The broad ax., 1904-11-19
RELIGION AND POLITICS HAVE
MIX-uP.
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, ana 6eceuI people D3ik 2no bChS8oi
when they see minister Of the gospel
get hungry and greedy enough for cor
Eruption money to let the boodlers GET
him By the neck and lead him around
a. one would q yellow dog.
;. when q minister Of the gospel like
Rev. J. \ Rodgers. whose duty and
cnly business Is to preach the word Of
God and keep the holy church sacred
and free from corruption, turns his
church into Q den Of political ward
heelers and boodIers, what are We COM
ing to?
VIII the divine and political Rod
gers be Kind enough 10 inform Us II
he has dropped religion and taken mp
politics? The people want to know
where they are at.
The ditry work Of the Republican
politicians In Red Bank this year was
assigned to Rev. J. e. Rodgers and his
kind to do, and they did It well.
"on Saturday night Rev. Rodgers
marched to the music behind a brass
band and led q gang OF all sorts Of
characters through the principal
streets OF the town. Rev. Rodgers
marched along In the middle Of the
street through mud and dirt as the
lowest Negro In the levee districts
would have done.
Because the editor of this paper
supported C1las. p. Mcdonald for coun-
ty clerk. he was dubbed a Democrat by
a lot Of fliterates. And at their meet
ing Saturday night, Of which this d.
vine Rodgers seemed to be the boss,
Rev. Dangerheld, another Negro |
preacher and political wardheeler, !
from Ashbury Park, said let let all Ne
groes who support Democrats GO TO
HE'LL.
REV. ]. F funston, pastor OF Pill
grim Baptist church, made a remark
able harangue Of a speech in which he
showed himself to be the happy pos
SCISSOR of a remarkable amount Of igno-
rance. and compared q colored Demo
crat with a black dog.
funston made a worst speech than
1 crazy Indian, and before he got dis
yusted at himself and quit he made a
genuine ass Of himself
'"The writer has seen a good many
lack dogs who had a much deeper
ense of honor and better political
morals than that displayed by the pas
or Of Pilgrim Baptist church at the
own hall Saturday night.
Monday night was divine Rodgers =
reat political feast OF the pass over :
nd he, Dangerfeld and funston were (
be prophets. Christ failed to come
} and drive the money changers and 9
olitical boodlers out of the house Of 5
be Lord, and divine Rodgers was at
is best Rodgers was politically
Apply. 4 =
This divine Rodgers assumed the q
Ill position of a practical political $
ardhee1er, and turned the A. NJ. E. b
ion church of Red Bank into a politi- t.
al now-wow.
las Rodgers marched up the street
ehind a brass band leading a small
ang OF his kind the other night, Mid
) Washington says he hung his head :
shame and humiliation.
at is talked around town that f. pl
cry Roberts bought up the entire "
lurch, including Rogers and the ma p
rity of the board of trustees, for the
agnifcent sum Of two tons of coal
Id six dollars in cash.
What a shame on Rev. Rodgers! y
hat a disgrace on the AN. E. Zion :.
lurch! How humiliating it must be M
Rev. Rodgers congregation! a,
Just think of a minister of the Cos
i getting down among drunkards,
apshooters and the like and hustling
r votes for any party, and getting "a
id out Of the corruption funds. ps
"If a man is to be judged by the =,
mpany he keeps and the things he w.
les, Rev Rodgers should resign from
e ministry and go into politics"
Brother Summersett deserves to be
ghIy commended for possessing the to
anhood to speak out against the
urches being transformed into COM IN
IN political halls. Here in this city,
lere anyone would naturally think
at the colored people are intelligent
d progressive, the cheap white Re- alb
blican politicians bought up the pas In
s of Quinn Chapel, Bethel, Institu- tn
nal, and many of the smaller lar
1rches for an insignificant sum OF
ney and gladly turned their
lrches into political halls, which re- A..
We support from men OF various a.,
itical opinions, and many old politi- Fr
harlots or skunks, and blacklegl an,
Tyers were welcomed into their -
pits with shout of Joy.
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