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3 rf Jp FgifTIlMVJ -ll! EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE CAPITAL TIMES ITomc Owned Ilome Edited Home Read Wednesday Afternoon, December 22, 1926 The Worlds Religions- OUR BOARDING HOUSE Bv Ahem THE CAPITAL TIMES An Independent Newspaper Official Paper ol the State ot Wisconsin Bent for Poetry Gave Birth to Mt. Olympus; They Played Myriad Gods of Greece False Entered aa second class mattei at the Postoffiee at Midison W. under the act ol March 8. la Published every afternoon except Sunday by The Capital Times Company. Capital Timas Building MEMBER: The Associated Press The Newspaper Enterprise Assn.

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Louis, Boston. Wiliam Evjue Editor Tom Bowden Business Manager By Mail Prepaid Sfadisnn D.s and surrounding trade const One year $4: sis months $2i three months iliJ State of Wisconsin outside of Madison trade zone: One year. $150; sis months. 82.25; three months 91 55 By Carrier In the City of Madlaont One year. 88.00: 8 months 83 00; 3 months.

81-50; 1 month. 50c; week 12c All subscriptions payable in advance unless paid weekly to carrier boy. December 22, 1226 Srtieori i For a Belter Madison 1 Clear up Lake Monona. 2 Push the Project for a Madison Civic Audi torium. i 4 Athens was In the heyday of its powep, the Greeks of the ancient city turned their eyes toward Acropolis as the shrine of reli gion.

Modern ruins of the temples are pictured here. Greeks were notorious throughout the Mediterranean for treachery and dishonesty. Some Greeks ceased to gTOvel before Mount Olympus for material help, feeling strongly the need for an element of mystery in religious matters. They developed several communities of worshipers into which converts could enter only after a secret initiation, apparently designed to mark them off from the non-worshipers and impress them with the importance of the doctrines that were explained to them. The best known of the secret mysterious concerned the worshio of the god Dionysiac; and so well kept were the Dionysiac rites that goddesses.

Indeed, the war little more than a struggle the deities who used on the plains of Troy playthings. was with all the affairs of worship among tho w'as not a purified realization spirit. It was service performed the purpose of gaining on earth through omnipotent from on high. always debasing to humans such a cult. Instead of the Greeks to develop as producers of material Olympus worship them to rely on slv 1-and and cheat in trade.

The tV i 'I" it is by no means certain to modern investigators exactly what Dionysus represented or who he was. Some think he was originally a deity of India whose worship spread to Greece. But, according to Greek mythology, Dionysus was a son of Zeus. The Titans revolted against Zeus and devoured Dionysus. Zeus then slew the Titans, and created humanity from the Titans ashes.

Mankind thus possesses the divine essence because Dionysus body was mingled with the profane dust of the Titans, while at the same time man inherits mortality and evil from the Titans themselves. The State Press Im waiting for some one to point out the dreadful effect of progressive government in, Wisconsin! Heres the reorganization of the Milwaukee railroad, under a Delaware charter, to save approximately $375,000 in taxes and fees assessed for reincorporation: "the change, it is believed, will make necessary transferring the roads headquarters from Milwaukee, says The Madison Capital Times. Why, "Bill Evjue, when did you become editor of a stalwart noos-paper? Editor A. D. Bolens in Port Washington Star.

Just watch and see those progressives. First thing you know they will go in for keeping industries in Wisconsin instead of beating them on the head and before you are a week older they will be claiming they were the original people In favor of holding big business in Wisconsin and getting other big business to come here. The thousands of dollars that the St. Paul Railroad used to pay into our treasury and wont pay any more may be an eye-opener. A lot of progressives will have to dig down deep in their breeches to get tax money to make up for that loss.

Nothing changes a mans opinions like having them become expensive. H. L. Hoard in Jefferson County Union. The Capital Times prefers to keep its eye on the big thing in this St.

Paul deal, the manner in which the big New York bankers are shaking down and freezing out the little stockholders who hold millions of dollars of this stock. There is enough idle land in northern Wisconsin to supply every home in America with a mighty good-looking Christmas tree. But if we dont protect those now growing and plant a few more, and if other idle acres are not put to work growing Christmas trees or some other species, then future generations face treeless Christmases. Rhinelander News. Emeralds are so popular just now In England that $6000 a carat is being paid for the best specimens.

OUT OUR WAY NViioyl VMaY VJAii A CAMERA TOR YakhY movih16 ptYateRg, A 2EY (Tf BoXIKV SLOE, AYvJEKJYJ-Ydo RIFLE, A BlCCLE, A REAL VM Atf A Apple for a pokN 1vAY VII LU GEY hexY Near. ti. sJZ3l vjC? o' 5 1 I MA 3bR VJA0 EA0ILV PLEAGHX Looking Backward SIXTY-FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY Sunday No paper. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY Prof. Paul Reinsch was offered the chair of political science at Leland Stanford university but declined it; Prof.

Balthaser H. Meyer was offered the same post at Columbia university. Scofield was ill of bronchitis at his "home in Oconto. All trains on the Northwestern road were sidetracked to permit the special of Sir Henry Irving and Ellen Terry, noted Shakespearean actors, a through schedule to Minneapolis. The Irving party spent an hour in Madison during a change of engines.

Many Madison men were enjoying cutter racing on Lake Monona. Among them were Dr. R. W. Hurd, Frank Wootton, Capt, Askew, Otto Scheler and Edward Fess.

Lyman W. Gage resigned as secretary of the treasury. Washington dispatches said he was to he succeeded by Gov. Murray Crane of Massachusetts. Ground breaking ceremonies for the Louisiana Purchase exposition were held at St.

Louis. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY The Wisconsin Interurban Co. completed the laying of its tracks to the city extension. Will Touton was named deputy United States marshal. Rollie A.

Lawrence purchased the bankdupt Lawrence restaurant at 630 State E. W. Eddy purchased the other Lawrence establishment on University ave. Capt. James OConnell was named grand marshal of the organizations to welcome Co.

home from the border. It was to be the largest civic welcome held since the return of Madison troops from the Spanish-American war. Coach Meanwell was forced to "talk to the varsity basketball team between halves in order to snatch a victory from the Milwaukee Normal school five. Fifty local barbers threatened to strike if shops were opened for half-day on Christmas. Richard Plan ta genet, believed to have been a son of Richard HI of England, died, 1550; earned his living as a bricklayer.

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Daily Records December 21, 1925 DEATHS Andrew Midthun, 61, at 'Windsor, Tuesday. Miss Sophie Annen, 42, at Madison, Tuesday. David Robertson, 25, on farm near Lodi. MARRIAGE LICENSES Daniel B. Mahoney and Mary L.

Brown, Me- Farland. Joseph Magnus Stokke and Nellie Helen Martinson, Stoughton. BUILDING PERMITS Norman A. Sime, residence, 1061 Union $2,500. William Rude, residence, 1045 Union $3,000.

SUPERIOR COURT Marcus Skolas, charged with violation of the prohibition law, case taken under advisement. Robert Olson fined $1 and costs for reckless driving. Ed Whalen dismissed from charge of driving while drunk. Ned Pogue admitted to bail of $5,000 for appearance in court on charge of burglary. Joe Geloso fined $500 and costs and three months in county jail for violation of the prohibition laws.

Henry Benesch sentenced to ten days ir county jail for drunkenness. ESTATES FILED FOR PROBATE William H. Glenz, Madison; assets $9,000, liabilities $1,000. FIRES Monday 9:52 a.m., chimney, 1003 Jefferson A- H. Becker, No.

4 company; 9.35 p.m., overheated furnace, 831 Jenifer Edward J. Conohan, No. 1 company; 10:48 p.m., chimney, 147 S. Butler J. W.

Pepper, No. 1 company. JUDGMENTS (First name being that of debtor and second that of creditor): Fred A. Stephan Lena Stephan, $44.76. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Clifford C.

Gallagher to Fannie Moore, lot? 448 and 449, Clyde A. GallagherN? park subdivision, towns of Burke and Blooming Grove. Claus S. Olson to John Josenh King, land in section 17, town of Blooming Grove. Mary Schmitt to C.

E. Fitzgibbon, part of lot 5, Quarry Town. Gertrude Polk et al to John Kerin, part of lot 1, block 120, Madison. (Dlb fPrutcni My little Son, who lookd from thoughtful eyes And moved and spoke in quite grown-up wise, Having my law the seventh time disobeyed I struck him, and dismissd With hard words and unkissd His Mother, who was patient, being dead. Then, fearing lest his grief should hinder sleep, I visited his bed, But found him slumbering deep, With darkend eyelids, and their lashes yet From his late sobbing wet.

And with moan, Kissing away his tears, left others of my own; For, on a table drawn beside his head, He had put, within his reach, A box of counters and a red-veind A piece of glass abraded by the beach, And six or seven shells, A bottle with bluebells, And two French copper coins ranged there with careful art, To comfort his sad heart. So when that night I prayed To God, I wept, and said: Ah, when at last we lie, with tranced breath. Not vexing Thee in death, And Thou rememberest of what toys We made our joys, How weakly understood Thy great commanded good. Then, fatherly not loss Than' I whom Thou hast molded from the clay. Thoufit leave Thy wrath, and say, "I will be sorry for their childiihness Coventry Patmore: The Toys.

EDITORS NOTE; This is the second of a series of six articles by J. W. T. Mason on the worlds e-ligions. Next; Zoroastrianism.

BY J. W. T. MASON (Written for NEA Service) The ancient Greeks were highly gifted artistically and poetically that they tried to endow their religion with these traits and brought their gods down from heaven to earth for the purpose. The result was disastrous to the gods and their human worshipers as well.

It is a sound intuition that causes mankind to enshroud his idea of the godhead with mystery, for spirit, judged from the human standpoint, is not easily explicable and can better be taken on subconscious trust than self-conscious reason. The Greeks, however, planted their deities on Mount Olympus near at hand and proceeded to give them human traits, vile and good indifferently. Zeus was the absolute monarch of Mount Olympus and under him ruled all manner of gods and goddesses acting like erring men and women in their various spheres. Poseidon ruled the sea; Aphrodite directed the love affairs of mortals; Artemis was mistress of the chase and wild nature; Pallas Athena endowed her favorites with wisdom and taught them how to win and prosperity; Ares encouraged war; Hera, wife of Zeus, was goddess of womans life, and scores of other major and minor deities were identified by Greeks with every phase of existence. The result of this multiplication of rods and goddesses who mingled with humanity, sbowfng affection for some and hatred towards others, was the failure of the Greeks to develops high standard of utilitarian progress.

They depended on the dwellers of Mount Olympus to help them in all things. Homers Iliad is filled with stories of interferences in the war between the Greeks and Trojans by Voice of WELL, LETS START WITH YOU, JUDGE; DID THEY SHAKE YOU DOWN? (My Dear Mr. Evjue): In reply to your Saturday Letter: It is a fact that state appointees were asked in 1921 to contribute a certain per cent of their salary to help wipe out the 1920 campaign deficit of the Madison Ring. This is a FACT, Bill. You are close to the kingpins of the Madison Ring.

With this tip you should be able to uncover and publish some interesting facts. Your readers and the people of the state are interested in knowing whether you willl exhibit the same alacrity and ability at this job that you would if the offenders were your political enemies. It will be a fine test of your sincerity in getting the truth to the people. It would be unfair for me to take away from you thi3 fine chance to demonstrate that you are REALLY IMPARTIAL in your criticism of political parties and factions. If you dont succeed in uncovering anything let me know.

Dont waste time in asking ME whether I agree that if one is "deserving of public pen-sure the other is. That was the whole crux of my former letter to you. I thought I made that plain. I have no new political technique, much as you would like to make it so appear. I have never iji the past, and do not now hesitate to attack political crookedness and corruption wherever found.

But I am no Pharisee or hypocrite about it. I have always insisted on holding the Progressives up to the same standards demanded of others. That is the main reason why the Madison Ring has never liked me. Your letter indicates that you are well acquainted with the "technique, of political murder so long and successfully used by the Madison to wit: If anyone fails to take its orders, call him a Stalwart until he is politically dead. You have already begun my execution.

You are -welcome to continue. You MAY find, however, that I am not so easily killed. At least Im determined before I die to pound considerable of the polish off the Phariseeism of the Madison Ring. I consider it the biggest duty demanded of me as a WISCONSIN PROGRESSIVE. Charles D.

Rosa. P. S. This investigation should work in well with your Klan stuff. Dont use the Klan as a smoke screen, but wade in arfd do the people of the state a real service.

When you have finished this job Ill give you some others. ISNT TOERE EXCUSE FOR IT AT THIS TIME OF YEAR? (To the Editor) Wonder what is the matter with the Madison main postoffice. This writer stood in line thirty minutes this p.m. (Saturday) snailing his way to the parcel post window, and there found but one man at work, although there was room for six. The same deplorable condition prevailed at the other windows.

It is surely up to the postmaster to explain to several thousand indignant citizens why there was no addition to the regular force at the windows where there was so much detail work in weighing, calculating, selling 'stamps, etc. No need to tell us about the crazy old a contest of such an orthodox publication as The Forum. This sort of thing has become the rule in the American classroom. The minions of privilege and wealth are always quick to jump at a man who doesnt follow the herd. Any teacher, of course, who pursues an attitude that is distasteful to the financial plutocracy qt the country is guilty of socialism.

The Capital Times suspects that Mr. Paynes letter furnishes a better key to the real situation at Whitewater than does the forty page indictment of President Hyer before- the Normal Board. When the gods and itself was between the mortals as their So it life. Olympus Greeks of for rewards favors It is to practice encouraging their abilities things, caused to lie The Cotton-Hyer Controversy 'pIIE CAriTAL TIMES is not pre- A pared to discuss the merits of the controversy between President F. S.

Hyer and Prof. J. R. Cotton of the Whitewater Normal School, concerning the qualifications of Prof. Cotton as a teacher in the academic field.

In the hearing before the State Board of Normal Regents held last week President Hyer contended that he had been magnanimous in condoning the teaching delinquencies of Mr. Cotton and that these delinquencies, and not Mr. Cottons economic views, formed the background for Mr. Cottons present situation at the Whitewater Normal. pRESIDENT HYERS contentions may be true.

We are not prepared to say whether or not J. R. Cotton is a competent teacher at the Whitewater Normal. We do know, however, that Mr. Cotton seems to have the ability to inspire the young men and women in his classes and this is a rare talent today in the modern classroom.

In his department of public speaking, Mr. Cotton has turned out fine debating teams year after year and these teams have been a credit to the Whitewater Normal. We repeat that it is a rare teacher who can arouse the students to an interest in debating and the discussion which ensues on questions of public import in these days of football, gin, jazz and campus frivolity. The Capital Times is inclined to dis- count the charges made against Professor Cotton because of our knowledge of the manner in which any man of independent thinking is treated today in the American college or university faculty. Economic pressure and control have practically driven the liberal from the American classroom.

These powers can always invent excuses for driving from the American campus the man who doesnt get along with the herd. Social ostracism, unfavorable publicity in the controlled press, salary penalties and false charges are favored methods used for keeping the American teacher and professor in the orthodox groove. If the real reason for President Hyers hostility toward Professor Cotton is his honest belief in the incompetence of Mr. Cotton as a teacher there would be no reason for the present controversy. We do not believe, however, that President Ilyer has stated the case fully.

Back in 1921 the campaign against Mr. Cotton had been launched. E. E. Payne, then the managing editor of the reactionary Wausau Record-Herald, sent a letter to H.

O. Hamilton, Whitewater Normal Regent, urging that action be taken against Mr. Cotton. The letter follows I am informed that a Mr. Cotton, who teaches the classes in Commercial Law at the Normal there advocates Socialistic theories, and is a socialist.

I am not sure as to the seriousness of his acts and talks but he has certainly given the impression to pupils that he is of radical tendencies. "I certainly grant permission to a man to btlicve what he wants, but we in this state are having trouble enough outside of the schools with the socialist and radicals without having the schools and the teachers imbued with the revolutionary doettines, and if reports are true, Mr. Cotton should be warned. Will thank you for any more definite informa- as to this point. 'tMIE OTHER DAY there was printed j.

on this page an editorial by Mrs. Belle Case La Follette telling of the methods used by Washington militarists to harass a Washington school teacher who had written a prize winning essay fer The Forum on the best definition of I socialism. General Fries, a swashbuck- ling member of the military caste, de- mailed that the teacher be ousted be- cause he had the audacity to take part in, i the People building with its dinky lobby, etc. There is an inexcusable lack of manpower where there Is room for men to work. A.

V. L. REPLIES TO READER (To the Editor): Will ask you for a little space to answer A Reader who criticized my figures and said I was in error. Yes, I made a mistake when I figured the first payment on St. Croix County bonds would be $155,550.

The first payment is $157,500 $140,000 on the principal and $17,500 for Interest at the rate of 5 per cent on $350,000. Am I right, Mr. Reader, and is the valuation of St. Croix county You will find that $157,500 is a little over 4 mills. Now, Mr.

Reader, if you are going to have so much money from a gas tax and licence tax, why didnt you take that money and build the road? Nobody would object to that; and Mr. Reader, did you ever hear of anybody paying for bonds with gasoline taxes or license fees? It would be against the law. You say that these bonds can run till 1929 or 1930. I say they can run 1939 or 1940, for they are non-taxed and interest hearing instruments that the holder doesnt want to retire, and they will run indefinitely, and the taxpayers of St. Croix County will be paying that $17,500 for all time.

The gasoline tax law will be abolished, but the bonds must be 'paid with good hard cash, not with free air. I am not surprised that you did not give your name. No man that will try to defend a thing that is so dangerous to the public welfare wants to be known. I take it for granted that you are selling oil or running a soft drinU stand along No. 12.

I wonder if the farmers on that county board realized that they were voting their wives and families into bondage and not only that, but generations to come. When I wa3 at the A. S. of E. convention and the bonding was discussed, a man from Illinois said they had been bonding that county for cem enrtoads and be-bonding that county for cement roads were gone.

I am telling you that this kind of thing should be headed off in St. Croix county. I wonder if somebody wont get in power that will stop this kind of thing. I am surprised there havent been appropriations made to build free lunch houses along No. 12 for the tourists.

I will bet the Reader is an agent of some bond purchasing company of St. Paul or Minneapolis. P. J. Stevens, Ceylon, Wis.

WANTS THE PAPER (To the Editor) Enclosed please find check for $1.50 to pay for The Capital Times for three months. I trust that you will take caro of this matter at once so that we will not miss a single number. Having lived in New Glarus for about thirty-five years, being a brother-in-law of S. A. Schindler the newly appointed assistant treasurer of the good State of Wisconsin, and a life long friend of OLD SOL the present treasurer you can readily see that my interest in Wisconsin and her commendable policies is probably more than A.

nefty, Los Angeles, CaL THE BOND QUESTION -(To the Editor): In your issue of Dec. 15, a reader writing about the St. Croix county road program, talks the same as the road men talked to onr Richland County Board, "NO taxes. The fact is the BOND payments are placed in the tax roll and paid by the taxpayer. The payments from the state are credited to the road fund.

Does he think that a county board that is completely controlled by the ROAD men, will transfer THAT fund to the GENERAL fund to REDUCE taxes? NO, the road men will have another MUDHOLE to fill. Mike Murphy, Richland Center, Wis. A Tliousht I forget thee, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. Ps. 87:5.

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