The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-21
SAM JONES POLITICS.
he is a Prohibitionist From Away
Back.

he is a Prohibitionist From Away
Back.
The New York Sun reports the following
from Sam Jones' sermon delivered in one
of the New York churches last Sunday:
Lets talk of politics for few minutes
now. There's an old politician there who
says: I'd die for the principles Of the great
democratic party o. you bleared-eyed
FOOL, you wouldn't know principle IL you
met IL coming down the road with a great
pig RED nag sticking out. That republican
pollucian Is the same. II you talk about
principles, there is no difference between
the Democratic and the Republican parties.
Inc only difference at all that you can get
them TO acknowledge is q difference on the
tariff, and some republicans are for low
tariff and some democrats for high tariff.
Nov listen There amt one voter in
every 5.OOO that ever seriously read and
studied the constitution OF the United
States. There amt fifty men in this au-
dience that ever read carefully and intelli-
gently the constitution Of the state Of New
York.
There isn't one in IL, 900 in this state that
looked over the code Of the state Of New
York to see what the base of the code was
and what the law was. And yet you 20
through this country whooping: Our party
government and better life.'
The republican politician tells you this
and all good republicans applaud. The next
day the democrats says the very same
thing and the democrats will throw I'D
their hats and boiler. And yet both men
made the same speech and while the repub-
lican spoke the democrat looked on as II
all his friends were dead, and the next day
ne yells Tor the same thing-the blear-eyed
you say, Jones, do you belong 20 the
third partyT No. They're good aud clever
folks, and like them. They Will get to
heaven, most Of them, but they will never
get TO Washington. Laughter and ap-
plause.l Really, that amt on the way to
heaven, any way. If were going to strike
a bee line for heaven I'd 60 the opposite di-
rection, every crack.
but the third party viii never get there
for every time the republicans and demo-
Gratis act the rascal they act the fool, and
the fools get left every time No, I'm a
consolidated, incorporating, every day,
stand-up-to-be-knocke prohibition
list.
well, you say Brother Jones you won't
get there this year if we can't stop the red
nosed democrats and the swell-hesrtei re-
publicans-for they drink beer you know,
and 1t affects their heart. and the democrats
"AAnAy uLAA Az dnSCsS uOSSS.'
Nv hat we need more than anything else
is intelligence. know as we'll as know
that Pm living that those dirty old poll
tieians have swayed me for the last time.
have toted the torch and burnt my fin
gers, and howled my throat hoarse for the
last time, for those democrats In the
south. Am less true TO principle? No
Just found out my crowd got some sense
now.
II was born q democrat, reared demo-
crat, and never knew anything else to be;
but, thank God, I'm rcRenerated now. o,
you old republicans there can well grin. |
never have to repent Of having belonged to
your crowd. have done heap Of things,
but never got as low down as that.
I'VE need intelligence. Do you know
that the books child reads will make up
his lifea wish every parent would get
Tolstoi's What To Do; or, The Census OF
Moscow He took moral census Of that
town, and he learned few things that
might do parents real good to know,
DO you know what hog heaven isS
Plenty to eat and nothing to do. And there's
many boy and girl in this country that
just lives in hog heaven, and If they ever
butt their brains out they will find they
have butted them against pigs snout, for
they're on level.