The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-15
BOLES is BILIOUS.
An Evangelist in Town Who
Says Bitter Things.
He Calls General Grant a
Drunken SOt.
HURLS ABUSE ABOUT
J. r. Burton Described as a
Striped Legged Dude.
you Old Gambling, Devil You"
Shouts Mr.. BOles.

The Reverend Mr.. Boles. evangelist,
was particularly vituperative last night
There was very little of the world that
pleased him and he did not take the
trouble to mention that minority. There
was a great deal that he did not like and
he was not altogether choice in his way
of saying SO.
When be closed his service at the
Third Christian church Wednesday
night and announced his sermon of last
night he was thoughtful enough to add
that those who didn't want to be hit had
better stay away and it is supposed they
did for the audience, though not large
one, was surprisingly good natured and
did not mind being abused at all.
Mr.. BOles' Oratory is a. least expressive.
There is no doubt that he has heard Sam
Jones. One who heard him would guess
that His devotion to his subject bor-
ders on intensity and his elOquence is of
an aggravated form that certainly al
tracts attention and comment. He
throws not only his whole soul but his
entire body into his subject for good
measure
1t is a merciful thing for their feel
ings that neither James Buchanan, Gen
eral Grant nor a certain candidate for
Mr. Boles last night, aud it is possibly a
fairly good thing for MIR. Boles also.
He opened the belligerent portion Of
his address with several cutting remarks
about our political system.
james Buchanan was not fit for d
skunk TO associate with" said MIR. Boles.
General Grant, d drunken sot, signed
a bill that has carried more misery and
woe among the people of this country
hill = ft-r -f,r
president, and it is admitted that no was
beastly drunk when he did it." At this
the people applauded.
SAnd this" the speaker continued,
sis the kind of men you folks elect to
run this government, bossism, rumisn,
ward heelerism, thugism,i and the audi
ence blusned 10 think of its wantonness.
And right now you are talking about
g man for United States senator, and
talking seriously too, you understand,
who is nothing but contemplate pup
py. Nervous, guilty laughter.l And 1
wouldn's be a bit surprised if you Kan
sans elected him and had big ratifca
tion and declared that you had done q
great and glorious thing. This refers,
too, to you old elders with the pith
punched out. You will probably elect
this striped legged dude who is not fit to
sit by any decent woman in this town. "
This reference was to Mr. Burton of Abi-
lene.
Look up in Iowa, where the church
people voted for old General Drake for
governor, and were glad of it. 1 wasn't
glad. l wouldn't give a cent for any
Drake that didn't like water But he be-
longed to our church and we voted for
him, though he hadn't the courage to say
whether or not he was against whisky.
Il am getting tired of this compromis-
ing the church and electing men who
drag the church down to secure their
election"
MIR. Boles also had it in for the moral
lists, and said:
"You moralists are the worst people
have to fight Yon wrap yourselves up
in your filthy rags of righteousness and
make great boast of your morals, but
you do more harm by your example and
influence than anybody excepting a
hypocrite in the church. You live as
you please and then let preacher drive
you into heaven with his eloQuence after
you are dead and a preacher who will
whitewash such man at his funeral is a
rebel and traitor in the government of
the Lord, and a coward also.
alt is not the dirty drunkard living in
the gutter with his bloated face up to
the sun and his fyblown lips covered
with cracker crumbs and whisky this
was most satisfactory pictnre, and Mr..
Boles repeated it several times be-
fore he could relinQuish it,
particularly the fly blown Iips'l that
makes drunkards of young men. 1t is
your church going respectable drinker
who boasts that he can drink or let it
alone. 1t is not the example of the in
fidel that teaches young people to dance
and play cards and stay away from
church. It is the high society woman
that goes to church only on particular
occasions when something is going on or
she has new dress and when she gets
there calls the society man off to one
side to say to him, of course you are
coming to our euchre party Thursday
night We are going to give few pres
ents to the players'-you old gambling
devil, you-and Miss May Dobbinspeck
Is going to have her short dresses taken
eli and her long ones put on and get into
sissiety. and you must come and see her
make her daybew.'
"Its the woman like that that is an old
decoy duck.
"And you men dscoys. You want to
be called respectable but you want to go
up town to the low down theaters and
you want to have your Christmas whis.
Key, you understand, and play respecta
Die with your breath smelling worse than
skunk's"
If there is one thing more than an
other that Mr.. Boles is proud Of it is his
fearless way of saying things
Il speak no palmer than the bible
does" he said: Where is a church that
Christ could preach to six months on 8
salary of $500? You'd kick Him out.
Mr.. Boles regretted that there were
not more men in the churches. He said
eff more men don't join the churches