The Cairo bulletin., 1904-07-31

Keeper, TO tine brewer anu 10 Ine Wnr
merchant. get out OF this convention
hall. BE off. We defy You and your
Satanic hlrcings. You are destroying
our youth and our strong manhood
with your liquid poison. out, agents
Of darkness Out! Out" No, that Is
not the way the different conventions
spoke. In their suggestive silence they
say. "Bramble alcohol. we may yet
elect you king but not now. However,
II you promise to help us now we will
promise not to hurt your trade here
after" Am ! wrong in stating that
bramblc alcohol IS one Of the threaten
ing dangers confronting the future
sovereignty Of this land?
Evils OF Licentiousncss.
l would like, If there had been time
enough to have spoken of another
form of evil threatening this land and
bidding for kingship. ! allude to the
atty. know that most people will
lift their hands in horror as | speak
and say, "Why, there is no danger like
that threatening us.' Yes, there Is, my
friends. When an honest man is elect
ed to the highest executive office of a
city he finds out, much to his surprise,
he cannot shut up the brothels as he
would. He cannot stop the immoral
evils OF tYae low dance halls. Every
where our cities are honeycombed with
~ Of
polls back up dishonest officials in their
willingness to allow these evil resorts
to exist. | have spoken only the sober
truth when l have warned you that
bramble atheism, brambe gold, BRAN
BILE alcoholism and bramble licentious
ness, the four great evil forms of the
would be bramble king, are trying to
take possession of our American liber
ties and throttle out their life.
Well says some one, how, then,
are we to keep the brambie-th hate
full worthless hramble- from becom-
ing ruler In American politics| All,
my friends. the direct teaching Of this
Jotham's fable tells the whole story.
When did those delegates of trees
down in the valley of Shechem do?
They first offered the rulership to the
olive tree, then to the fig tree, then to
the vine. But these three practically
said: Nay, we would not leave our
responsibility and comfort to 20 md
mingle in dirty politics. We would
stay off here alone in dignity and
quiet and ease" That is the whole
story. The reason the brambIe be-
came king in J0tham's fable was be
cause the olive, The fig and the vine
refused the rulcrship for which they
were 80 eminently fitted. And today
the reason the bad element prcdoni- |
mates in so many of our city and c0un- |
ty and state elections is because so
many of the better element refuse to |
didates for tile humber offices. refuse
to see that public moneys are admins
tered as honestly as private funds. 1t
is said that when Michael Angelo was
painting his most famous picture in
the Sistine chapel of the Vatican there
was Il member of the pope's household
who himself would do nothing to right
the wrongs of the Vatican. All that |
this member of the household would |
10 was to stand around and find fault. |
Thus when Michael Angelo painted |
the arclfiend in his great canvas OF |
The Last Judgment he painted the |
face of this fault finder. this critic, |
who was also do nothing. So today, |
# we would draw a verbal picture of |
me of the greatest evils OF American |
honest official who for years is Il chron- |
c candidate and holder of public of |
Ace: we would describe the so called |
Christian man who Is the stay ut |
home" we would picture the Chris
ian olive tree. aud the Christian |
az tree. and the Christian vine, who, /
ike those in Gotham's fable, refused |
he scepter aud lazily and indiffcrently |
allowed the destructive bramble to be |
elected king.
Thus Jothams fable or parable /
caches us that man has q RESPONSE
lihty 10 his government rs well as 10 +
his home: a responsibility 10 those who
hail rule over him as well MS 10 those /
lnder him. by this statement am / I.
iere to tell you for whom 10 vote? Oh, /
10. I would speak TO you Just as that |
great and good man Andrew Jackson
iah to that great future statesman. |
Richard Thompson Of Indiana. when n
'oung boy he went with his father to /
all upon the president After 2 short /
Richard Thompsou's IA
her turned and said: Mr.. President,
NY son Dick is not of my political
aith. ! fear he is going TO vote against
-ou in the next election" Instead Of
ipbrniding the son, "Old Hickory"
urned and said: Young man. 7 have
10 advice To give you except this: Al
vays think for Yourself and let your
Ice your guide" So In the
'omng election | say TO you, "As a
christian man think for yourself ana
ct your conscience be your guide"
But hereafter. in the home or on the
trcet and in church. always make your
public business yolr Christian bust
less. Always make your duty 10 your
4ty. 10 your state. 10 your nation. your
,hFistian duty. Then the great dan
,o~s which Threaten this olfr nntfvc I