The San Francisco call., 1896-11-09
Dr. CASE TALKS POLITICS
Tells What the People Should
Do in Order to Secure
Good Government.
The Speaker Says This City is the
HeadQuarters of Masked and
Veneered Daviltry.

'After the Election. What?" was the
subject selected by Rev. DR.. Case last
night. Among other things he said:
A great election like that of last week is
great focallzer OF thought and feeling.
1t was nation in ferment a nation
aroused. 1t was the most thoughtful
canvass Of the century, and more people
knew why they voted for Bryan or Nc
kinIey than ever before. 1t was most
hopeful canvass, an intelligent focusing OF
thought. The people knew what they
were voting for and did not hesitate to do
It. All this means the breaking up of old
party lines, the burying of old issues and
the taking up of new.
The two old parties are slowly disin-
| tegratlng, for there are other things 20 be
considered besides the question of low
tariff or high tariff. There are moral
issues that must and will be considered. l
do not think l want to live another hun
dred years, but the coming generation will
witness new era of things. Our land is
| the battlefield OF the world. 1t is destined
to become field of blood, in which priest
craft, saloons, misruIc, atheism, lnfidelity,
anarchy, monopoly, capitalism, pauper-
ism, lazlness, socialism and crime will
take part. There will be great struggles
between great armies, and only the Om-
nipotent can tell what the political COM
plexion will be a hundred years hence.
But after the election what2 Election
is a sort OF socialism or communlsm-a
bringing together OF ali the forces favor
4 ing either candidate. After the election
\ it becomes an individuaiism A SOL
emn trust is imposed in the sue
cessful candidates and the people
who elected them should not quietly
| slip in the background. We should work
! all the time and see to it that the bosses
are downed. We must do away with the
! SPOTS system; it is a harbinger of crime
and IS generally demorallzlng to the
masses.
The greatest obstacle in our municipal
! government is the boodIer element, that
Is, the man who buys vote and the man
who sells X. 1t ought to be a penitentiary
! offense for man to sell his ballot To
overcome this we must educate the peo-
pie, beginning with the little children.
We want men to feel the power of per-
sonal influence. l think we should ask
every man who runs for Office if he has a
wife, and if so what kind of a woman she
| IS. Ii man IS not married, then we
ought to know the kind of women he con-
sorts with after regular business. 1t is
this subtle, unseen influence that we want
| to purify the municipality.
Among the people there is at present
but little happiness, whereas thirty OF
forty years ago there was contentment
The air is full OF pessimism and crime is
stalking unchecked through the land
Nearly every day we hear of suicide, and
the divorce courts are full TO overflowing.
Men are trying to band together as Popu.
lists, socialists, labor unions and such
things. and for the most part, especially
i'll Europe, they ignore God. But the
wants of the poor are just as pressing q:
before these organizations came.
The interests of San Francisco demand
a number OF radical reforms. but the poor
have to wait. How long? How long be-
fore Sunday closing? How long before
municipal honestly How long before the
rich are taxed in proportion TO the poor
How long before San Francisco shall be
one OF Gods cities instead of the head
quarters of masked and veneered deviltry
But the world moves. The good old time.
were the bad old times Time was never
so old as now and never SO good. But We
can make them better. How2 BY getting
| right IN with God