St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-22
His Shot, However, Lacks the
Force of That Two
Weeks Ago.
st. Paul Compared With the
Cities Of Sodom and
Gomorpah.
Mayor Smith Expected to Pry
Into Other Peoples
Business.

discussion of the municipal government
of st. Paul. 1t was continuation of
the series of two weeks before. At the
first he paid his respects, it will be re-
membered to the chief of police. Last
night he assembled the scale of municipal
| functionarieS, and struck. his honor the
mayor. 1t must be conceded that Mr.. But
rick was less severe than on the previous
occasion. His fervor seemed to have
spent its cutting edge in the arraign-
ment of the chief of police. Still it was
| far from all humble dissertation-a SER
mon of the ordinary type. 1t was
cauStic in comparison, and at times
warmed into 0ratorical flights. AS in
| the previous instance, it was Slmlle.
Mr.. Butrick took for his text. "Nehe-
miah as the Mayor of Jerusalem"
His honor, Nehemiah, was portrayed as
an exemplary man and an ideal mayor.
And his righteous precepts and exam
piles were arrayed in contradiStinctiOn
with the policies of st. PauPs mayor.
The contrast was pictured now and
again, as the pastor proceeded IN his
discourse, in phrases burdened with
Scatning sarcasm.
Nehemiah's policy,as mayor OF Jerusa-
lem, was to go ''nosing" around. Mr..
Butrick could not refrain, he said, from
using the term his ears had been saluted
| with when he had converSed with the
chief of police. Nehemiah went mos
ing" around Jerusalem, spying out
iawlessneSs and corruption. He entered
the spirit of the work with great ZeSt.
He went around nights, and even went
disguised. He refused to accept the
word of the detective that "winks" at
IN in q
Wickedness of Jerusalem
had been fully revealed to his eyes, Ne
hemiah wept.
Think Of it." exclaimed the pastor
dramatically. Think of mayor weep
ing over the iniquity of st. Paul. 1t
would be enough to make the very
heavens shed flood of tears!"
The methods employed by Mayor
Nehemiah in purging Jerusalem were
described in a graphic way. He first
| enlisted the cooperation of the arch
bishop of Jerusalem, and then the
| clergy and finally the heads of all the
| tribes. The city was pronounced as
| cosmopolitan as st. Paul is and, ergo,
| it was proper to make the comparison.
Nehemiah consulted with the women,
| and this circumstance led Mr.. Butrick
to ask:
Would it be to the honor of the
mayor of st. Paul to show some sympa,
thy for the noble women of st. Paul in
their efforts TO close up certain places?''
1t was declared that Jerusalem was
| infested by political gang just like
| that IN st. Paul, and they organized a
conspiracy todestroy Nehemiah. But | G
thwarted them, and then they asked
him for a conference. This proposition
| was inGiOuaptIv rpiQntpd Nahpmi q n
was determined to conquer Jerusalem
| for righteousness. He stood reSolutely
| upon his own bottom, and he succeeded
| Flom this phase the speaker turned
| with facility to another feature of the
| theme.
1.-The men in the city hall, the men in
the CAPITOL" said he. pointing in turn
impressively first in the direction of the
one and then the other. ''and the men
! in Washington are not our rulers
America has no rulers. They are oul
servants and we have the right to de-
| mand certain services"
Reverting to Nehemiah, the pastor re
cited another chapter in the eventfu
career of that wonderful man. The
mayor called the people together in
| vast audience chambers and the best
readers of Jerusalem were em
ployed to
Read the Laws
to them. They were the command
ments of the Bible, and Mr. Butrick
read some of them.
What are the laws that govern st
Paul? To allow saloons open Sunday?'
he asked. 'sro sell liquor after mid
night?' To permit gamblers to ply theil
vocation? Think of the mayor of St
Paul gathering the people together anC
reading these laws to them. But
shouldn't any mayor do it? Isn't he
sworn to do it?"
MI. Butrick said that he had had 4
conversation with a certain official OF
st. Paul in which the latter had said
that they were administering the laws
for the average man. Another we'll
posted man, who had lived here lone
time, had said
"Do you know what the average man
of ST. Paul is? What sort of man he
is? Well, Pll tell you. If you have got
| $1,000 in your pocket, aud he knows it.
he Will not sleep until he has got it."
Mr.. Butrick was 10th to believe that
the city was as bad as that, but he felt
constrained to say, however, that:
ga city that is governed by the aver
| age sentiment is misgoverned. Great
care is exercised in selecting the judges
| OF our supreme court. lnlS is done by
the governors and by the government in
selecting the judges of the supreme
court of the United States. This is done
that the men who administer justice
must be above suspicion. 1t is not the
average sentiment that should admin
lister any law, but the lofty sentiment
that is above reproach."
A detective had said to the speaker
that the laws are well enforced in st.
Paul, and in illustration had said that
Mr.. ButIick'S house had never been
robbed.
Il wonder if that is his Interpretation
of the edict, Thou shalt not steal,'
said the pastor, sarcastically. "'Thou
shalt not bear false witness against thy
neighbour l suppose, referred to the
newspapers of Jerusalem"
The sermon was brough to a close by
a narrative of the wiekedness that had
overthrown Rome and Sodom and Go
morrah, and he declared that all these
things exist in st. Paul to-day and will
bring about the ruin of the city if not
stopped. He emphasized that there il
fostering sore here that is fostered anG
that the next thing st. Paul wants is &
mayor.
| "A mayor is st. Paups Creates
need"