Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-11-02
Religion and Politics.

Ii all the voters of Barber County
could have had the privilege OF listen
ing TO the sermon of Rev. Archer at
NJ. h. services last Sunday night, the
peoples party would cover the old
parties so deep on next Tuesday resur-
rectlon day would never come to them.
Ills subject was Religion aid Politics
HIS text, Render, therefore, unto C8-
Sar the things that are Caesars, and un-
) 10 COO the things which be God g.
tie hrst gave Webster's two definitions
OF the word politics. First, the SCI
ence OF government; second. the man.
agement of political parties. With all
tdrneStnesS he impressed upon us that,
| In the language OF the martyred Lin
| coin, This Is government of the peo-
pie, by the people, for the people," Then
every christian must exercise his right
OF suffrage in the best light he can OBJ
tain. Under the second definition he
found so much in party management
that was bad that he appealed to all
good men to see that the campaign lie
be removed from politics: and laid il
down as a rule that 1t was nearly always
safe to vote for the candidate that had
the most mud thrown at him.
Ills subject was divided into four
heads why every christian should enter
poiltlcS and vote conscientiously. First,
SANDER; second, oppression of the poor;
third, temperance; fourth, corruption
in politics.
When commenting on Islander, he
read campaign lie that had been pub
lished oyer one hundred years ago about
George Washington. But it was mild
for this day and age, and from the holy
wrath of righteous Indignation express
ed III his denunciation of political mud
SiInOprS KnaW he houn hnon
reading the CreSset. He next spoke of
the trusts, and illustrated 1t by telling
that he had been buying coffee for Is
TO 20 cents per pound, but his grocer in
formed him that Arbuckle had corner
ed the market, and now he must pay
from % to 80 cents per pound, so that
one rich man could make a million or
more from the consumer. Ther0ewas
no scarcity of coffee. 1t was simply
oppression of the poor. linen he spoke
OF the sweating system, and wrongs of
the poor by the great protected manu-
facturerS. He had no time for further
illustrations, but every good Methodist
brother knew he was appealing to them
to help down the Santa Fe railroad sys-
tenn that is robblng the producer and
consumer of Kansas of more than
million dollars every year, and has fur
nished the republican party with the
major part of Its Doodle fund; and has
said to the g. o. D., you must send our
attorneys, Geo. Il. Anthony and Ches-
ter L. Long. to congress, and our other
attorney, Ed. Sample, to the legislature.
He then spoke OF temperance, and
urged every christian to vote down the
hydra headed monster that is bringing
poverty and misery TO SO many homes,
and debauchlng SO many good men.
Hhnnnbt hp
al on this subject, because so many of
the good republican workers were upon
such jolly drunk the night before that
not one of them were at church to hear
him. Or, he might have heard of our
would-be county attorney. who, while
talking to farmer at his wheat drill,
brought out bottle Of wine. but seeing
q man approaching asked, WHO is
that? The farmer answered, "a crank
"a peoples party man." Out of sight,
buried deep in the wheat in the drill
went the bottle. Bro. Noble staid long, |
but the peoples party man staid longer
He had to go without his bottle. HIS |
days canvass was spoiled. He had no |
more red liqaor. His name was Dennis |
for that day, and he came home.
The last division of his subject |
brought him to corruption in politics. |
He said party organization was neces- |
sary and right, but that no man should |
allow himself to degenerate into mere
partisan, and tnat often in the history
of nation the parties become so cor
rupt that there had to be a breaking up |
of old parties and the formation of new |
ones; and when the time came no hon
est man should hesitate, but do his |
whole duty. He then said, with all the |
earnestness possible, q" 1 feel right now |
like making a political speech, and if |
on the rostrnm | would do it, but tie !
pulpit is not the place.
1t was good sermon. and if more of |
our ministers were true to their colors, |
and dared to preach as they feel, money
and SANDER and whisky would not con-
troll so many votes, REPORTER.