Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1882-12-07
our OF MAzARETH.
A haIssouTi Editor on the kansa.
EIectIon

Prom the PIattsbnrg, No, Lever democratic }
No man ever held Governors Office
who was fFeer from official OF persona,
fault shan St. John. He is further re-
moved from the character Of boss
than any man we ever saw. He did
not Wantlhe Office this time the nomi-
nation was forced Oh him, as every Lead
ing temperance man in Kansas knows
and will testify The Office only pays u
salary Of 81, 900 in Kansas, and cut of
this The Governor mast live. No man
sion is provided for him lac being com
PEELED to keep house Or board at his owa
expense. Tie friends of prohibition in
kaBsas and ia other States desired GOV.
ST, Johu TO make the sacrifce OF takiug
the Office for the third term, because
they believed he could advance the
cause la that way. We know what we
are talking about when We say he did
not want the Office and begged with all
his mite to be excused from holding it,
We know further that no living man in
Kansas, or outside, can rise up and say
he ever heard Governor st. john ex-
press desire for the Il, m;na,i ion lie re.
ceiyed. Here Is man who urged ten
perance aud prohibition before he was
ever nude candidate for office a mau
who championed prohibitinn because of
an honest conviction that it was right
and it Was his unavoidable duty to labor
for the cause. He has sacrificed time.
money, toll, pleasure, endured fatiguy,
hardship, all to serve this eause-tu do
some good for his race, 20 bless some
home, save the boys and men Of this
generation from the vice and ruin Of the
sinful liquor traffic. He mas gone from
State to State preaching the doctrine Of
peace, good will, pleading Tor home, for
happiness, for virtue, tor religion, for
God, and all without reward, without
fee, with only the simple and noble aim
Of doing good-Ihat Is all Of it. Orall
men he is the least arrogant, naughty OF
proud. He is the very reverse vi these
10 his traits, and is as humble, nrSeltish
as any dCciple Of the church. He is alb
sUIuteIy treer from anything like self
had attained such wide reputation. He
is marvel of uodcSty and self denial.
But the vile minions Of whisky III Satan
ic devotion 10 their master have Ge-
nounced St John as flied with ambi
lion and man who Advocated prohi-
bi;ion through design Of persona! pro-
motion They knew they lied all the
dime, but they thought Il lie repeated
again and agalu, continually, forever
more, would find ludgmeut in some
places, and prejudice a good, great anu
grand man with some people who had
perhaps ouce thought Well Of him.
Every good man who has lived OH this
earth, and endeavored to do good, has
been lied upon, misIepresented and
falsely accused The Master was
charged with design Of building mp
Kingdom OF his own aud LvcrthrUwing
the Government of Cesar lie Was
slandered and al manner If evil Was
said against him, His apostles and fol
lowers have all been mali@ned. some
scourged, some burned at the stake aud
beheaded by the guilotiue for daring to
do good and bless the human race. The
whisky power like its master. the devil
has been bent on driving ST. john from
the field by bringing false accusation
against him, by viIlaiDUus abuse, by all
manner Of lies and traducion Of char
acter. Now it revclS to neiish delight
over what it has accomplished. 1t has
pulled down the. strong advocate Of TEN
perance and prohibition aud inagines
that its reign Of crime and death will
nencetorth be undlSpuIcd. It imaeines
that with ST John slain liquor and
murder can stalk oyer all the States
without the hindrance of prohibition.
No wonder the very demons of perditiOn
are now how.ing with frantic JOY over
the election in Kacsae. We have not
the least doubt that down in Satan's do
minions grand juhilatipu was held and
that the shouts of the fends III he'll
re-eehued and revcrberated all over the
black and dismal domaiH. Liquor i,
the great destroyer Of the souls aud
bodies Of men, and its victims Al e
the veriest slaves that ever disgraccr
ea,th. Liquor gains mems affection
through appetite, chaiEs them to it,
power aud makes them do It's vile ser
vice at will We cannot wonder that il
insults nome, virtue, honor; that it dc
s;roys humaa affections, turns man To
brute, and makes him the murderer OF
father, mother, wife child and friend.
There are some people who should paus
over the result in Kansas before they re-
joice. Think what it means, and thai
instead of blessing it Is calamity.