Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-02-01
THE INSTITUTION AT ST. JOE
INSPECTED BY THE FULTON
ASYLUM OFFICERS.
TIE KANSAS CHRISTIAN PAPER,
Some Sound Sense Anent the Novel
Venture of the Topeka (Kan.)
Capital" War on Slot
Machines.


Editorial Correspondence ofthe Ledger
ST.. JOSEPH, Mo, January "a st.
Joseph lie q prosperous little city,
noted, among other things, as the city
in which Jesse James was killed.
/ had the pleasure Of visiting the
asylum here to-day and found IL to be
most successfully managed nstitu-
ton
l notice a fight is being made In
this part of Missouri on the slot ma
chimes, the kindergarten tools which
hatch gambling. Some towns license
slot machines; other towns won't
permit them at all.
In Mexico everything pays license
except slot machines. 1t costs you
90. 80 license to run a newspaper, but
you can run slot machines galore free.
As a matter Of fact, they should not
be permitted at all.
I notice that an editor in Kansas
is going to run his paper as Christian
daily for one week. We hear good
deal about the newspaper not being
Christian, but / claim that it can not
be successfully maintained that the
modern daily newspaper is not q
"Christian" journal, and endorse the
following:
s'When we use the word Christian
we do not refer to any religion or to
any church. That word In its broader
ssnse--In fact, its only true sense
refers to the simple principles of hu-
man conduct proclaimed by Christ.
Because man-made theology obscures
some of these principles with dogma
tism the popular mind is apt to get
the notion that a newspaper can not
be Christian IL it is not religious. AZ
a matter of fact, the entire secular
press OF this country is Christian to-
day. Is there any daily newspaper in
this country to-day advocating crime
or proclaiming the Ingersollian doc
trine Of agnosticism? Does any news
paper have the boidness to affront
the intelligence OF it's readers by pro-
claiming that the system of ethics
founded by Christ 10 failure and Q
fallscy2
GThe daily newspapers Of the land
stand for Christian civilization and
progress. They resolutely uphold and
affirm the teachings Of Christ as ap-
piled to all AFFAIRS OF human interest
They seek to humanize the relations
of men; they assist the machinery Of
the law in the apprehension and pun
ishment of crime; they exalt virtue
uncover hypocrisy, expose fraud, re-
dress wrongs, promote justice and
drive thieves and rascals from public
office. They help to build churches
and hospitals, they encourage charity
and they plead for the cause OF popu'
lar education.
HThe hob-nailed boot of the presi
kicks venal aldermen out Of the ooun'
Gil and titled impostors and purveyorI
of spurious Christianity out Of society
In it's efforts to uncover crime the
newspaper sometimes shocks the
moral sense of its readers, but IL thu
crime Is made odlous without toe
much extraneous or 'yellow" detail
1t can not be said that it fails to serve
the interests of Christianity and righ
living.
"The daily paper lie not a rellgioul
journal, but its influence tends towarC
the exaltation of Christian ideals ii
business, in politics and in society.
"Beyond ell, the American daill
paper is human, but all Its falling
lean to virtues side,n
| The country weekly press is ever
more Christian and nearly always il
close touch with active church work
A large majority of the newspape
men of Missouri l am sure are active
earnest Christians, and their infuencl
for good is bound to be felt Ia tn
community where they live.
Did you ever see such fine weathe
In january Missouri is fast becom
ing a popular winter resort. Th
more you travel over Missouri tn
better acquainted you become wit
its industries and institutions, publ
and private, and the better you knoV
it's people at home and in buaines
1.-THE better you like the grand oil
Estate. Missouri is all right.
| R. NJ. WHITE.