The morning call., 1892-10-31

street railway employees had to wear rs
badges Of degradation and OF slavery, "!th
q tendency to make thief OF man. "Y GU
caD," he said. make man honest by
trusting him but not By putting The badge
OF a thief upon him. The trouble is we
can't put bell-punch on a man when We
put him in the Legislature.
Again, there are vast prizes offered IN
the civil service. Men get Offices not for
their fitness, but because they will do the
dirty work of the bosses Of the party. III
England officials have TO pass a competitive
examination. A man has TO be thoroughly
qualified for the Office and must be OF good
moral character. Fancy that! II we had
that here we would think the millennium
had almost come.
bosses and rings. We are governed by the
lower one-tenth of the population and have
very many perils confronting us. Fancy
there is room enough in the salnODs OF San
Francisco for all the people in the city; but
III the churches, taking them all into ac-
count there is not room for one fourth.
Another source of corruption is the use
of money at elections. We have the Aus
tralian ballot, and it will do GOOD till the
politicians learn how to beat il. We see
voters coloniZed in tramp lodging-houses
aud other evils, but, though these exist, we
have. thank Sod, men who Will not biibe
their way to Office. men who will not pay
the price OF knaVes and fools, men who VIII
not sneak in through the back door OIL the
saloon and. with sawdust on their knees.
bow down to boss rule. men who VIII not
crawl along the sawdust on the floors OF
the filthy dives and sign the pledge OF the
LiQuor-dealers' Association. No! we nave
men who will be supported by men owing
their allegiance 10 God.
IF were TO believe that the people were
not to govern themselves; if we are to be
ruled by the foul methods of the one-tenth,
| would despair of the manhood OF our Gov
eminent, our Fourth of July should be
draped in black and we should even pray
for king to come and rule over us. But l
don't believe il.
1--WE must throw off the party yoke. The
time must come when the honest Republ-
can and the honest Democrat must say.
Wen never vote the straight ticket, God
helping US, until every man Is straight on
the ticket
There's panic among the rogues to-day
as never before. The light has been let in
upon these evils. The wicked fee when
no man pursueth them but when they are
pursued they make better time than Nancy
Hanks. They are on the run, and we must
press on the battle and teach them there is
q God is Israel.
"But YOU may say what II we don't sue
eeed what il the dives are not doomed?
Well, if decency is defeated these dive
keepers and their hangers-on will be taught
the lesson that we are In earnest. III they
succeed there will be a greater reign OF
terror than ever was known before. But l
believe they wont succeed.
u would rather that my right hand
should forget its cunning and my tongue
TO- ever cleave te the roof of my mouth be-
fore l would vote for a man with the dive
Keepers collar round his neck.
I'VE must purify the fountains Of power;
we must have people Of higher principles;
we must have men converted to God; then
there would not be much hope fer these
politicians We must save the boys, who
are the coming voters; we must save the
fathers and mothers, and then by-and-by
through the Gospel of Christ we viii purify
our life blood and society will be uplitted.
DO your duty; vote on election day as If
you were in the sight of the Judgment on
the throne. Say We will do our datY,' and
let it not be said that when heroes were
needed we skulked and sneaked away. Let
US 90 TO the balIot-box as If We were going
10 the table Of the sacrament and God Will
bs with us. "