Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-14
a CAMPAIGN OF MINISTERIAL
RADtcALIsM

fADtCRLloM.
Bro. Swallow is noted for callini
IhBpa names and saying a saloon is
drunkard factory and that saloon
keepers are the children Of the devi
and brewers are a%rch.hends, and such
nike choice %vernacular.
like Elijah tpardon the bias
phemy,) Dowie HE HAS A BURNING
clustering ROARING VOICE or
CONDEMNATION for all VINO do moi
walk In the straight and narrow patti
and drink what he does.
He sets up a standard Of righteous
ness and bows down before It and
says, behold the holy and perfect man
srhat | am, sinless and spotless, and
sa1 who do not come up to my stand.
mrd are unfit to inhsblt the earth.
He gathers his robes of prlestly
fHeverity about him and proceeds 10
Forget the divine Injunction to not
aaSid others In condemnation, and to
atu0ge not lest We be judged.
But the world is still full OF the
'unco guild" as the Poet Burns calls
sfhem, the "ungodly good" who with
splcroseopic eyes search for the blem.
nahes on their brother man and then
point the sinister finger of scorn at
Rim and say with whitening afecta.
pliUn OF superiority n pharlsalsm
Thou are the man." Scat!
But the national platform of the
Prohibitionlsts contains A VERT.
AISLE cLouoeuRsT or RADICAL.
asaa.
Starting In with absolute prohibi
zion Of all but cold water, 1t winds IN
with a reference to the creation of a
sdiseased ministerial Imagination.
the u%nspeakable traffic In girls by
The MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
OF ALMOST ALL or OUR cITiEs.vl
What a brass band insult to Ameri.
"a civilization, TO say nothing OF
stretching the fact q million or two.
On top Of mental and moral qualih.
cations for the voters-and the minis.
aerial party to be the judges OF those
qualihcations-AN ABSOLUTE DIc.
TAToRsHiP or THE PULPIT IN
PoIlrics-they demand woman SUI.
frage.
They endorse the Initiative and
Referendum which opens the door TO
the submission OF all the wheel pro. |
positions outside the asylums for the
predetermined, and a number OF other :
isms and ologies.'
And amid shoutlngs aud PRAYERS l
and amens aud glory halleluiahs they :
raised a campaign fund OF $40, 900. |
Utterly ignorant Of the fact that our
government can never unite chureb !
and state, and that II Is no more !
proper to have a minister of mi a
church than a clergyman OF another c
Tor President OF the United States. I
they roast the Mormons for poly. a
Samy, and denounce about everything c
under the sun as immoral and IRE G.
iigious EXCEPT THEIR OWN CON. Il
cEPrloN or sloE.sApoLE POLL 81
TICS. c,
one OF the nos brilliant declara.
lions Is In favor OF the application S
OF uniform laws for ali our country p'
dependencies" fl
That would apply the Alaska seal p'
to Omaha, aud the regulations di
Tor driving caribou carts In the phn IN
to American automobiles. and s.
would extend the unholy practice Of be
paying a salary to the sultan OF sum SO
while Il does not say 50. the Plat
.ofm virtually declares Tor the strict co
'ntoroement OF sunday laws. and tho stl
Rhele e%ontraption would leave The Ito
Individual about rs much liberty As th'
would have been granted TO AN Arr As
'oNA cowsoV AT LARGE uNprs gr,
'ht BLUE LAWS or CONNECT.
UT. su,
Cannot the rational friends OF tenn wa
W"N " N~AifNNapNugpg "A
foposed as a basis for government loo
naer nee Institutions cannot he ae Tr'
'p'rd under the thin gulse OF favor ITO.
's The cause OF God aud morainyps six
Under an Intelligent system of gen. Ind
Al education the American peopl. TO
VI s~radually become The -soberest G
'op'o on earth-they ALREADY are coll
ioef TIE leadership Of the misguided pub
mister Of the gospel OF peace posing TIVE
the guide 60 the spiritual kinsdom T
ey Win spit Il out ON
The American conception OF f,ea has
'esnment Is a uahampered h, mer
y r%el'siooa in~iertencence on the ! OF
or BY paritanleal blgOtry on the tive,
lvr has
Ine WHOLE TRENo or PRoHL tire
tloNlsM IS TO DESTROY polt N
AZ l'asRrV AND FREE INsrL wint
TONS than
AWAY ms ORANGES