Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-11-16

limitation OF our American institutions
rs the fact that political bribery, which
once WINS considered crime. has by
many come to be considered n tolerable
virtue There is n legitimate use of
money in elections. in the printing of
political tracts, and In the hiring of
public halls. and In the obtaining of
campaign oratory; but is there any
homunculus who supposes that this
vast amount of money now being
raised by the political parties is going
in n Legitimate direction? The vast
majority OF IL win 60 to buy votes.
Hundreds and thousands of men
win have set before them SO much
money for n republican vote, and so
much money for "A democratic vote, and
the superior financial inducement will
decide the transaction. You want TO
know which party win carry the doubt
full states day after tomorrow? will
tell YOU The party that spends the
most money This moment, while /
speak, the pcddlcrs carrying gold from
Wall street. gold from Third street,
gold from State street and gold from
the Brewers Association, are in all the
political headquarters of the doubtful
states dealing out the infamous in
duccment
There used to be bribery, but IL held
its head in shame. 1t was under the
utmost secrecy that many years ago
railroad company bought up the Wis
consin legislature and many other OIL
cials in that state. The governor OF the
state Mt that time received $50, 900 for his
signature. His private secretary re-
ceived $4,000 Thirteen members OF the
senate received si75. 200 among them in
bonds. Sixty members OF the other house
received from s., 900 TO $40, 600 each. The
| Acknowledgements received $40. 900.
The clerks Of the House received
from $1,000 To $4,000 each The
bank controller received $4,000.
Two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars were divided among
the lobbyists You see, the railroad
company was very generous But all
that was hidden, and only through
the sevcrest scrutiny on the part
of legislative committee was this
iniquity displayed. Now, political
bribery deiies you, dares you. is AFRO
giant, and will probably decide the
election next Tuesday.
Unless this diabolism ceases in this
country Bartholdi's statue on Bedloe's
island. with upiifted torch TO light 9TH
or nations into the harbor. had better
be changed, and the torched dropped as
a symbol OF universal incendiarism.
Unless this purchase and sale of suf-
frage shall cease the American govern
ment win expire. and You might as well
be getting ready the monument for an
other dead nation, and let my text in
| Il IL. .
for Babylon, that great city. that
mighty city, FOR in one hour is thy Judg-
mcnt come" MY friends, IL you have
not noticed that political bribery is one
of the CHASTITY crimes of this day, you
have not kept your eyes open.
Another evil threatening the destruc-
tion of American institutions is the
solidifying OF the sections against each
other. A solid north. A solid south
IL this goes on we shall. after awhile.
have n solid east against a solid
west we shall have solid middle states
| against solid northern states, we shall
have a solid New York against solid
| Pennsylvania, and a solid Ohio against
IA solid Kentucky. II is twenty-scven
years since the war cloud, and yet at
| every presidential election the old an
tagonism is arouse. sWhen Garfield died
and all the states gathered around his
caslSct in sympathy and In tears,
and as hearty kilograms of con-
| dolencc came from New Orleans
and from Charleston as from Bos.
ton and Chicago. l said to myself:
II think sectionalism is dead" But
alas, no. The difficulty will never be
ended until each state OF the nation is
split up into two or three great political
1 parties This country can not exist un-
less IL exists as one body-thc national
capital the heart sending out, through
all the arteries OF communication.
| warmth and life 10 the very ex-
tremiticS This nation can not exist
/ unless IL exists as one family, and you
might as well have solid brothers
against solid sisters, and solid bread
tray against solid cradle, and a
solid nursery against n solid dining
room; and you might as well have solid
ears against solid eyes, and solid head
against solid foot What is the interest
OF Georgia Is the interest of Massnchu-
sets; what is the interest Of New York
is the interest Of South Carolina. Does
the Ohio river change its politics when
IL gets below Louisvillc2 II IL not pos
sible for these sectional antagonisms 20
continue for great many years with
out permanent compound fracture.
! Another evil threatening the destruc-
ton Of our American institutions Is the
low state OF public morals
What killed Babylon OF my text?
/ What killed Phenicia? What killed
Romeo Their own depravity; and the
fraud and the drunkenness and the
lechery which have destroyed other ma
tions will destroy ours unless "a merci-
| ful God prevent TO show you the low
state Of public morals ! have 20 call
your attention 20 the fact that many
men nominated for Offices at different
times arc entirely unfit for the positions
for which they have been nominated.
They have no more qualification. for
them than wolf has qualification 70
be professor OF pastoral theology IN a
flock OF sheep, or blind mole has
! qualification % lecture a class Of eagles
on OPTICS or a vulture has qualification
I 20 chapcron d dove. The mere pro-
nunciation OF some Of their names
Y makes a demand for carbolic acid and
/ fumigationi Yet Christian men will
/ follow right on under the political
I standards.
] have TO tell You what you Anow al
ready, that American politics has sunk