The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-03-23
A DIsREPUTABLE GANG.
A Political Sermon Delivered in
the Nugget Sanctuary by the
Religious Editor Of the
Nugget on Sunday
Morning, March17,
1895,


against"
NV friends, you will find these words
in the xviii Chapter of the Acts OF the
Apostles and the latter part of the 22d
verse and was spoken to Paul by the
Jews residing in Rome, where Paul was
taken to be tried on vague charges
preferred against him by his brethren,
the Jews. Paul was a reformer. lie,
with many Others, seeing the wicked
ness and corruption of the two old par
ties, the Scribes and Pharisees, connect
ed himself with the new party called
Christians, whose leader and founder
was one Christ who had been perse-
cuted and put to- death on some trump
ed up charges oflaw- breaking, but who,
in reality was put to death because he
exposed the corruption of the two old
parties in power, the Scribes and Phar-
isees. And now they were trying to
serve Paul in the same way. Paul was
opening the eyes of the people 80 that
they saw the hypocracy of the two ola
parties and they were willing to go to
any extreme in order to shut him off.
And as they couldn't very well murder
him, sent him ont of the country. But
his record had proceeded him. He was
called a visionary crank and fool and
no doubt the party newspapers of Pal
astine from Dan to Bersheba were TEEN
ing with items something like this;
"Paul, the Christian crank, held forth
last night to about fifty people, over
half of whom were good sound Phar-
isees."
tPaul, the turncoat, was in our city
last night and spoke to about dozen
people Of the lowest class. Our best
citizens made themselves conspicuous
by their absence.n
awhile Paul was speaking last night,
some one hit him with rotten egg.
The egg, however, was no more rotten
than Pau's politics."
"We want to say to Mr.. Paul that
there is no need of third party and he
is only wasting his time, for third
party will never succeed. Our eandi-
date for Chief Priest, Mr.. Annanias, is
sure to be elected, and all the reforms
that Paul is making such a fuss oyer,
will be attened to by MIR. Anuanias as
soon as be is sworn into o1ice.V
awe are in possession of reliable ev-
idence that there is trade on between
the Scribes and Christians, having for
it's object the defeat of Mr.. Annanias,
our candidate for Chief Priest. Let all
the Pharisees turn ont and defeat this
base scheme"
"HurrahI Paul is in jail We were
confident that, sooner or later, this Sc
ditious agitator would get his just de-
serts. We wonder what the Christians
think of their leader now"
My friends. this, l imagine was the
the state of politics in PauPs time and
it hasn't changed much from that day
to this. The two old parties in power,
sunk deep in corruption, resent an ex-
pose of their rascality and when they
can no longer hide their corruption,
thew tell the people they are going TO
reform, there is no need for third
party, they can and will accomplish
more than any third party can do. But
even those who, apparently, have tried
''reformn within their parties and failed
refuse, when they have an opportunity
to come out boldly for the right, to do
80. When the repeal of the Sherman
act was contemplated by the LII Con-
gress, Teller, of Colorado. with tears
rolling down his cheeks as big as Idaho
prunes, in a voice rendered almost in
audible from emotion, besought them
not to commit this great crime. Don
Cameron, Bland and Bryant did the
same, but when these gentlemen were
requested to come outand joina straight
silver party they refused and their act
ion was endorsed by every Janus faced
newspaper in the country. These gem
tlemen were afraid they would loose
the plums that were in the gifts of their
respective parties. The people may 60
to Thunder but they will look out for
themselves frst. Like the Scribes and
Pharisees, they are willing 10 reform
but they want TO do it in their own way.
Friends, there never was time since
the Declaration of Independence that
our national colors, the Red, White and
Blue wereso applicable to this country
az it is at the present time Since the
ttme of the Independence Of the United
States, it has been regarded as an EN-
blem of Freedom. Let me tell you what
i represenLs To-day. The r d repre-