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EVAN8T0N NEWS PUBLISHING CO„ 82$ Davit 8t, Evaneton. & TeiephonSo 496 and 686. ) WtLMBTTg OFFICE No. 5 Electric Plaefe. __^' T|lopho;ileHo. 602, ALBERT H. BOWMAN, Managing Editor ARTHUR ROBERTS, Associate Bditor : JAMBS LEONARD LEO, City Bditor M& B? m IB ,-. MS :&i' SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $1.00 A YBAB. All matter for publication in any week's Issue should reach oar office not later than noon on Monday. Entered as second-class matter Jane 28, 1911, at the postpffloe at Hvans- ton, Illinois, under the Act of March 8, 1879.. THURSDAjY, JTJIiY 11, 1912. A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION It was a quiet and a sane Fourth we had Thursday, the kind that should be celebrated throughout the length and the breadth of this whole country, although there will doubtless be reports of sud- den deaths and frightful accidents coming in from all directions and all states until the end of this week. But the kind of celebration of Independence day which characterized the lake shore is the kind that is coming more and more into vogue everywhere, and is but a fdrerunuer of what may ultimately be expected as the result of the nation-wide propaganda now being waged. Time was when the deaths and accident? of a single celebration, after the old style, brought more deaths and resulted in more sorrow than a whole year of warfare on the part of those our forefathers, who signed the Declaration of Independence in their bitter but successful efforts to gain freedom of thought and of government from the motf r country across the seas. Time will come, and it is to be hoped it will be soon, when Independence day, the Fourth of July, will be celebrated in much the same manner as Memorial (or Decoration) day; and when that time does come the millions of people in this country who are profiting by the efforts, the heroism and the stn%gles of the men and wonfen of revolutionary days will have achieved a condition more fitting and commendable than the wild excitements of the years that have and are passing. ' ♦ ♦ * * 4 SHERMAN MAY BE PRESIDENT As. this newspaper looks at it, and as it has suggested from time to time, there is a very strong probability that the entrant of the Roosevelt third party movement will result in the final selection of James Schoolcraft Sherman, that greatest of all reactionaries within the republican party, as president of the United States. Even the Outlook, of which Theodobel Roosevelt is associate edi- tor, has its political* eye cast in the direction of Taft's running mate. It says, in discussing the situation: Let us consider one not at all remote-possibility. We do not refer to the fact that every vice-president may be called , upon to occupy the presidential office through, the death or disability of the president. Entirely apart from this, there is a real and serious danger that in 1913 Mr. Sherman may become, under the ^Oi.stituticn, president of the United States, without, we venture to say, the slightest wish of anybody in the United States that he should fill the office. We do nQt assert that this situation will arise; but we do assert that it is not merely conceivably possible, but that there is a ^reasonable degree of probability of its happening. It is now expected that there will be three great party tickets in-the field,, besides the prohibition, the socialist, and other minor parties. The constitution of the United States requires that, to be elected president, a candidate should have cast for him a majority (not a plurality) of the members of the electoral college.- Now, with a progressive, a republican, and a democratic can- didate in the field, if each and every one of them carries some states, it is quite possible that no one of them would have an absolute majorityâ€"that is, more than half of the votes of the members of the electoral college. What would happen in that case! In accordance with the twelfth amendment to the constitution the'election would be thrown into the house of representatives, but there each state would cast but one vote, \ as a state It so happens at this* time that the ntCnber of states represented in the lower branch of congress by a 4$&- gation the majority of whom are republicans is exactly equal to the number of those states a majority of whose represents- - tives are democrats. Even supposing that, for instance, the old- line republicans were willing to join hands with the progres- sives, a majority (and here, too, a majority and not a plurality is required) could not be obtained if the democrats helm firm. There would be no election by the house of representatives. What, we may ask again, would then ensue f In that ease, under the twelfth amendment, the vice-president becomes president. Meanwhile, the vice-president will probably be de- clared elected by the United Stai^ senate, as provided tinder the constitution and the amendment.' If there has been no election of the vice-president by a majority of the electoral college, as we are assuming to be the case, it wiil be the 4uty of the senate to choose one=;out of the two candidates who stand highest before the ele(^ral wUege. As the senate at present has a republican majority, and nu^t <^mtinw to lave ;. one, even although thei* were w^ gremaive ranks from among the republican genatoi», it la not :< unKkelyHhat the senate would declare Jambs, S. SmaatAN. ~' viceHJresident, and he would thereupon pecome.preaidejit for _ v the .four years ending March 4, 1917: This statement of ^ 1^^ • - aj^ possibilities may, at .first sight, _:- eated, hut close ex«mniatiftaLwiU convin^ , exmtBigc&cy set fJorA^is Hot at aljl, jNi^W^ : aM&fllt * ]pi^ progress!ves to j^ataUbot&^broH the spirit j^^. â€"^-â€"â€"* ?&&â-  Pastor Rueeell Advleeo All to *• **«tf Toward God $y twin* rOtfriere. 8«yt. L»v« of Moifeyi to: GfO^Ing Stronger, Bringing "Moth md Butt" to Our Civilization. 1 Toronto, Canada, July 7.â€"Represent- atives of Bible Stu- dent- C'asses from all >ver Canada tn Cor vention b e r e to* a week ad- journed that they might hear Pastor Russell today at Royal Alexandra Tbeatre. Needless to say that, as al- ways, he had a large ar \ attentive audience. He spoke twice. We report his discourse from St Luke xii, 21: "So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God/' . After calling attention to ther fact £hat there never was such a day as ours for the accumulation of wealth, Pastor Russell declared tbat.the wealth itself was toot condemned by our Lord, but the lore of it: "The love of money Is a root of all evil." Nor should He be understood to be a denouncer of wealth and the wealthy. Tb£ outpour of Divine favor in the multiplying in- ventions of our day had poured wealth into the lap of some out of all proper* tion to their covetousness. Indeed* some of the most covetous people the Pastor knew were poor people who seemed so anxious to get rich that their overstraining led them Into nu- merous financial pitfalls and kept tbem poor. The happiest people 4n ' the worlds he said, are those who have ""godliness wittr contentmentrrgreat gain/' These are rich toward God, for they possess what money cannot gorr chaseâ€"contentment and the peace of God. pastor RumoII Reported Wealthy. Many sueh people, with heavily %orv gaged properties, come to me under in* supposition-that I am rieh^ Iu4j&ea»t£ am told that! bave^heirepntatioa Of being fabulously rich. When at Corinth I learned that the report was current that I was reputed tp.be a molttV mmionaire and that niy library: alone was worth millions. Servants and por- ters^ of course, expected tips to corre- spond with that reputation and I was compelled to seem iingeneroiiife ~ Indeed, I learned that even in Amer- ica I am credited with being ^ery rich. If ether people's books sell for one or two dollars per volume and. mine are sold by the Bible Students Society,for one-sixth the price. In order to put them into the hands of the people, it is surmised that I must reap- a royalty of mlWons, whet eas I receive nothing. I do not mind telling yont my feilow- Bible-Sradents, that long years ago I toos the advice that Jesus gave in our context I recognized the trifle of Wealth in my possession as a steward- ship, the proper use Of^which In God's service might make iae rich toward God. I invested all that 1 had In His service and spent it all long ago. I be- came a spender instead of an accumu- lator of money. Others, perceiving my ability as a spender, have since been putting into my hands-for similar use such of their consecrated means as they desired so to use. In proportion as the money has-come in it has gone out in the service of God's Word, in the service of those hungering and thirsting after the Troth. The Lord is blessing His work In every direction. We never lack. We never solicit. Our experience Is more or less contagious. Many others are learning to "be rich toward God by not holding! too tightly to earthly riches. * -*Hto to,' Now, Ye* Rich Men-" St James, by Divine inspiration, nt- -feftaf* word of warning to fhe rich of our day. No-longer do the rich add Jbarn to barn. That Is too slow a way. Now they sidd bond to bona, and bank to Bank. With many of them* mohey- 1 grabbing has become a disease. They asp to be pitied. Accustomed to the hett&ag* of trade they have ho other pleasure tn Ufa A few of them tnrn Dleaoore-hunters; but, alas, they rare- ly are pleasure-finders, for he^wn© . seeks to please himself rtrely succeeds. I shall not address t^swBe&ee as wealthy and urge yon to spend all sur- plus wealth anoV spend W faptdly in the service of Godwin the service of ho- •nia]^1>^o|»:a» ta^i whipk " .*4tW*te'*"csp5sr.';.-:<ri:. *>'â- â- â€¢' not* Because l shall aasnine. Bible Stndent* yon have yett3W«» LEMENTSof Capital an agement, lo are the ele this bank. surplus ojf ov experience- and, nts^comprising Moreo resources mplete equipment aa^ extensive [oafislBt depositor^ ioaiiy ' way in the building up of taetr'â- â- '/ Itimate ;s. Small, as well as large/Accountsrare solicited. ^â- ftiitafoi^v > >,^ V'^'j ite* mmm^mmmmmmmmimmmmmm I Makes loans on improved North Rogers Pa^ tojiigWand iPafs;, ^ cQtinty,- II Issues in den four percent in fl Offers fer estatt^h sums o J. Pre6VMcQwre. /' Ira J. Geef, sit for no iob and m ^ n she months whfch real five and one-half perceflt in <fji* â-  *>Mtc \, A'&.H .^ ^ _QbArloa A,^Wightman, WM; ge^flr Arthnt W. Vercoe, 'eeu or Co^trsi Ay onuo ana: Wall Paper, Bur Window Shades, TELEPHONE 2036 It will pa specialties and wor W^ are Making ^OpiOO ^u . ',. i 1912 CeDtral St., fleat Prtiric Ave by never possessing more than a com- petency. I would, however, urge upon yon the general principle of our Lord's reaching, that the possession of money in any amount more than meets our necesoitieo is a stewardship, amt that each has a responsibility'toward the Lord Tor the use of sacb a tnlent, j whether large or small:- Tb each one of the LonTs corejiant-- ed Household found faithful He will say, "Wail done, good and fatthfol servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, T jf^l make thee roler many thh#r enter tboo Into the y ioy *f tlry Xo^^nte toe Klnjgdom , whteL shortix is to blees and npttft tie :.s:--â- 'W^*k:t