The morning call., 1894-07-09

preach himself because he is still de aimed
at Winnemucca, New, by thu railroad tie
up. and can therefore no doubt be de-
pended upon to second DR.. Willett in his
radical views of the strike.
Dr. Wlllett took for his text Romans
KILL, He that resisteth the power re-
sisteth the ordinances of God" Every
man who has the ear of the public has
special responsibility at this tlme," he
said. The Keynote of his discourse was
the demand for instant submission to the
constituted authorities of the State ana
the nation on the part of every man.
He proceeded to give statement OF the
principles involved by the powers now in
conflict. The main question before US
now" he said, sis not the differences be-
tween these Two parties. but whether the
conflict should be carried on under law.
The most striking fact before us to-day.
and the one that demands most attention,
is the fact OF the forcIDle resistance TO
law"
He then went on to describe the condi-
tion Of things in Oakland and at Sacra-
mento as revealing force and defiance.
| The American people would not Judge
men by what they said, but what they did.
! II was in vain for men to say that they
we're law-ahidiug while in the very act Of
! resisting law.
IAN the remarks l might make tor in
| slant submission to authority would sim ply
| emphasize what Mr.. Debs himself ha S
| enunciated. MIR. Debs has asserted that
| while men have right to cease work they
! have no right to say to any other man that
he suall not work, and he not only advises
but commands men of the American Rail
way Union 10 absent themselves from rail
rOadiproperty and depOts. Was he simply
throwing dust in our eyes, or did he mean
il? Ana If he meant it what does Mr.
Knox think of the cOmmands?"
He referred 10 the idea that these men
say the corporation uses money and we
must use force; we are as much justified
In using force as they are in using money.
He then deplOIed whatever use of money
there may have been in the corrupting of
politics; that in 20 doing corporations
were undermining the very spirit of obedi-
euCe TO law; they were cOrrupting law at
its fountain. But he denied IN toto that
our legislators, Judges and high officials
were purchasab!e or purchased to any
such extent as is so frequently asserted.
1t was a grevnus wrong TO assert that Mr..
Cleveland and Mr.. 0ney had made their
decisions of late at the beck of cOrp0T-
atoms or wealth. Even if we grant the
decisions TO be wrong we have 10 right to
question the spirit of the purpose.
''If the politics of New York, for in
stance" he said. was corrupt it did q OF
just fy men in refusing to pay taxes"
He then took up the question OF arbitra-
ton. at would ill-bpc0me a minister of
the gospel to oppose the spirit If arbitra-
ton, and l would not consent to be misrep-
resented upon this pOlnt, but while we
agitate for arbitration, we must at once
and the same time lay more emphasis
upon instant submission to just authority.
To arbitrate with men in forclble possess
sion of property contrary 10 the laws of
the State is TO justify defiance 10 law. One
Of the startling dangers OF the time is
found in the fact that almost all the great
papers of the State are patting de-
fiance to law upon he back. Those
in iorcible possession of that which
does not belong TO them could read
nine-tenths of the editorials in ali
our newspapers and find no condemna-
ton there for their course. Oh! that the
spirit of Horace Greeley might descend
into some of our editorial chairSW He
claimed that they were not interpreting
rightly the deeper spirit of the people.
They have taken the surface currents
for me depths.
Our politicians, as well. seem to be
just as subservlent ard timid. Where
was there one of our prominent politicians
who had come out with a bold deman d
that the constituted powers OF the State
should a sert themselves strongly?
The discourse was closed by poin ting
out tina every person 10 the audience had
some Influence and that it was the duty of
every one to speak up strongly and boldly
from first authority.