably not here, men and boys
Who have martyred themselves BY
heir habits those who did not heed
ather's desire that they should get