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frrwrarration Is the 'first law of nature; it W im-
rd on all animal life. But man la taught
to jrecognize that the rights of his nolghbors
are equal to his own and that his own welfare
can be made secure only by the giving of equal
consideration to the welfare of others. To love
One's neighbor as one's self is not, properly
sptaklng, unselfishness; it is rather enlightened
Wlf ishhoss an intelligence that recognises the .
solidarity of the race and the impossibility of
securing any permanent advantage for one's self
except by the raising of the level on which all
stand.
faith, who know Harding well, admit he is a man
to wjiom friendship means more than it does
to most men,
Scobey, although he has not been actively en
gaged in politics since coming to Texas a num
ber of years ago, is not a neophyte at the game.
He has been consulted by those who, at different
times have run Republican politics In Texas; but
ho has rarely taken off his coat, much less
mussed up his shirt.
But when Harding became a candidate for the
presidential nomination, Scobey not only took
6'ff his coat, but he took off his shirt and cot
himself elected a delegate to the national con-
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punishment and, by so doing, emphasize the pre- vontionlat Chicago, and all through ;hat conven
ciousnoss of a human life. tion, while the remainder of the state's Vote was
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61f can bo justiflod as a wise protection of one's
own best intorost it cannot rest unon that aa ita
chief foundation. One cannot stop to calculate
the advantage ho will derive from doing a
brotherly act before doing it; he must bo actu
ated by a higher purpose and by. a philosophy
that moves more swiftly than arithmetical cat
euiation. He must love because it is his duty
to love; he must love bocause ho is" glad to
recognise the tie of brotherhood; he must love '
bocause lie finds more pleasure in loving:: than
in selfish indifference.
Seventh, Christ carried the Doctrine of Love
farther than it was ever carried before. Others
had taught love between parents and children,
love between husband and wife and love between
friends, but Christ revealed to man a love as
boundloss as the sea a love whose limits" are
go far-flung that even an enemy cannot travel
beyond it. Christ taught the doctrine of forgive
ness as an expression of love, and in. His last
words upon the cross gave a reason for forgive
ness that has been too little emphasized, "Father
forgive them for they know not what they do."
Ignorance is tb-most prolific cause of hatred, V
injustice and .violence. The great task before
those Who advocate a world brotherhood is to
teach the larger life, that is to be found in love,
the love that forgives, the love that binds up
the woUnds of those who suffer,, the, love that"
welds the world tpgothor in friendly and co
operative efforts and lifts the thoughts of men
to the victories of peace. The heroes of peace
are numerous and their work has been of in
calculable value. Consider the service rendered
by those who have devoted their lives to dis
coveries, to inventions, to improvements, to be
nevolences and to the things that are helpful.
And do not overlook great movements like that
represented by this meeting movements that
appeal to the heart of the world and mould the
history of nations. Carlyle, in the closing
chapters of his French Revolution, declares that
thought is stronger than artillery parks and at
last moulds th world like soft clay. And then
he adds a truth not less important, namely, that
ack of every great thought is love.
And Carlyle was only echoing the wonderful
tribute to love wjiieh Paul embodied in his
tpittle to the Corinthians. It is te this love that
W must appeal; it is through this love that we
must conquer t&e love that sufTereth long and
la kind; the love that is not easily provoked
and that thiaketh no vilr fh inv that vL,ti,
all things, hopeth all things,, endureth all things; v
no .iuto mm is greater man raitn and greater
ven than hope the love that never faileth.
son, Senator Harding got one vote from Texas
S,cobey'H. .
And now Scobey is going to take our "next
president down to Brownsville county.
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JAIL FOR PROF&EERS
A Chicago dispatch dated November 10 says:
,Tailfor building profiteers as one means of
lessening the housing shortage was advocated
today by Senator Kenyon, of Iowa, in discussing
the situation with witnesses appearing before
. the senate housing committee at its ;flrst ses
sion hero. ... "
Senator Kenyan ren'eatedlvisiTfftd wlftiARHfln if
they didnot think more drastic laws for profi
teers would reduce the housing shortage arid
told one witness he "thought putting a few of
the building profiteers in jail would help a lot."'
MR, BRYAN'S' MISSION
There is only one William J. Bryan. God
made him and then he broke the mold's. The '
CommonOr has placed the cause of a dry na
tion ahead of rParty politics. He insists that
wo must elect a congress that will safeguard
prohiMtion-aniLenforce the Volstead act and
not make a farce of it. He also wants a con
gress that will not hesitate to impeach a presi
dent who refuses or-fails to enforce laws now
oh our statute books.
We do not- see how honest men, asking for
election, can refuse to answer Mr. Bryan's
questions on these matters. Candidates can say
"Yes" or ".No" to Bryan's question without, in
terfering with their politics, no matter which
party ticket they are running on.
If a candidate f qr senator or congress is wet '
or Intends to be wet after he is elected, he
Should J)o honest and say so before election."
t is a crime to obtain property untfer false
pretenses. The salary pajd to lawmakers is
property. , . v ,
v, .If ,-a candidate refuses to say what he will
.do on this question, the booze gang has him
sure; His silence is a sure sign that he is will
ing to take the office under false pretenses and
is ashamed of what he expects to do after -lie
is. elected. Swat him. A. P. Sandles in Toledo
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K E, SCOBEY TO BE 'COL, HOUSE' FOR
HAKDING ,
A San Antonio, Tex., dispatch, dated Nor 4
says: For the second time in two national, ad
ministrations to Texas has fallen the lot of Jura-
ishing the nation's "mystery man;" The first
wm ne was uoi. m. jml House of Austin. Thlr
time he ia F, E. Scobey of. Saa Antonio.
And he is a "my&tery man" tfg&t this fellow
Scobey, for unhonored and unsung,, so far as' rta
tfanal politics goes, and the same might almost
be said of local politics, he ha,8 hobbeuAip and is
fcHngfcig President-Elect Harding off to the land
pf the cactus and the meruit tree to rest
v Who is Scobey? What "does he. know about
clitics,? Every one from Maine to California
Wants to know. And there are probably only two
en In the country who can answer their ques
tions Harding and Scobey.
This much may be said with certainty, how
fever; Harding and Scobey are friends of long
standing.. Their friendship dates from the days
when Harding was a member of the Ohio state
senate (1899-1903) and Scobey was clerk of the
uenate.. And even those of the opposite political
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