The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-10-12
CAMPAIGN INEQUALITIES
DR. PHILLIPS SPEAKS WITH NO
 UNCERTAIN SOUND.

Appeals to Prejudice and Class Feelings
 Immoral-Condemns Misrepresentations
 of Silver Agitators-Infiammato
 Speakers the Enemies of Free Govern
 ment.
 At the Church of the Redeemer last evening Dr. Phillips spoke on "Immor- aities of Campaign Talk" The ser mon was a vigorous and patriotic dis cussion of political methods looked at from a moral and Christian standpoint. The doctor denounced political dema- goguism and spoke out against the methods of the free silver leaders in words of no uncertain sound. The ser mon was listened to and appreciated by a large congregation, although one stranger, evidently a free silverite, walked out very hastily.
 The text of the sermon were portions of the fifth and eighth verses of the third chapter of St. James-"The tongue is a little member and boasteth great things. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison" The doctor spoke, in part, as follows:
 For the first time in many years we have political campaign without pol tiles, The money question is not po- litical, but financial one, with a strong moral element in it. The tariff is not a. political, but a financial ques- fD1, wal NIn f We have great cause to be thankful that this Is not campaign of person. alities, and it is a good thing for the young men that the candidates are above personal censure.
 "The campaign, as whole, has been a remarkably healthy and wholesome one. Inflammatory speech is always immoral and by inflammatory speech I mean an appeal to the antiquities, prejudices, passions and class feelings of men. Such thing cannot be foster ed with safety in this country. There are those who seek to antagonize the poor against the rich by telling them that those who have money are the en- emies of those who have not A free government cannot exist where such things are taught. Appeals to sectional prejudice is immoral It is an appeal to the selfish interests of men and in- duces men in one section to try and get the best of the rest of the country.
 Ut is immoral to attempt to arouse the workingmen against their employ CTS. It should be taught them that the interests of the two classes are identi- cal. The attempt that is now being made to antagonize them is immoral Every man who attempts to array the workingmen against their employers is influencing them against their highest and best interest, and makes impossi- ble that highest prosperity for which we seek.
 "The assertion is made that the man. agers of the railroads do not look out for the interests of railroads employees These employees must realize that these railroad managers are a very intelll- gent class of men and that they realize that any change in the present stan- dard of value would make it harder for them to pay the interest on the great indebtedness of the roads and so to look out for the interests of their employees as we'll.
 "The making of promises which men know they cannot perform is immoral The promise that a change of standard will make wages better for the work ingmen is known to be wrong by those who make it. They know that the gov ernment cannot create values by Its simple fiat It is immoral to make false and garbled statements about things. Such statements are now be- ing made by those who claim that sil- yer is being discriminated against. The facts do not show this; there has been more silver coined since the repeal of the silver purchase clause in 1893 than in all our previous history up to 1878.
 Any attempt to weaken confidence is immoral. It is uncertainty which has caused these hard times and times will be harder yet if the uncertainty is kept up.
 Ut is immoral to lessen or unsettle the value of the peoples money and those who attempt to do this will bring sorrow to our friends, to our mothers and to our children. There cannot be change of standard without distress Even a temporary change will bring distress.
 Business men have been looking and hoping for the last few years that old conditions would not be disturbed and if they are many will go to the wall and it will bring distress to thousands of men and women and little children. Tt is the morality of political ques- tions which should interest us. A fear full responsibility will fall upon the theorist and demagogue if they change the business condition of the country for theory or for their political in- terests."