The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-07-07
The Man Greedy Hypocrite, the
Town a Hollow Sham.
SIR GEORGE SEVERELY SCORED
Methodist Clergyman. Who Is Familiar
with All the Facts. Tells His Audi.
enee What He Thinks.

Rev. w. II. Caward!ne of the Pull.
man Methodist church took for his
text on Sunday evening Luke x, :, ''The
laborer is worthy of his hire" The
Chicago Herald furnishes the following
report of the sermon:
After referring to the strike of the
workmen as the one question of the
hour Mr.. Cawardine said il was his
duty as a minister of the gospel to
stare the situation in the face with
out equivocation, his conscience not per.
hitting him to keep silent. He wished
Rev. DR.. Oggle, who preached the Sun
day before, pleasant journey to othe
land where strikes are unknown and
the poor always submit to the LORDS of
the soil" and begged him "to think of
us occasionally while we eat the half
loaf that is better than no bread. :"
Continuing, Mr.. Cawardine said:
"My conscience is clear. MY con
gregation has assured me of a hearty
sympathy. dare rot take any other
position. I cannot keep still and
smother my convictions. You need
not fear that the company will retail
ate upon US as church for ANYTHING 1
may say. 1t dare not in the face of
public opinion. And let me add, If the
fears of some of you should ever be
realized, better thousand times that
our church be disorganized by the COM
panY than that we truckle to them,
forego the God given and American
right to free speech, smother our con-
victions, muzzle our mouths, fawn be-
meath the smiles of any rich man or
corporation. Better to die for the
truth than be forfeited by lie.
"Suher a word regarding Mr.. Pull
man himself. 1 have nothing to say OF
him that savors of fulsome eulogy or
nauseating praise. 1 will not speak OF
him as philantrophist, for l have
never seen or heard of any evidence Of
this. will not speak of his services
to this age, because l know of none
will not refer to his services to hi:
country, as history is silent thereon
After referring to Mr.. Pullman's ad
mitted ability as business man, rails
ing himself from poor boy in a coun
try town to his present position a:
head of great manufacturing indus
try, Mr.. Cawardine said:
I'm this age of rapidly increasing
fortunes, when men become rich in Z
day by speculation, rearing a fabric O.
success upon the ruin of others, an
willing to accord him all honor, bu
when Mr.. Pullman as a public maj
stands before the world and demands o
US that we regard him as a benefactoi
to his race, as true philantrophist, al
one who respects his fellow men, wht
regards his employees with the love o
father for his children, and would
have US classify him with such men a.
George Peabody, Peter Cooper anC
George w. Childs confess, as a min
lister of the gospel, delivering my mes
sage in the shadow of these deserted
shops, 1 fail utterly to see the point
The facts are not in accordance will
J the assertions made.
: eff he is all this then let me ask hin
a question or two:
, 81 am not a fnancier, but believe
know right from wrong. Why doe
|, not Mr.. Pullman stand before his direc
tors and demand of them, upon tn
basis of morality and right, that, in
stead of declaring a quarterely divi
dend of per cent in these terrible de
pressed times, they be content witt
{ 1]9 per cent and place the STA 900 rep
. resenting the other one half per cen
to the credit of the pay roll?
: "Why does Mr.. Pullman, in the mids
of hard and vigorous winter, whel
the hours of work few and the wage
at their lowest ebb; when whole fam
lilies were in want; when the churches
, burdened with their heavy rents,s wer
seeking to relieve the poor, and tina
noble organization, the Woman's Uniol
which we were not allowed 70 cal
, the "relief'' for fear of hurting MI
. Pullman's pride-was doing all it coul
: to help the destitute-why is it tina
our cry of help was unheeded, and n
! large amount given by Mr.. Pullman o
his companyg
, ''why did he permit one Of his Of
/ cials to publish a statement that Their