The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-05
REPUBLIC SAFE,
SAYS CARDINAL
Neither Mckinley Nor Bryan
Can Affect Prosperity.
SOUND AMERICAN SERMON.
Archbishop Of Baltimore Urges Every Citizen
10 Vote and Not Be a 0Tons In The
Social Hive.

Baltimore. Nov. 5.--Cardinal Gibbons
took occasion az high mass yesterday TO
say a few words on the subject OF the
coming election I'm his regular monthly
sermon to his congregation at the ca
thedral.
The cardinal never takes any active
part I'm politics, but to those who are
fortunate enough 10 be I'm his confidence
he does not hesitate TO express himself
freely upon the issues involved In the
present contest.
He takes the position that there need
be no alarm upon the part OF any one
over the result OF the coming Election,
and asserts that there is nothing in the
situation TO warrant the belief that the
election of either candidate will in any
wise seriously AFFECT the future welfare
and prosperity OF the American republic
His sermon was as follows:
DUTIES or CITIZENSHIP
Render 10 Caesar the things that are
Caesars, and 10 God the things that are
God =. Matt. xii
Every man in the commonwealth leads
n dual life, a private life under the shad-
ow OF the home, and a public life under
the aegis OF the state. As a father, hus-
band or son. he owes certain duties TO
God as well as To the family; as a cit
izen he contracts certain obligations TO
his country. These civic virtues are all
comprised under the generic name OF
patriotism.
"On next Tuesday an election will be
held throughout the United States for the
highest office I'm the gift OF the people
There are two candidates for the presi-
dency. Mr.. Mckinley and Mr.. Bryan. OF
course, only one candidate will be sue
cessful.
"All the efforts of the other will have
been expended I'm vain. Immense outlays
OF money will have bean squandered. and
the oratory OF many distinguished speak
ers will have wasted its sweetness on the
desert air
IL earnestly hope that the result OF the
election Will be- so decisive as TO leave no
room for doubt or cavil or contention,
such as happened when Tilden and Hayes
were candidates I'm 1876.
..Ee et tfs hope also, for the honor of our
elective system, that in no single polling
district OF the land will the verdict of the
majority be defeated by fraud or bribery
or intimidation and that the ballot box
which is the palladium OF our liberties
and the expression of the popular will
may be everywhere held sacred and in
violable.
SHOULD BE NO DRONEs.
'No citizen should be drone in the
social hive. No man should be an indif
ferent spectator OF the political and civic
events which are occurring around him
AS we are all equally protected in our
person and property by the strong arm
OF the government. we should take per-
sonal, loyal and vital interest in the
nations welfare.
vote, then, on Tuesday. for the can
didate of your choice. Ana az you are
guided by your conscientious judgment in
the selection OF your candidate, you
should give TO your neighbor who differs
from you due credit for being actuated
by the like honorable motives. Do not inn
agine that the country will go TO perdi-
tion II your favorite is defeated.
And let not your opponent indulge I'm
the pessimistic notion that we shall wit
ness revolution and a social upheaval
If his candidate is not elected.
'"rhe nation has passed through many
trying ordeals during the century which
Is drawing TO n close. and has survived
them all. The American people are as
fruitful I'm resources now, and will be as
resourceful in the future, as they were
I'm past generations, and with the bless
ing of providence they will be equal to
every emergency that may arise