Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-07-08

ISM goods under the reciprocity clause.
The labor correspondent will soon
have a more rueful tale to tell than the
idleness of at the present time of l4,OOO
skilled workers in only. 10 trade unions
comprising $4,000 workers. The first
in many q home in Yorkshire, Lanca-
shire, South Wales, Glasgow and Dun
dee. A remedy is YeaCy when the peo-
pie awake. i am. sir, yours faithfully,
C.. +. HOWARD VINCENT.
Carlton CLun, April %.
Ths Me4l,ediss Bsslsops enc the 1hs,a
Party.
Attention should be called to. the, ad.
dress of the bishops of the General Con-
ference Of the Methodist Church, now
in session in Omaha. This address is
influential in the great Methodist
Church. 1t is signed BY ali the bishops,
and is properly regarded as the most
dignitied announcement which the
church can make of its position, and
policy. 1t need hardly be stated (be-
cause so widely known that the church
is pronounced in its advocacy of total
abstinence and the prohibition of the
liquor Traffic. AT the last General Con-
ference, in the bishops address, with
reference to the liquor traffic, these
words occur: "It can never be licensed
without sim" Some persons had con-
strued this statement as a declaration
that any man was q sinner who voted
with any other than the Prohibition
party. The words afforded to
on which Sal'i they m paa. w assd
toward all Methodist Republicans
in the states where the Republican par.
ty did not stand for prohibition. So
much concerning the address of the
bishops four years ago needs to be
known in order to appreciate the pres
ent declaration of the same body, 1t
will be noticed that on the question of
Temperance the bishops reatfirm their
adherence to prohibition, and say: Eve
rejoice in every step of progress toward
the attainment of these ends." Also:.
exhort our people to encourage
every repression and limitation of the
business. and to keep steady eye to its
politics." the bishops further saw:
''The attitude of our church is strenu-
ously non-partisan and non-sectional;,'
and also: "When moral issues are be-
tore the public, our people are invaria-
bly, found on the side of the highest
standard, but even then they choose
their w party affiliations and refuse
to be dictated to 10 to the matter of
their VOTE"
While these words of the highest dig
nitaries in the Methodist Church do not
mark any departure in its policy, they
may properly be construed as a rebuke
those persons who have attempted
coerce all Methodist to vote the Pro-
hibition party ticket. They also justify
argument for non-partisanship
which has been so vigorously made BY
many Temperance people.
1t 10 fortunate that this utteranco has
been made. The following are the
paragraphs referred to:
Teniperance.-The attitude we hold to-
ward the drink habit and the saloon re-
mains unchanged. Drunkenness and
Notwithstanding are alike offensive to
sod and rulnOus to man. Moderate drink
ing, so-called, is the bane of society and
hold with undated tenacity to the Oft
statement that total abstinence is
the only safety for the individual. and that
complete legal prohibition of the traffic is
the urgent duty of the state. We rejoice in
step of progress toward the attain
mcnt of these ends. In our judgment, the
saloon is'an unmiXed evil, full OF diabol-
ism. q disgrace TO our civilization, the chief
cOrrupter of political action, and a contin-
lal menace to the order of society, and9t
!!Ic peace anu purify OI our MONIES. we eX.
hort all our people to encourage every re-
and limitation of the business. and
keep a steady eye to its total extirpa-
ton.
Politics.-With regard to politics, the
attitude of our church is s%trenuously nom
and non-sectional. 1t acknowl-
edges no allegiance to any political creed
or association. 1t urges all its members
who have the right to vote to discharge
that duty, but it leaves every voter abs0-
lutely free from ecclesiastical interference
to determine for himself for whom his bal
lot shall be cast. The right of suffrage, or
the franchise. we regard as a great and re-
sponslble trust, which should in all cases,
ecclesiastical and civil. be exercised con
scientiously. but III absolute personal free
dom. When moral issues are before the
public, IL people are invariably found on
the side of the highest standard, but even
they choose their own party afilla-
and refuse to be dictated to as to the
of their vote.
This should make an end of the claim
that the Methodist Church is committed
in my manner or degree to third-party
The Sugar Bounty In the SOUTH.