The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-30

nrs. ignored, then laughed at. then taken ssri.
oery' then indorsed and supported.
.o.s uranu Army OF the Republic. shout IL
-, 80. iotm Its ranks and shoulder its weapons
MA y' eonio make the atmosphere of the
$3.50 more wholesome. Shall not the unanimity
oi tne members, acting as citizens. exerciae q.
great an infiuencep "S
He' us beware lest, IS we cover with flowers
sne graves OF our brothers and fathers. wa tol.
."es iaise standards of virtue which thew
day. 500 'As' A'eo W our
some Of the men who are suffering from n.r,v
q. now because they insist on a conscience
observation-disclosures Of these men who love their
oounHy better than an offce-wiii be the theme
- ,ne poet and the orator twenty years hence.
DIo'ners and fathers, let US not be deceived
aoou.n names Set before you citizen who is
90 tdnue. 70 social vices, who directs your sons
W we cnoisest quarters for the qualification of
passions, wheedles your sons into a DRINKING
aoi' rom which they are try ing to escape. set
oeiore you such one, fattening on the vice. If
me community: conscienceless goddess and n
SofSe traitor to his country than If
ne cannonaded her homes; set before
you sucn an one, whose soul is
iaved in filth, whose acoua;n,ance Nth .nv
member member OF your family you would repudiate.
.ioln wnom you yourself turn away in disgust.
90 sou seek his windward side when loi some.
pooy iastens to his coat label marked Repub-
Ian, ana voices are hushed, and hats are
-aseu' ana influence is sought. and the incar.
na.e ueviI Is taken into partnership! Verify, 1
q! uhto you, except our righteous ness shall ex-
ceed the righteousness of Republicans and
democrats and Prohibitioniets as such we shall
10 no Wise enter the kingdom of heaven. Shall
the men who faced the batteries of Gettysburp
atio the mines OF Petersburg go about with muz-
zles ana chain because it is impolitic to speak
out! email they who fought to free race of
W.
serves and their families and friends to be led
captive and dragged through scenes of filth for
sne SAKE OF rogue's pocketbook?
AneIe Is remedy for every evil under the
sun. Ii there were not, this would not be Gods
world You and believe in an eternal law of
mercy ana justice Be merciful to your fam
lies and friends, and insist that character must
stand behind a party badge to make it worth
anything No man when in his grave twenty
years hence will be wept simply because he was
democrat. He must also be a good Democrat
In England when u member OF parliament is
clearly villain he is expelled from his office
ana ms party. The present year has seen not
one or two but even more thus driven from
places OF influence into obscurity Is the virgin
SOIL OF this new land, 10 this genial state of
washington, lying fair for the erection OF a new
ana better empire. 10 it to be sulled by the per-
manent dominion OF money used for criminal
purposes? Forbid 1t, heroes of Antietam and
the principle that 1t always pays to do
right We read history, and our blood
still tinges at the deeds you and
your brothers wrought But much mistake If
there is not crisis for you to face this day; the
crisis OF city government in the United States,
throughout the broad length and breadth of
which there 10 not one large city whose govern
ment is not a disgrace The fight that you be-
Queath to the next generation 10 the fight to OBJ
tain for patriotic men the control of the NUM-
cipallty. This Is so great a question that it may
almost be said there 10 no other. For If it is
settled, the national questions will DO settled.
The cities control the nation. Men say that
they must follow the lines of party in the city,
to avoid losing the influence of party in the
ton. Ny friends, that has been the system fol-
lowed for many years, and appeal to you, that
system has been q failure. We have been in
tensely eager to see that this party that party
ruled, 80 that we should get the things we want
for our section of the country.
But Let me ask, to which party do you owe
your magnificent coast defenses and your great
canalsf What has either party done for you in
that respect? tell you what you know already
when say that no party in this country ever
got far ahead OF another party without getting
the bulk of the people into it When parties are
80 nearly equal, 1t is because there ID less to
choose between them. O the day is here when
We must have good Republicans and good Dem
side 10 victorious righteousness will reign.
Politicians have, like the Pharisees, laid heavy
burdens upon men, but they themselves have
not touched them with their fngers Each
charges with blame the other side for the curses
of the community. And each on coming
into Office becomes responsible for these
curses. The great question is whether
you will allow parties to make
principles, or will insist that principles rule the
parties. Some men sneer at preachers because
they say preachers are paid to say what they do.
would humbly submit are not editors paid to
say what they do? Are not physicians paid for
diagnosing cases? For of course even politi-
clan must live, and they have never been ac-
cused OF living on Cruel. Ii man must be paid
at least let him be paid for telling the truth, not
for lying; for speaking in favor OF righteous
ness, not iniquity.
1t has become q prevalent notion that minis
tiers who are in prominent positions, and who
have the reputation of being cultivated, are
also pretty well toned down and not liable to
cast a bomb shell into the religious camp. There
are wealthy men in some churches who choose
for their mi mister man who IL warranted not
TO be dangerous or to touch upon particular
sins, He has carte blanche to rage against Cain
and Jacob and other hoary sinners, the more
ancient the better. But he is expected TO
walk as delicately as Agag when he gets into
his own town. But you and know very well
ple any good. 1t may save the preacher from
being snubbed by the newspapers; 1t may get
him the reputation of being a safe man-that IL,
a man who will never attack any live sins, but
will only hammer away at the dead ones. re-
vember a minister who used to preach in a
couutry schoohouse, with his coat of, by the
aide of one of those high barrel stoves, Dig
enough to hold q cordwood stick plunged In
nerpendicularly At every climax In the ser
mon the muscular preacher would bring down
his fist upon the huge stove lid until 1t rang
and ratified. But IL injured nobodys ieehngs'
n was not their heads, and they took great de-
light in the vicarious punishment OF the stove
The ministry has belabored Old iron long
enough. When ii gets TO the point as IL
has in this city, when people cannot walk
,nchuych without lodging drunkards, when the
sisaralks are bloekaded with creatures OF
verse stamp. IL is time that decent citizens, IT.
r.snectiys of party, should insist that something
he done A physician who ought to know told
n,. that he believed 80 to be low estimate OF
the number OF females of bad repute within
three blocks nom his Office anu MS ONCE - MOI
two blocks from this platform
Nv dear friends we are In the habit OF gior'iy-
,rg our Pacific coast and endesvorng 10 exhibit
its attractions to the residents of the East Ana
am firmly of the opinion, which l have often
.xprassed that Seattle is as Christian city as
most cities of its size. But In this city wee
stalks abroad and you see II IN Inns ci'y 'here
Is too little effort made 10 check It, Here saloons
srs not satisfied to omen in the day time during
the week. but they must open on sunday and
-, tba night also. In the very block
nccnnied by the church OF which
Ibays the honor TO be minister, in the very
BOOK in which your Armory is located is sa-
-, And The uext door to IL as undertak