Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-07

Inc wealth. producing power Ol llle
laborers of country is in proportion to
their intelligence and information. Get
the ratio of the learning or illiteracy OF
States, and YOU have good index To
their wealth. BY these cOnCurrng
causes the SeltShuess Of man is working
together toward the accomplishment OF
divine providence.
We in America live in an atmosphere
that Is inyigOrating and vitalizlng. The
pure wine that God pOurs around us
from His glorious sun Is better than the
wine oi Rhine. \ man l. born into an
exciting world ii he Is born into Yam
kee family. 10 sometimes seems 10 me
that the very fingers of the babes work
as ID they were counting ShilllugS.
And all through life il Is the same.
Every man and every maiden i cX-
puctcd % earn his own living. When
he goes to school he goes there Tor the
express purpose OF having his brain
stimulated and QuiCkened Out in the
/ world Of labor he finds still increasing
activity. And ii he comes into the
field of politics he finds still hotter fire.
And once I'm four years we gather to-
LCthCr all the matches We have used 10
kiuilc the little fires and have a big
bonfire; for once i'm four years the sal
vution of the country depends upon the
success OF both candidates. Everybody
is red, everybody excited. But surely
quiet is tO be- found i'm the church?
Verify. no. Ii is the hottest place of all
hottest i'm it, influences for producing
thought, sentiment, feeling. Some
churches have fewer rites, fewer Ccre-
monial obSeryanCcS, and more doctrine.
People who attempt 20 SOlve-tO under
stand eternity, simply attempt intin:ty
every sabbath. But what
rOuSing influence must the at
tempt, though they fail,
have ON their intcIlccts. other churches
have more emotions, they are in Il
glow, an excitement all the time. How
grand is the sight when all classes, high
and low, rich and poor, old and young,
are stimulating and encouraging each
other hy asking. What shall We do To-
live better lives Then there are more
dcc0rouS cburches-ChurchcS Of taste
and culture Surely i'm the shadow of
their affairs We shall find shade and
quiet But they must work; work for
the relief oi the sick, or the enlarge
mpnt of their field No other churches
work So hard and one woman works rs
hard as ten men.
As i'm the spring when the warm sun
brings life tp the earth, not only the
fruits, and the wheat and the corn, and
the flowers, but everything, comes up,
~u when mems minds are aroused and
stimulated everything comes up. And
We have got o. let everything come up,
l.
tiyUtc the grain.
Look 40 the successive stages through
which the great uulcIrued masses must
90 IL tine administration of our gov
crumcut isto come from the people and
uud not from the few elect. our GOV
urnmcut is the most complex, difficult
aul subtle i'm the world. Shall We
put itiuto the hands of this great un-
learned public Who would send his
watch tu "a blacksmith?
Who are our people? Eight millions
OF them are foreigners. They come from
England, and Russia, and Germany, and
France, aud Spain, and Italy, and
Austria, and Turkey, and China, and
udia-ves, and even from Ireland.
They bring their different religions,
their different ideas and their different
vices. And with them We have four
million negroes twelve million people
as unfit % share in governing our
country as men can hc conceived 20 be.
And OF tine rest, half are indifferent.
Never an of the votes i'm any State have
been east vet. ordinarily Ouc-thlrd OF
the men vote. i'm very excited cam
uIigu. uur-hult; and only when the
public mind Is the most heated over
war or some other vital issue are two
thirds polled.
But it may be said, these
men merely choose persons 10 govern
them But what kind of men do they
choose The wilIowv-bIcked man, the
candidate who can shake hands with the
most men. They make it a matter oil
compliment: "Oh, he's fine young
fellow, lets send him up II aman Is
rpmy tu build house, and takes q piece
OF timber and finds IL sprung, or other
wise faulty. hc rejects It IA ne Is build
inc for him~pIi. But when hc Is erect
. ug "a structure for q government, he
. {, not very choice aS to his timber. II
Won think they are, 20 and see State
. legislature. II Il man wants % relish
. his meals az q hotel, hc had better not
-l into tine kitchen and see how the
cooking is done. And ii ne wants To
reverence the laws, me had better stay
away from the State Capitol What
gross. unworthy men Jrr I'm tine Lcglsld-
urr ui this State mean of New ork.
Apparently, then, the reign of the
. common people Is Il failure. but really
/ 10 is not. Why uot' Because no GOV
I rrnmrut is a failure that raises up bet
\ ter men than other governments. The
nrt is that our government has done
this. 4 city gentleman goes out into
th,. country with q long pole, tipped
with silver and jpiutci with brass; with
. elaborate artificial, flies, and a fancy has-
+ ,.t tur.rry home his ~puilS. He throws
nm his ty dluUjlv, and pulls lt out, again
T .rI a.ar.u. hut uu trout follows. Along
.rngu- Il Iary-ipntyi country boy, with
-u pIIer pole amt a tWIuc string, aud
+ t..urrv RUSTY hook there Is i'm the house.
/ With Inn angle worm hD draws out trout
after trout. Handsome Is that hand
-YmD does. The best trap catches the
most rIt~. The best government raises
. ur rhr best men, our people may ao-
\ minister tine government Wrctcheiy-
. they dp-Lut they try, and that Is bet
ter than "a successful monarchy.
I Tine speaker here looked at his watch
.nI showed signs of stopping, but hear
inc erie, of "Go on he remarked that
hr WAS much like the weaver at ms
loom. lie could reel or about Is many
yaris as was ordered. 30 hc-Mr.
E.rrhrr could speak till daylight II
they wanted % hear him. Laughter
lui cries Df "Go ahead
S,me pr1plc stv that ministers have
r, brsines, with politics. They should
remain upuu that little shelf built for
them i'm the sanctuary. They are too
GOOD To- have anything to do with dirty
politics. ann a minister, but was 4
man first. anil hold that no man Is mt
fu hra minister who Is not all wrapped
uu Inn whatever is best for the commu-
uitv. whether il bc politics, or religion
/ or business.
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