RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE. D. H. Forroll. of Tarkio Col logo, Missouri, Glvon Socond Plnco. Tin' cave of tlio Furies Is deserted. 'I In iHnughtors tf night, those nvoiig mg spirit who scourge Ma wroifg l(icv, tin out on their liiiswion of pun-j-hmciit. .Somowliuro along the niths of lifi among tin lutuita of men, ti-imluiiis an being hunted mid tor mented by these porsonllKatilo'im of tin- curses pronounced upon their crimes. ItoloiMloivt is th. pursuit and ju.t the retribution. TIiiim believed tlio ancient UrooUa, iiiul so ran ill fir mythology In ttho ln.iiMillliont years or the golden ago. ..laneitig time has ilfiiSt severely wiili many a fable of I he olden timt. Modern science, with keen eye and smiling hand, htm cntcicd ntuiv's temple. Hushing tlu torch oi mimin mil) th darkness of snper-m'thiii ami IuumKIiil! in pieces the throne oT im m ination whole silt the e.iprioioiis puis. 'Jin' fantastic einbellls'hnioiit.s of till.- tll lop ml has been .swept uw.iy. hut ;hi' prii.iiplc which wn- 't- foundation tidies the rnvagvs of tini" an I hot nines more Hrinly 't riillslicd w.th the world's progress In chili iti m. lllind chance lui- no power In diteot I he workings of the unlei .. law was the primal element in eiea'hui. Ii is i he power that rules in "he grnst-y meadow and presorw-s or.t r and lur mony among the counties stars. Law is the sutnining principle of all gov ernment, the essential Constituent of animate and inanimate oxls-tenoe. Its uniformity and universality refute the arguments of the tit heist and ox po.se the wilful ignnr.inee of the ug nostie. The dhine pro'est ntriii's' lawlessness i- retributive justlee. dismal observation lead- to th- con- Inie of lmivei she miulo ! single blows" u witnessed tin horror- irmtlfv her ' . . . .- . .. .tve hitter l,v html bondage, mil the walling cry of nirtMiot for thulr llrst-horn, the mournful uuiid of Uiu waves us they henti over 'i .10 nation' lost tinny, was (IimI'h sentenee of to trllni'tioii. 'I he pomp and glory f llahyloii. e eoiiiiuror, in tallied by the enslaving of nations and euiraiteeil by the prodigality of "Monitions moil arolis, stood In start Unjr contrast 1o the iniM'ry of the completed, lint when the hand iT Hod Hashed forth In lhU Hluizar's hall of foaming nn'l reelry, .lustlee gave tl'e deereo 11 the fate of Ihtbylon was .sealed. oy the name hand i,s written the doom of eer, iiatiivn 1 lint forgets the hi.ws of hiimaii briithonhoiid. Passing to inoderi. history, our own eoiintry furnlsho an oxniupl'e of re trlbuthe jumtlee. The sln-iurs of the Detdnraiion of liulep'mlenee . -Id ti s prineiple to 'he wlf-evldeiit, tlv.it ".ill men an erenle.l Trei nivl equnl." In direel opptvltlon to this int linen I 0111 eoiislltuMon made pmvHou for U ery. Our hoamed etua'.lt and free dom was a nioekery, vt iosed be fore the world with millions of fellow ert.u urn held hi shivery. lenied the iltflit Ihnt (hv In'temlet'l they Mliou'.d Iiiim'. Our net Inn as a iiatlMii bore itv fruh ami n a result we mv hired the hnrrors of the elll war. .lustlee liiain t.iins the Imlit's-e in lnini'in affair The eruel ..if!nlnwN endured by the h'.aeU tollers in the Miuthern enttoii lleMs it ikI rh" sAMinips. the ery of an piish WTi'iny fmsn the slm mother's heart as she saw her Iki -old front her. must be fellowed by the inSser.v and death (,f lint h the prNon ami ba' tie Held, and by the inoiirninir of lo1h rirt'i nn.l south for the loved ones w!io neer lelurne.l. We had mirsied t'u serpent nvl were compelled to eediire its stinjr. . Sjviin lias jr!tn th- 1110 t reeent. II lusiratit 11 (if rttiibiithnrs law. This 1 ri in tin- vinmnni of tmnnv in of the liniulslilon. the tutis'l ii-xtiltln deeds eoillinllted III the 11.11110 m Christ la nPtyy. Now the eyes of tlliu world liirn to the western Iiimih sphere, whoe Isles Inn been wtiteusl by Spanish hitteliir.v. 1 e ;!iinini .spee tres of tmiilidird pi'op.e, the spirit. iiriu. of a inlllliui niai'trs, ninl tlto lat eiirses of 11 patrhKI people. iM t'tmi blne to nitiUe iii.ire hlttpr the Mlnjr of tihe defined mil I m.. .Instlei eaiuuit lie cheated. The Inlliilte ( d has spoken and tin- wheels of d -' n, are turning. 20TH CENTURY POLITICS. S. M. Hollidny, of Simpson Col logo, Iowa, Capturos Third Placo. 1 aiBBffiii 11 m s , sui nil as Sttihtii.x ii.mi dots histurv i;iu.s traie the intleibility of law in deal inj; with the individual. In the rec ord or the heroes of J770 tBie iianie of one has been eiaed. Dark mIiowxs the blot in the -ui-round. nj; bright m.t and poweiful the !eiu it tvanhes. Kiir frotten i the p'liliis f the siieei'ssful leader; foimoften the Heree eharvis on html won bottle Hellt, (July the memory f hi m-t!oii and eoiitempt for his Ut.-euesf iciiialu; a iiioiUm'ii .IiuI.is who betrayed Ids country for pild and Miwer beeniiM1 of a justly deserml reprtm.ind. Few eU'iiiiatinjj: ciivuintanees .siirixiund the deeil. What nt his reward? WuMltih :md position were the take for which he Hindi' t'he eas1! tuid which were to be the price of liU country's ruin. How shattered was his diva in of ffrcatnct-s ami how bitter the panp. of iviniiic! Mo.ot vik .ly has the story of hi last Polities k a seleiiee. Introduced to tilio hiiiiuiu race by (lod hlnuseir, Its prlnelplPK have over t!iiyiijed the tiilinl.s of men, Inteimlfylnjf n.ntti de teriniiiinw I'livir aetloii. Lnrlsli ad vised that tribute bo paid to Caesar and he with his apastles reeonli'wl , pil.ttllMi illdtltlltlOliS, ) Hut few iieipiUltlonvs are of more im- j porlanee to a Helf-piveruln.j,'' people tlitiu an adeipimte Individual know I- 1 edp of political prini'lplcs. Ainid the iiishinn' of triides-iiiiion.s and inoiinp- olies, IndustHal iirml'es and eoneen- ! ti.itcd capital, Clnistlaii duty and 11 1 heartless system of competition the thinkliijr eltiven Is iisked to deterin- hte his eonr.se of action. Taken in Its liiu.iili st sense noil ties Is fundamental hi principle, vitiil in practice. No Mnplsh wtird has been so abiis i I. Politics! -vl-ions of cvciied utidl ein'es. lmtly iHinte.stetl party measures, w.ir.v. eiiiinlii'j;, supiehnis, uiuserupn Iniis and dlshmiiest iii'.mi,! Polities.! I uuiiiieipal misrule, party 'bos-cs, denui , copies, Taininiuiy, the machine ami .1 host of similar epithets aie piescut ed to the mind. Polities rlpMtly df llned is the .science of piveriimeut. It i.s the niiioi eoiHprehenslve ami intri cate Held of hiiiuati ticthliy. It touch es all people in all times and places. It i.s fundamental, scientific, eosmopol itii.i. Since Mich a .science exists it must ho xtiidiod and operated. Who shall maiiipultite the politics of our coun try? What their preparation? What their responsibilitie.-? The twentieth century answers: Kvery eitlen; his preparation, the ripMcous exorcise of all his power in a lifetime of re svnivh ami prtu'tlee; his responsibili ty, the dctiny of a nation. 'Morality and rolipVm tire inseparable from tihe science of pivermnent. An wtII think to confine the human mind to some jeet of some perception, as to con tine polities to t'he narrow boundaries of liiirtie.s. Palitical nrineinlcs sue as inevitable niwl Ket'essor ttxlay a. when Mt. Sinai was pori licit with beeaiise ho inaly Into turned imek the threw hltnwlf k,.i ttde vital issues. 1 ,. niul tMUIl llHUuirt.l . power. bcL'tiuse, having iIIw-imhw, , rliHil It., l.iwl il... 1 1 . ' "10 --0---I . ...... ...w niti iniiiiiiii (,, Httlii I npilnst erecilH, prceetleniti-. arisi ' "u sunerNtJt.lnii. "lllvliii. ,iiri,iu ....,. 1.,. 1" . ....'.... ;.. r""' "" nillVIII VVnillgH. vviiiKsier w p-eatest foreiiisle buttle of 1 iiiiw null ...ill fill 1 ill I,... 1l 1... 1.1 . to the principle of notional m ,()1, '") thc 1 'Torts 'H.1-1 "' tlio iiKMlornl cause he threw 11 jfrwtt soul tmrrents of 11 pvat Nhiio. (treat evils require Kiiprcin ..inn' iiwui mimi mi ira-ii ku 11 stron;,! Son (if Mm In 'l,ii nn (In, 1 l ,..:.,. : .;" "'"t"-.. Injr violent UKlllin. II Mil' 1 m,. l..M.,....-f.......l .. ..f "'" ii .. irini 11, 11 null IIM-m- ,' mfjj etdi It. The passive cltlen 1evi,n,.8'' his nets that If an Institution ,s ,J pind men shouhl leave It. aim,.; ( ' church Is corrupt, withdraw incln.. ship; If pirtHMeK Is evil, stay aw , f ' ' HMli. ' Mils iwis no ' etiltn.' 'II tills- "Iri1 tin s. Xo 'IN to '"lll(ss v inifht iM'rti. "at to of c- im ''ike to v os in eurii exerUil hours been told. "It is nip'it in a I power ami authority. D H ItkRll I elusion iQial "self-jireeratniii t- ii.i ture's lirst l,iw." leu a i.u.fu. study of nature and society cuui i.idi.-t-. 1,ie lirsi linpris-i(ii .mil foriiiiilutc.- tli.' Jaw of "self-don iil and service." No iart of mini's phy-i.i liciii.' ex lsi.s for iis.'.f 11 out-, lint imcJi llhre .11 is m perfect harmony wt.h every 01 her. controlled ami lii.'!l by a tlxel uuv wliioh is co-cxit-ieiil with life itxn-ll. I'lulue development of one jwrt of the phybieiil orpinijuion will always he at thf expense of some other nnt; nekct of any part wV. ro-ult in lis of streJifth; ahiif wi.l produce dih-ea-e. sind flimlly deatli. 'I i.e hiffhekt development of physical life i. only attniiKstl when esieh orr:in rciulen. to the completed whole ii.- 111 st p.-rfoot 5ervie-. The suine law width control,, the iliysiel ..cinr doininci! 1 also the MK-inl world. .No ninn liveth to hliii self alone. If self be the limii't of his endeavor, orptul.ed society bwJoiiuv imposHiolte and confusion 11110 anarchy prevail. Society demniKl miitiial aid. control of piiKsion. and tJie Micritlee of individual interetR for the public good. The safety of 'the individual and the con'tJminnee and prosperity obedience to nisit law of nerviee vviileh '.va8 pven amid' the thundeiiiiip, and liphtQiugis of Shini'fi s'teep. Wherever this law has lieen vio.'.itcvl. wherever the law of mutual help and mutual sacrifice lias lieen disregarded, there the onwand march of Time leaves strewn In his pntJi the ruhis of oncie powerful nation. Egypt, tlio myfiterious, the miglity, lying nmid the fentile Nile valley, was enchant d iviUi the vision of herself frtiprenic among the nations, ami in onler to ,: k 11 in .it .11 i n; Ui 11.ee in reli !iiii. I as prnlilieti tljion . e -tlige of Jne 01 i f tin 111..-1 .-iindme trjiyvdies 111 the .iiin.i.s, .,f men. Mucauhiv has apt.y s,il. " jiocvcr wiftiei- o 1h. well .iiijti, in icl vvit'a the morbid aii.itiiiiiy il 'ovi-i nun ill-, whoever 1 vvi-hes ui kiitivv Jiovv great slates may 1 In lli.ide feeli.e and wretched. wCloulil siudy I ie In si.iry f .sjuin." l'or een- I uiiie h r vveuJtii vv.i- ni.xiuiuloil; the I reviMitie of two world went to enrich Jie inplre. Philip II.. ".it whose! frovvii a,: Kiimpe trenib.etl.' rulel tin ' euipii" 1111 t v.i t t.i.ill ever dieailltsd t'lie torsi, .in adveiiimer. l.'eligiou.s faiiutieism vva h mark of nobility and of ,oy.'iy 10 country. The fu'ne of fciiwe ling mi jLirciifc vied w, h tttint of their iredesihsors in net-. , f .ril. eltv 11 I oji-jires ion Tiie expulsion of tli. Jew 1. ioIn-i! miii of Iht vvitilth " - ami most mi M..4.t tin , ho,i.. When the Moors were huiii)i-d. the! In. 1 .1ms t.f the .h.imlii.i .11 J .Teat- ' irs 01 - due oi tiie mos iii.iiiiiiccnt tyjie- of .iiiciellt ..lelii' etiite. It.nn'h gory w.ts left -i limb nv. -j-j,,. ,.VM) h'ioii oi the-e peopl, w.,, unjust uU( only made mow eomplcte the dark rec oH of tl,.- Spanish im i," on. ec proud Miitiou as ruler of the vvor, Has . e comimg n n.vth: her iovvcr wu gone, never t-' leturn: and well might her patriot m,-nt ii- ,., ttj,j,i Mlf.. ecpullng v.ni xw.n. ,lln. u trv The eJobe of the nim-tfeii.,. et-nturv is witneaaing the la-1 net in the dark drama whii h liaK hint for centnriej. The eastern world witnessed the con demnation of tflirci u.ijii,,,, uf Xtlh, erlanders In fll(. tynint who wiJ1Ml they had -,., mt u, b,- p.ted at a lon.lon suburb. On an attic couch lie.- a nr.iti dy injr. A miuis'ter .stands by j his bedside and n.ks: 'Would you die in the faitili of a Chri.tiian?' ' 'Chris-' ttanS' echoed the dying num. 'Chnis- i t ism V Come with me far over the wtiters. Ha! we are there! Yonder is the eh 11 it'll in which 1 knelt in chi.d hood: yoiwler th gnvn where I sported when a bov; and listen, old I man. -were I to pa.ss iilong th streets I a.s 1 passed when -ut a child, the j very babe-; in their cradles would ' nii-e their tiny hands mid eure inc. ' 1 The graves In yomler church yanl would shrink from my footsteps and yonder Hag would rain on my head a haptj.sm of blood.'" Wrapping1 alioiit himself the faded and moth-eaten ' folds of his old coiitineiilal form, with out a fiieiul lie-(lc him, mid ivfusing tlio etiiiifort he dare not take, he p.i.ss d away lteiicilict riuild. the - iaIiit. pitriot. traitor. A sad end to -iieh possiiiilitie.. but a tititiug climax ' fur such infamy. , 1 Through the stnrm of revolution, the continental armies niarelitsl to vie- ( tory and at the end the ling of lib- 1 ly l!..il.iil ov,r a free and muled ieo ple. More than a century has pastscd siiue mciieei wai, euro 'h1 among the lalion.s. Her iiicrca.e in vvialth , and power huis heen marvelous: t'he t tea -ur s of mother ctirtHi have been levci el ami appropriated; the nie ch.mii.il genius of the tuition has pro I diiCed wonders; nnd the iiitelleetmii advat.i.' incut has k pt pace with the 1 inau'iial. I '.in the couiuii.iiico of our iintionml life ..emends iisui our obtsli enee to the Iiiw of human light, which denuiii.ls the "ujivv -rd look u, (nnl and I me oniwnni hhiij to man. As a resii.t ! of tJii? nt war we are confronted with I a problem of territorial exclusion, ami our responsibilities and opjiu tu ni ties have been incieae.l. Our inflil euee iimiii the 1110r.1l lif of the nvitor.ti must now I- felt Our authoriiv in extemliiig the U-st ment inns; now be O. 111erica. tirtt, opens W fore thee. vvnn iiiiui'teriiig st.'ps. twvtng as t a guide niul leader the Cml of Iustiei In our constitution two great prin ciples hove been emliodicil. ationtil union and local seli-perninont. Tiie first is the greatest bulwark of our J!H II 1. IIAKVVAIIII tne pons, wo near the ery . clous laws ti nil uncoutrlil from the sumo citizen who. time to attend primary uml 1 Others regard It as their I slon to publish the crime oi It is dishonest and unfair to Institution by Its ollVprii statesman or prophet Is n. point out the recreant ami in any orgtini.atlou. As right tiie physician depend upon ing the condition of his p. elVeet a euie. The iniHirtaiii MisIug evil is undisputed, bu tiou ami advertisement alone reinovx' it. A pure life i.s a 1, the saloon, but a million pur. America will not abolish Hint . traffic until their iiitluouee 1 through the slotc. The products of polities is tn,- .state, which Metier says is the "gu- I'est, jnl stitution on earth." Church. work through and are protecti-d bv it; the futility Is guaranteed piotccimn arnl rights; and free in.-titutaons i!ouri$h under its genius mid pnw.r Jtj greatest enemy is selfishu s. m the hearts of men, which prodiiei jk-s-i-nilstie grumblers, morbid fan ill's, in mum enlihuslasts and nink.ii. nnor eliistM. Our civilization nc ,U men, wlio will sacrifice theinselve- to the state, unselfish in all their iliuys. and regaitling the high ideals of tn piditii-s as deeper than partv lines, broader than a nation, a nvl be tul hu man invention. The rivH)iis.ibility of local .nut inn nicipal pivorninent ro.st. iimhi the in dividual. The I, reeks saorillecil organ ization to the ilevolopinent of th'eiti yen. In a repuldie lioth must 1k rm phasi.ed. The unit of our soci.il and politieat falirle is the individual. This is the point from which we Inn Id act also the jwiint at which dMu'cgratioa sets in. The enerp'lic priueiplis, the propelling Kiwer, the vital etnews in the state emanate from the imli vidiial. The sivtirity ni'l the growth of a nation do not depend nnm :U si.e, wealth, commerce, muniif.ii-turvs. or iMitional rc.soourccs, but uiui the ehanieter of the individual eitien. Not in guns but in the men lielnu-l t hem. not in ships but in Hie men Im im nipiiltite them; nor in mini ' uh of war lint in the character of pie is found the stability of t ion. Ildiication and Christin building a bulwark of cafe.v nation which thirtcen-ineh s . not pierce, ions of dynmuite iil i.ot destroy, wliicli the jinwers r Hiirojie en 11 not stiake. Kvery gr. at .1:1 innient, every permanent reform ha- l -1 back of it a man endowed wit Kgnlj IKiwer. Mnk a great man t idea and the consummate at of hiinianitv mnv be rccicln Individual lespousiliility 1 ir Hv if 1X1- ty t ! 11 on' !,. wiH loniK 01 pivern- exe:x'is.jil. the tut tire which may ci uioit jo mitioiivil exist nee. It took threc-puar-tcr of a cinliiry .., tie -troy all iiims sit ion to it. Hamilton lannn-hed it. Webster defended it, mid n niiliion of America's itivest sans, under i.iiwolu, fought it. .xlneteeuth centurv noli- tics has placed it at the head of repub- j umiu which local self-g. liean priiieiples. Admired by ail thv . stand.; it is the viltil tn'tnl' vvorid, 11 stands iminutali.e, invineile. j The twentieth century Hint u- with the details if tiie second great prin ciple local and niuinciji.il govcriuneiin 'far from perfection. A spirit if un rest, numerous social organizations, and complicated eeonomie problems are (picstiotis calling for the highest 1 Activity of brain and heart. The ehar 1 net eristic of the new century will tie j orgttiiizution. As wvll attempt to roll I back the tide of the great ocean a.s to ciiecu OijH spirit. Twentieth Century polities must provide for the piven iiiental ami niuiiiclpal control of a growing and expanding xx-inl orpin Um. linpeliiit. 011 the one and. by a henrtless system of comnetifion. and Hampered, on tin? other. i great ninents the lwivver of convent rated eniiitnl in the Inni.K- M.iy the principle of democracy never j "'. """itriotlc men. The success of ini- coihi great national principle depemk. upon t4ie degree of uiiM'lfisli-inv-s and pirtriotlsm exen-ise! bv each individual eitien hi the esecut'ioii of his duty. Th lie forgotten in tne grciKpinjr pow-r of imperiar-iii. bu; iiih.v the flag of free dom wave over ihe tomb of old vvorid let.Miiihiii. a ml may thy truuiei, pro ..tuning prouress. sou nt 1 nhc mrii' of aw.ikeiiing to the sluurtieriutg cast. I hen. O ColiimlNii, thy mission will be complete, for. in the dnwii of liberty. IHMI hint tl makes a mini. .Mill .sound. ' note of a iMitaotuil grealne--said: "The wtnrtii of a nati upon the worth of th iudiv ' posing it." I.oesil self-governinent siiMtaiueil ami perpetuaiel true Hitrlotism. From an point of view we are 1110 The recent war has demons! a million of America' br.i could soon be m.ir-li.ill I 'ie rod ninent whieh be pemU . eoni- .it l itllODt iernal tr.ot&". .-1 tliat 1 fOBS .r de- iiew comiiMMidmeiit n. no. plicalile in olitics as in anv oilier phere of life. Moral prineitiles are Wl I Im- rcCOirniiPd :is iimiii's nmlv lllMMllimblL' frnm ri.rl., ..,.1 :....! -. .. . . .- i i h111 nm jv-.ii .le- Newer jewejs will lie added to I tion. The sin of omission nine i. .. v eiovvn of glorv: thv iwivver 411 ex-, trrcat as the sin of cnniimi.i.ir,.. c.,.a tend wnler and brooder; tliy Ainslitii-! Influence is sacred and it iAti erime i ions i.eeoiiii' hriner anil -tnonpr; Hie diiriiti.iii of time will be tthe limit of tliy existence, anil eternity w. he the mean'te of tiiy Influenti?. One cire for the round tnrp. via the lTnioii I'acific, to San Frttsieiseo, Cal., for yational IkipHt Sooieties aniwvor mricfc. May as, 1S09. For dntee on whitih n.kots will be told', Hmits, and full iiif.iiiiialdon, ill on K. II. SIokkoji, (leneml gent. Have the "Evans" do your washing. to rob the public and the state by withholding if. The e. Jzem who holds hiiusHf aloof from jioWtics forgets that ni. higheat eivie duty is to strengthen , purify, and support the s-tate; that those who win haUlcs are found in Hie tthiekest. of the fight; that "etm-nal vigilnnce is the price of Hberty." Savonurola purified Florence because U a great Intellect vnn joined an uneompromlsiiig spirit, challenging crime In high place. (Jamtietta lie- fense. Not only in war bu ' more di .cult tunes of jieaiv is p.unotism essential. While Fourth of .l'l en thiishum, Decoration 'speechts. and victorious orniics jus-tily proclaim W ptttriotisin; while an extended pns ami great ntitioii.il exhibits advcJ"tfi our resources-; while charittible insti tutious and pulille parks declare our liuiiKiiiity, a canker cuts at :3ie vitals of our nation. Its name is Avarice. Til tlllA nroiHiriioii tlint. true tKitriot- I I.-... ..,.,...t 8i.1 i i.. r....t ,1 ! ll ,.. t... ,, 4, , . . ... i '"" """-it iibvii nun jh lo.sieivti iii " came the greatest statesman of France hearts of men. to tliat degree shall A 0 NOItTIHIll' J . 4 w ? .tfft.-..