The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-04
IS ENDORSED BY THE PULPIT
REV. THOS. HAMBLY DISCUSSES
THE DEMOCRAT PLATFORM
ments Handed Out by Any Party,
and One That VIII Bear Dissec-
tiOn-HOpes the Party, if Sue
cessful, VIII Work Out the Tenets
Therein Advocated.

Rev. Thomas Hambly. of the Clinton
Avenue Methodist church, discussed
the platform of the Democrat Citizens
convention in a prelude to his sermon
last night. He pronounces the docu-
ntent all right. Here is what he said
AS student in political economy. and
que VINO IS firm believer in the principles
OF aphed Christianity, want with others
G 70 append my approval of the Democratic
= believe it to be one of the cleanest
documents handed out by any party for the
STUDY or the citizens. or course, the first
lew clauses or preamble we need not Dis
cuss. They are the usual protests against
everything that does not emanate from the
party, and the regular call of all noliticaI
paer,es 10 tne people for condemnation of
Inc same statement of things you have
found at the head Of every platform in the
past, and in all probability will find for some
We are fast becoming a nation of eco
nomlc study. The principles of human re-
Iat onsh1p are the engrossng themes of all
IaDoIing organizations. schools. colleges. uni
FefSlties, Cnautauqua and all other reading
circles. There is not commanding perfodi
cal in this or scarcely any other land that
does does not emb0dy it as one of the chief fea-
lures of its publication. and it is pleasant
to note that the different divisions of cit
zens laying claim to the right of govern
ment are placing these principles in Their
PiolIoi LIS. 1t CeIldInly SHOWS a march n
ward in human progress. The first clause
we Will notice Is the seventh, relating to
our police force, and which states that
1t mas earned the condemnation of all law
apidlng citizens by the unfitness of its
cnief' The Gruber case that has just end
ed bears out this charge. According to evil
aence given and published it reveals the
G faGt that ia, man was arrested in Mayor
that hole of crime of about $3.50 in $40 god
pieces The robber only yielded up this
money to be divided among the police. all
sharing in the spoil from the chief down.
The fact is also brought out in evidence
that strict orders were given from head
quarters not ct to arrest person fer any
Gained this Immunity from moiestation be-
cause Of the aid he had rendered the Re
publican party That clause should stand
and every citizen should stand under it.
and call for an immediate cleaning cut of
the force. Our mayor should forthwith
suspend every man implicated and as fast
as evidence is adduced convicting them,
discharge Them put them under arrest
and see the machinery of prosecution at
work until every man received his just
dues 1t is a toss-up whether man falls
into the hands of robbers the police.
The ninth clause should meet with an
4roval. This declares in favor Of respect for
the laws, and justice and equality in the
execution of them. Surely We need return
our old mornings. There is little respect for
laws in the city Only last week a case was
tried against disreputable place. The pros
ecution was brought on by good citizens in
the interest of moral law and order. All the
evidence was against the keeper of the
place. The judges charge was against him.
but the jury, that tester spot On the body
legal of our courts rendered a verdict in
favor of the defendant on the ground that
they did not want the Citizens league pry-
ing into private business.
''The eleventh clause, which declares that
economy which impairs the facilities for the
n Duhtic schools ho
justified, is full Of wisdom and challenges
the criticism Of all or any. Our public
schools are the most sacred interest of our
nation, and the great antidote to crime and
perjury.
.'That portion Of the platform from the
twelfth to the seventeenth clause inclusive
is one of the safest sections ever placed in
the enunciated principles Of a body of peo-
pie. 1t is a safeguard against monopolies
and combinations and the 'boodling' away
of the peoples rights, privileges and profits.
1t Is statesmanlike in that it Is laying the
foundation of safety against giant crush
ing forces that will in the future. when St.
Paul shall have expanded four times beyond
her present proportions. make government
by the people an impossibility. because of
the death grip that capital will have upon
every artery of life and trade within her
corporate limits. The treachery of the lead
ers in public life and the blind Indifference
of the masses have bequeathed the atmns-
phere of hell and placed in CALLING economic
slavery the people of the large cities of our
own and other lands. American Cities says
Mr.. Andrew D. White, the great American
diplomat, with few exceptions, are in their
government the worst in Christendom the
most expensive, the most inefficient and
the most corrupt
"The nineteenth clause is an important
one, demanding an assessment of all prop
erty in Ramsey county without favoritsm
to any individual or corporation. This
covers the rich as we'll as the poor. The
latter are not the principal ones in evad-
ing the law. One day last week John Jacob
Astor, of New York, swore that his pos
sessions did not exceed $3.50, 600. Within
the following twenty-fou hours he took
passage to theiWest India islands and in
vested 100000 in a. coffee plantation. Elk
President Benjamin. Harrison. speaking in
Chicago on George Washington's. ami
forms the foundation stone of our govern
mental structure. The duty of the state to
protect life. liberty and property is con-
ditioned upon, fair contribution to the
cost of government. To evade that duty
is moral delinquency an unpatriotic act
1.-THE last clause Is worthy of our highest
considerations The maintaining of cur