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by other religions, and accepts all
tnat can be incorporated in other
cults Anything which is humane,
which can be proved by reason and
can be accepted by believers as well
as non-believers. He laid a founda
tion for a universal religion in which
all men can unite and which con
tains nothing spiritual, mystical or
dogmatic but which embodies a sim
ilar guidance to all men, but con
tains noching that reason, knowledge
or science would reject, a religion
a$ a Christian, Jew Mohammedan,
Buddhist, naturalist or philosopher
could stand on or meet on common
ground. As loud as Tolstoy is de
nouncing the church for its dogmas
and priestdom, he no less emphati
cally attacks the state and its in
stitutions, chiefly militarism and
. money power, with all its greed and
avarice, seeing in the former, or in
. both, the root of all evil.
In the last years Tolstoy has also
written considerably in fiction, aim
ing chiefly to enlighten the masses.
His stories became very popular.
His genius of imagination and crea
tion is truly wonderful. For in
stance, his story of "How Much Land
is Required by a Man" is powerfully
artiBtic, and the "Death of Ivan
Ylljtch" is a masterpiece without
any equal in Russian or any other
.literature.
In order to give his ideas still
wider scope, and broader field to
spread, he wrote for the stage, and
- his powerful drama, "The Power of
Darkness," is a living portrayal of
the life of the peasant with all its
suffering, privation and drudgery.
His "Fruits of Civilization" is an
other play "written in comical strain.
You all know the "Kreutzer Sonata."
The uovelk theme of this wonderful
book where" he preached against
marriage and advocated celibacy, has
attracted .8uch universal attention,
c; jated such' wide discussion and
raised such a terrific storm that the
literary style of the book was en
tirely lost sight of. He afterward
retracted his idea' about celibacy.
But no stronger accusation against
marriage for mere superficial infat
uation has ever been flung in the
face of society as it was in "Kreutzer
Sonata."
"The Resurrection," the latest ere-
The Commoner.
ation of that inoxhaustlve genius, Is
also familiar to you and fresh in
your memory. It was remarkable
for a man in the seventies to depict
love with all its emotions, variations,
sentimentalities, painful happiness
or heart throbbings, as are described
by Tolstoy in "Tho Resurrection."
Many a young writer would have
risen to famo with oven half tho
artistic qualities of which Tolstoy
was possessed at his advanced ago.
The fountain of youth was still
working with fierce power, and tho
the power of imagination is still
fire was still burning fiercely in tho
old octogenarian.
The questions raised in "Tho Res
urrection" are manifold. The social,
political and moral questions pro
pounded, are not only for Russia to
answer, but for the whole civilized
world. Has society tho right to
judge Maslova? Is It reasonable to
maintain the system of prisons and
tribunals as practiced in tho present
generation? Is tho system of pun
ishment correct? These and many
others aTO the questions that are
forcing themselves upon our minds
and are awaiting answers not only
from Russian society, but from tho
world over, and these questions have
laid the foundation for this master
ful creation, "Tho Resurrection."
No man since Rousseau has stirred
human conscience as Tolstoy has
with his moral writings and teach
ings. It remains to bo seen what
fruit his philosophy will bear. Only
time will tell if his universal relig
ion founded upon reason, supported
by science, will stand the test. The
future will show if Tolstoy's religion
will be tho true guide to moral life,
and if it will lead to the solution
of all the great social problems that
are stirring tho whole world.
v Tolstoy fiercely took up the moral
aspects of all the burning questions
of the day even if belated at times,
and put them before the public in
such a forceful fashion that the an
swer in some way or other must fol
low, and the answer must come, not
from his country alone, but from all
the nations of the world. And there
fore Count Tolstoy is not a Russian
character exclusively but belongs to
all mankind.
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Invoking the rules of the senate,
Senator Hale forced a delay of at
least twenty-four bours in the Intro
eduction of Senator Cummins' resolu
tions regulating the consideration of
the tariff legislation and providing
that when an amendment to any
schedule of the Payne-Aldrich tariff
bill is under consideration no amend
ment to any other schedule of the
law shall be in order. The first
move to be made in the present ses
sion of the house to have a change
made in the tariff law was by the
introduction by Representative Sul
zer of New York of a bill "to repeal
the duty on meats and cattle."
" Carrying a total of $8,160,985, the
Indian appropriation bill, the first of
the big supply measures introduced
at this session of congress, was re
ported to the house by Chairman
Burke of the committee on Indian
affairs. The amount exceeds the for
mer estimates by $14,723, but Is
$851,063 less than the total for the
Indian service for the current fiscal
year. The larger items are: Survey
and allotment work, reimbursable In
part, $215,000; irrigation system on
Indian reservations and allotments,
$300,000; irrigation projects reim
bursable, $625,000; suppression of
liquor traffic among tho Indians,
$70,000, and pay of Indian police,
$200,000; relief of distress among
the Indians and for prevention of
disorder, $60,000; support and civ
ilization, including purchases of food
and supplies, $935,000; educational
purposes, approximately $3,900,000;
provision for treaty stipulations oth
er than educational, $990,560.
An Associated Press dispatch says
"A counterfeiting plot extending
over two continents has been discov
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Wllkie's men arrested Czare Poletti
as he stepped from the steamer
Italian in New York. Tho secret
service men found on Poletti 2,000
national bank notes on the National
Bank of New York. The counter
feits had been made in Italy, it Is
alleged."
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to a white school more than a year
ago, but afterward was excluded on
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had one-sixteenth negro blood in her
veins, and Justice Wright, in the
district supremo court, upheld the
action of tho -board in excluding the
child from tho white school. Chief
Justice Shepard, of the appellate
court, affirmed that decision."
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Washington dispatches say that
Secretary of the Treasury Macveagh
held a conference with Senator Aid-
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