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The Washington herald., 1919-07-20

Democracy is indigenous to Amer
lea
One of the earliest recorded exper-
iments of representative government
by the people was undertaken on the
western continent; and it was a sue
! cess.
These statements are not made with
reference TO the establishment OF the
United States of America as a free
and independent nation. but to events
that antedsted by nearly a century
the birth OF Christ.
At that time North America was
inhabited by two great peoples-the
Nephites and the Lamanites, each
named after an early leader. and both
originally OF one family stock. EK-
cept for brief periods OF comparative
peace, the two nations lived In a
state of hostility, due to Iamanite
aggression.
The Nephites were progressive. cul-
tured. and of peaceful desires. while
the Lamanites became degenerate,
dark-skinned and barbsrous. Even
tually the Nephite nation was de-
stroyed by its savage foes: the Lam
antics persisted and are represented
today by their direct descendants. the
American Indians.
For five centuries prior to the events
now under consideration each nation
had been governed by a succession Of
kings. The Lamanite rulers exercised
autocratic sway and relied upon physi-
cal force for their power. Some OF
the Nephite monarchs were almost
as bad, though many were notably
considerate and just.
The last Of the Nephite sovereigns
was Mosiah; he died 81 B. C. after
a righteous reign of thirty-three years.
King in name, he called his people
brethren and counted himself their
trusted and presiding servant.
! A short time before his death Mo-
siah called for an expression from
his people as to whom they desired to
succeed him on the throne. There was
a united answer; the people wanted
the kings son, to whom il was said
"the kingdom doth rightly belong"
But Aaron, the peoples choice. de-
clined the crown, as did his brothers
in turn; for all these sons of Mosiah
were devoted to the preaching OF the
Gospel and esteemed the Iabors of
the ministry above the royal estate
Mosiah seized the opportunity oc-
casioned by the peoples loyalty and
unity to awaken them 10 the fact that
the powers of government were in
herent within themselves. and to urge
them TO exercise their sovereign rights
and assume the privileges and respon-
sibilities of self-rule. He recommend
ed that they abolish the monarchy
and establish a republic according to
athe voice of the people,"
| Solemn as the sound OF doom,
piercing as the blast of sngers
trump, is the Lords Affirmation:
A iswhosoever committeth sin is the
servant of sim John S:3D. .
Who can md so much as excuse
| to think of himself as a freeman when
he knows he is a slave-to base pas
sion. to dishonorable desire, to
hypocrisy and crime?
The prisoners fate is as COM
monty the result of negative sin
Of neglect. Incidence. failure to do
las II is the consequence OF ILL
1 directed activity and positive trans
gression. Refusal to comply with
the prescribed laws and ordinances
sf the Gsspei of Jesus Christ is to
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any difference to US whether Germany
keeps the treaty or she don't keep
1t. Mawruss. the chances Of US send
Ing our boys back again is pretty
SLIM"
But under section ten of the league
covenant. Abe" Morris began. 'the
time might come when we would
got to send them"
Maybe" Abe admitted, but IL any
Of them European nations has got the
idea that because Germany Is going
10 be slow pay. We would oblige with
a few million troops. Mawruss.
they've got another idea coming. We
are a nation. not a collection agency.
and no amount OF section tens il going
to make us one, neither"
We'll. that is the danger Of this
here league of nations. Abe" Nor
ris said. land IL the Senate ratifies
it, We are not only a collection agency
but a burglar insurance company as
well, and in fact some of the Sen
ators goes SO far as to say that we
amt SO much insuring people against
the operations OF burglars as insur-
ing burglars against the loss OF their
ganevas.
Il know the Senators Is saying
that, and I also know that Mr.. Will
son says II amt So" Abe agreed.
but this here fuss about interna-
tional affairs has got what the
lawyers calls a statute of limita-
tions running against II right now,
and / give both Mr.. Wilson and the
Senate six months. and they will
be going round saying: DO you
remember when six months ago we
got so terribly worked UP over
INSTRUMENTATION league and
somebody who is sitting near them
will ask for the sake of having
things just right: You mean that
league of nations. amt itr and MI.
Wilson will say: League Of nations
National league! What's the diff
ference? Let's have another round
of old DIR. Turner'S Favorite As
paragus Tonic and forget about
it,"
so you think that all this inter-
national politics will be forgotten
as quickly as that" Morris COM
mented.
Say" Abe said. TT won't take
long for Mr.. Wilson to settle down
into American ways again. OF course,
it will be pretty hard for him during
the first few weeks, whenever he
gets a sick headache to send out for
a doctor instead Of an admiral and
he may miss his evening schmooes
with Clemenceau. Lord George and
Orlando. but anyone that will have
such a lot of CLAW hasholom times to
talk over as Mr.. Wilson will for the
rest of his life. even IL he does have
to hold out some of the stuff for his
History of the Peace Conference in
three volumes. price Szs. Mawruss
would never need to play double soli-
taire in order to fill in the time be-
tween supper and seeing is the PAN
try window locked. in case Mrs. Will
son is nervous that way. Then again
there is things happening in this
country which looked very picayune
to Mr.. Wilson over in France. and
which will seem so big when he ar
rives here that almost as soon as he
sets his foot on the dock in Hoboken
the league of nations will get marked
off in his mind for depreciation as
much as a new automobile does by
merely having the owners number
plates attached to 1t, even IL it amt
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New York. July 1s.-From four or
ave side streets running into Broad
way the Chinatown motor buses
await each afternoon and evening
their hordes OF slum seekers-a
motley crowd from all corners of
the world The bus may hold a
San Antonio banker, a Chicago
packer, a Minneapolis truckman and
a Detroit longshoreman. together
with school teachers. a bud from
Butte. and so on
Only the shell of Chinatown re-
mains Its romance has gone. The
low lit Railways that stink from
PelL Doyer and Mott are not BURST
ing with mystery. tong feudists and
the smell of opium Chinatown has
moved to brighter gay lamped
haunts of wonder in Newark ana
Paterson.
The lHied tongue of the yellow
men in Chatham Square will tell
you that Chinatown is just the same,
but when you are gone they wink
knowingly and drag reminiscently
at their long pipes. 1t is a far cry
to the old days of Chuck Conners
and his pearl gray derby when sob
sisters were able to lift affairs of
AhNO NhC tPucTcs Vi
passion and beauty and sorrow.
Muffled walls of reed instru-
ments are heard now and then be-
hind closely shuttered windows and
the whispers of slippered feet echo in
the causeways and now and then
one comes across the satyr and the
ssdist-but the pallid blue light that
is the symbol of China throughout
the world has been supplanted by
the bilious glare Of the American
incandescent.
When / came to New York a good
many years ago Chinatown was the
most fascinating spot in the city.
knew its merchants and its cafe
keepers and / was proud to call
Chuck Conners my friend. Woo OF
the Port Arthur. later stabbed to
death. used to cash my checks.
Chinatown was then a fascinating 3
spot of mystery as. far removed
from New York as the = famous
Chinatown OF London-the tabled
Limehouse Causeway.
There. were steaIthy voices. and
mysteriously strange little jets or
lamps that winked like evil eyes.
shadowy figures went in and out
and suspicious looking figures sat on
door steps. In the Joss houses were
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could have been designed by Ring
ling Brothers with a few hints from
Rogers, Peet, understand me, and 1
don't believe them Germans would
stick to the terms of the treaty
anyway"
Europe should worry about that,
Mawruss," Abe said The main
thing is that the peace is signed and
the last Of our boys would soon be
home again from Europe, and once
We get them back again in this coun-
try, Mawruss, it oser would make
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permit or invite capture by the
arch-enemy of souls.
Obedience is the test OF alleCi-
ance. and he whom we obey the
leader we elect 10 follow. = the
master who directs our destiny.
whether in the liberty of right
eousness or the serfdom Of sin.
"hnow ye not wrote Paul II old
to the proud Romans s.that 20 whom
ye yield yourselyes servants 20 obey.
his servants ye are 60 whom ye
obey whether of sin unto death. or
Of obedience unto righteousnessf
(Rom. 6.l6).
The certainty of capture by the
enemy through passive irresolutlan
or aEgro ssive violation Of Divine
law. together with the actuality rr
the captive state was set forth by
a Hebrew prophet on the West, n
Hemisphere centuries before th,
birth Of Christ. as follows:
For the Kingdom Of the devil
must shake. nnd rhey which belong
TO "a must needs be stirred up unto
repentance, or the devil will grasp
them win his everlasting ~hnfns.
and they be stirred mp 10 anger aud
perish.
"For behold. .t that day Ithis lat
ter. modern, present. dayl shalt he
rage In the hearts Of the children
of men, and stir them mn 20 anger
against that which is good.
And Others will he pacIfy. Rnd
luli them AWAY into cnrnaI security,
that they vii say. All Is well in
ZionI yen, Zion prospereth. all 10
we1l' and thus the devil cheateth
their souls, and Ieadeth them awRy
carefully down 20 hell.
sand behold. Others he nRttcreth
nway, and teIleth them there Is no
hell; and he saith unto them. ! nu
no devil. for there Is none; and thus
he whispercth In their ears until he
Erasps them with his awful chains,
from whence there IL no deliver
nnce.
"Iea. they nre Erssped with seath.
and he'll; and death. and hell, and
the devil. and aII that have beea
seised therewith. must stand before
the throne Of God, and he judged ac-
cordins to their works, from whence
they must go into the place pre-
pared for them. even lake OF IRE
and birthstone. which Ia endless tor
ment.- (Book of Mormon. YnphI
2S19-s3).
1t is evident from the foregoing
and from the following. that cap
tivity TO the devil shall extend into
the eternities as the state OF thoss
who have failed to establish their
status as citizens in the Kingdom
of freedom:
"For behold. N ye have proeras-
tinnted the day Of your repentance.
even until death. behold, ye have be-
come sshiecfed TO the spirit of the
devil, and he doth seal you hIst
therefore. the Spirit of the Lord hath
Withdrawn from you. and hath no
place In you. and the devil hath alt
power over youg and this is the
hnsl state of the wicked lAlms
34:35).
Fer the Book of Mormon. ete-,
apply TO Eastern states Msssson. IN
Gates Avenue. Brooklyn. n. v.
For books Of $50 pages. centntainE
complete series of these articles.
Numbering 1o4. entitled srhe Vital
ity of Mermenirm.- apply 60 pab-
Iishers. The Gorham Press, DesteA
Mass.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-20
BY MONTAGUE. GLASS
DISCUSS THE SIGNING OF 1T.

few days ago, which holding a thing
like that in hall. Mawruss. Is a SAM
pie Of what kind of management
there was"
They had the Germans sign the
peace treaty in that hall, because it
was the same hall where them Ger
mans made the French sign the peace
treaty in 1S70." Morris explained.
Sure. know" Abe said. but what
did they know about such things in
1870? Even grand opera they gave in
halls in them days, which. considering
the amount of interest there was in
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a colonel looks like the combined an
nual conventions of the Knights OF
Pythias and the /. o. NJ. A."
The chances Is that the allies did
the best they could with the short
time they had for preparation, be-
cause you must got to remember
mat the Germans didn't make up
the!r minds to sign till two DAYS
Defcre the signing. and considering
th1t the President of the United
States wears only the uniform pre-
scribed by the double page adyer-
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tisements of Rochester. Chicago and
Baltimore clothing manufacturers
for people who ride in closed cars.
Two days Is an awful short time to
hire y eally impressive uniform, let
alone to have one made TO order.
Abe" Morris said. Furthermore,
Abe. the signing of that peace
treaty could have been pu. on by
the feller that runs of these here
follies with the assistance OF George
II. Cohen and the management of
the Metropolitan Opera House,
understand. and the costumes
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sarcastic, Mawruss. The signing of
that treaty was arranged Just the
same like any other show is arranged,
except that the arrangements wasn't
quite SO good. The idea was to make
1t impressive by keeping it very plain,
and thar Is where the allies to my
mind made a big mistake. because
the people to be Impressed was the
Germans and what sort of an i'm
preston would that signing of the
peace treaty by delegates In citizen
clothes make on a country where a
station agent looks like a colonel and
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The Lure of Chinatown Clings; An
English View of Prohibition;
N. Y. Gossip of the Week

the sauatting slant-eyed worship
pers who hurried away to play fan
tan There were low couches, pasty
faced white wives, victims of opium
each one a story of the wickedness
of a great city. 1t was an atmo-
sphere churned with all the filth
of the world and yet it was myster-
ious enough to intrigue the true
lover of a city's seamy side.
Now it is supported by the rubber
neck wagons. The owners of the
wagons Ak up the opium "dens." The
victims are painted a sickly white
while they recline on a couch and
smoke bulldurham. There are a lot
of Chinese in Chinatown but they
are commercialized and they hurry
away over the weekend to the
country-preferring the meadow.
bird and bee to the sticky and
prison-like atmosphere of China
town.
George Simson Fraser, a British
student of labor conditions, arrived
in New York this week to make a
study of conditions in America. He
wrote several articles on the in
dustrial unrest in Great Britain
NAS VI 4VLt nc
had some cheer for those who op-
pose prohibition-if they can pos
sibly be cheered.
He says that in England, rightly
or wrongly. the workers are con-
vinced that beer Is an Indispensable
beverage for men engaged in the
so-called hot" or heavy" trades.
Il believe" he said. that America
Is going to get along better without
so-called hard drinks containing a
high percentage of alcohol, but I be-
lieve that for a few years at least a
mild beverage of some sort is needed.
II Is true that Arizona did not have
much /. w. w. trouble until the State
was voted entirely dry. The Soviet
government was established in Munich
when brewing was stopped and also
In Winnipeg, I am informed. Absolute
prohibition tends to breed malcon-
tents and believe that the problem
should be handled carefully. New
York has only had a few schools OF
social science so far. In Budapest
the Soviet instituted a dry regime. /
believe, to stir up discomfort. OF
course. the chief complaint In Amer
lea Is going to be that the rich man
has his cellar filled with fine liquors,
but on the other hand the working
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Illustrated by ALBERT LEvERING

spectacle family. II the wife wantf
It and the children wants it. IL may
be that the old man will think IL over
for a couple OF weeks. and. he NAV
begin By saying that the family would
get a new car over his dead body and
what do they think he is made Of
money. y'understand. but sooner OF
later he is going 20 sign up for that
new car, and don't you forget IL And
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strict truth abouf the matter, he
feels that he Is obliged to mention it
in his history" Abe said ,''he's bound
to run up against big chorus of
Yowsr-
Wen. so far as / could see, no
body coDipels Mr. Wilson to write
a history of that Peace Conference
il he don want to- Morris replied.
and If he should decide not to do
so. he could always rent that South
ern California property furnished for
the seasun. or if he feels that he
mnst occupy il himself for history
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WOODMEN OF THE
WORLD.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE THREE

and a number of other wcodmen
will pay them an official visit.
AT the meeting OF Oak Camp, No.
4, Wednesday night. Consul Com
mander c. q. Stott definitely an
nounced that he will leave next
week for Dominican City, Sanro
Domingo. where he will be connect
ed with the Federal government.
Sow. B. F. Williams was unanimous
~ elected to consul commander the
remainder Of the year. Sow. Will
Jams was Installed by Sow. Stort.
The camp presented Sow. Stott with
a steamer trunk in appreciation of
his work for the camp.
Six applications for membership
were received and eight candidates
were inflated Banker Kerns re-
ported SO far he had received s225
from me excursion of the camp to.
Marshall Hall.
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been run two miles from the agency
yet"
Il never thought of IL that way"
Morris admitted. "but II is a fact just
the same that this here league of ma
ucns is only being operated at the
present time under a demonstrators 8
license. SO TO speak, and as soon as Il
gets its regular number. the manu-
facturers and the agents won't be so
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sensitive about the knocks that the
prospective customers is handing At"
'knd just so soon as the demonstra-
tions have gone far enough. Mawruss.
just you watch all the nations of the
earth that amt made up their minds
whether they want 10 ride or not,
jump aboard" Abe said. ALSO Nav
russ. this league of nations Is 10 the
United States Senate what a new car
proposition is to the head of any re-
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Union Square is one of the city's
busiest spots. Several subway en-
frances nightly receive workers that
the neighboring lofts and office build
ings pour forth. Before the news
Stands in the Square form lines OF
men and women-eager and anxious
to get home. Many a news dealer
there finds two hands insufficient for
his needs.
There is one news dealer in the
Square, however. who handles the job
without any hands at all. and loses
no time making change. folding and
handing out newspapers. opening and
closing his stand, etc. Lou Young is
the dealers name. When he was IL
years old he lost his hands in an
explosion. But in spite of that handi-
cap he runs his fiourishing stand in
Union Square.
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Democracy of American Origin.
The Founding of an Ancient Republic.
By DIR. JAMES Il. TALMAGE.


Salt Lake City, Utah
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men should understand that he is
much better off without a cache OF
liquor.
THE problem OF absolute prohibi-
tion is one of many different angles.
America may work it out and set a
pace for the world
Carroll McComas. an actress. is back
from England and France and is get
ting reams of publicity over the fact
that she danced with Gen. Pershing.
She says. by the way. that he danced
with great grace. He did not step
on her toes once. If he had-she
would probably receive twice as much
publicity.
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and a number of other woodmer
will pay them an official visit.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-07-12

ing in Iowa, after which, several more
wears were spent as principal OF
Nebraska schools.
Then came years experience with
an engineer corps on railroad construc-
ton work in Colorado; certain expert
ences in country newspaper work; a
period of service with Messrs. Harper
Bros. as travelling agent for their
school books; a short whirl was taken
at real estate and insurance and even
at selling school furniture and sup
plies.
When in college, the young Amer
lean had virulent itch to write. He
put pep and ginger in a few columns
of college notes that he wrote weekly
for the town paper. The first pub
lication of his own, the Dewitt, Neb.,
Rip-saw, was founded in the summer
of 1888 and, after supporting Ben Har-
rison to a successful issue, was sold
out and then daily newspaper work
was entered in Lincoln, Neb.
Later on, the Peoples Rip-saw was
conducted at Crete, Neb., where it took
leading part in showing up and de-
feating an autocratic district judge, sc
feared by lawyers and people that they
dared not start a movement against
him.
Next came experience on a daily
paper in Kansas City and then OF
an immigration paper in Omaha will
a national circulation. Still later came
service in several departments will
Sen. Hitchcock's paper, the Omah'
World Herald.
Ending connection with the World
Herald, after service as state capita
correspondent at Lincoln, reporte
Morrison came TO Duluth, through tn
encouragement Of J. Adam Bede, VIII
had lived and attended college il
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-07-12
CANDIDATE OF C0MM0NERS
DESCENDANT OF PIONEERS
Biographical Sketch Of John Loyal Morrison, Only School
Board Candidate Who Plainly Tells the Public the
Things for Which He Stands.
TOHN LOYAL MORRISON, a eandi-

ToHN LOYAL MORRISON, eandi.
e date for the school board who
knows what he stands for and does not
dodge in making it known, was born
in Tabor, Fremont Co., Iowa, Sept. 10,
1868. That was in the darkest days
of the Civil War and he was christened
John Loyal. He is, therefore, loyal in
name as in fact.
This Son Of the Hawkeye State
comes Of a long line of American
ancestors, all of whom arrived from
Europe long before the Revolutionary
War. His great-grandfather Morrison,
supposedly Of Scoteh-Irish stock, took
his broad-sword from the wall and un-
dertook to enlist to fight the British
when only Is years of age. One branch
of the family came from France in
1898. A Puritan branch is believed to
have come much earlier than that
almost entirely American, the first
settlers coming mostly from New Eng.
land and Northern Ohio. The only
residents directly from Europe were
some English farmers, a handful OF
Irish and, later, considerable con
tingent from Sweden.
The school board candidate of thu
commoners and anti-autocrats was
reared on an Iowa farm and his early
education was secured in little white
country school house with green blinds
After the rural school, came a mum
Der of years in Tabor College, q fresh
water institution patterned after Ober
in college in Northern Ohio. Man,
Of the Tabor settlers were old parish
toner's Of the noted Finney, in Oberlin
In 1884, the subject of this sketcl
left college in his junior year an
went to Nebraska where he taught 70
year. That was followed by teach
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-07-12
SUPT. HOKE'S AP0L0CISTS
MAKE VERY WEAK SHOWING
School Expenditures Increase Rapidly and Heavy-lncum
bent Cipher in State School Circles Of
Unfanness and Inconsistency.

After three years of service in the
public schools by Kremer j. Hoke as
superintendent, the chief thing his
friends and apologists can say is that
he has simplified the system and list
of text books and that he has kept
the text book agents from getting his
scalp. The first was not a complicated
task and the second never happened,
for no one really believes that text
book agents really have sought the
Hokian scalp.
These friends and apologists also