People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-12-07

do you think any one can ever re-
move this great curse Of the saloon?
Why don't we all act together against
the trafic2 What would Jesus dot
Would he keep silent? Would he vote
to license these causes of crime and
death?"
Henry Maxwell was talking to him
self more than to the others Ee re-
membered that he had always voted for
license, and so had nearly all of his
church members What would Jesus
doi Gould he answer that question:
Would Jesus preach and act against the
saloon if be lived to-day? How would
he preach and act Suppose it was not
popular to preach against license. Sup
pose the Christian people Thought it
was all shat could be dOne-to license
, the evil, and 50 get revenue srom a nee
essary sin Orsuppose the church men,
bers owned property where the saloons
stood. What then? lie knew that these
were the facts in Raymond. What
would Jesus do2
He went up into his study the next
morning with thatquestion only partly
answered. He thought of it all day. He
was still thinking of it and reaching
certain real conclusions when The
Evening News came His wife brought
it up and sat down few minutes while
he read it to her.
/ The Evening News was at present
the most sensational paper in Raymond
That is to say, it was being edited in
such a remarkable fashion that its sub
scribers had never been so excited over
a newspaper before. First they had no
ticed the absence Of the prizefght, and
gradually it began to dawn upon them
that The News no longer printed &C
counts Of crime with detailed dascrip-
tons or scandals in private life. Then |
they noticed that the advertisements Of |
liquor and tobacco were being dropped. |
together with certain other advertise
ments of questionable character The
dlscOntinuance of the Sunday paper
caused the greatest comment of all. and
now the character of the editorials was
creating the greatest excitement. A
quotation from the Monday paper of
this week viii show what Edward Nor
man was doing to keep his promise
The editorial was headed:
1.-THE MORAL SIDE OF POLITICAL DUES
TONS
"Ihe editor Of The News has ALWAYS
advocated the principles of the great
political party at present in power and
has therefore discussed all political
questions from a standpoint of expedi-
ency or Of belief in the party as opposed
to other organizations. Hereafter, to
be perfectly honest with ell our read
ers, the editor will present and discuss
political questions from the standpoint
of right and wrong. In other words
the first question will not be- is it in
the interest of our party?' or is it &C.
cording to the principles laid down by
the party? but the question first asked
will be- Is this measure in accordance
with the spirit and teachings Of Jesus
as the author Of the greatest standard
Of life known to menP That is. TO be
perfectly plain, the moral side Of every
political question will be considered, its
most important side, and the ground
will be distinctly taken that nations as
well as individuals are under the same
law to do all things to the glory of God !
as the first rule Of action. !
1.-THE same principle will be observed !
in this Office toward candidates for '
places Of responsibility and trust in the 4
Republic Regardless Of party politics.
the editor Of The News will Go all in
his power 20 bring the best men into
power and viii not knowingly help to
support for Office any candidate who is
however much he may be
indorsed by the party. The first ques-
tions asked about the man, as about the
will be; is he the right man
for the placer Is he a good man with
ability?' "
There had been more Of this, but we
have quoted enough to show the char
acter Of the editorials Hundreds of
men in Raymond had read it and rub
bed their eyes in amazement. A good
many Of them had promptly written to
The News, telling the editor to stop
their paper. The paper still came out,
however, and was eagerly read all over
the city. At the end Of the week Ed
ward Norman knew very well that he
had actually lost already q large num-
Der Of valuable subscribers. He faced
the conditions calmly, although Clark, ,
The managing editor, grimly anticipated u
ultimate bankruptcy, especially since
Mondays editorial
AOu46Ab Is henry maxwell read to
his wife he could see in almost every
column evidences Of Norman's conscien-
ious obedience to his promise. There
was an absence of slangy, sensational
scare heads. The reading matter under
he headlines was in perfect keeping
With them. He noticed in two columns
hat the reporters names appeared,
igned at the bottom, and there was a
distinct advance in the dignity and
lyle of their contributions
$50 Norman is beginning to get his
epOrters to sign their work BE has
alked with me about that. It is good n
hing. 1t fixes responsibility for items 7
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