Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-30
THE JUDICIARY EMIssAfsY.
How o Politicians Reformation DID Not
Prevent His Candidates Success.

How q Politicians Reformation Did Not
Prevent His Candidates. Success.
Once upon time an ambitious man, who
aspired to be governor of Little Rhody,s sat
down to count all possible votes The pros
pect of his election was dubious, but there
came to his memory the political proyerb cur
rent In the old Bay State. They say there;
aAs Hull goes, so goes Massachusetts" The
candidate then remembered this tiny dot In
the ocean too often neglected, and = trusty
emissary was sent over with $500 to be judi
ciously expended. Masking his purpose un-
der various pretexts, the gentleman surveyed
the ground and discovered that the one topic
Of general interest was the leaky roof of the
Center church. To the pious islanders--that
was before summer travel had intruded--
their church was the one precious possession,
but they were too poor to properly repair the
sanctuary, and q meeting was called to raise
funds for simply patching the roof. The
aforesaid einissary attended this meeting
Deyoutly he listened to prayer and speech,
and then, rising as if under the influence Of
uncomfortable emotion, he spoke with q
broken voice after this manner:
"My friends, 1 am q stranger among you,
and have confession to make. came to
this meeting moved alone by curiosity, but,
as l sat among you, hearing your expressions
Of earnest faith, 1 have been controlled by
sentiments unknown before l had never
realized how ones creed could influence ones
lifo until now, and begin to see dimly how
wrongly have estimated the consultations of
religion.
"My friends"-this with telling gulp-"I
have still another confession to make. did
not come to the island for fishing or to regain
lost health. / came to do thing so base that
l am covered with shame when l think Of It
As havo listened to you here l have realized
my wickedness, and l desire now to make
whatever reparation I may was exceed
ingly anxious that in the coming election Mr..
- should succeed; knew that ready money
was scarce upon your island, and came here
with shame l confess ito buy your votes.
Pardon me for the vile thought, and pray for
me that may be forgiven" Another gulp,
and then: "Here, my friends, give to you
for repairing this sanctuary the money had
intended to use for q vile purpose, and when
l shall tell my friend Mr.. - what have
done, am sure that he will approve Like
yourselves, he is an earnest Baptist, and he
can trust his election to that all-wise Provi-
dence which moves in a mysterious way. Will
some brother take charge of this moneys"
A "brother" came forward and received
heavy bag with musically clinking contents,
while the little congregation looked as awe
struck as Beslazzars guests when the won-
drous words of doom were written on the pal
ace wall.
The emissary sat with bowed head and
handkerchief pressed close to-presumably--
weeping OPTICS When the service was over,
hard, honest hands gave the stranger fra
ternal grip, and real tears dimrned many
pious eyes. The emissary went back to Provi-
dence; the Center church was repaired, and
every mothers son on the island voted for
that emissarys candidatel-Block Island Let
ter to Hartford Courant.