The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-10-31
INFERENTIAL CONCLUSIONS.

nois. said it would cost $4,000 to make
the race for United States Senator in
Illinois, and that he did not have that
amount Of money that he was willing to
throw away in what he was sure would
be a losing race. ne simply stated the
tw" things that are apparent iii the body
Of that statement. There j. no room
III it for the charge. by Inference or
otherwise, that he is bribcr ana cor
ruptionist III politics that i heinz Held
in check hy financial inability: neither
is there room III il for any one 10 charge
him, by Inference or otherwise, with say
Ing that the successful senatorial canii
hate from Illinois. would necessarily be- 4
t.;ber and corruptiouist Yct that il
SHAT the Morning News charges. hy nm
warranted inference, against Mr.. Cannon.
Tile Morning News has no right % IN
t"rprrt Mr.. Cannon'S words, to his dis
credit, 10 ihe Giscredit Of the successful
senatorial candidate from his Statr. ar
~ the discredit # tn" people ID that
II
which dons not appeaI in the plain words
u Ill statement In the words credited
n MI Cannon ~ quoted by the NawS.
there j. not anything that could suggest
W any one not morhidIy inclined e. evil
-I~picion> and surmises, q thought If
l'iinIy ana corruption il the politics Of
senatorial canvass. Il may hn triIr
aid dprbtlcss IL true, that the News ,lnrs
'F,l snow, is nJt able To- comprehend, why
\, costs $4,000 ID make senatorial race
"A Illinois. But that is MT the only
3 thin. that the News does not knoy AMI
which I cannot rightly interpret by lin
ference" For instance. ii does not know
/ why, when they herd in the SAM pas
/ tine and feed upon the same Kind Of
/. trnd. wool grows On the backs OF sheep,
and feathers on the backs Of geese. / lat
il case where inference would - inf
n,fely wrong. Assuming that like pro-
duecs like, il would appear to be a fair
inference that the grass upon which
sneop and g"esc feed should give them
hp same kind of body covering: The
f..G AZ stated upon the Lacks uf the
'!lr.r ana III" srrs"' dlspr"Et tile 'iiltf-
uhee.
But tim' i not the only th1hg mat
lie Nnws does not know. Th.rt il at
Toast on other. Gan il tell us by i'm
r"shc"' WIS good people should spend
money TO srt themselves ana "'hcr people
" Heaven: mere II 'hr Nnt% nnsi dh'
'harl'% Tor saNlhS mat "hiralie" upon
tla' heavenly estate "aiil"' IN purchased
&itli money, u !. <nia ihai "tttNo'Nrf
"!iL may Iai'tak" 81 III" water 81 lIfc--
eternal lltr-fr""lN. And yet tier" al"
ifiilinMS ~ d7iat- sieht every Neaf l"i
lht propagation - ll' gospel IN he SUP
H9rl q cliHrch"S' "" support ~ missions
iil"i ~ me lhSiAeht g lIilillNlGfiAl sal
lFl"s Assuming mat mr. mission 81 ny
rhhrrh ~ u" w"rid Is lacked ~ ~
mighty wisdom ana power, 'hat y -
organization ne teachers = " 'flth'
Wei" sent FORM Wl'hoHl money "r loo''
AZ change q rlothlls' WIN instructions
70 laE" no thought tor VI" morrow, hn'
liht they wtrr to t"ll ~" world lilnt III
favor 90 God fellowship Wlih Chflsl
ihd "t"filnl ihiss ~ li"aYth' c"hld %
l.ad ~ 'aell 'hd eNtTE lAHNlHlal Wh
&9'lId a''rP ~ without money ihd WY
on pfl"'' why do"S me iA"utfh chNirI!
,prhd millions p dollars eY"rE year y
carrying forward the work begun unit
.urh auspices aud such mSiructionSt !
thr News ready 10 infer that tis appar
emily unnecessary expenditure u q y
nous sums Of money, is prupf ~ hrlhrr
aud c9rrnptient If il thinks -, dare
spy 80? But to carry THAI rlra ruIth"l
is the News ready to infer evil Of til
ministers If tho modern church, who iii
in comfortable houses and receive libert
: ala,ieS, because III" men IL whom thc
! aip the successors left their homes Will
y otl money, or script, or changc of clut!
irG, aud taking ~ thought fur the mpl
row SET forth to conquer the world by dt
!" caling the truth!
y The Kind Of Inference" made by tn
MeSs from The words q Mr. Cannon, 9