The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-19
UNTO SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS.

UNTO SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS.
At Ardmore Thursday evening tho final act
in drama otlntcnsc human interest was staged.
For days the eyes of the nation had been flNod
upon a community that must needs llyc down
much-wherc the sheer weight ~ gold had gone
far to prove tho philosophy Of tho central figure
In the drama. that there is no virtue IN women
nor honor in men capable Of withsandins tho
Establishments Of wealth.
Tho sordid tale has been told In an i's hidcous
details. Confession and substautiating evidence
collaborntcd to cnthronc for the time at least.
tho bascr passions of human nature, there were
periods when 1t seemed that mans lascivoue
nature yielded 10 willingly, partook of virtue. In
the trial. ~ In the life of the actors. the most
honorable laws " both God and man were ig-
norcd with impunty. Perjury stalkcd markedly
into tho witness chair impously assumed tho
obligations Of an oath--thon gave evidence that
could not be heard by the hoart because Of the
conviction Of the mind that II had been pur-
chased by sordld gold
And In the end, when the last form Of Justice
had been complied with. after the brains and
tongues OF mcrocnarics had earned In fun meas
urc their reward whatever II may have been,
Justice. confused. speaking through the lips OF
mon, rendered tac only verdict possible yet felt
that she had fallen short OF her high purpose.
Much could he said ancnt the weakness OF
human nature that drove thousands to the dingy
courtroom that they might satc their curiosity
by sight no less than sound. OF the millions that
all over the nation, snatohed papers from the
fingers Of hawking ncwses that they might
drink In the last sinister detail OF a scene where.
In a woman was not only barring her soul and
IL an ugly thing. but holding before the gaze OF
humanity the character OF the man she loved
40 we'll that she committed crime after crime to
possess him olty,-not only an ugly thing,
but soilcd, disrepu,ablc. oathsomc unclcan
thing. but that would be- profitlcss.
Something might be said Of the representa-
tives Of the crucfied Christ who did not hesitate
to extend absolution to the one and to the other
but that would not only be profitlcss, but inn
polite hut we may without improprety, We
think. find moral worth discussing and apply
ing TO our profit
II virtue has its own rewards then certainly
vice may be relied on to bring its punish
mcnts, A wife, son and daughter sat hour
after hour and heard the shame OF father and
husband delineated, the emotions OF thinking
people. of serious minds, were torn twixt CON
demnation for the advice which put and kept
them there without rhyme or reason, and the
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