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God Give Us Men!
(Head Before the First Annual Muling of Vic
Nebraska Democratic Kditorial Association,
Lincoln, February .)
God give us men! Men wlio will dnrc to lend,
Despite all threats nud sneers;
Despite all doubts ami fenrs;
Against the embattled hosts of greed;
Nor cense until by providence of Cod
Wc walk ngaln the paths the Withers trod
1'aths stained with blcod the martyred fathers
shed
1'or I'rccdom and for Right,
That liberty's bright light
Might shine for aye above each patriot's head.
God give ub mciil I,lkc JcfTcrson of old,
Slurry and plain and true.
Single the end in view
To grosp anew a I'rccman's birthright sold
To Mammon by a lustful, greedy lot
Of men who trade in blood, and plan and plot,
And seek to make the rights of man their prey
Strong iiicu with dauntless hearts
Who'llstnnd In halls and marts
To plead the Jcffersouian way.
God give us men! With Jackson's Iron nerve;
Dauntless and cool and strong,
Ready to fight the wrong;
Men who from rule of justice will not swerve
lint face the hosts of greed that rule by might
And stand for Freedom, Justice and the Right,
J.ct men like this come forth nnd stand today.
Honest and brave nnd true,
Ready to dare and do
Por God and Right In Hickory Jackson's way.
God give us men! With Lincoln's honest heart;
I.ovcrs of equal rights,
Haters of all that blights
The nopes of men who dare to ask a part
Jn that best gift Almighty God has sent
Upon the world a free self-government.
T,ct men like this stand forth nnd join the fray.
Voicing in tones that ring
Protest 'gainst rule of king.
Stcadfust for right, as was great Lincoln's way.
God give us men! Ilkc those who fought and
uieu
At Trenton, Bunker Hill,
Concord, Valley Forge until
They won this land land of our Father's pride.
Shall wc who profit by the blood they shed
Say liberty's a myth nnd justice dead?
Nny, let us rouse and all united say:
Help us, O Gracious God, '
That paths Forefathers trod '
Again shall be the nation great highway.
God guide our pens! To write the "simple truth,
Self-evident, that men,
No matter where or when,
Arc equal born-admitted iji our youth,
But lu this time of Mammon's greed and lust
Is hooted, spurned and humbled in the dust.
God guide our pens! For this wc humbly pray,
That we may point all mcu
To Freedom's way again
In the old Continental Congress way. '
timo rcad-ing It. It Is now a ver-y
sll-ly and an-tl-quat-ed doc-u-ment.
Wc no long-or take stock In it. If wo
did wo would con-vict our-selves of
bc-lng iu-con-sls-tent. Ow-ing to
fl-nan-clal rcas-ons wo have discard
ed it and wo re-vilo the men who
wrote It.
Then it was not an im-mor-tal doc-u-ment,
was it?
That de-pends up-on cir-cum-stan-ces.
When ap-plled to our-selves
it still holds good. When cal-cu-lat-ed
to pro-vent us from pll-ing up dol-lars
we givo it tho mer-ry ha-ha and grab
the dol-lars.
But I do not un-der-stand.
You do not need to un-der-stand, my
dear. The men who have the dol-lars
will at-tend to that.
Primer Lessons In Imperialism.
LESSON IV. THE FOL-LY OF JUDG
ING BY AP-PEAR-AN-CES WHEN
THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE
READY TO BE JUDG-ES.
What a prot-ty doc-u-ment. It is
yel-low with age. What can it he?
Thatj my child, is the Dec-la-ra-tion
of In-de-pen-denco.
0, how nice. What does it mean?
It is what our Rev-o-lu-tion-ar-y
Fath-ers wrote whon they de-cid-ed
to be-come free.
Did they be-como free?
Yes, my dear.
Bo-cause of tho doc-u-ment?
Yes, my dear.
May I road it? Per-haps I would
learn some-thing val-u-able from it
Mercy, child! You must not waste
LESSON V. EX-PLAIN-ING HOW
GREAT A' DIF-FER-ENCE IT
MAKES WHOSE OX IS BE-ING
. IM-POS-ED UP-ON.
Whose por-tralt is this?
It Is a por-trait of King Georgo III.
Who was he?
He was a blood-y ty-rant who tried
to im-pose his gov-ern-ment up-on this
coun-try. '
Did lie. suc-ceed? ;
No, iiirdeed! .We de-mand-ed the
right to gov-orn our-selves and we
fought it to a suc-cess-ful con-elusion.
Then we were re-bels, were we not?
No, my dear; we were pa-tri-ots.
Whose por-trait is this?
That is the por-trait of a Fil-i-pi-no.
. Who is he?
He. is . a sav-age man who in-sists
that he be al-low-ed to set up a gov-ern-ment
of his own
Will ho be al-lowed to do it?
No, my dear. We will gov-ern him.
What is he go-ing to do a-bout it?
He is fight-ing us.
Then he is a pa-tri-ot, is ho not?
Mercy salce's, child! Of course he is
not. He is a sav-age re-bel.
But are we not blood-y ty-rants
when wo try to im-pose our gov-ern-ment
up-on him? - .
No, wo are pro-mo-ters of Chris-tian
civ-i-li-za-tion.
But I do rfot un-der-stand. King
George was a ty
Ah, child, he want-ed to prof-it by
rul-ing our coun-try, but we are only
im-pell-ed by Chris-tian mo-tives. If
you were old e-nough to have a few
shares of stock in the civ-il-iz-ing
fran-chis-es you would un-der-stand.
Now run a-long and play. I wear-y of
your ques-tlons. .
Clearly Unbalanced.
"But this man appears to be per
fectly sane," said the president of tho
insanity commission. "Ho is quiet,
answers our questions intelligently
and looks well." '
"True, gentlemen." renlfori th o
I plaining witness. "But he always
laughs when he reads the humor in
tho comic editions of tho Sunday pa
pers." n ,i
The commissioners rendered judg
ment in three minutes, and in seven
minutes the poor victim was headed
for tho padded cell.
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J. - MM
Looks, Not Words.
Mrs. B. Z. Body Did you tell your
mamma I am here?.
Little Willie Yes, ma'm.. -
Mrs. B. Z. Body What did she say?
Little Willie Nothin'; she just
looked like she does when she's waitin'
f'r papa t' come home from th' club.
Convincing Argument.
"But my pledges to tho people," pro
tested the judge.
"Well, what of them?" queried the
corporation counsel.
"I must be true to the people."
"Nonsense! They did nothing but
vote for you. We spent our money for
you."
The judgment of the court indicated
that the argument prevailed.
The Noxt Thin?.
Getyinge Bach Mr. Carnegie is
building many library buildings, I see.
D. Cline Withanks Yes, but that
is not philanthropy. He should buy
our manuscripts.
Getyinge Bach Yes, or keep us in
stamps until we can find a publisher.
. Ab.
There was a hoiisemaiden .in Mich. ..
Who shrieked, "I've broken a dish!"
For a bottle of glue
'She rapidly flue, ' .
And mended it quick as a wish.
Needs It.
"Binks ought to have a guardian
appointed."
"What makes you think so?"
"He is still advertising Belgian
hares for sale."
Detected.
De Tanque I see by de poipers "flat
a scientific sharp hez discovered a way
t' make gin out'n sawdust.
De Beers Dat's a thin scheme t'
delude us inter hittin' do saw, but it
won't work.
Brain Leaks.
Content never .instituted a reform.
The dead can not smell tho flowers.
An easy conscience needs no-press
agent.
History repeats itself, often to plague
the historian.
Looking for a soft snap means lying
on a hard bed.
Politics is dirty business only when
dirty men control it.
People who live in steam-heated flats
should not throw cold water.
Tho recording angel makes no note
of the figures on a bank check.
Philanthrophy does not consist in
giving collars to a shirtless man.
The truly good man does not need
to be subsidized into doing right.
WILL M. MAUPIN.
STOPS THE COUQH
And Works off the Cold.
'Laxative Bromo.Quinino Tablets euro a cold
,in one day. No Cut " No Pay. Prico 25.conts.
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It's Scliurnian Now. i
It Is President Schurman who is
now guilty of inflaming tho Filipino
mind by his recent insistence that-the
only honorable course for .this country
is to give independence to tho island
ers. Hitherto it has been Mr. Bryan,,
or Mr. Hoar, or tho Boston anti-imperialists,
or the independent news
papers who did such deadly work by
standing up for the rights of the Fili
pinos. But now Mr. Schurman, presi
dent of the first Philippine commis
sion, and vqrsed in Philippine affairs,
is really undoing all the splendid serv
ice of the troops and inciting the na
tives to fresh resistance by his doc
trine, enunciated last week in Boston,
that, if we went to war for any other
than an altruistic purpose, we; laid
ourselves open to the charge of man
slaughter. General Wheaton, the act
ing commander in the islands, is re
ported to have said that in the Philip
pines men have been sent to prison
for such remarks as those of Presi
dent Schurman. The latter, does, well
to retort: ,
"If that be true, it is the saddest
and most discouraging truth that has
come to us for a long time from tlje
Philippines. Without freedom of
speech, civil government will never
win the support of the Filipinos." j
The question- cahpot be settled even
temporarily' by "choking and smother
ing; Experience has .abundantly
shown that no government" .has ever
yet been wise" 'enough to pick the' doc
trine, or set of doctrines, that can
safely be suppressed. Attempted sup
pression will only make opposition the
fiercer. If this counsel for indepen
dence "be ' of men, it will como to
naught; but if it be of God, ye cannot
overthrow it, lest haply ye bo found
even to fight against God." The Na
tion. "
FOOD WIIX DO IT
Mtxdo Over n Mrin of 00 - '
Food that, will put the vigor of life
into a man of sixty is worth know
ing about. Mr. Chas. E." Allen, of 6306
Master St., Philadelphia, Pa., says,
"Five years ago, at the age of fifty
nine, I was advised by a friend to
adopt rolled oats for my breakfast, di
et in the place of white bread I fol
lowed the advice with some benefit,
but was still troubled with heart weak
ness and general debility, requiring
medicine from time to time; tho bow
els wore also affected to an extent.
About six months ago, while still
half sick and very weak, I began to
use Grape-Nuts Breakfast Food arid
soon noticed an improvement in ray
general health, with the gradual dis
appearance of unfavorable symptoms.
Heart palpitation decreased and a new
feeling of vigor manifested itself in
various ways. Tonics were no longer
needed, bowels became natural, nerves
were steady and I seemed to nave re
turned, in a great degree, to the vig
or of middle age. There has also hSn
a gain in flesh, my weight havlSg l
creased from 137- to 151 pounds.
You are welcome to use my name If
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