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VOLUME 8, NUMBER 15
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REMNANTS
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Slnco tho organization of the re
publican party national conventions
of tho two loading political parties
have boon held as follows:
SHG Republican, Philadelphia,
June J 7; Fremont and Dayton. Dem
ocratic, Cincinnati, June 2; Buchan-,
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I8G0 Republican, Chicago, May
JG; Lincoln anil Hamlin. Demo
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English.
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and Thurman.
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June 7; Harrison and Reid. Demo
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and Stevenson.
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1G; McKlnley and Hobart. Demo
cratic, Chicago, July 7; Bryan and
So wall.
1900 Republican, Philadelphia,
June 19; McKlnley and Roosevelt.
Democratic, Kansas City, July 4;
Bryan and Stevenson.
1904 Republican, Chicago, June
21; Roosevelt and Fairbanks. Dem
ocratic, St. Louis, July 6; Parker
and Davis. Sioux City (la.) Journal.
should consent to marriage unless
she has this feeling in her heart for
the husband that is to be; unless
she can measure up to this self-sacrificing,
exalted lest of motherhood.
What a pity 'tis that so many chil
dren aro born into the world who
have not this priceless heritage of
The Child of Love! What a pity 'tis
that so many unwanted little creat
ures are ushered Into life! Poor,
little, handicapped, unwanted beg
gars! . Poor little strays upon the
shores of time! Theyare outcasts
before they are born. They, are
brought into being under an influ
ence of tumult and of riot. Is it
any wonder that they go astray in
after life? What a pity 'tis, that
children have to be thus born! May
we not indulge the hope that in some
far-off blessed day to be, all children
born of women will be the children
of love? What a glory day that will
be! When that time comes we shall
be in the way of producing a race
of men and women that will be a
delight to -itself and a joy to the
gods.
Some there may be who will say
that such writing as this should not
be done for, the daily press. But
why not, pray? In writing thus, we
write straight into the heart of hu
manity into the very citadel of Life
and Love. Motherhood is as com
mon as men and women; it is the
crowning act of excelling nature; the
perfect fruit and flower, the finished
product of creation without which
this world would have been made in
vain. Why not write of it?
God forbid! that only the trivial
things of life should be treated of in
the columns of the press, and that
the weightier matters of the law,
the vital questions that touch our
lives, to make or mar them, should
be passed by unnoticed and undis
cussed. Not along that path doth
either wisdom or' duty lie.-1 Quincy
(111.) Journal.
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THE TRAGEDY OF MOTHERHOOD
A sweet young wife gave up her
life In Mt. Sterling the other day in
the final act of motherhood. Just
as tne tiny babe gave the first, faint
cry wiucii is the sign and signal of.,
a new lifo, the young mother passed
Into the Valley of the Shadow, which
wo call death an uncomplaining
martyr to the sometimes inexorable
demand of motherhood.
This hazard of mqtherhood every
intelligent woman knowingly accepts
whon sho consents to become a moth
er. And this hazard of motherhood
is ono of the chief claims that women
havo upon the consideration, the
patience, tho forbearance, the klnd-
noss and tho tenderness of men.
Women know the risk of mother-
nood, yet how bravely and uncom
plainingly; with what superb cour
age, fortitude and heroism, they ac
cept and meet the danger. They
are like men who go into battle
knowing Its dangers, and facing them
with, unflinching courage.
The young wife of whom we write
was well enough aware of the dan
gers which lay along the path to
motherhood, yet how bravely and
how resolutely, how happily and how
joyously she went along the way.
For her's was a child of love the
crowning product of two loving souls.
A Child of Love! "What a glorious
inheritance to be thus conceived, thus
nurtured under a wpman's heart, and
thus brought forth! A Child of
Love! How deeply and how truly a
woman must love a man when she
feels in her heart that she would
like to be the mother of his child.
This is the supremo test of a wom
an's abiding love. And no woman
THE REPUBLICAN DILEMMA
Since it is settled beyond any rea
sonable doubt that William J. Bryan
will bo the democratic standard bear-
ur m me penamg presmentiai cam
paign, interest naturally turns to the
identity of the republican nominee.
There is a familiar sneer to the pur
port that democrats have no trouble
in electing their -candidates a year
before the presidential noils onen.
and that their confidence diminish os
about in proportion as that event
draws near. There are indications
that this condition wll be reversed
this, year, and the faith of the mi
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atlon. Roosevelt has split his party with
a cleavage so wide that no candidate
of his choosing or that of any con
vention can unite the two factions.
There is no common ground on which
uio conservative and the radical re
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honor will the suspicion be removed
that this modern Caesar will raise
no hand to remove the crown which
frenzied followers may thr ist on his
head.
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even though their political sod bids
mum louow tne plume of the
man from Ohio. The day Is
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amusing to watch the corporation
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and the other representatives of the
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