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posltod by lite bank with a Woat Sido building
and loan a&Bociation.
Of tho rollef funds sent to Ohio $350,000 had
boon doposltod with tho bank with which tho
(ittBhior In question is connected. Govonior Cox
immediately ordered tho $350,000 relief funds
transferred to other bunko.
Tho cashier called on Governor Cox to boo
If the governor would not change his mind about
tho withdrawal.
"A building and loan association," said tho
governor, "1b tho people's bank, it is tho main
rolianco of the worklngniun who wants to own
a home, and when a building and loan associa
tion is threatened with loss is tho time for
banks to como to its assistance. 1 have no
sympathy with any bank which does otherwise"
"Is that irrevocable?" asked tho cashier.
"It cortainly is," replied the governor. "Now
you may go back to your highball-drinking
friends, who sit around and criticise over their
cigars, and who haven't beon on tho West Sido,
and haven't beon at Dayton, and haven't been
anywhero olso to know whether there really
was a flood, and givo thorn assurances of my
aupromo contompt."
HHKAKING ItllEAI)
An Associated Press dispatch from Washing
ton follows: Speaker Champ Clark and Secre
tary William Jennings Bryan met at a private
luncheon horo recently, shook hands and issued
public statements that thoy had burled tho
hatchot and put tho personalities of tho Balti
more convention with tho bygoijos. Tho
luncheon was arranged by Theodore A. Bell of
California, temporary chairman of tho Denver
convention In 3 90S, and chairman of tho Cali
fornia delegation supporting Speaker Clark at
Baltimoro and was given by Ira E. Bonnet, edi
tor of tho Washington Post.
Intenso interest was aroused in political cir
clos ovor tho reconciliation of tho two an
tagonists, whoso differences became acute as a
result of ovents at tho Baltimore convention.
Secretary Bryan's prepared statement is as
follows:
"My meeting with Mr. Clark has Borvod to
clear up a misunderstanding as to my exact po
sition toward him at tho Baltimoro convention.
I havo tried to mako it clear to Mr. Clark that
I havo always regarded and do now regard him
ns a good, clean progressive democrat. If my
language at Baltimore created any impression
that I was charging Mr. Clark with being in
sympathy with any of the reactionary forces I
am glad of tho opportunity to correct any such
misconstruction of my words or actions, for I
did not intend to reflect upon either tho per
sonal or political integrity of tho speaker. It
is my earnest wish that there may be cordial
co-operation between tho state department and
tho spoakor in carrying out the policies of the
administration "
Hero is Speaker Clark's statement:
"It is beyond the power of Colonel Bryan or
any one olso to correct tho injustice that was
done to mo at Baltimoro. Tho loss of the nomi
nation was a small thing as compared to the in
jury done to my reputation in the oyes of tho
world. But now that Colonel Bryan in his pub
lic statomont has done what ho can to remove
tho injurious impressions that wore created by
his Baltimoro speeches, I feel that we can all
tho hotter co-oporato for tho good of tho ad
ministration. I can only repeat what I have
publicly declared time and time again, that all
personal or solflsh considerations must givo way
to tho duty that all democrats owe to our party
and to our country."
Those who sat attho table with the others
already mentioned and saw tho disappearance
of what many political sages thought the most
embarrassing situation confronting President
Wilson's administration were
Vice President Marshall, Secretary Lane,
Senators Kern and O'Gorman, Representatives
Crisp, Secretary Tumulty, Assistant Secretaries
')sborn and Malone of tho state department
Thomas F. Logan and L. L. James.
Those in charge of tho affair said Speaker
Clark and Secretary Bryan exchanged jokes and
had a good time. The statements wore given
out through Mr. Bennett.
Tho reconciliation was looked on in politi
cal circles as the most significant development
of tho administration so far.
TUB SIX POWER LOAN
The Buffalo (N. Y.) Times says: Mr. Bryan's
power of drawing a vital distinction in an im
pressive and convincing manner, is well illus-
The Commoner.
trated by his comment in The Commoner on
President Wilson's policy regarding the Chinese
loan.
Mr. Bryan sayB: "This administration will
encourage the extension of trade, but it will be
an extension open to every legitimate trade -not
trade limited or restricted to a few. He
emphasizes the fact that encouragement of
American capital to invest abroad, does not
mean interference with foreign governments or
tho independence of nations.
This precisely defines tho democratic policy
of encouragement of foreign trade. We can ex
pand American enterprise, we can build up the
merchant marine, wo can offer every legitimate
inducement to our industrialists to make their
presence felt in foreign markets, we can avail
ourselves of the Immense opportunities open to
us through completion of the Panama canal.
But there is a boundary line which can not
be overstepped, and this line has its warning
posts at every complication which would tend
to mako the United States a guarantor of the
private speculations of individuals, corporations
or syndicates. It was this, point which Presi
dent Wilson made clear in his refusal to permit
tho government to act as guarantor of any por
tion of tho Chinese loan.
"FLOODS OF GODLESS MEN"
The following interesting editorial is by
Louis F. Post of the Chicago Public:
Precisely this is what the catastrophes of the
past week in reality are "floods of godless
men." Not of particular men who are godless,
but of the godless men in each of us.
Trace those floods back to their physical
causes. Scrutinize those moral causes, and you
find them to consist of that deadly love for un
earned dollars from which none of us is entire
ly free, and a wicked indifference to common
rights, of which all of us are in some measure
guilty.
They are the "floods of godless men" of tho
unrighteousness that is in all men. It is well,
therefore, that all contribute somewhat to tho
relief of tho misery all have caused and are
causing. Large aggregate contributions from
many persons in small individual amounts,
would best express the general consciousness of
guilt. But that is not enough to wash away
the stain. The "godless men" within us can not
be evicted or suppressed by gifts to relief funds.
The only effective penance is a new communal
life. So long as we get something for nothing
nay, even so long as we indifferently allow
others to get something for nothing so long
shall thero be "floods of godless men" with all
their calamitous consequences; for none can get
something for nothing unless others get noth
ing for something. To relieve calamities we
must give when calamities come, no matter why
they come. But to prevent calamity, we must
arouse ourselves to the beneficent commands of
the moral law. Tts punitive sanctions can not
bo averted by relief funds. To stay the "floods
of godless men" our "godless men" must be re
duced to order. To mako physical laws serve
us well we must hitch them to the moral law
A PRETTY TRIBUTE
When Miss Genevieve Clark, daugher of
Speaker Chanip Clark, was about to sail on- a
pleasure trip to Europe, she was asked bv a
representative of the New York American:
What is your ideal of a man?" Miss Clark
replied, "my father." And when asked, "Why-"'
she answered: ''
pn3be?aUSe h? is so Intensely human: be
cause he has such a sure viBion: because he
knows people so well and is kind. Nobody in
the world has a kinder heart combined with a
better understanding of men than my -daddy
He has always been my 'pal' and all I know
has been made real, through him. His judg
ment of men is amazingly accurate and his
sympathy is big and broad." ,
That was a pretty tribute. Probably there
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their father and it is well for society that
some of the loving opinions find a place in the
pubic prints. It is safe to say that among all
n n Jnglnri?Utes t0 his flno Qualities Speaker
Clark will treasure none as he does' th? i
paid him by his brilliant daughter e
MAJESTIC NATURE
How puny seem the works of man ww
brought into comparison with majesUc naSo'
His groves, what pigmies when measured against
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the virgin forest! His noblest temples h
insignificant when contrasted with the mason
of the hills! What canvas can imitate the dawn
and sunset? What inlaid work can match thn
mosaics of the mountains?
Is it blind chance that gives these glimpses 0f
the sublime? And is it blind chance that clus
ters vast reservoirs about inaccessible summits
and stores water to refresh the thirsty plains
through hidden veins and surface streams?
No wonder man from the beginning of his
tory has turned to the heights for inspiration"
for here is the spirit awed by the infinite and
here one see's both the mystery of creation and
the manifestations of the Father's loving kind
ness. Here man finds a witness, unimpeachablo
though silent, to the Omnipotence, the Omni
science and the Goodness of God.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL
The development of the individual' is never
complete. Solomon describes the path of tho
just as "like the shining light that shineth more
and more unto the perfect day," and Holland,
putting tho same into verse, says:
"Heaven is not gained by a' single bound.
We build the ladder by which we rise
From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies,
And mount to its summit round by round."
So, with the work of government and the
work of civilization. We find an unfinished work
when we arrive; we leave the work unfinished
when we are called hence. Each day marks out
our "duty for us, and it is for us to devote our
selves to it, whatever it may be, with high pur
pose and unfaltering courage. Whether we live
to enjoy the fruits of our efforts or lay down
the work before the victory is won, we know
that every well-spoken word has its influence;
that no good deed is ever lost. And we know,
also, that no one can count his life on earth as
spent in vain, if when he departs, It can be said:
"The night is darker because his light has gono
out; the world is not so warm because his heart
has grown cold in death."
NEIGHBORS
Onco upon a time, so runs tho legend, there
lived in far Judean hills two affectionate
brothers tilling a common farm together. One
had a wife and a houseful of children; the other
was a lonely man. One night in the harvest
time the older brother said to his wife: "My
brother is a lonely man. I will go out and move
some of the sheaves from my side of the field
over on his, bo that when he sees them in tho
morning his heaTt will be cheered by tho abun
dance. And he did.
That night the other brother said to his
workmen: "My brother has a houseful and
many mouths to fill. I am alone and do not
need all this wealth. I will go and move some
of my sheaves over on his field, so that he shall
rejoice in the morning when he sees how great
is his store." And he did. And they did it that
night and tho next in the sheltering dark. But
on the third night the moon came out as they
met face to face, each with his arms filled with
sheaves. On that spot, says the legend, was
built the Temple of Jerusalem, for it was
esteemed that there earth came nearest tho
heaven. Grain Growers Guide.
CALIFORNIA AND JAPAN
In connection with the California Japanese
question, Secretary of State Bryan sent to Gov
ernor Hiram Johnson, at Sacramento, the fol
lowing telegram:
"The president desires me to say that while
he fully recognizes the right of the peoplo of
California to legislate according to their judg
ment on the subject of land tenure, he feels it
his duty to urge a recognition of the interna
tional character of such legislation.
"Being anxious to preserve and strength0!1
the long standing friendly relations existing be
tween this country and the nations of the orient,
he very respectfully, but most earnestly advises
against the use of the words 'ineligible to
citizenship.' He asks that you bring this vkw
to the attention of the legislature. He beliefs
the senate bill as telegraphed to the departmnt
of state is greatly to be preferred. That bill
limited ownership to citizenship and to those
who had declared their intention to become
citizens."
Governor Johnson referred this telegram to
the legislature without comment.
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