Show ti lf LETTERS TO THE EDItOR JI DEFENDING OUR DAUGHTERS ft E Editor The Telegram you will find a clipping ta taken taken tak tak- I en from one of ot the city cit papers condemning condemning con con- m ing The Telegrams Telegram's Idea of ot co cn con con- knitting socks for the S mm es fY Would you consider an article defend defend- f J g your idea from several points of ip There are always two sides to a aStOry ai I i story but in this case there seems to more more The iThe argument seems to be that it is 9 J the characters of our daught daugh daugh- r t rs to be in inthe the company of convicts a the the surface e it would seem so But 1 iwo v c have Jesus' Jesus own precept and ex- ex mp e Judge not lest ye be judged I Neither do I condemn thee thee- Also I ITe that is without sin let him cast castS S Hh t the first stone And in the face of oft I commands we say we are aie Chris Chris- ChrisI I I 01 the reader think I am sl side side- side side-I the Issue Let us see l First S W we naturally condemn those convicts 4 b because they have broken the l law w. w They a are re murderers liars thieves thieves- c certainly on the face of it not good gooel Company for our daughters But let letus letus us try the shoe on the other foot The Apostle John says If a man say I 1 Ilove love Jove God and his brother he is isa a altar liar Again Whosoever his brother broth r is a murderer Reason within withIn within with with- I i in yourselves Are there more than two Out of every ten that have not an 1 And yet Jesus said I r give you ou a new commandment Love your enemies Jesus said he came not to I save save the righteous but hut the sinners and andS S told bId us to go and do likewise Who 5 tre lire are we saving I wonder Then again he said Even Liven the publicans I 4 and harlots go into the kingdom of ot i. i heaven before you Who Vho did he mean Iwonder I Iwo wonder der Then Isaiah gives the II sweet assurance assurance to even even convicts I S Though your sins bo be as scarlet they I 5 sl laIl all be bew w washed sh d white white- as snow I Pear reader do you think Im I'm full of Bible Ible lore nasty nice and dreadfully V sanctimonious sanctimonious' Very well lets let's be bei i modern and see what answer we get I wonder ondel how many different thoughts ere tere were in regard to the picture I IS S hall name Angels in Disguise Their heir ver very smiles denied they were tf in distress Now I 1 ask you gentle rca reader er to compare that picture ith ith any picture of our young oung girls on tho 10 society pages and notice if it the thel i. i l latter latter- tte does not register disgust weariness enough and wh ts t's the use And then again ag note the expresS S l lons Jons of ot wholehearted interest post pos pos- t messed bv by the angels in disguise I 1 t dont don't believe there is a convict on ot op that picture would harm hum one hair of ot those girls girls' h heads ds Besides THEY ARK ARE I chaperoned Did Warden Varden Storrs or his hisS S wife vUe ask ask those girls to do something they would not do themselves themselves' I 1 think not noL Now let me ask You ou again Are the daughters of our fair city so early dearly pr protected te ted and chaperoned when they enter other places in our city Have Havethe the m mothers and fathers ever entered S i unawares unawares' I t have had things told to tome 1 me me by girls they certainly would not tell tell their mothers Vb Why Thy I wonder Last but not least what of the prisoner prisoner pris pris- oner So the soldiers would not want vant mad by such men men What has Un Uncle le Sam train trained d our oar soldiers for forTo To 10 forget torget they are men men To lie he kill rob murder just jost because the enemy is the under dog I 1 thought our solI soldiers sol aol S I diers dieY w were ere fighting for the sake of the golden olden rule rul and everyone has united in in giving givins it the beautiful name of Liberty rY The The- convicts broke the law There are certain laws of the land to to tobe tob b be com corn complied complied plied with before they are free I Im I'm m certain Warden Storrs and Tho The Telegram Telegram Telegram Tele Tele- gram are taking care of that But neither you nor noi I gentle reader Warden Ward Warden War War- d den n Storrs or The Telegram can be the judge of his the convicts convict's mind or soul That belongs to God Let him say what shall shaH be d done with them The convicts aro paying fully the laws of ot the land and nd so let you and I 1 do our ourbit ourbit bit by at least trying to give them a acup acup I cup of cold water in Christs Christ's name MRS J J. 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AS TO ROOSEVELT I E Editor Telegram As an soldier ex-soldier and a stranger in r your cit city I r beg space to answer the I causeless screed of ot Mi Mr Cram captioned captioned captioned cap- cap He lie L Likes Likes' kes' kes Teddy Tedd My Iy military training seems to have Impregnated me with a desire to fight the battles s of the defenseless l JJr Scott being absent is being attacked without a chance to defend himself I In July 1900 1000 the first Rough RoughRiders RoughRiders' Riders Riders Riders' reunion was held in Oklahoma Oklahoma- City ity and being one one of thirty picked men sent there to give exhibition drills and to act as Mr Roosevelt's personal bod bodyguard he then being governor governor of New New York I 1 shall shaH never I be able to efface the disgust and disappointment disappointment disappointment dis dis- dis- dis appointment at the acts and language I I of Governor Roosevelt Ills His knowledge knowlI knowledg knowledge knowl knowl- edge edg of military tactics s and affairs I generally was vas limited only to the time I he had five days s 's in which to dl dis disgorge disgorge dis- dis I gorge his innocence i. i e e. e to one I I having real military training I During my my stay in Cuba and later laterI S while in cl charge arge of receiving barracks at Jefferson Barracks Mo handling I thousands of ot men I 1 had an opportunity opportunity to learn something of the Inside inI in- in side of ot military affairs not from what I the newspapers got hold of but facts as they then existed If ever the I American public were imposed upon it was when Mr 11 Roosevelt was wasI I foisted upon them as a military I hero One of the mysteries of the army is Where was Terrible Teddy during the most of the fighting at atthe atthe atthe the battle of San Juan hill It is to laugh Oh you Kettle Hill Mi Mr Cram I wish you to know that I r have been traveling over the Middle and Western Vestern states and most mOlit of Canada for the last nine years yeats meetIng meetIng meeting meet meet- ing bi big and little men proletariat proletariat proletariat pro pro- I and average men and you are by far the worst stung of any I T r have ever met Personally I I believe that 80 SO per cent of the American Ican fighting family would rather not he hegr r of ot Terrible lIa ha ha haf Rozy Roxy again About 15 per cent would like to 6 see ee him Interned and the other 5 per cent are the only sane and worthy worth people in the country Quoting from Mr Cram The thing necessary and of great Importance is Isto i to see to it that we are not bitten by byI I these mad animals Sounds justI just I I typical of Terrible Teddy Really Mf Mr Cram I l believe that 1 I wise venerable patriotic Senator I Stone voiced the sentiment of fully 75 75 per cent of the Am American fighting i men when he stated on th the floor of I the s senate ate Theod Theodore Theodora ro Roosevelt elt i Is 4 the i most potent agent of inI in America today oday Take a new grip on I yourself Mr 11 Cram Let LetIs us Is get this j thinS thing right Let u us us both write a aI aletter I letter to Mr Scott d' d and ard s s e whether i I h ho he is a peon or just JURt an au every day dav dayI I American w with ith v t right reserved to think for him I I R F J J. 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