Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-11-27
THE ISSUE IN A. D, SO.

MARX IL. 10: ana tney game
to Jerusalem; and Jesus went in
10 the temple, and began to cast
put them that sold and bought
in the temple, and overthrew the
tables of the money changers,
and the seats of them that sold
doves.
II. And he taught, saying up-
to them, Is it not written, My
house shall be called of all ma
lions the house Of prayer? But
we have made it den of thieves.
Is And the scribes and chief
priests heard it, and sought how
they might destroy him for they
faared him, because all the peo-
pie was astQnished at his doc
tsine.
The money changers have
taken possession of the temple
again. They are in possession Of
the national capitol, They make
the bond issues, the laws and
bold the executive reins of gov
eminent. They buy and sell in
the temple. They buy votes and
sell laws. The people have arisen
to throw the money changers
from the temple. And in 1896, as
in Ammo Domini 33, the scribes,
who edit the gold press, and the
pharisees, who champion the
British gold standard in the caps
itol and from the public forum,
seek to destroy every man and
Institution that demands the
clearing of the temple from the
money changers. The soribes and
pharisees denounce every citizen
who favors the restoration of the
temple to the people, as an "au-
archist" and "repudiationist,"
and seek in various ways to de-
stroy those whose courage and
convictions they fear.
Major Bowler, in his speech on
Washington avenue north last
evening, called attention to the
recent speech OF Hon. c. A. Pills
bury at the Mckinley Hobard
ratification, in which Mr.. Nc,
Kinley is quoted as saying that
the people on the money question
ought to follow the views of thoae
who handle large amounts of
money. The major then pic
tured what Mr., Pillshury and
others of our gold standard cham
pions would have said to the
Nazarene had they been present
at the clearing of the money cham
gers from the temple. The maj
or's prophetic version of the
scene is as follows;
"Mr, Pillsbury then steps for
ward, and to the Nazarene says;
sChrist, you ought to follow the
accepted views of those gentle
men here who handle large am
cunts of money, and they are OPP
posed to any such policy as that
which you suggest, You are an .
anarchist sir, and what is more,
you are 'Populist.' You have
no business to NEEDLE in this
affair.""
Doubtless the money changers
and the serbs and pharisees de-
pendent upon their bounties,
made just such arguments and
accusations at the time.
But the Nazarene was not dis
turbed in his determination to do
his whole duty. AS Matthew de-
scribes the scene, there came this
reply and this reformed order of
events in the temple;
"It is written, My house shall be
called the house of prayer; but
We have made it a den of thieves.
"And the blind and the lame
came to him in the temple; and
he healed them"
History repeats itself. The
same condition and the same is
sue confronts the race now as did |
1863 years ago. There are the |
masses in want and distress, and /
there is the oppressive domina-
ton of the bondholders and an
appreciating monetary standard.
1t is the battle between human
ity on the one hand, and organ
lied greed and political aggrand-
izement on the other.
And humanity in time will win,
as in A. d. 80.