St. Paul daily globe., 1894-04-30
AMERICAN POLITICS
Treated Severely By Rev. j. G.
Hull, of the Clinton Ayeuue.

1reateu severely DT hev. j. g.
Hull, of the Clinton avenue.
AT the Clinton Avenue NJ. E. Church,
last evening. the paster, Rev. }. C. Hull,
b. d., preached sermon for the times,
taking his text from [. Kings Ell 81:
blow ye with the trumpet and say.
God save King Solomon" The follow
ing is condensed report of the sermon:
The tide of human affairs is subject
to continued change. Men pass away
and others must take their places
Meas ureS serve their time. and must
give place TO new ones: and some dis
turbanee is Inevitable. "Westward the
course of the empire takes its way,,"1is
an old proverb. the force of which is
generally recognized, but now and then
the current has turned backward. and
in SO doing has furnished many instruc-
tive lessons. Among the remarkable
things about the movements that have
made human history are that they have
been spontaneous uprlsipgs OF people
whose purpose was not very clearly
understood. Men who were impelled
By common impulse. many times par
taking of fanatlciSns or superstition,
but gathering such momentum as to
make it irresistible. There is no way
of accounting for the crusades of the
eleventh century but 10 say thai Europe
was ripe for such movement.
There was no way to-, sup
press snch movement when once under
way but to allow it to exhaust itself.
humanity progressed by the very surg.
ing back and forth of such streams OF
people. They made progress from very
necessity. They were first led 10y goat
and goose; but we SOON find them led
by Godfrey and Baldwin, two Of the
mightieSt warriors OF the medieval pert
iod. We are supposed 10 have outgrbwn
any such movement in thiS-a of the
world: but as matter of fact we. have
in our own country today. marching
armies which in many respects rea'
mind us of the unsettled state of society
in historic times. We may say. these
movements of the commOnwcale:s iare
foolish; and the average man among
them is Just as we'll aware of The taSt as
we are. But the times are ripe for such
currents of humanity to ebb and How
They cnuld be stayed only 10y military
power, If at all; ana that would i'll no
way cure the capse.
No solution which does not go to the
root of the trouble can produce any per-
inanent good. David, by placing Solo
mon on the throue, secured Il lease of
life for his Kingdom. but it broke forty
years later. and for the same reason
which pl loduees disconteht today-the
concentration of wealth at the expense
OF the common people.
Why are we in the midst of upheayalS
and unrest today? Why are armies
marching to Washington in time cf
peace? Because OF unwiSe statesmau-
ship? Hardly. 1t is rather because of
no craftsmanship. For a quarter of
century we have scarcely had a man in
public service WHO could Iise above the
common political idea of downing the
other party. With all the pOmp and
blare of our national campaigns the one
supreme effort has been 10 down the
other party. -About30 per cent of our na,
tional revenues is gathered from part
nership with crime. and the remainder is
gathered by indirect taxation, a system
As illogical in its nature as IL was par
simOnious in its origin. Measures
which were brought into service in
time of war have been allowed to re-
main through quarter OF century Of
peace because our statesmen" have
been occupied with the supreme poIti-
cal idea of downing The other party.
Our municipal government i'll the
United States is one of the Legitimate
results of such lack of craftsmanship.
There is not city on the continent OF
Europe, with the single exception OF
ConsIautiuopie, so poorly governed as
nil in, Ils,tf IL
States; and this for the simple reason
that our municipal elections are made
sort of training school for state and
national campaigns. In two days more
we have an election in this city. Thirty
thousand voters are registered for the
great contest. Many young men will cast
their first ballot next Tuesday. wish
had them all together. | wonld turn
reporter and interview them. Young
man, what is the issue III This eleetion9.
"My father was a Republican. am
going to vote the ticket straight. We
are going to down the other party, and
keep out the gang" He is orthodox
Young man, how are you going toyote2
What are the issues in this camuaigna
"We are going TO dewn the other party
NV father was Democrat. | am going
to vote the ticket straight, and help to
turn the rascais out" He is Ortllodox.
DO we protest against the ignorant for
eign voter? Where is African or 9Ital-
ian or Bulgarian or Patagonian so
densely ignorant as not to be able 10
measure up to this standard of states
manship. Give him the name of his
fathers party and a good pair OF Lungs
and he is equipped for the highest
order Of patriotism and American
Craftsmanship. Blow ye the trumpet
aud say: ''ifOd save America" % .
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