The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-08-23
PHARISEEISM

PHARlSEEISM. 49,.
There were two incidents cornec led
with the recent republican convention
at Grand Forks which cannot be too
severely deprecated aud condemned.
The one relates to the political par
son. the other to the religious bigot. If
ever there was al ex l%iuition of damn.
able hypocrisy, enough to force the
blush of shame to man.ls the cheek
of every honest republican, it is that
Of the SO called minister of the gospel
who invokes the Deity to look with
favor upon the acts of a convention.
of "sWeet religion makes q rhapsody
Of words" and afterwards resorts to
such low practices as one described by
the Grand Forks Plaindealer, as an
actual occurrence the night before
the nomination of johnson.
There are certain principles which
have become so firmly established IN
tae United States Of America that
they are Of as potent a force with all
thinking men as statute law. Fore
most among these is the principle that
the pulpit, and not the political cess
pool, is the proper place for the
clergy. And when clergymen seek
the hotel lobby and the bar.room and
search there for men with whom TO
wrangle, it is high time that such
alleged followers of the lowly Naza.
rene ''seach the Scriptures" for pre-
cept.
" The Plaindealer recommends to
these that they bear in mind, that
their Great Teacher sought to incul-
cate a doctrine Of charity, and that
loud mouthed, %vociferous bar-room
expounders of personal politics eau
hsrdly be expected to prepare a dis
course consonant with the teachings
Of the divine instructor. The
preacher in r~olitics and the saloon in
politics are both repugnant to amer.
lean ideas.
We would rather e~xclain with
Barnes.
'God knows III no the thing I should tie,
Nor AN I even the thing l could be.
Blu twenty times rather would be,
An atheist clean.
Than under gospel colors hid be,
Just for a SCREEN.
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And then what shall be said of such
act of arrant knavery as the follow
ing which we clip from the n. w.
News Of Grand Forks, and which can
be vouched for and corroborated.
The heart sickens at the thought that
so vile and impious a scheme she uld
succeed in a convention among men
who claim what there is of purity,
virtue and morality in political
10 be explicit and come directly to
the point, we referto the Kilkenny
cat fight for the position of State
superintendent ofPublic Instruction.
The names Of the gentlemen placed
in nomination were j. M. Devine,
John Ogden and A. M. Wiles. The
was taken, when to the utter
astonishment of a majority of the del.
present, Mr.. Devine received
178 votes a handsome majority over
the other two delegates combined, bu.
before the vote was announced, the
friends Of Mr.. Ogden n, the venerable
white haired gentlemen Of Mcintosh
county, rushed from II delegation
to another, imploring them to change
their vote at once from Devine to
as Mr.. Devine was a-cATHo.
Lie. When this supposed fact became
known enough changes were made to
give Mr.. Ogden the nomination anu
upon the announcement of the vote
by the chairman the nomination Of
Mr.. Ogden was made una 1imous.
These are cold blooded facts, uncon-
tradicted and undenied. Shortly
after the convention had adjourned
SIN DIE, the cause of the defeat ofMr.
Devine was inquired into by his
friends when the truth came TO. the
surface, and because it was surmised
that Mr.. Devine was a Catholic, he
was offered up as u sacrifice, even
after he had achieved a magnifice MT
victory.
Why? Because he was supposed
to believe in the teachings Of Catl,o-
licism! st
Now, the fact of the matter as
vouched for by Mr.. NJ G. Hood, an
influential delegate in the convention,
and gentleman who has known Mr..
Devine for years past, is that Mr.. De.
vine was reared in the strict Calvan-
:sm faith Of the United Presbyterian
church and is still an honored and
r%eyerential believer In that faith.