The Commoner.
Nov. 7, 190a.
TO GUARD AGANST DECEPTION.
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It is well for the people of the United States to
understand the methods adopted by the republican
leaders in the lato campaign. Reference has al
ready been made to the fraudulent record of the
Juouse proceedings with relation to house joint
"resolution No. 138.
In the campaign book issued by the republican
committee houso joint resolution No. 138 was cor
rectly printed, but subsequently the republican
managers caused to be circulated throughout the
congressional districts an irresponsible eight-page
publication purporting to present the record.
In this publication it was made to appear that
the measure under discussion in the house was as
follows:
(House joint resolution 138, proposing an
pmendment to the constitution of the United
Stales.)
Resolved, By the senate and houso of rep
resentatives of the United States of America
in congress assembled (two-thirds of each
house concurring therein), that the following
article bo proposed to the legislatures of the
several states as an amendment to the consti-
tUion of the United States:
Section 1. That in all cases mentioned In
this article the United States shall mean and
include the several states of the United States,
the territories of the United States, and all
territory under the sovereignty of and subject
to the jurisdiction of the United States.
Sec. 2. That the congress shall have power
to erf ate any corporation for the purpose of
commerce between the states, including rail
road, telegraph, telephone, transportation, ex
press and sleeping car companies.
Sec. 3. That all corporations in the United
States shall be under the control of congress,
including- the power to impose a franchise tax,
terminate the existence of corporations, forfeit
ure of the franchise, control and disposition of
the property of the corporation.
Sec. 4. That congress shall have power to
enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Sec 5. That In the absence of legislation
ton the part of congress all powers conferred
upon congress by section 3 of this article may
be exercised by the several Btates.
Any one may learn the facts by looking at
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The Newest Science.
Prof. Elmer Gates of Washington is heralded
Jn a New York dispatch to the Chicago Tribune as
''the originator and teacher of the newest science."
It is said that Professor Gates has discovered
not only how the mind may be built to order, but
also how character and disposition may be im
proved at will so as to transform bad persons into
good persons. He claims this to le a matter of
educating the cells of the brain, which are the
physical units of mind. According to Professor
Gates the whole brain is a piece of physical me
chanism and like another machine may be built
up. Beginning with a child it can be put together
jbit by bit ,
Professor Gates announces that "every thought
that enters the mind is registered in the brain
by a change in the structure of the cells' and he
adds:
The change is a physical change, more or
less permanent Think of a certain thing a
.number of times every day for a month and
the result must be a building up of that part
of the brain in which the matter in question Is
considered. Blood flows to that portion of the
mind machine and does the constructive work,
multiplying and enlarging the cells locally.
Applying this Idea through a systematic
course of training: and you can educate a child
i as it ought to be educated. Brain building is
i the science of the future.
Nearly all the thinltlng you do is done
without your knowing it Ideas frequently leap
" Into the mind as if from nowhere and they are
2 likely to be the best ideas.
k' Some of the suggestions of his new scien-
Volume XXXIII. of the Congressional Record of
tho Fifty-sixth congress. On pago 0304 tho follow
ing appears:
Tho clerk read as follows:
(Houso joint resolution 138, proposing an
amendment to the constitution of the United
States.)
Itef oived, By tho sonato and houso of rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
congress assembled (two-thirds of each house
con'iimng therein), an amendment to tho con
stitution of tho United States:
Fallon 1. That in all cases mentioned
in this article the United States shall mean and
include the seyeral states of tho United States,
the territories of the United States, and all ter
rify ry under the sovereignty of and subject to
the jurisdiction of the United States.
Sec. 2. That tho congress shall have power
to create any corporation for tho purpose of
commerce between the states, including rail
road, telegraph, telephone .transportation, ox
press and sleeping car companies.
Sec. 3. That all corporations in the United
States shall be under the control of congress,
including tho power to impose a franchise tax,
terminate the existence of corporations, for
feiture of the franchise, control and disposition
of the property of tho corporation.
Sec. 4. That congress shall have power to
enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Sec. 6. That In the absence of legislation
on the part of congress all powers conferred
- upon congress by section 3 of this article may
be exercised by the several states.
With the following amendments recom
mended by the committee:
Line 6, after "States," insert "Article
XVI." .
Strike out all of lines 7, 8, and 9, and in
sert in lieu thereof the following: "All powers
conferred by this article shall extend to tho
several states, the territories, the JDIstrlct of
Columbia, and." . .
Strike out the word "of" in line 10.
Strike out sections 2, 3, 4, and 5, and in
sert In lieu thereof the following:
"Sec. 2. Congress shall have power to de
fine, regulate, prohibit, or dissolve trusts, mo
nopolies, or combinations, whether existing
in the form of a corporation or otherwise.
"The several states may continuo to ex-
orciso such power in any manner not in con
flict with tho laws of tho United States.
"Sec. 2. Congress shall have power to
onforco tho provisions o. this artlclo by ap
propriate legislation."
Amend tho title so it will read: "Joint
resolution proposing an amendment to tho con
stitution of tho United States conferring power
on congress to define, regulate, prohibit, and
dissolvo trusts, etc."
Mr. Ray, republican of Now York, was in
charge of tho bill and in a speoch ho dcscrlbod the
measure under consideration in these words:
"We come with a proposition that this con
gress submit to tho several statos and tho peo
ple thereof, for ratification, a proposed amend
ment to tho constitution of tho United States,
giving to congress powor to define, rogulatp,
prohibit and, if necessary, dissolvo trusts and ,
combinations whothor oxisting in the form of
corporations or otherwise." Th.Jl1 proposition
is embodied in tho following language:
Section 1. All powers conforrcd by this ar
tlclo shall oxtend to tho several states, the
territories, tho District of Columbia, and all
territory under tho sovereignty and subject to
tho jurisdiction of the United Stn.es.
Sec. 2. Congress shall havo powor to do
flno, regulate, prohibit or dissolvo trusts, mo
nopolies or combinations, whether existing In
the form of a corporation or otherwise. The
several states may continuo to exerclso such
power in any manner not in conflict with the
laws of the United States.
Sec. 3. Congress shall have powor to en
force tho provisions of this article by appro
priate legislation.
' By this it will be' seen that in the document
which tho republican managers caused to be circu
lated, the amer monts made by tho committee
were entirely omitted.
Tho bill as reported with theso amendments to
tho house was an entirely different measure from
that represented In the fraudulent record circu
lated by the republican managors.
It is well for the people to understand these
facts in order to guard against deception In the
future.
tist" are as follows:
Let a person devote an hour a day to call
ing up a certain class of uplifting emotions
and memories", which in ordinary life are sum
moned only occasionally. Let him do this as
regularly as he would take physical exercise,
and at the end "of a month he will be able to
note a surprising change, which will be appar
ent in all his thoughts, desires, and actions.
In this way an evil disposition may be'
transformed Into one that is good. It is all a
matter of developing the cells of the mind ma
chine. By the exercise of generosity one be
comes more generous. Every good action makes
one better and every bad action does just the
" opposite. Our mental andmoral selves are of
our own construction, and to know how to
build them rightly we must understand some
thing of the. true psychology which I have
called the mind art
It may, be that Professor Gates has devised
some new and practical plans for instructing the
child along the lines of what he calls tho "newest
science" and for this he is entitled to all due
credit; but this so-called "newest science" is, in
truth, as old as the hills.
It Is, in fact, tho science to which the motherg
of the ages have devoted their efforts for the up
lifting of humanity; but it will not do to discredit
in the least the efforts of one who seeks to pop
ularize this method of developing mind and char
acter by arraying it in the garb of an attractive
name. Everything should be encouraged that wJl
persuade men and women to cultivate not the
"newest science," but the oldest science; the
science which is sought to be impressed upon men
by all the commandments of God; the science of
purity, of cleanliness,, of conscientious thought and
noble deeds which Christ illustrated in his daily
life and mado tho subject of his every speech; the
science which the mothers of the world, who have v-
been referred to by tho poet as "Nature's Loving
Proxy," havo ever endeavored to impress upon
their children.
It is true that every uplifting emotion and
memory makes the man or the woman better.
Every generous thought and every kind deed,
which is but the result of tho thought makes
contribution not only to the welfare of the world,
but to the improvement of the heart and the
brain of the one responsible for the thought '
The citizen as well as tho individual may profit
by this science. As every good action makes one
better and every bad action makes one worse, s
by the every exercise of generosity one becomes
more generous, so by the cultivation of patriotic
thoughts, based upon man's duty to God and to
man and the citizen's obligation to the govern
ment, makes pne a better citizen. Indeed, George
Washington was an advocate of this science, ap
plying it not only to the individual, but to the citi
zen; and in his farewell address he suggested the
importance of the citizen keeping his mind in con
stant training in the contemplation of the ad
vantages of a government deriving its just pow
ers from the consent oi the governed. In order
that the citizen might properly estimate the im
mense value of his national union to his collective
and Individual happiness, Washington urged him
to cherish a cordial, habitual and immovable at
tachment to it, accustoming himself to think and
speak of it as the palladium of his political safety
and prosperity and watching for its preservation
with a jealous anxiety.
If Professor Gates shall succeed in persuading
the men and women of the world to put the "new
est science" into practical operation, he sfll, in
deed, prove to be a benefactor to mankind.
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