La Junta tribune., 1915-04-17


she knew where he lay. At least. she
might knell beside the mound and
keep his memory fragrant with the
odor Of few carnations.
where are these children?
Perhaps their relatives may find
them in the picking vat at Denver.
Some half drunk. or debauched or
Derry OF dental hospital. Is fishing
about and searching for them with
pike pole. He has some friendly
obligation he must meet. A cadaver
is needed for incineration In plot to
defraud an insurance company OF
| thousands OF dollars. A flimsy ex-
cuse TO those In authority is all that
is necessary TO obtain the body. Not
even is written requisition requir-
ed or are the ordinary safeguards OF
stock room In business concern
provided. But the woman's body Is
at the bottom OF the tank 20 the un-
dertaker receives the body OF the
man on top. II suits his purpose
better, for he needs larger corpse.
And thus In Denver. Colorado. the
| most sacred obligations and duties
are sneezed at and the tenderest sem
sibiiities shocked with no more con-
eern than IL the carcass OF an animal
we're involved. and not a body fash
Toned In the image and likeness OF
the creator OF the universe. who has
said that He even regards the flight
OF a sparrow across the sky.
Where was the public servant who
Was chosen and sworn TO look after
this dead man at this time? Was il
not the intention OF the Law that this
body after II had served the purpose
OF science should be properly and de-
Gently inferred? Would 1t not be
the duty OF such an officer to see that
IL could not be carried away by a
constituencies undertaken without so
much as even a formal written order?
Well might We turn back TO the
mgsty pages OF earliest history and
/ study the lives and customs of many
OF the inhabitants OF Asia and
Egypt. These people never heard
/ Of Christ. but see what reverence
and care they bestowed upon their
dead. II might be to our sdyan-
,ag.. as a commercial nation. to re-
fleet occasionally on the evidence
OF these eommendable practices con-
tanned In the inscriptions and tombs
which have been unearthed In great
numbers.
This whole miserable and sordId
story shows by comparison that the
living are more pathetic than the
dead. Combined with recent events
IL points out clearly and definitely
to the stranger within the gates that
there IL something rotten in Den.
mark and screw loose somewhere
In the political machinery OF the
commonwealth.
ANY government which had its in
ception In tn. hope OF the iowiy foI
greater opportunities and then be-
trays IN. trust and trifies with II,
dsi.nseless citizens. living or dead
real producing citizens OF the Unit
ed States are each year advancing
nearer and nearer to their despoil
err. The position OF those Who iraf
fic In bodies. living or dead. be- II II
the Workshop. morgue or mine. 4
becoming very uncomfortable. lie
no man misread the signs Of III,
times. Mankind IL going TO be- Sc
free upon this continent. Thos
|, Who .ndearor TO .hoid the bonds TO
rether will be crushed by the recoil
We have seen In this state a con
dition OF civil war In which the par
aiyred arm of authority leaned glad
iy upon the federal government 70
support. We have seen outside cor
porations. holding wealth which the
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~. dominating the whole situation
!. With revolution lighting its torch q
. the smcuiderins flame OF outrage
, and piundered citizenship. the hea
;. Of the nation was defied and Nj
Moncybass states smilinsiy ths
there IL nothing 20 srhitrate.
Bribery walks boldly into IN
! highest legislative chamber Of III
state and there publicly and Wit
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T., Colorado needs no more seener
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