The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-17
WOOD WAS SHOT DOWN,
Says Ex-Gov. St. John, and His MUIR
derer Never Punished.
HOT WORDS FROM fHE PULPIT.

HOT WORDS FROk THE PULPIT.
st. John Let in the Cathode Rays in
Several Places in Topeka Tester-
day.
One of the prettiest little churches To-
peka has is that of the Third Presbyter-
ian society on East Fourth street. and it
was well filed last night when ex-Gov-
ernor st. John was introduced by the
pastor, ii. c. Long.
In his address he said:
"We have become partisan slaves
am not going to make a partisan speech
from this pulpit. I may make politi
cal speech. The Lords prayer is the
most terrible arraignment of the poll
tics of today there could be. Thy
kingdom; as though the kingdom could
come to Topeka so long as there is a
single liquor joint in the city. Thy
will be DONE with $50, 900 saloons in the
country.
ave hear great deal of the cruelty in
Armenia and we feel sorry for the Arme-
mans. We should rise and demand that
the Armenian Christian be protected.
But there is a great deal of red tape and
diplomacy to 60 through and the MUIR
ders 60 on.
fright here in our own country we
have had five or six instances of Gods
own people being chained to the stake
and burned, and while they writhed
their eyes punched out with red hot irons,
and none of the perpetrators of These out
RACES are brought to Justice or any effort
made toward that end. 1t is terrible.
"Right on Kansas soil a man who
fought nobly for her freedom, Col. Sam
Wood, was brutslly shot down and not
-. H. H. Il
Furnishing his murderers And yet we
call this the land of liberty and free
DOM
"Here in this state, We, by vote Of the
people, the highest power in the state,
declared that the grog shops should be
closed, and from that day to this in the
larger cities there has been an open and
UNPUBLISHED rebellion against the voice of
the people. And yet every two years tn Q
people of Kansas have endorsed their
decision by not allowing the liquor men
to secure more than % or 80 votes in the
state legislature And here cities are
taking revenue in league openly with
these perpetrators of crime.
''Give US jackson to say. The con-
stitutional law must and shall be pre-
served even though it takes the military
power of the state to do it Think how
humiiating to allow 1000 criminals to
trample on our laws and run the state.
Where is this spirit of anarchy going to
end?
"We need that man who has backbone
aud courage and dares to do right be-
cause it is right May the Lord pity the
angleworm backbOned, putty politician
who doesn't dare give an expression on
the enforcement of the law.
Il am free to speak for l am not a can
didate for any office and never shall be.
I'VE can suppress the joints if we will
Don't talk to me and say that 800, 900
votes can't suppress 1000 joints What
namby PANTY, chalk and water principle
to say that public sentiment is against
the enforcement of the law and we can't
do it What if Grant, when he went
south to crush the rebellion, had re-
turned and said to Lincoln: Il find that
public sentiment there is against US and
we can't do it,
"Iu every Fourth of July speech ever
made we have delighted to talk about
this being government of the people.
for the people, and by the people, 1t is
no such thing. Nor will it be till we
give to the wives and mothers the same
power to save their men and bows that
We give the jointists to destroy them.
lApplause.
''One time I spoke in a penitentiary
to crowd of 1000 persons. There
were 991 men and 9 women. 1t was the
only place you would have found it that
way In a few nights I attended
prayer meeting at which there were 81
women and men. Those 991 men were
representatives of those that have the
running of the country
IF Kansas would give woman the
right to be heard and felt in the cleo
tions there would be no more complaint
about local public sentiment being
against the enforcement of the law and
she will have it in Kansas within ten
years.
what we need is more love of coun-
try and less love of Doodle, more brains
and less brass. Let the people that be-
live in the right stand shoulder j.. to
shoulder and say to these political par
ties DO the right thing or you can't
have our votes and you will see diff
fersnt state of affairs in this country"