The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-09-25
N. C. U. COLUMN.
CONDUCTED BY MRS. NJ. l.. HOBBS
Chicago Lever
..Watchman, What Of the Night.


lsual are "A flat contradiction oi up
those Of the republican party, On the de
after made any declaration. Here il
,e find these two champions lace to tn
face for the contest. Sc
One has to stop and as he men IN
|tallv wanders over the grouhu' I'll
stoops and picks up the stray olts d
i uapers lett and examines thelr HI
.ontests-foI | tell you-every pur- W
,ose has a motive latent somewhere il
and to discover the motive IS To z
Uncover the purpose and to meas a
lure the results. "a
The republican party-some OF n
lthcm are honest-some are rePup, {
Ilicans because they love honor ana d
Ipower-and some because their 0
Fathers were or are. became I
voter at time when to be re- q
publican was to be counted rene
,ode. in these days it would mean
- be called a "a "crank. At
That time men had ropes around
'.their necks with brilliant prospect
of an early death for no other reaS-
, m than that OF daring to announce
4 themselves as being on the side OF
the republicans.
. Rut This did not deter honest
men from coming together from I'll
I. narties for they saw with prophetic
+ we that a great peril was menacing
, Il countrv while they sealed their
: prophetic lips, fearing to give u,-
,Iterance to their thoughts. Through
y fear of allowing the ship OF state 70
h. DRIFT, they shaped measures 'ii't
lid not avert crisis; neither dld
i hasten one. But it did not pro-
vide means to meet one, and that
me was inevitable.
Y. In all their uttcrances, however,
honest lips spoke honest truths, ana
no man led who was morally un'
Nn Unqualified to lead.
OF When YOU array the fathers o'
are this party in line, you have to take
IL ,ff your hat and do homage to each
=. for his honesty, genius and wisdom
Among so many honorable mer
y me is at loss to make selection
upon which to attach the prefix
most They had dared the
scorching fires of the cnraged, ~
anu norant masses and with singed lo;k-
INK and scorched garments they stood
chosen by common consent and
by convictions of duty, the cham
pions Of right from every poltica
y patty then in existence.
There was no subterfuge USED
then. but the declared purpose 0
- Their coming was presented and th'
~. a. war of ballots was waged open
- handed upon the broad field Q
5, truth. In those days it was no
IN considered necessary to select
=, rabbi as the proper one to petitlol
the Throne of Grace--some one VIII
90 90 could be supposed TO stand upo
teeth @ the theological fence and by III
once PRAYERS, if he did not please Goo
would not in any event offend IN
- people. There were no generaliue
III. fused then; we knew what thes
men wanted for they so declared AN
"A as they declared, they did. und'
- such leadership it was an honor
- |be republican. But when OF
II, reads-if he did not have II
q Ichance to see and hcar-thc pr
- ceedings and the platform OF Il
- last convention, and sanely asl
- himself with the expectation OF 7
5T, ceiying an affirmative answer, "A
lock-. | a republican, he needs toat on
MA look To see whether "lchabod" f"
,n,ad not written upon his door posi-
!, an Possibly he may find that the
cordng angel has merclfully.
'layed in the performance OF du'
But that the word will ultimate
v be written there, there is no q ~
The whole platform, from
first to the last, read between
lines, is a glitteling galaxy OF pm
~. .phorescent spots made to appear
! cluster of stars. No doubt Y
~ pties such party. Somepc
ND. ought to, for mcrcy's sake. AS
to all Imen-those who are men-tl
,, ,e ,,nm ana can have nothing but contempt
snd =. al disgust.
~ And when one wanders ann
49, the empty seats in the high pla
,f the nation, and looks down ~
Ba'o slough Of drunkenness and debau
sill ~ a,,d COOS hohnobbing with
sre ir'' I, |denizens of the rumshop, the gal
Ii an ling hell and the bagnio, the WI
r II crayated priests who minister at
.,.... I ,a'" altar Of the Most High, all Tor
'' sake Of being called after a nj