The herald., 1898-09-19

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world, and its purpose will only be sub
served when this glorious end shall have
been accomplished. The church of Christ
exists in the earth to effect this noble end
Rev. w. d. p Bliss of the Union Reform
league yesterday spoke of the danger to
reform movements of
"Not in par IS a n politics.
Politics' Truth. he said, should
never be ''in politics"
it should rule politics. Principles should nor
obey parties; parties should obey prin-
ciples. Los Angeles needs to remember
this especially at this season. The cry of the
partisan is in the land-the cry of Repub-
lean part ,sans, Democratic partsans, So
cialist partisans, caucuses. conventions,
nominations are on every hand. The city
will have three elections before Christmas.
At such a time the hope of the city is in the
Independent vote. He who cries MY
party right or wrong" he who so ident.-
fies his principles with one party that he
thinks more of his party than his principles
is foe to progress.
Reformers are in danger of this as well
as any other class. The League for Better
City Government in Los Angeles IS reported
to have gone to pieces on the rock of poll
tics. The Union Reform league must avoia
that rock. 1t should not be identified with
the Republican party. or the Democratic
party. or the Socialist party. 1t is not a
tail to the Socialist labor party. Principles
are the exclusive ownership of NO party.
Republica nism is greater than the Republi-
can party; Democracy is hol!er than the
Democratic party; temperance IS not con-
fined to the Prohibitionist party; Socialism
is not to be identified with narrow Social
ist labor party
There are two types of reformers. One
moves in the realm of ideas, broad and
great He states his ideas, he proclaims
his principles, he knows no compromise.
He trusts his ideas TO work: he does not
limit them to any party. He is not party
man. The ideas spread. At first men
laugh; they say the ideas are visionary i'm
practical. But the ideas take root; they
are adopted little by little. At last the
IDEAS win. The other type of reformer
sees principles, but he Identifies the prin-
c:ple with one particular party. He
thinks so much of party that he
forgets 10 work for his principles
He attacks and accuses and con-
him. He becomes a Pharisee. So We
have today the Republican Pharisee, the
Democratic Pharisee. the temperance
Pharisee and the Socialist Pharisee.
These men are usually honest. only they
are usually men of small minds and small
caliber They become machine men. In
such party men there is little hope. They
become he tools of bosses. Socialism is
the union of all the people. 1t can never
be made a class cry. The Socialist who
tries to raise the cry of class against class
h;4 not understood the first principles OF
true Socialism. Socialism Is the battle Of
right against wrong, not the strife of the
poor against the rich. 1t divides by prin-
ciples, not by classes. Beware of that man
who would divide society. He may form
a little sect; he may get up a little two
penny party; he will not, he cannot, reform
the world He IL like the Sandemanian
sect. of which 1t is said that Calvin, having
succeeded in damning ninety-nine per cent
of mankind, this sect succeeded in damn
ing ninety-nine per cent of the followers OF
Calvin. Beware of sectarianism, either in
politics or religion. BY a non-partisan
union movement The good citizens, of Chi
cago have recently turned out fifty out OF
fifty-seven corrupt members of their coun-
ell. Those are the deeds that tell We
need more fidelity to principle and less
slavery to party.