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THE COMMONEIl, LINCOLN, NED.
man behind it is dead no moro valuablo than
the sharpest sword when tlu hand that
wioldod it is palsied.
Our civilization today needs something more
than cold intellectuality; it needs the warmth of
love and tho spirit of brotherhood. It behooves
our churches therefore to inquire into irreligious
influence exercised by those who are attempt
ing to substitute the guesses of so called
scientists for tho words of God and His Son, and
for the teaching of tho prophets and the
apostles. If tho right of these professors to
destroy the faith of the children entrusted to
them is questioned they invoice freedom of
speech, as if freedom of speech included the
included tho right to demand pay from those
who believe the doctrine taught to bo dangerous.
A man has a right to havo smallpox if he wants
it but he does not have tho right to communi
cate it to any other person. Society takes upon
itself tho duty of preventing communication of
diseases dangerous to the body. By what right
can the professor claim pay for the communica
tion of a disease dangerous to moral heatlh?
When tho evil influence of Darwinism is un
derstood it will be sent into oblivion and these
college combats, so fatal to students however
pleasant they may be to their instructors, will
bo remembered as we now recall the bloody
gladiatorial contests that took place in ancient
arenas. W. J. BRYAN.
A little while ago California reported that
lemons were being allowed to rot on the ground
because of the low price they brought in out
side markets. When tho people, finding there
was something to bo bought at a low figure, be
gan buying lemons tho dealers doubled the
price. Yet business men complain that the
public insists upon looking upon them as rob
bers. They will continue to so regard them as
long as business is conducted on tho principle
that the price is whatever purchasers will pay
and not based on the cost. When business is
content with a fair profit, then business may
expect to be let alone.
In opposing the demand of the railroads that
the labor board shall reduce their wages, the
men aro insisting upon tho right to be paid a
living wage. To this the executives reply that
there can be no such standard as a living wage
because men's tastes and necessities differ. What
has becomo of the American standard of living
that the old-time high protectionists insisted
was tho real object sought by placing a high
tariff on imports? If the railroad executives
have none of their own maybe they can bor
row it?
Chicago board of trade offlcialh announce that
if tho senate passes the Tincher bill, which for
bids gambling in grain, that institution will
close its doors. Inasmuch as the whole object
of the farmers' movement is to prevent the
prices of their products being made on a gam
blers' market, this threat can hardly be classed
as one calculated to strike terror to agrarian
hearts.
No More War, Hard
ing's Prayer
Following was carried by Associated Press,
under New York date of May 23: A nation so
righteous and so just that "we shall never be
called upon to make war so long as God and men
rule together" was the prayer of President
Harding as late today he reveiwod survivors of
the World War at a regimental review in
Brooklyn.
"It must not bo again," was his solemn dec
laration earl.er in the day when he attended
a memorial service for 5,000 war dead on the
great army piers in Hokoken.
Tho same theme spoken before the living
and before the dead brought tears to his eyes
and to the eyes of those who had followed him
through a day's program crowded with events.
At a luncheon of tho Academy of Political
Science, and at a dinner 'celebrating the one
hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of the
Now York Commercial he had expounded the
need of putting the government on a business
basis and of reconstructing the nation's busi
ness and industry. His audiences listened to
his every word attentively, earnestly but it
was at the military functions that he stirred
the emotions.
EMOTIONS VARIED
And a xried must have been the emotions of
the pros) lent himself. First a thrill at the roar
of heav guns as the presidential yacht May
flower steamed into New York harbor and came
to her anchorage amid tho salutes of a hun
dred war craft swinging on their lines in the
Hudson.
Then the catching in the throat as he ar
rived in Hoboken at the bivouac of the dead,
entered the shed-like piers which served as a
temporary tomb for the thousands of brave
lads, whose flag-draped coffins covered the
floor, row upon row and laid upon the coffin
of a humble private from Michigan the first
American killed on German soil a wreath that
served as a symbol for all the country's war
dead.
And later the cheery welcome of children's
voices the voices of tens of thousands of chil
dren waiting to greet him as he motored to
Brooklyn through the city's cosmopolitan East
Side.
Then a quickening of the pulse when in the
23rd Reg. Armory in Brooklyn he saw sur
vivors of the war-torn 106thk swing bravely past
him at a review held in his honor.
DAY CROWDED
The president's day in the metropolis was so
crowded he had scarcely a moment of rest from
the time the Mayflower dropped anchor until he
boarded the yacht late tonight to return to the
capital.
New York gave him an enthusiastic wel
come. Great crowds cheered him everywhere he
went. The greeting that reached his heart, how-
oTr'rtwas that Bivei1 by YounS America the
250,000 school children who lined the three
miles of the route to Brooklyn Armory
These children, granted a half holiday, stood
in a drizzling rain, waving flags and cheering
wildly as the presidential car came in sight
Their childish voices brought radiant smiles
from the president and Mrs. Harding
The youngsters of New York's lower East
Side with its polyglot population, gave him
the noisest greeting. Once the president or
dered his car stopped while he stepped out into
the ram and shook hands with a number of lit
tle girls.
"I never knew there were so many children
dwfu?" thG president- "" w -won-
At the conclusion of the military review in
Brooklyn the president walked across the hall
to a group of 52 wounded soldiers from tho
Foxhills Hospital, Staten Island h
"How are you, boys? I wish. I could shako
you all by the hand," he said
Mrs. Harding meantime stopped to shake the
hand of a paralyzed soldier and her eyes filled
with tears as she took a pink rose from w
gown and pinned it upon his blouse
Spejaking at the regimental review in Brook
lyn the president said: "I am Verv han
to have had the experience of witnessing the
makeup and something of the training of this
wonderful organization. Somehow, I ?lt L
new security for the republic in that assurance
which comes of a voluntary military organiza
tion which can be perfected as yours has been
"The great boast which is yours is that you
made a very great offering in the conflict for
preserved civilization and are still a well-organized
unit today, ready to serve your coun
try when occasion demands. I hope you will
never be called.
"Somehow there is a new feeling in my breast
toda.y I saw 5,000 soldiers dead somehow
there has been a prayer in my heart ever since
that there shall be a nation so righteous and
so just that wo shall never be called upon to
make war so long as - God and men rule to
gether. "I hope you will never be called, but if you
are I should only ask that the Twenty-third
serve in the future as it has in the past."
GOOD WORDS FOR THE COMMONER
Hicksville, O., June 7, 1921. Editor The
Commoner, Lincoln, Neb. Gentlemen: I am in
full sympathy with the purposes set forth rela
tive to the needs of our country at this time.
Noting the recent act of congress in voting
nearly $500,000,000 for navy purposes, it is
high time that something be done to check these
enormous expenditures at the hands of the na
tional administration. What may we expect
in two or three years if the people do not wake
up and put a stop to such reckless legislation?
I have been a constant reader of The Com
moner for some years, and regard it as a safe
and effective channel through which to inform
the people touching these vital and important
public questions. It has done a great service
to the whole country in shaping public thought
along safe economic and industrial lines. But
I am persuaded, that, with proper backing at
this time, its mission for good may become in
calculable. I am complying with your request by indicat
ing what assistance you may expect from me,
and I sincerely trust that others more able than
I in financial directioris may respond promptly
and liberally to the end of increasing tho cir
culation of The Commoner, Yours truly,
M. M. HOOTMAN.
Middletown Ky., June 0, 1921. Mr. Charles
W. Bryan. Dear Sir. Your communication of
May 27 received. I have read the Commoner
from its initial number. It is the most sat
isfactory political reading I get. I have all
confidence in the wonderful ability and unim
peachable integrity of W. J. Bryan. He has
been pronounced the unique citizen on this
planet. He has more admirers and adherents,
I opine, than any other one man. He is the
only man in the Democratic party who can re
vive, rejuvenate and reinstate it. I give him
my carte blanche to proceed to do it. I am for
him for president next time. I think he is the
only Democrat who could win. Good people,
women and independents would elect him.
would that The Commoner were read in 500,000
homes. What a power for good it would prove?
I want to assist as I can. After perusal I hand
my copy out. A man told me the other day
that he was converted. I think of sending you
some stamps and names and then solicit some
subscribers. Hail to the Commoner and suc
cess to the BryansI With best wishes,
B. H. COX.
BRYAN DENOUNCES DARWINISM
m?reSyterians win be keenly concerned in
The Menace of Darwinism," which William
Jennings Bryan has issued in handy form suit
able to slip into the envelopes of ordinary corres
pondence. This booklet of Mr. Bryan's deserves
to have the most widespread circulation. It is
one of the most convincing refutations of Dar
winism that has ever been penned. To read it
and to circulate it is to help kill a scientific lie
and to help establish the truth of the Bible and
advance the Kingdom of Christ. "The Menace
of Darwinism" is another literary landmark in
the achievements of this distinguished Presby
terian elder and Christian statesman. New Era
Magazine.
Z. 1n?,XMrM6 now esbt times what they
Z!l 1 1i13, Jn the same "me state taxes in
Nebraska have been multiplied seven times. In
8n?aJB the total burden has risen from $50
;!,? rLeach man' woman and child in the
cnnS 7' , rhe5e are other thfQgs than war that
spell bankruptcy for a people, and one of these
hwi- ?nJ"2dled 1Icense zeroised by taxing
Tntlt iat hs nGa(JeI government toward the
7v, erIe wiI1' break d0n because it baa
eaten the substance of the people.
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