National Republican., 1877-11-05
The Way IL Works.

The following, from the Nebraska Sate
Journal, is slightly more l,gical and philosOphi
cal than it is palatablc just now. 1t is rather
spicy in its religious fcrvor:
The Chicago Tribune and other sheets that
have assumed TO be the keepers Ofthe prrsiden-
tiul conscience and the promul gators OF the will
of the administration, and that have been
very loud for the last six months In their ad-
monitons to the machine politicians to sit
down" and to take back seats for their resting
places are using up columns of their valuable
space in showing how natural 1t was for Ohio
to 90 Democratic, and how foolish 1t was for
intelligent people to expect anything else.
But it Is singular that, IN their lucid explana-
nations of the causes that elected BISHOP Gov
crnor of Ohio, aud secured an overwhelming
Democratic majority in the Legislature of
Ohio, they do not lay much stress upon the
fact that about 1000 Ohio Republicans must
have thought they were referred to in tho OK
hortation to
"TAKE BACK SEATS"
and sat so far back that they didn't get for
ward on election day In time to vote. Here
after It will be well enough to omit any refer
encc to back seats Indeed, 1t will be better for
the country If all Republicans can be induced
to sit as far front as possible There isn't, of
course room enough in the amen corner for
all, but the chaps who have pre-emptcd these
highest places in the synagogue had better
suffer themselves TO be crowded little, rather
than to drive too many of the regular congre-
cation into the entry and out on the steps.
The less these zealots in the newly-organized
meeting house say about back seats" the
more likely the house will bo full. Then
there has been great clamor
AGAINST PASSING THE HAT
around on the front seats at collection time
When the so-callcd machine men" occupied
the amen corner they always put their nickels
In the hat to defray the expenses Of the pulpit
and the choir, to pay for the fuel and lights
and to keep tho house ventilated and habit
able. The new dignitarics in the church say
that the amen corner must not pay anything,
and by inference 1t is gathered that the hat Is
to be replenishcd wholly from the back seats. "
This isn't the proper way to run meeting
house. Those who do the most of the shout
ing ought to contribute somih.ng us well as
those who shiver around the vestibule and
stamp their feet in tho corridors. Let the
dcacons and the brethren
IN THE AMEN CoRN~R
therefore cease their outcry against the passage
of the hat in their propinquity. They needn't
put in anything if thoy don't want to, but the
hat had better be passed, just for the appearance
| of the thing. Somebody has got TO contribute
| filthy lucrc, and we all know that In season,
of revival II takes more to run synagogue u'
1t ought to be run than when the work Ian
guishcs.
The plea of the amen corner now that III,
best political religion Is that which Is free aud
costs nothing to the front seats Is not sound
The poor machine men" who sit far bach
now used, IL is true, to contributor little pow
rent, and according to
THE "FRONr"-NEss OF THE PEW
they graded the rent. This may be worldly
aud sinful, but yet If anybody is going to pay
anything, why should 1t not be the pew
holders AZ well as those who sit on the un
cushioned benches by the door or stand up il
tho aisles2 ii there has been u falling oil il
the Ohio congregation, Is it not through tn,
fault Of those on the front seats" us well u
of these on the back benches? Let us divid,
the responsibility impartidlly among tn
brethren. The chairman Of the Republican
Central Committee Of Ohio complained ths
lie had received
LESS THAN $500 FROM THE FRONT SEATS
for dcfraying the necessary expenses of tn
late campaign. This may be civil service rc
form, but II Is not business. None h.ta foo
will expect success in closely contested poll
tical campaign without some expenditure o
money, any more than that the success Of
Sunday school or tho establishment of II mis-
sion can be secured without the contribution
of the faithful.