Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-21

in open hostility to the 5tpYn.h1
l speak. no compliment make no de-
quarter when l assert that to cast a ballot
for the democratic party lin the coming
election Is to cast a stone at the church.
1 open the bible. put my finger upon the
first Psalm. and remind you again that the
BTbiyyirncihi says nd th tbep Is Twete5h" m w wgorS 9s
when / aver that he. who gasts a repub-
lican vote at. the national election Irepudi-
His face. Have no fear that l shall speak
Of party politics-this is party religion,
Some one will say, and truly, that the
liquor traffic has become a question of mere
method, but methods are principles in mo-
ton. and the first Psalm, presents the
whole rationale of Christian method in a
simple sonE-how to wax. how to stand,
how to sit, how to mediate how 70. grow;
fnl the whole earth when the people sing 1t
with a ballot box accompaniment. That
portion Of the requires AN in
/ presume shall be within the truth and
ne proprieties OF this occasion IN saying
man. God is not in all his thoughts, his
ways are always gricvous, his mouth Is fun
his tongue is mischief and vanity. he sit
tcth In the lurking places of the villas es,
in the secret places doth he murder the in
poor. he lieth in wait secretly as a lion
in his den. he lieth in walt to catch the
drawcth him into his net, he croucheth and
hhgmlHleth himself that t. the he, poor so, nay n f al
ny MS strong ones, ne main Sdlu III MS
heart, God hath forgotten"
BASIS OF HIS CLAIM.
What has he to say for his business?
Upon what basis does he calculate his poll
lines of his citizenship? He says, Men
always drank and always, will drink IF
and moral suasion is the only remedy
"Cloce the low dives by increasing the IL
cense and make the saloons reSpcctable;'
Regulation is an eternal prinCiple:' keep
the question our of politics.; we are in
Sympathy with all wise and we'll directed
arce;' public sentiment will not tolerate
a prohibition law; !" and more, but all to
out. upon election day-the one day of the
calendar when men are equal-the average
upon a party boss's thumb, sometimes
right side up, sometimes upside down,
echoes the blasphemy and takes up, the
damnable parody and chants it through, to
the dismay of the church, and the joy and
satisfaction of her enemies: blessed is the
practical man that walketh as erect as
oossible, in the counsel of the u~ngodly, af-
iiliates with the unclean In politics to con-
troll the soap market and confesses spirit
ual insolvency to speculate in his own dis
honorcd pledges for the profit of a party
that scorns the inconvenient virtue that
would do right all day alike blessed
is the man that walketh not in the coun-
sci of the ungodly.'
psalm have to do with action. In Christian
citizenship a resolution shows how the
resolver feels, a ballot shows where he
eth not in the way of sinners
way in politics. we stand in the valley
litlea1 virtue will be in it only as a voice
and a protest. The honor Of the nation"
standards that is a sparring match of
discredited pugilists each of whom has, in
advance, sold the fight TO the saloon.
PLACES TO STAND.
| Three wnyS are oppn where n O. riStian
may take a stand" Republican, democrat
and prohibition. l omit the populist and
my Illustration. but l do so without preju-
dice to, them. To be a republican this fall
the gold dollar. as to be a, democrat is to
stard for, the justice Of a silver dollar. To
tegrity of Christian manhood, the honor of
the church and the Justice of Almighty
God in American, politics. Where are you
no one in this audiepce so weak in his
Christianity or so mean in, his citizenship
as to run away from the election.
Stand here with me Upon this mountain
upon the plain. Two HUNDRED and forty
destroying. promise-breaking, home-defling;
nauper-breeding, wife-beating clans, and
lotry of the nation following on. The stock
yer. coal and light and food; the gamblers,
confidence men, Migrants and criminals of
| 10" anu IlSl utSltc. lLt obiNtSt'htiS, lUt
jackals of the vicious classes. move to their
places. Where? Half to the. democratic
party, whose leader, a clean, brave, honest,
mistaken Presbyterian, bears the flag of
Jefferson, sustained, advised and cheered
Sg T tbg rssty! b h9fl' to H ill.,. Ts95Piins,n A baTtE
led by a snug and willy Methodist Whose
hands are held up by, Greenhut OF the Ma.
Braytons and other despicable. but power
full, procurers of that ilk in darkest poll
tics.
IN H WAY OF SINNERS.
say no word in personal disrespect of
their friends, and their friends comprise
n faf sGgm ana 9na they sTl eNpe OF to- e5' Min ST. 55at 2sta and
ing in the counsel of the ungodly' and by
the contributions of the agglomerated trea-
self, i freely say that rather than choose
between them; in that company, and upon
that conceded and stipulated bankruptcy
of principle, | would strip off my right of
franchise as a filthy rag and voluntarily
0G In politics man a T man's d g SHHaiiEy' is the
he goes, his ballot is the way" he stands,
and the sum of them all is the way" he
foots up, in the long run-his seat of gov
eminent, his capitol. He occupies it by
else.
Blessed is the man that stitch not in
the seat of the scOrnful," but | dare say
to you that the winning candidate in this
campaign will take his seat by virtue of his
having ScOrned the voice of God and of
the church, The peril of the republic is
that congress is no deliberate body, ''ac-
cording to the counsel of the godly or the
patriotic, but "A nest of schemes, where
agreement is impossible save at a price paid
down in party counters or some local
or personal interest, which. disregardinG
downright loyalty. says covertly, you vote
for my bill and ] vote for yours" to the
glory of jobbery. righteousness is un-
thought of there, save as an ad c%aptandum
incident in debate, while in municipal gov
eminent no man. with. rare exceptions, can
ret or hold a GaHf without tho condition of
holding godliness. as defined by the church,
in utter scorn. The United States senator
who said that the sermon on the mount
in politics is an irrediscent dream spoke
literal truth, according TO his light and
the practice of the senate. Send the most
careful newspaper reporter to Mr.. Bryan
TO ask him what his administration will
do about the saloon in the event he wins
and he will tell him frankly: Nothing. /
am opposed to sumptuary legislation"
ONE CANDIDATE SUITS.
Send to Mr.. Mckinley the same question
and he will say: 81 decline to be inter-
viewed" Is 1t as bad as that? Yes, worse,
for II they were to answer according to the
counsel of the godly'' they would be exc
Grated by the parties as fools and traitors.
But | do rejoice 10 know that there is a
candidate in the field. the peer of either
of the others in body and I'm brain, and a
full century beyond them both I'm business
standing and ability. who, If you ask him;
What will your administrator do about
the saloon in case of your election % will
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