Evening star., 1923-04-19

1t Is not an uncommon ceremony LOT
a church to burn its mortgage which
has been paid of. The congregation
gathers around the fire and rejofces
to see tho sign Of its former debt go
UP in smoke. -~,-.-s-. -
But there must have been a much
greater feeling Of relief. q day or two
ago. when q number OF former con-
victs witnessed the cremation Of the
criminal records OF $4,000 convicts.
It was the Prisoners Relief Society
inswashington which burned its rec
ords on the occasion Of removing
headquarters. There were fifty-three
ex-convicts present and each one had
the privilege of putting his own rec
ord into the flames. They start anew
with q clean record, as should every
man or woman emerging from prison.
In fact, each day every ono Of US
starts q new record. We need not
be tied to our past. Let him who is
without sin cast the first stone" at
him who has expiated a mistake or
crime of his past.
At the new headquarters OF the
Prisoners Relief Society. at 201 z
street northwest, the society is seek
ing employment for discharged pris-
oners, and the fact that men. from
prison go there for: aid in getting
are actuated. by worthy motives and
are endeavorfng to start on the right
track.
Senator Mcclellan OF Tennessee, a
Jacksonian democrat, writes a vitri-
olic letter to President Harding, pro-
testing against what he declares
would be "sacrilege to remove the
statue" tJackson's), exchanging its
site for that Of one George Washing
ton.
What is a "sacrilege"? 1t is "the
act of profaning or violating anything
sacred. Formerly, the selling to a
layman of property given TO pious
What? Is the Jackson hobbyhorse
| a sacred shrine? Which is the sacred
part-the horse or the rider? Which
is the ptous part?
. Where are the federalists? Why
are they not equally excited over the
profaning OF President Washington's $
| statue? He, too, was an American.
Is he less sacred? II it be fmpious
to say, "Gedup" to the hobbyhorse,
| what shall we say to the Washington
steed?
|. Does not Gen. Washington, COM
mander-in chief who created this re-
| public, rank Gen. Jackson, who won a
victory after peace had been de-
clared?
| Imagine Gen. Jackson commanding z
/ q camp and Gen. Washington and
| staff arriving. There would be Gen
Won Steuben and Gen. Lafayette and
| commander. Gen. Washington would
(; send an aide to inform Gen. Jackson
| of his arrival and Immediately Gen
Jackson would summon his staff and
pay a formal call upon his superior
and await his orders. Gen. Washing
ton would take command automati.
cally and Gen. Jackson would salute
and-obey.
| If Gen. jackson happened to occup.
| better house than any other avail
able. the general of superior ranl
might order him to vacate, and Wash
ington would make the Jackson bous,
his own headquarters. Is that sacri
lege? No; it is war.
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The irate senator from Jackson
state attacks the Fine Arts Commits
sion TOT itS supposed auOaclty or pro
posed "sacrilege." What has the Fin,
Arts Commission perpetrated? Thi!
is not an art controversy, for hotf
statues were made by the same man
They. may be on apar as tosart tech.
niQue.
The suggestion that the Fine Art:
Commission might decide to move
| Washington's Monument and Mount
| Vernon because somebody has Sait
they were not artistic must be found
ed on the report that the commission
has faith like a mustard seed. 1tshas
faith-also hope-but its creates
asset is charity. Both the Monumen,
and Mount Vernon are safe. So i.
the Jackson statue, and Gen. Wash
ington's last order to Gen. jackson
was, "As you We're"
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The largest and most infuentia
organization in America, the Daugh'
tiers of the American Revolution, il
now in session in Washington. TIL,
atmosphere of such an organization
is like ozone. 1t purifies and exhila
| rates.
In the opening address Of the presi
dent, Mrs. George Maynard Minor. :
keynote Of patriotism stirred the as
isembled delegates to great enthusi
l ASH, as the sDeaEer portrayed thu