The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1884-05-29
sIoRIEs OF RIsHoP EnNnEa.


STORIES or BISHOP FOWLER.
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I'm glad DE-. Fowler has beer
made bishop" said a South I'D
Methodist on Friday. have al
ways liked the man since he pFeaohel
that famous sermon in 1885 on tn
death OF Lincoln. When he said Tia
Lincoln was the ncblesf man VIII
ever came 10 "a in the tide Of time. ~
congregation broke into aDplausa. anf
that was, 1 believe, the ffsf flms fhai
Methodist congregation IN Chicago
applauded q preacher.
like Fowler, too, . said 4 mis-
chievOus-eyed gfay-beafd, bot I thinh
IL Is because be had 50 much devilfry
in his composition when he wa
yOungsteT. No one remembers better
Than myself the comm0tlon be created
when he took the liberty Of paIatlra
calf that was the properly Of Pres.
ident Jones Of Evanston. Fowler rFns
then training Tor the ministrv q ne
Garrett Biblical institute. and Jones
wEs president Of the Wosnanfs coilere.
Fowler painted the pet calf biaez and
tied IL in the stable where it was dis
covered, the affair raising such storm
about the Students ears a. be has
rarely driven through But he came
down on his feet, and now ne "a a
bishop, a. ] said he would be az the
time. -
But before that" put in we'll
known clergyman, - Fowler had
~oWn his wild oats. At Geneseo col
lege it is a matter Of record that he
said he would be willing 10 20 10 hell
u he got the valedictoTy. He secured
the coveted honor, and the officers Of
the college were heard 20 remark that
Il was only question Of time about
his taking In the other feature OF the
proposition. IL was about that time
too that be resolved on & change Of
lie he was playing csrds one even
ing with his crOnies. when q wrnnRle
caused Fowler to say By all thGt's
good, Will never play another game
OF cards am going to be a Methodist
minister. | like him because he
Kept his promise aud stood by his
guns"
That's ell right, said an active
and leading politician, but what
remember most distinctly about FoE-
Ter Is the way be has stirred CD the
animals whenever he has taken a
hand In politics There was that ia.
tervlew with Grant at Galena, and
when Hancock was nominated for
President he sprung Il on the country.
made every body mad, from Grant
down, but IL struck home. Fowler.
as missionary secretary, had more in
iiuence than he will have Is blshop.
but | am glad that the church has
hOnOred such a man.
Forty years ago, New York hsd a
political party called the "Barnburn. |
ers.' Kansas shows indications Of q /
party Of "ChurchbuFners.n Within
the past two or three weeks, the /
Methodist church AZ Wichita has /
been burned, aud the Presbyterian /
church at the same place set on Ere,
and the Methodist church at Cawkef /
City has been burned-ali the work i
of ineendiaries. AS q singular coincl-
dence. these fires all occurred shortly /
after liquor prosecutions, in which i
leading men Of those churches took
an active part. Il win be hard 10 /
make the public believe that those
fires just happened ct that time, and i
were accidental Circumsfantisf evil
dence IL too strong. Preachers NAV
be willing 20 risk the destruction 81
their churches, by their zeal Ia med
ding with these prosecutions, but Il
Is doing no good 70 the cause Ia
which the perpetrators Of the crime
are interested. The prOhibitoFy
amendment will never be repealed by
such work as thaL-Troy C6ief.
The students ct WashiDeion. penn.
sylvania, held, on the 16th innl,
mock Republican National coaven-
ton. Two hundred studenla, arfayed
in plug hats and linen dusieFa, col
lected At the depot, rspraeeating the
arriving delegates, and marched,
headed by brass band, 70 the Town
Hall. In the organization Of the ocns
ventiOn the unit ruleii was beaten.
The seats Of G. L. Msgee and John
Il. Stewart, Of PennsylVsnia, and
William Malone, Of Virginia, were
contested. The gentlema1 Bersorat.
ing Magee and SteWari wera a.
lowed seats, but MahOue wa roo "a.
At night nominations were II ffer.
James g. Blaine was put 40 uamin.
stion by +. B. McCOrnnicF. refsln'. /
ing Senator John ]. Inralis. 81 Ear- J
sas and VIM. p Frye, Tor rics prt1-
ident, BY II. Stewart, fessr naiinR
Gov. st. John, Of KanEas TIE con-
vention nominated Ednrnfa for {
and Gen. james a. Bea-
yer, Of Pennsylvania. fsf Ntta Prasi-
dent. The nominating zr - we're
al first-rate, and rede dt won
the students. The nl and
nominating speeches aso be n.ozs
gre knowledge Of poll c''Ief
and public men. Ka1
figure In the conventic 1e ar.
5as delegation estahlis t
leFs ct the Fulton Hou cad f
but q banner displsyinr ~ ts
gsasshopper, and on 1 1
same old coon."-At l lrH.
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