The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-26
MORGAN'S HOT SHOT.
THE ELOQUENT ARKANSAN ON
CURRENT EVENTS.
snapshots" Taken at the Passing Pro-
cession--The Church Is Moving Away
from the Established Truths of Christ
Sarcastic Comment.

ures within the past few weeks, the
meeting of the eminent fnanciers at
Indianapolis in February might prop
erly be classed among the long felt
wants" They have had the finances
OF this country under their control now
for thirty years, and pretty mess they
nave made of it.
II the failures, and general stagna-
tlon had happened under Populist ad-
mlnistration the plutocratic press
would have got upon its hind legs and
howled itself hoarse, and swore the
country was going to the demnition
DoW-WoWs. AS it is these eminent
hnanciers" (eminently unfit will pass
some resolutions against the green
packs and free silver craze, and recon-
mend that the government go out OF
the banking business-and the govern
ing business also. for that matter.
1t would be interesting to know
where the silyerites and all those who
place so much stress on the free silver
issue would go, provided the Republic
an party redeemed its platform prom
Use and gave US free silver through in
ternational agreement. Of course we
are not risking Our reputation by
prophesying that the Republican party
will do any such thing, but it is
among the possibilities, and about as
probable as that the Democrats would
adopt free silver platform was at
this time last year. If the Republicans
would take this tack on us we would
be almost flanked.
The trusts and corporations will
not always be able to debase the pa
triotism, honor and intelligence OF the
people. The very fact that men Of tai
ent are paid large sums to work for
the interests of corporations is Great
irg demand for talent that promises
to SO stimulate our young men that
there will be more than the corpora
tions will need and can pay--an over
production, as it were. Then equal tai
ent will be employed on the side of the
people and when Greek meets Greek
then comes the tug of war" At any
rate there's going to be trouble in the
camp when it comes to shutting out
young America because he don't hap
pen to have pull with some corpora
tion.
The Philadelphia gas works are a
source of profit to the city. They al
ways have been profitable except for a
brief period Immediately after the re-
drction of the price from Sl.5O to 81 per
thousand feet. This reduction caused
a slight deficiency at first, which was
soon more than made good by the in
creased consumption which dollar gas
brought about. For the year 1895 the
receipts of the Philadelphia gas bureau
were s3,155.956. The current expenses
were $2,9S5,51S. This leaves net
profit of $170,443, of which s54,5S9 were
expended in permanent Improvements
in connection with the gas plant and
S115,S5i We're added to the revenue Of
the city available for other depart
ments. in addition to this the city got
its gas free to an amount which il sold
at the usual rate would have added to
the city treasury s63S.49S.
Rev. Dwight L. Moody was recently
quoted by the New York World as say
ing that there is hardly a name so
unpopular in the world to-day as that
Of Jesus Christ" In this we think
Mr.. Moody very much mistaken. We
think NO name is SO popular as that of
Jesus Christ. Mr.. Moody should not
think that because people do not at
tend church that they do not reverence,
Christ and Christianity. II Mr.. Moody
had said churchianity was unpopular
he would have been nearer the mark.
The fact is the church has alienated
itself from the people to such an ex-
tent that it has lost much of its power
for good. II it desires to do its duty
1t must get back to its primitive sim
plicity. Christ fed the body as well
as the spirit, and attended as much to
the physical man as to the spiritual.
A part OF his mission Oh earth was to
attend to the wants Of the poor.
No man dead or, living il. reyerepced
like Jesus Christ. Christian ands in
tidel bare their heads in reverence to
the great and good qualities of the
man Of Galilee. History sacred and
profane, tells us he went about doing
good only. He sought not the COM
Portable homes OF the rich, but rested
rather with the poor and lowly. He
fed the multitudes when they were
hungry; made wine for the wedding
supper. forgave the erring woman and
preached the gospel to the poor. Is
the church following His example? !?
II It was, through it the people would
express their love and reverence for
Jesus Christ. Mr. Moody is in the
church and II he would get near the
people he must bring the church near
them. In other words the church must
let go of the skirts Of aristocracy and
reach down to the people,
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