San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-09-27
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Bpb IDgersoll ,xis interviewed \ tordsy
(scpcerpipg tbs form.tion Of siths nav
party sitlc lcwlhiisslAbl which biz mans, rh,s been
'yIas0'e!; lain %; bebde,s odv n
consider myself a. good 4 ,reppb,
litan ~ any, member Of thso present
administration eyer yas pr eyer vii !
biIaI,am going ~ Ohio, byip Yitstisp,
to hapressptj js Gineisu iSeptapbss
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! eIsssOlIs al IL ,atoa1 ao6i DIV
y 'kar wAst pRfpose isw this meeting
hSdS y1ovs ss .sidT ,sessbivs ede s
h ITO eenspltasto the spropsietyaof
f9rmiog anew partygua apartyd that
wll beinon,see.aransio omos ba1 VII,
| 'WAAtvwiD sbsIither object .,ofthir
ptrtyAeiai dorm 9la, alidug sds deidw
| Io d4AYayswith the tghostspitbat
haunt;bthe supsrstitiops6thas s,centrol,
aSd ALL Jayssthetg gdepYeiyilssrights TO
ltouest men. .WewouA, likeiaso to
reclaim tor theiuseoi maaJ Jhsossyenth
day, Il perssnt OH sowstims sothatgis
Inow wasted. ,SarHo9 10 gsonsultni lsei
How willoym do. this r 10? 4 .ar
T. by repeating bad laws amp making
good ones s.li spA ..ygG r0ys, (,
| Do You object to The teaching Of re-
lieion? YalmsS 37si4 io;iaJ m lBl
No; / object to superstition, and
also object TO the use OF public mon
ey to support sectarian schools. Tax.
es should not be collectedrto pay men
for guessipg.'g1s 90. IN .ygjsal3sli
How about the church property
that is not now taxed !? Would you
do anything about that? IAN iva. >.
Tax it all. Why, do you know
there are S80O,00O. 600 worth Of church
property not taxed inlthis country? ?
/ would have it all ia xed, arid relieve
from taxation homesteads ds tothe value
of, say $1,000. Tax thelchurch prop
and take the burden from the poor.
Do you think God would object to
'that?'sa 7oY9 Al sls1I igh H9,,s 4.
Then the object Of your party in to
relieve the poorP' n @aAF @t
?, That is one objeca, but we also wish
to do away with unjnst laws, For in
stance there are two or three States in
the Union-Tennessee, Delaware and
South Cafolina--in which ministers
are not allowed to become members of
the State Legislature. This is wrong
Clergymen should have every right
that is extended to any other citizen
The civil rights of all should be the
same There are several States in
which free thinkers are disfranchised,
not allowed to hold Office. and in most
OF the states in this Union they are
not allowed to testify The. greatest
and best men in the Union would
not be competent to testify. while the
smallest would. provided they believed
IN hell; and such men always do. So
n many States it is crime punishable
BY Imprisonment to publicly deny the
Of the bible. Think Of a
book that has to be protected from
.idicule by law pii5sI i.r q. De-.
DO you think the republican party
has received sufficient benefit from
Hayes administration to justify the
teal committed, and which it is alleg-
ID you advised and abetted.' Il
L will write that down I
With that Col. Ingersoll wrote the
question down. and, after thinking q
moment said, as to himself, Meyer
mind. aud proceeded as follows: |,
Hayes administration can only be
judged when its time is expired. Re-
,ublican stock has been fuctuating. I
sometimes j; is up, sometimes down. Z
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