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VOLUME 12, NUMBER 21
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Qovornor Odcllo of Nevada has ap
pointed Gcorgo Wlngllold United
States senator to succeed the lato
Senator Nixon.
Tho China roliof committeo an
nounces that thero is no further neod
of help f iom tli is country.
A. B. Hopburn, who was chairman
of tho cloaring-houHo committee at
tho timo it called in tho loan cortifl
catoH of tho Orional bank of Now
York, as a result of which tho in
stitution closod its doors, admitted
in his testimony before tho Pujo in
vestigation committee that the action
was a mistake.
A United States detective has been
provided as a guard to Federal Judge
Georgo W. Ray at Binghamton, N.
Y., as a result of a plot which de
veloped in tho fodoral prison at
Atlanta, Ga., and which is said to
have been inspirod by counterfeiters
offended at the enforcement of tho
law against them.
C. E. White testified in tho Dar
row trial at Los Angeles that ho had
given a prospective McNamara juror
tho first payment of $500 just prior
to tho arrest of tho McNamara de
tective, Bert H. Franklin.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Baltimore, says: United States
Senator Newlands of Nevada has
drafted a platform which he desires
adoptod by tho Baltimore convention
.vPnil.pamo over from Washington to
submit it to National Chairman
Mack and other national committee
men. Ho conferred with Chairman
Mack who informed tho Nevada
senator that his tentative platform
itliould bo submittod to the com
mittee on resolutions. Senator New
lands left for Washington. One
plank of Senator Newlands' tentative
platform declared that tho "consti
tution should be so amended as to
confine tho right of suffrage in the
future to peoplo of the white race"
and tho favoring of a law "prohibit
ing tho immigration to this' country
for all peoplo other than thoso of
the white race, except for temporary
purposes of education, travel and
commerce."
William P. Worth ..testified in tho
steel investigation suit at New York
that he was a regular attendant at
tho Gary dinners, and that opinions
expressed at these functions were
regarded as guides.
Frederic Passy, tho French econ
omist and apostlo of peace, died at
his home in Paris, in- his ninety
first year.
Twenty-nine persons were killed
and many others were injured by a
tornado that passed over central
west Missouri.
In the Maine republican primaries,
former Congressman Edward C.
Burleigh of Augusta, was nominated
for United States senator and Will
T. Haines for governor.
BHYAN AS A DEFENDER OF THE
CII1UST1AN FAITH
It was as a defender of "tho old
faith" of tho Christian religion that
William Jennings Bryan, "thrice de
feated candidate for the presidency,"
swept Pittsburg and western Penn
sylvania with his "peerless oratory,"
speaking in several churches. And
yet it was in language so plain that
a child could understand practi
cally every word of it and in a style
of oratory that appealed with
earnestness; not once did he em
ploy tho art of oratory for the mere
effect of it. He simply pointed out
uuu ior more than 1900 years the
Christian religion has been a living
force In the uplift of humanity, and
that the faith In It is higher today
than ever it was. This ho nffnrnd
as tho conclusion drawn from his
own study and observation; he will
forsake It only when a better reli
gion and a better Bible than that on
which it is founded are produced
Ho invited comparison of the
tea-chiiiK of Christ with that nf Hon.
fucius, of Buddha, of any other.
great roilglous teacher which has
dono tho most good? That was tho
test, ho said.
T.T I i.l it.
ilv- "ivuuu me same comparison ot
-.'Ptho Bible with the other sacred
books. Which is the best as judged
oy uie ellect of it?
In these comparisons ho saw
Christ and tho Bible superior to them
all, and he challenged tho world to
show influences bettor than theirs.
Speaking of faith, ho said tho man
was short-sighted who could see no
further than his Intellect. It is tho
things that he can see with the eye
of faith that are the greatest. There
are miracles being performed every
day ajid all about us; we can seo the
effect of lovo, but we never saw love
we can seo the effect of life, but we
, never saw life. If ono would reject
Christ because of the miracles
claimed for His life, he might as well
reject his own life on the same
grounds.
Then Mr. Bryan spoke of thoso
who try to solve tho universe
Ho himself has been unable to Bolve
the miracle of tho radish that grows
in his garden. He doubts if the
scientists have solved it, either. His
conclusion is that man will find mys
tery all about him and all the time.
It is not necessary that he know all
things. He has been taught enough
to know that confidence In the wis
dom of tho Supreme Intellect back
of all things is sufficient purpose for
his own life. He exists because there
is a reason for his existence, and his
duty is pointed out to him. Pitts-
ourgn sun.
ELECTING SENATORS
Secretary of State Knox has for
warded to the governors of all the
states certified copies of tho congres
sional resolution providing tho states
with an opportunity to vote on tho
proposed amendment to the constitu
tion, authorizing direct election of
senators. The governors of tho
states are requested to bring the
matter to tho attention of the state
legislatures for action. When the
state department receives notice of
ratification by three-fourths of the
total number of states tho amend
ment will be promulgated by the
secretary of state, and will from
thenceforward be a part of tho con
stitution of the United States. There
Is no .time limit within which an
amendment must be ratified. The
United States constitution provides
that when tho legislatures of three
fourths of the several states ratify
any amendment proposed by con
gress it shall become a part of the
constitution of the United States.
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