New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-23
THE COLORADO GOSPEL.

lshed in Yesterdays Tribune. there Is much
suffering in that very enterprising and some
what laxative town. On Sunday some 4O0O
men, who proclaimed that they were ont of work
and starving or on the verge Of starvation. met
in the Coliseum Hall to consider their own mis-
cradle condition and devise measures OF relief
/, being Sunday and the purpose of the gather
ing being rhilanthropic and humanitarian in its
nature. two clergymento wit. the Rev. Thomas
Tssell anc the Rev Myron W. Reed-were in
vtcd 10 deliver addresses. The propriety OF
calling in. on such day and such an OCCASION
the aid OF the clergv-whose mission on earth
is to preach the gospel Of peace and GOODWILL
minister in all gentleness 10 the wants or the
distressed. soothe the Borrowing. and above ALL
nstl the lessons of sobriety, resignation ana
Christian forbearance-will be at once fecog
niZed There was an especial fitness III putting
the two clergymen above named at the 'front.'
for in both there is that beautiful blending OF
political economy and pie.y which, joined with
a warm heart nimble tongue and crimson
vocabulary. has been found effective In the
past. If not in actually relieving the distressed
citizens Of Colorado. at least in keeping III 'he
ears of all the world their constant. unavailing
the gentleness of his manner. the cathOlcity of
MS views, aud the easy and tn'rammellcd way
in which he grapples with the most puZZlInS
economic problems. and, so TO speak. knocks the
siutiing out Of them. he makes us feel as though
we had known him for thousand years. The
Rev Myron W. Reed. Of course. everybody
knows. He once ran for Congress because he
was a friend of the poor and knew more about
political economy and finance than anybody else
in the world. and knew it differently. No man
has done more TO feed the furnishing in Colorado
with the finest quality Of east wind than he.
His own congregation are so dlstendcd with II
that it takes but two 10 fill 4 pew
The Rev. Mr. Issell has evidently made pro
found study of the science of government on
Colorado lines of thought. The conclusions he
has reached are no mere distractions. but cs-
sentially practical. and. If acted upon by the
1000 starving citizens TO whom they were Of
fervd must prove to be of the highest utility.
In order to bring about change for the better
in the condition of the 1000 starving citizens
whom he addressed he suggested as 1.-THE quick
est way"-and what Colorado always insists
upon is "the quickest way'-that they take
"out half a dozen members Of the City Council
land bury them in the bed Of Cherry Creek as
"a warning TO their successors that the chances
"of the workngmen should not be overlooked
land sighted In order that the politicians could
"fatten their own purses at the expense Of the
"many" This seems to be In the nature OF
new discovery. as we'll as new departure.
During the late campaign the Reverends Cssell
and Reed were preaching the doctrine that 1.-THE
quickest way" to relieve Distress and feed the
furnishing. not only In Denver but throughout
the country. was to call fifty cents n dollar.
The Rev. Mr. Ussells present way Is quicker
even than that Nor could anything be more
simple 1t Is only necessary to take ont half
dozen members of the City Council-a beggarly
half-dozen. who would hardly be missed In a
hustling town like Denver-and bury them in
the bed OF Cherry Creek. 1t is not quite clear.
to be sure, how this proceeding even though 1t
served as a warning to the Councilmen's sue
cessOrs, would 'in the quickest way" improve
the condition Of the 1900 starving citizens I'm
less, indeed. the word starvation Is used in q
Ggurative sense, sgnfying that the 1000 were
starving not for food, but for wholesome excite
ment. 1t is quite possible that this Is the correct
Interpretation. In that case there is no doubt
that this summary disposition of half a dozen
members Of the City Council would meet In the
quickest way a long-felt want
From the all too brief report Of the address Of
that other friend OF the oppressed and needy, the
Rev Mr. Reed, we gather only that he supple
mentcd the phlanthropic effort Of his colleague
by the suggestion that, Notwithstanding the
grinding tyranny Of capitalists. who stolidly and
brually refuse to recognize fifty cents as dol
lar, the people of Colorado have yet left to them
under the Constitution the privilege of carrying
arms; adding thereto that Eve may yet he called
upon TO exercise that prerogative" Whether
the reverend gentleman intends to take up arms
against the halfdozen City Counclmen or
against the rest Of the United States Is left I'M
certain. Our conviction, though, from what we
know Of his determined character. is that he
will not be content with burying half dozen
Councllmen in Cherry Creek, but will exercise
his prerOgatve TO its fullest extent and take up
arms against the whole country. In the event
Of a war with Spain, which the friends Of free
silver and Colorado finance are SO urgent to bring
about. the country would then be placed between
two fires. with the Spanish Navy on the coast
and the Rev. MyrOn w. Reed In arms devastat-
Ing the Interior Nothing could be more deplor-
able. Rather than be confronted with this ter
rible situation we should say it would be wise
for the General Government to issue a permit
to the Reverends' Ussell and Reed to bury the
entire City Council Of Denver In, Cherry Creek
as the quickest way to relieve the oppressed and
needy.
1t was thought when the news came the other
day that Ex-Governor Waite with 500 men was
about to leave Colorado in order to free Cuba
that the State would sorely miss him. But not
much. while the Reverends Cssell and Reed re-
main to make bis place moro than Reod.