Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-05-12
IN THE EaIPiR. STATE.
By !. D. Knott.

spent a Sunday in Elmira. New York.
There is a distinct touch of the great
State, to which this small CITY belongs.
in the movements of Elmira.
have left behind me the SCOT and
smoke of western PENNSYLVANIA. and
of late have been in the vicinity
of Williamsport-rich and comfortable
There is noticeable improvement in
the general appearance of my audi
ences and in the intelligence with which
they listen.
Among the interesting features OF
a tour like this is the conversations
you hear or have in railway trains
and in hotels. on what Mr.. BRYAN calls
pending problems" Two men will
be discussing something like the Ger
man proposal that tine u. S. mediate
between them and the Allies. A dis
cussion such as this usually brings
out, sooner or later, the opinion, the
men in question have on the Presi-
dent and Mr.. Hughes. speak only
in general terms when say that Wood
row Wilson would be forced to
smile with a sense of triumph
if he could hear how perfectly super
fetal the objections are to his admins
tration, now that men of Republican
sympathies are trying their best to
see in all that Mr.. Harding and his prem
iers do, the "thing that should long ago
have been done" Armed with the
latest editorials Of the New York
Times, | have had a deal of fun with
such men, and particularly when the
Colombian treaty and Preparation" is
mentioned. Nothing has impressed
itself upon me more forciblv on this
tour than that the Republican party
came into power of late upon wave
/ of nebulouS nebulosity, and to save
you they cannot tell where they are
or why they so madly objected to the
administration Of President Wilson.
When Mr.. Harding with consistent in
consistency. follows in the wake of Mr..
Wilson in personally addressing Con-
gress, and in sending a note to the
German proposals for mediation, with
out consulting the Senate or anybody
but Mr.. Hughes-then what was
autocratic in Mr.. Wilson becomes "iust
the thing" in Mr.. Harding, and the
great throng who have determined to
be pleased and applaud. fall in. Per-
sonally, am glad this is as il is. As
much as love and admire Mr.. Wilson
the trend of things Just now seems tc,
be about the only course history could
take to justify Mr.. Wilson's attitude
and acts. Let the good work 90 on.
can imagine the man from Marion
some sweet day, after about six
months experience with matters like
the Colombia episode. stealing around
to the S street residence in Washing
ton, and taking certain invalid by the
hand, saying: "Mr. Wilson. let me
shake your hand in appreciation of the
task you had before you and the way
you stood to it. | never dreamed it
meant what | find it means"
New York and Pennsylvania are
Just now in the midst Of battle over
the So-called blue Sunday Laws" In
the afternoon of nv Sunday in Elmira
| attended big mass meeting in one
OF the theatres which was addressed
by the secretary of the organization
which is fighting the" Sabbath Alliance"
position hope NAV not shock nv
friends when say that my svrnpa-
thieS incline to the non-enactment
of civil laws to force people to keen
the Lords day, as certain people think
1t should be kept | could give nv
reasons for nv position. but thew
would be of the nature of things eek
pedient," rather than of things where
sharp lines are drawn between right
and wrong. When Christ said "The
Sabbath was made for man. and not
man for the Sabbath" he forever nut
his seal upon certain liberty in Sab
bath keeping which is at war with
blue Sabbath Laws" or anv other
force to make all persons keep the
Lords day in practically the same way
'And if the Sabbath Alliance dream that
they can head men and women and
drive them into the churches. aeains,
their wills, on Sunday. they will find
such a reaction against church-eoine
are long, that will empty the pens as
this country has never seen them
emptled. But our friend who had
twelve hundred people in the theatre
to hear him talk for "libertv" in Sab.
bath observance made the mistake al