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RADIO CASTS HIS BOTTLED UP ANTI-EVOLUTION SPEECH LAST NIGHT. “Pm Not a Preacher, Nor Even a Church Member,” Jackson Said in His Address, “But I Do Believe in God, 9 ‘By THe Assoureren Preece Jefferson City, Mo., March 24.— Representative Charles C. Jackson's anti-evolution speech, stifled under house maneuverings when the body considered the bill to bar modernist teachings from the state’s public schools, was radiocast last night by state station WOS, in the dome of the ai r as capitol, Jackson declared the anti-evolution bill was “purposely misconstrued in the legislature.” “The theory of evolution was well named a ‘theory.’ It reminds me of the little hoot ow]—nothing but fuss and feathers,” said the Oregon coun ty respective. Nothing to start with and nothing when you stop. Worse than infidelity and worse than deadly poison,” continued the char acterization. Jackson was co-author of the bill with Representative Sam MacDaniel of McDonald county. The measure was defeated of engrossment in the house after the previous question rule was invoked, forcing the end of what promised to be a length debate. Jackson was prevented from deliv ering his keynote speech. “The sponsors and defenders of the bill have been derided and misquoted, and I have been referred to as the man from Coon Hollow, the land of corn bread and molasses,” said Jackson. “This burlesque is full of slang and deadly poison to create sentiment against the bill.” Jackson has said he will reintroduce the bill in the 1929 legislative session if he returns. “It is not my purpose,” he asserted, “to discuss the theory of evolution from the viewpoint of science, but from the viewpoint of a man seeking more light upon the pathway of life.” “I am not, as some have said, a preacher; I am not even a member of any church,” declared Jackson. “But I do believe in God and have always sought to learn and know the truth. Yet, some have said I was trying to put a lock and chain upon the store house of knowledge. No, just the op posite. [I am trying to inculcate in the minds of the human family some thing worthwhile. “Personally, I do not believe there is any such thing as evolution, in the sense that it is so often interpreted to me in. But that it is nature coupled with human experience.” “Read nature's book, the pages of which are open on every hand. And as you read, ask yourselves this ques tion: Can this possibly have come about by mere accident, or is it as our forefathers believed and taught us from the sacred pages of God’s Holy Book, the handiwork of an All Wise Creator?”
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Chillicothe Daily Tribune
Chillicothe, Missouri, US
Thu, Mar 24, 1927
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