The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-28
HARRIET Il. STOWE
AN AMERICAN SAINT

Editor, The Times: One winter
DAY In the White House during
the Civil war, a great reception
was being held. and hundreds
were filing by to shake the hand
of Abraham Lincoln.
Presently, a small woman was
introduced. She was Harriet
Beecher Stowe, the illustrious au-
thor of Uncle Toms Cabin"
As Lincoln took her hand and
looked down into her face, he
said, And so this is the little
woman who brought on this
great war"
Because of her intrepid work
in setting forth the wrongs of
the poor, friendless, enslaved
black man, she became one of
Americas great souls, one of her
real saints. For there comes into
life times when not peace but
sword is needed,-a sword TO
hurl wrongs from the throne and
to establish right there.
To do this requires fixed
ness of purpose and a spirit
militant in its loyalty to truth
and right.
And so Harriet Beecher Stowe
stands out luminous in American
history as woman with a soul
so great as TO turn to Gods pur-
poses all the riches Of her mas
terly literary genius.
She was a plain American, the
wife of the Rev. Calvin f. Stowe.
minister and college professor.
While she was writing her great
book she was rearing her chill
dren,-a truly high class Ameri-
can saint
When Uncle Toms Cabin" APP
peared, America and Europe
were astounded. The printing
presses could not keep up with
the demand. Hers is called one
OF the outstanding influences
that brought on the great Civil
war. freed the blackmen and
made this an undivided country.
JAMES p. RAWSON.
l12 Orchard Road.
Editor, The Times: Sens.
Byrd and Glass are two fine
southern gentlemen OF the old
school, two real upholders of
American democracy among
Americas sristocrats.
Reactionary crsnks. sun,
That's an insult, sub.
II man is personally objec-
tionable. sub, he's beyond the
pale. sub.
Some such defense might be
rugged up by the southern tories,
and confirmed by their northern
partners in reaction, for Sens.
Byrd and Glass in their two-man
rejection Of President Roose-
yelts nomination Of Floyd Rob-
erts TO the Virginia federal
bench.
But TO Democrats who re-
membe the fine Virginia tradi-
tons OF Thomas Jefferson. the
nsgrantly undemocrstic action
/ by these two Bourbon torres
rsnkles like an old wound.
The fact is that not Floyd
Roberts, but President Roosevelt
is personally Objectionable 10
/ Glass and Byrd on the grounds
OF the new deal program OF the
nations chief executive.
II is to the shame and his
honor Of the u. s. senate that
20 other senator's backed up
Glass and Byrd on their invooa-
ton of the rule OF senatorial
courtesy, which is nothing more
nor less than = fig-leaf for the
more bald statement by Glass
that he found Roberts person
ally Objectionable on the grounds
he is associated with conspir-
acy by the White House to de-
prive the dignified senators OF
their political patronage.
There mustn't be the slightest
suspicion OF politics In relief,
these senators declared, or else
there won't be any relief. But
it's all right for them TO de-
mand politics in judiciary. their
own peculiarly corrupt politics
in the administration OF justice!
The real reason Is that they
want a federal judge in Virginia
who will take orders in inter
[ pretinS the laws from the same