The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-07-05
SPIRIT OF TIE PRESS.

Washington Past The demand for clcr-
Young minister on graduating from the
theological school has no fight with pow
ertv, no hard struggle for his daily bread
while irving to get a foothold. He
does not hang out his sign and wait
through years of penury for patrons. On
the contrary, he steps from the seminary
into pulpit, into All honorcd profession
and an assured subsistence. He has Il de-
gree of sympathy and respect that does
not come to the young lawyer or doctor.
The men and the women, the old and the
young of his congregation take delight in
promoting his enjoyment The mere fact
of being d lawyer or doctor is not in it
self passport to the best society. But
the fact of being a clergyman, of occupy
ing pulpit, opens every door in the par
ish. The young minister is a welcome
guest at every fireside, and he is more like
ly to be surfeited with kindness than to
suffer from neglect. Of course, sal
aries vary, but they are seldom too low to
afford comfortable maintenance, and in
many instances they are sufficient for lux
urious living. There are, too the chances
of calls from small to great churches, from
poor to rich parishes.
All things considered, the most inviting
field for the young men of this county to-
day is the pulpit, and the fact that this
profession is not crowded is due to the
conscientiousness of our young men.
They have so high a respect for the sacred
calling, so lofty an appreciation of its du-
ties and responsibilities, that they decline
to enter it without a conviction that du-
ty lies in that disection-a belief that by
so doing they will be able to do more good
in the world than they can in any other
profession.
THE NEXT CONGRESS.
New York Evening Post Representa-
tive Cannon of Illinois can scarcely be
said to have attained national reputa-
ton as wise and conservative states
man, but the policy which he outlined in
a recent interview at Washington would
unite the country "The Republicans"
he said, "have got the House, the Popu
lists have the balance of power in the
Senate, and Grover Cleveland is in the
White House. How, in Heavens name,
can anything be done in the next Con-
gress, except to pass appropriation bills !?
The only addition which can be suggested
to this platform in order to make it ideally
perfect, is that the appropriation bills
should appropriate as little as possible.
Between the tariff agitation and the sill
yer agitation, business men have had an
anxious time of it for a number of years,
and if they can have two years of
peace, they will appreciate it. Fortunate
ly, Mr.. Cannon is right; Congress will be
for the present incapable of much mis-
chief. After two years we may be harass-
ed again; but two years of prosperity will
do great deal to calm the disturbing ele-
ments.
Marshall E. Price, who waylaid, assault
ed and murdered little Sallie Dean, while
on her way to school, and who Monday
received a respite pending an appeal for
a new trial, was taken from jail Tuesday
night and hanged to tree. Rumors
reached the guard early Tuesday evening
that many strangers had been in the out
skirts of town and that lynching was pro-
badly their object. Price, upon learning
this, became greatly alarmed and begged
to be spirited away. but the guards dis
covered to their dismay that every avenue
of escape was cut off and we,e obliged by
prisoner The leaders wore masks, but
several of them are known