Evening journal., 1894-11-05

element OF extreme danger / do not
mean by ignorant, the uneducs man,
who cannot read, perhaps, but who
knows that straight line Is the nearest
between two points. but the men who
are herded as sheep before the officers
and given citizenship when they could
not understand the Constitution If ex-
plained In their own language, and
could not tell it from something to eat If
they were to meet 1t This deck load on
the ship of state is 6t material for the
demagogue to work on, and its presence
hampers and endsngers the government.
Mercenary voting - treason and mall
feasanca or office. No matter whether II
is paid for In tax receipt or a grocery
bill, and not only should the man be
forever disfranchised who sells q tax
receipt, but the man who buys It,
might say right here that the state
could place this In tho hands Of the
judiciary and arrange it SO that a man
whose poverty prevented him from
paying for his tax receipt could 20
state to the judge and have It remitted,
but it is not safe to 20 further
Another class Is the dly partisan
Parties are necessary to the mainte-
nance OF government. There Is nothing
that will keep one party honest but
anot her party Tire existerca OF our
Bible TO day is due to the fact that the
Ssmaritsns and Jews were watching
each other. At least two parties are
necessary, and ia order IL make votes
effectual. tha voter must affiliate with
party. ! viii not say what party. but It
must be with the one the principles Of
which and the men who comprise It
10 of tffr
conscience No party Is altogether good.
If It was it would have no place here,
aud | should b. looking FIR ita wings and
it's speedy translation; neither is any
party altogether bad TIE man who
thinks 50 is either fanatic or fool
I We must ali then align ourselves with
some party, and in order to do SO we
must waive certain preiudices in order
TO attain a good result. 1t is not q
| choice between two evils. We must be
/ dictated to by couscienca
"Apps airing a .t do in behalf Of the
/ church. bic stare and the bone | declare
/ the saloon as gn enemy o them all IL
is not possible to draw any lines en- this
| Sow me the psrty which will offer the
L way to do away with the enemy of the
home, ard / viii vote with il even If it be
the II, but If | was to name any party
! then you would know my politics.
will vote with the parry which can and
| Will show me nov to suppress this grest
| crime He vi no votes to perpetuate the
| saloon Is either ignorant Of evil, and I
| won't take that back The man who
obtains ofiee through the poWer and BY
the aid Of the saloon, prostituted that
o&se before he got IL
THE ballot not only represents the
choice Of the one who casts 1t but the
caeracber OF the man behind II. If the
vote is for an unworthy candidate, then
tho voter IL unwurthy Of the franchise
The word candidate comes from a Latir
word meaning white. 1t see p absurd
when applied 70 some man can thinh
IF A platform with 9 plank ID Il
vhicn z 7ss support 70 immortality is oi
itself Immoral Cleanliness is said TO ht
uext to godliness, bit Partisanship Il
next to devilishness. IL is said OF
prominent man ia a neighboring stats
that he once remarked that he woulC
vote for his party candidate II 1t was al
luX. Perhaps the OK would have made
better official than some of the candidates
for he wouldn't seizs more than be could
sat
Every citizen Of Delawsra owes it {,
himself to study well the best interes5i
Of the co monwealth Ia discharging The
duty Of casting bis vlte There are many
things IN the archaic constitution Of th'
stata that could be wiped out La thi
prison system there are things which ara
a disgrace to the civilization OF the nine
teanth century and do not refer to tbs
piilory and whipping-post but 70 othe
crying evils, notably the couhning o.
prisoners, regardless OF sex, in common
in our prisons.
In concluding, I will content mysel
In saying, put yourself on your knee
and ask unssl as to how you shall vote
When [ read among the sscred notices
nat Of tue election on Tuesday. yol
laughed Wh52 Because his mos
sacred of functions has been hurled from
It's high station and dragged 10 he dus
. aud 6lth, aud you laughed st me con
Meeting 1t with anything sacred Iloni
60 see the day when IN every ehurc
elsction day viii be preceded with praya
! for guidance and couusel
81 haYs spoken with caretulness snt
/ prudence ia this tslk to you, but d.
2 sire TO say one thing more, and it Is NOR
: radical than | dare say on my owl
! authority It is SO radical that # Pre-
ieeted into politics IL would levoiltiouiz
: society It IS this, Therefore whethe
; ye eat or whether We drink or Whatsosvs
ye do. do it for the glory 81 God
! The congregation then sang hym
) No. 583. Onward, Christian Soleier,
! and was dismissed the organist plsyin
I ''Ameriea" as those present dispersed f.
their homes