Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-09-06


masses he asked himself whether,
after az, this was not just about such
| q multitude az Jesus faced oftenest, and
he felt the genuine emotion Of love for
q crowd which is one Of the best indi-
cations preacher ever has that he is
living close to the heart Of the worlds
eternal life It's easy to love an indi-
vidual sinner. especially if he is person
ally picturesque or interesting. To love
q multitude Of sinners is distinctly q
Christlike quality. 49,. i
When: the meeting closed, there was
no special interest shown. The people
rapidly melted away from the tent, and
the saloons which had been experience
ing dull season while the meetings
progressed, again drove thriving
trade. The Rectangle, as if to make up
for lost time, started in with vigor on
it's usual night life Of debauch. Henry
Maxwell and his little party, including
Virginia, Rachel and Jasper Chasa
walked down past the row Of SALOONS
and dens until they reached the corner
where the cars passed.
tThis is'a terrible spot, - said Henry
Maxwell as they stood waiting for their
car. II never realized that Raymond
had such fostering sore. It does not
seem possible that this is a city full of
Christian disciples -
He paused and then continued:
''Do you think any one can ever re-
move this great curse Of the saloon2
Why don't we all act together against
the trafdc1 What would Jesus dot
Would he keep silent? Would he vote
| to license these causes of crime and
death3"
Henry Maxwell was talking to him
self more than to the others. He re-
membered that he had always voted for
license. and so had nearly all of his
church members. What would Jesus
dot Gould he answer that question:
Would Jesus preach and act against the
saloon if he lived today2 How would
he preach and acta Suppose it was not
popular to preach against license. Sup
pose the Christian people thought it
was all that could be done-to license
the evil, and so get revenue from nee
essary sin. Or suppose the church men,
bers owned property where the saloons
stood What tAen3 He knew that these
were the facts in Raymond What
would Jesus dot
He went up into his study the next
morning with that question 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 remarkable fashion that it's sub
scribers had never been SO excited over
q 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 descrip-
lions or scandals in private life. Then
they noticed that the adver tisements Of
liquor and tobacco were being dropped,
together with certain other ADVERTISE
ments Of a questionable character. The
discontinuance 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 will show what Edward Nor
man was doing to keep his promise
| The editorial was heai1ed:
1.-THE MORAL SIDE OF POLITICAL CUES
! TONS.
1.-THE 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 stand point Of expsdi-
! ency or Of belief in the party as opposed
! to other organizations. Hereafter, tc
be perfectly honest with all our read
CHS, 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, rs this measure in accordance
with the spirit and teachings of Jesus
as the author Of the greatest STANDARD
Of life known to men 2. That is, to b.
perfectly plain, the moral side Of every
political question will be considered, it,
most important side, and the ground
will be distinctly taken that nations a.
well as individuals are under the same
law to do all things to the glory of Goo
as the first rule of action.
1.-The same principle will be observed
in this office toward candidates fo1
places of responsibility and trust in thu
republic. Regardless of party politics
the editor of The News will do all il
his power to bring the best men into
power and will not knowingly help tx
support for office any candidate who il
unworthy. however much he may b
Endorsed by the party. The first ques
tions asked about the man, as about tn
measure, will be-: is he the right mar
for the placer Is he a good man will
ability?'
There had been more of this, but W,
have quoted enough to show the char
acter Of the editorials. Hundreds d
men in Raymond had read it and rub
bed their eyes in amusement A goo
many Of them had promptly written t.
The News. telling the editor to stol
their paper: z he paper still came out
however. and was eagerly read all owe
the city. At The end Of the week Ed