The Red Cloud chief., 1889-11-01
ReDlYtO =. ID.


ME-. EDIToR-We had supposed that
the days of religious persecution were end
ed. But, no. The Helmet correspondent
8. D., while protesting to write the spirit
of christian love, threatens to withhold his
vote from Bro. aummell 'lest it cast him
down to hell" Mr.. ,Hummel is not a
hypocrite. s. D. do not quote scripture
to any one who knows as much about the
good book as yourself, and is as honest a
man. Do yOu think that Judas was q thief
merely because he was the treasurer OF
Christ and his apostles. Does ityneces-
sarily follow that because some men are
dishonest, therefore nobody can be trust
ed? Do not Judge Mr. Hummel by such a
| standard. You, dear sir, might not resist
| the temptations incident to handling tthe
money. All men are not alike. Thank
| God all men are not like IoU. You may
know your own weakness. but Mr.. Hum
| mel is tried and true. He has held many
responsible positions. He has been treas
urer of his school district for many sue
~cessive terms. He has been justice of the
peace. He assessed his town two or three
times. He has been supervisor from Line
| township, and chairman of the county
| board during the last two years; he has
done credit to himself in each and every
one eff the positions, and was never known
to betray a trust; he and his family suffer
| ed great hardships in the early days OF
| Webster county without complaint; he
| has been faithful as a minister, filling his
appointments day and night in good and
bad weather, receiving very little cOmpen-
sation at best, and sometimes nothing,
when needing it the worst. But this made
NO differences, he and"Old Methodist Jim"
were on the ground at the appointed time
and now when an opportunity is open for
| him to better his condition. n make his
family more comfortable, uprise m OF
his dear brethren who have been listening
to his voice as a minister, and probably
never paid him a cent, and go to quoting
scripture to him about "Baal' ''mammon"
etc. When Mr.. 8. ID. probably you would
| refer him TO a passage of scripture if he
should neglect to improve the financial
opportunities placed in his path by a
| kind Heavenly Father, which says that
! sucha person has denied the faith and is
become worse than an intidel." "Oh!
consistency thou art a jewell"
We know from his record that II elected
he will run the Office of county treasurer
with ability and success Those who
think that any bank OF set of men could
run Il. w. Hummei, do not know him. ne
is slow in coming to conclusions, but firm
in his convictions and decisions. In fact
| lust such a man as is needed in SO impor-
tant and trying a position. He is a sue
! cessful farmer and business man a. well
"a minister.
Is it anything against him that he was
a pioneer preacherf One of the most
brilliant of all our presidents was . minis.
ter of the gospel; the lamented martyrs
| president, Garfield. Did anybody write
an open letter to him advising him to
| withdraw from tho canvas and Q his
soul3
m. g. D. DO you want whisky men "a
hold Tie county eMsssf To vote the 70.
Asmosretie ticket, or What = very littls
hotter, - far - ~ result - inlusaes
ars -eonsssnsd, vote The prohibition tiaAet
lRsiAo0 yoa ere . thlra party sonk, and
ssslA not ste anisstloa yourself, and
% pioasly keep out Of :Pelitios. We RS
pectly infer you to Ksop's fable OF 'the
! fox md the gSspee.s cTAB.