Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-10-23
NO. 20.

wet work-and the Democratic party
does tho like. 1t is idle to stand OH deck
and curse these impudent old servants.
They have served US well before now,
and under new conditions might again.
But now, we independent, unfettered,
| Christian freemen must form party to
lay our shoulders to the gates that open
down stream and shut them hard and
| fast, so that God can food the mighty
basin and lift America straight up un-
til she can push her noble keel into the
twentieth century and toward indus
trial, social, moral, intellectual and
spiritual liberty-her apparent destiny.
| Loud applause.
For such course we owe no apology
to any party or any man. If either Jesus
Christ or your great governor must be
temporarily disappointed, let William
Mckinley stand down. Applause.
| Voting is relative thing To vote a
Democratic ticket would be up for some
voters. To vote Republican ticket
would be up for some people. But if the
Methodist declaration be true that 'the
| liquor traffic can never be licensed with
out sin, then for any Methodist to vote
the Republican ticket as it stands today
J throughout this blessed land is to vote
down. And !, for one, decline to do it.
Applause.
1 have spoken with 80 great direct
ness, because my whole soul rebels
against the hazy impertinence of con-
ventions, and l believe the timo de-
mands clear advance III the form of
our resolves. Our splendid hypothetical
suggestions have not been understood or
taken seriously. We must be under
stood! 1 repeat that what we want is a
candlestick-not q rainbow. A candle
stick is humble, homely thing, but it
delivers the light just as it receives it.
Il is the Republican party that must
be dealt with first If it is the political
hope OF the church, as most of us have
| heretofore assumed, it is entitled to
have us lainly say SO. The problem is
| perfectly simple. If one gets confusion
| into it, he must bring it. If, on the
contrary, it is not worthy of our further
adherence, let US say SO. 1t goes now ON
the assumption that the Methodist
| church will stand by it, right or wrong
Let US say that if it is true.
Unless something new is devised the
| case is between the Republican party OH
the one hand and the prohibitory on the
| other. If you should hold against one OF
these in the resolution of this confer
ence, you ought to hold for the other or
offer something new. My own opinion
| is that the Prohibition party, despite
| the criticisms that can be truly lodged
| against it, is the best thing i'll sight to
serve US, for we must get as quickly as
possible to such per cent of the voting
registration as to have a. place ON the
official ballots under the prevalent and
growing Australian system. and the
| third party, as it is called has now
$50, 900 time tried and fire tested men
| to start with and an organization very
excellent in its way. 1t offers, am we'll
aware, 10 very hilarious prospect of
speedy victory, but all beginnings are
| difficult.
The beauty and perfection of honey
comb are not due to the skill of bees,
but the pressure of honey. Into dreary
monotony of round cups in wax the
bees pour the gold of infinite clover
bloom-4, 900, 600 trips to the pound.
The honey presser works out Gods
geometry and squares the circles into
| hexagons and makes honey even of the
honeycomb. Almost any political comb
| will do, but it must hold honey. A Ii
| cense or tax law is not a cup, but hole,
and can retain nothing. You and must
put the gathered gold of growing senti-
| ment, as we gather it in little by little,
| and when the old hive is full we must
swarm. Applause. Then our old own
ers will beat pans and throw dust, but
we must settle outside until we can 60
| to work III a new hive.
1 think this is all the third party
| movement amounts to-a place to wait
until the new cleavage comes and the
new hive is ready. Its work has been
that of testimony, agitation and educa-
| tion to the truth. 1t has not always
been wise, but has always been true and
| clean.
John P. st. John will still be adding
| honors to his name when his traducers
shall have found the earthly mercy Of
oblivion Iapplausel, and if understand
| the spirit of the Prohibitionists there is
none of them who would stand a mo-
ment for either the organization or the
name, OF any recognition in anything
planned to succeed it, if only good men
will get together to fight the saloon and
stop trying to discourage it by forcing
upon it very low grade virtue at very
high price.
Ii this conference would today lift up
its voice like a trumpet in a call to
Christian men everywhere-ignoring
parties one and ALTO meet to form q
new, clean party in our politics, be-
lieve the time will be found ripe for it,
and that we should have tidal wave
of righteousness and spirit and power.
I should like to have it called the Lib
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