Evening journal., 1914-08-08

legal union. also believe that this
certificate should be characterized by
brevity and simplicity but l do not
believe that it is necessary TO have
number of certificates cumbersome
with extraneous matter as this law
provides. Why cause this delay of
twenty-four hours 10 parties in the
State, and ninety-six hours to parties
out of the State? Will K add any
thing to moral purity? viii II make
the marriage tie more secure and the
number of separations and divorces
less? No. This institution like all
others man has to do with, now and
then suffers defeat by erring man
end woman. Intellectual develop
ment is the only possible lever that
can ever raise the institution Of mar
riage to a higher plane. Further
more, by this law you have greatly
embarrassed the revenue to the State
and the Clergy.
Think of a business man placing
vicious dog at his front door to
bite the people as they go in TO trade
with him.
We all know people that are not
married should be married; and.
also. people that are married should
not be married. Take ten couples
and scale their circumstances from
the mendicant with his sad picture
Of blight and ruin to the millionaire
whose very life is inlaid with for
tunes smile; let them all embark on
the sea of mstrimony, and I defy the
wisdom of man to say correctly, who
Will or will not make the successful
voyage.
Opposition intenslies desire; IL
you deny them. they may defy You
even at the risk of their own ruin.
Obstruction is but virtues foil. from
thwarted light leaps color's flame,
the stream impeded has a song"
Death.
/ believe that a certificate should
be given Tor every death: that frank
ness, when the attending physician
is in doubt as to the cause of death,
should be strictly enioined We know
that the post-mortem table has often
reversed the decision q the wisest
and best at the bedside, but the one
: that should concern us most is the
fictitious certificate purposeiy given
for death. Pneumonia, typhoid
fever, heart trouble arc names that
are often used to veil suspicion.
Strange as it may appear. this con-
dition applies to the female sex. be-
tween the two extremes of life. Who
has ever heard of an investigation?
Where is the red-handed criminal
who has paid his pound OF flesh for
the nameless outrage he has COM
mitted against the bud and blossom
of human life? Is this what you
call Uniform Statisticsg' If It Is.
would not the fringe of a thunder
storm give you quite as good an idea
Of uniformity?
claim that a certificate OF age
from the school-teacher. of marriage
from the officiating clergyman and
of death from the attending ply
slcian. is all-sufficient to meet any
emergency that may arise, and can
be had at a nominal cost to the State.
When men engage in a business en-
terprise, they are attracted by one
object. and that is profit; but my
leader, IL you knew these men were
maintaining the non-essential to the
exclusion of the essential would you
like to have some stock in their bust
ness? Let us compare. We have in
this State. and especially in Sussex
County public highways that we're
! laid off centuries ago by wild
animals; and in all the years that
| lie between then and now, man has
made but little improvement upon
/ the trail of his ancestors. These tor
tuous highways are perpetual wit
nesses to monumental ignorance.
l love to look at a good road be-
cause it certihes to somebody's good
sense and that some fellow has faced
the dawn. A good road invites traf-
fic, lessons toll, accumulates wealth,
abbreviates time and distance, fosters
social intercourse, sharpens the in
tellect, broadens the horizon of
thought, gives wings to chance and in
! the end. a handsome dividend on
every dollar expended What does
( the Uniform Statistics" law do? AS
legalized, arrogant pauper, II col
lects toll from the hard-earned incre-
| ments of labor and offers in return
the shadow of a shade. Spend this
money where II OF right belongs-on
our public highways, and the good
you do the present will be benedic-
ton to the children yet to be.
With due respect to all and especi-
| ally those of my friends whose judy
ment may run counter to mine, I say
to maintain this law at the expense
Of the crying needs of the hour, is
the very quintessence OF economic
stupidity.
Abide. thou triple headed. miscel-
lsneous. scrio-comical phantasma-
goria. abide with all thy faults and
foibles. we will tolerate thee as an
Undesirable guest. until thoughtful
man and outraged woman shall give
thee back TO oblivion.
]. c. KNOWLES, NJ. ID.
Seaford. Aug. 6. 1914.
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