The Princeton union., 1899-10-05

dlcrous to see the faces of the men
who for years have done as they pleased
when President Marsh rose to speak.
Many of them asked, Who is he?' The
CONSERVATION deepened as the primary
proceeded and it became evident that
the old time ring of city rulers was out
numbered. Henry Maxwell. pastor of
the First church; Milton Wright, Alex
ander Powers. Professors Brown. Will.
lard and Park Of Lincoln college, Rev.
John West, DR.. George Maine of the
Pilgrim church, Dean Ward Of the Holy
Trinity and scores of we'll known busi-
ness and professional men. most of them
church members, were present, and it
did not take long to see that they had
all come with the direct and definite
purpose of nominating the best men
possible. Most of these men had never
been seen in a primary They were
complete strangers to the politicians.
but they had evidently profted by the
politician's methods and We're able by
organized and united effort to nominate
the entire ticket
LAS soon as it became plain that the
primary was out of their control the
regular ring withdrew in disgust and
nominated another ticket The News
simply calls the attention of all decent
citizens to the fact that this last ticket
contains the names Of whisky men, and
the line is distinctly and sharply drawn
between the machine and corrupt CITY
government. such as we have known
for years, and clean. honest, capable.
businesslike city administration, such
as every good citizen ought to want.
1t is not necessary to remind the people
of Raymond that the question of local
option comes up at the election That
will be the most important question
on the ticket. The crisis of our city
affairs has been reached The issue
is squarely before US. Shall we con-
tlnue the rule Of rum and Doodle and
shameless incompetency. or shall we.
as President Marsh said in his noble
speech. rise as good citizens and be-
gin a new order of things, cleansing
our city Of the worst enemy known to
municipal honesty and doing what lies
in our power to do with the ballot-to
purify our civic life2
1.-The News is positively and without
reservation on the side of the new
movement. We shall henceforth do all
in our power to drive out the saloon
and destroy its political strength We
shall advocate the election of men nom
mated by the majority of citizens met
IN the first primary, and we call upon
all Christians, church members and low
ers Of right, purity, temperance and
home to stand by President Marsh and
the rest OF the citizens who have thus
begun long needed reform in our
city.
President Marsh read this editorial
and thanked God for Edward Norman.
At the same time he understood we'll
enough that every other paper in Ray
mond was on the other side. He did not
misunderstood the Importance and seri-
business of the fight which was only Just
begun It was no secret that The News
had lost enormously since it had been
governed by the standard of "What
would Jesus do?" The question now
was. ''Would the Christian people of
Raymond stand by it" Would they
make it possible for Norman to conduct
daily Christian paper, or would their
desire for what is called "news,' in
the way Of crime, scandal. political
partisanship of the regular sort and
dislike to champion so remarkable re-
form in journalism, influence them to
drop the paper and refuse to give it
their financial support? That was, in
: fact, the question Edward Norman was
asking even while he wrote the Satur-
day editorial He knew we'll enough
that his action expressed in that edi-
torial would cost him very dearly from
the hands of many business men Of
Raymond, and still as he drove his pen
over the paper he asked another ques-
tion, "What would Jesus do?' That
question had become part of his life
now. It was greater than any other
But for the first time in its history
Raymond had seen the professional
men. the teachers. the college profess
sors, the doctors, the ministers, take
political action and put themselves
definitely and sharply in antagonism to
the evil forces that had so long con-
CAOl1CO CuS u1dCu1u0 Ol Uu0
government. The fact itself was aston
ishing: President Marsh acknowledged
to himself, with feeling of humilia-
tion, that never before had he known
what civic righteousness could accom-
plish. From that Friday nights work
he dated for himself and his college a
new definition of the worn phrase, "the
scholar in politics. " Education for him
and those who were under his influence
ever after meant some element Of suf-
fering. Sacrifice must now enter into
the factor of Development
At the Rectangle that week the tide
of spiritual life rose high and as yet
showed no signs cf flowing back. Rachel
and Virginia went every night. Vir-
ginia was rapidly reaching a conclusion
with respect to a large part of her
money: She had talked it over with
Rachel, and they had been able to
hgree that if Jesus had a vast amount
of money at his disposal he might do
with some Of it as Virginia planned.
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