The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-04
.SGATH|NG ARRANGEMENT OF
GRAFTERS AND GRAF TING.

pulpit OF one OF the most prominent
churches I'm Providence. a political SER
mon This was against candidate or one
party and In favor OF the other. The arr
guments advanced were so unfair that j
marvel that a congregation or It's char
acter could retain spiritual leader such
as he" What a knock. What a knock
who was that man. that minister that
did not suit the political writer of the
Providences Journal and who Is now In
danger OF losing his place? II am very
glad 10 say 10 you that the speaker TO
whom / refer was not OF the Methodist
denomination" How nice. They must
have applauded very loudly when they
heard that remark OF the political writer
OF the Providence Journal, that IL was not
directed at any OF their denomination.
A FATAL ADMISSION.
81 do not want YOU to think" he re-
covers himself. Il do not want You TO
's'-l' / am extending compliments 10
WV own denomination That would
not do because they might. probably, con
ceive the notion that he was Just simply
running round TO get them on hts stan
80 he does not want them 20 conceive any
such idea as that. On the contrary,
human frailties take Va all In" What
fatal admission. They even take In the
political writer OF the Providence
Journal.
ed that human frailties take us all in,
I will give you one OF a rather amusing
nature, and | will say 10 you that II Is
not so many years ago that l. personally,
assigned reporter OF the Providence
1 Journal TO report sermon delivered by
| a member OF the Methodist denomina-
tion, in this city. The reporter occupied
front pew. After the services were
concluded the clergyman came down and,
addressing the reporter, said, My dear
! sir, I am very glad TO see you. What
| paper do YOU represent? The reporter
| said. The Journal
The minister said, am glad to know
1 YOU AS I presume my sermon will be
| published, here are ten dollars for you;
and ] want YOU to know YOU will get
| five dollars every time you report my
sermons I assure YOU matter OF
honor that that actually took place. that
| that was the fact He was I'm one of
| the principal churches, but II Is not now
| I'm this district" Well. I don't believe
that: no, don't believe IT, and propose
10 dismiss that in just that way.
BELIEVES ALL AFTER GRAFT.
| I do not believe IT, but from that I
1 gather this one conclusion which | want
! TO impress upon your minds. and that In
that this political writer OF the Provi-
dence Journal believes that everybody Is
| IN this Krart game. But even he mas
his human frailties, Notwithstanding that
he was not surprised nor astounded. lie
tells this In an off-hand way and he
thinks there Is nothing unusual about II
that a minister should undertake to pay
him. TO give him graft for publishing
favorable reports I'm the Providence
Journal
Now what does this prove? 1t proves
that even the Providence Journal is with
| .l.l., tlsat al
, subject TO human frailties, and all pos
sibly liable to be within the influence o.
. graft. But. before ] proceed to reat,
: some facts of a startling nature, I wan
TO read the concluding words OF thi
speech. After telling the Methodist min
listers that he. the honest press. woul,
sound the note OF warning. he goes on I,
say:
Z "The politician is always himself. al
I ways a politician; and this applies for
. chilly and fully, whether preaching from
2 a pulpit or acknowledged as the state
D head
Z Why. this political writer on the Provi
dence Journal does not exempt the Chris
tian ministry OF this community fror
Q being active politicians and despicabl
J. | politicians. lie does not exempt the hea
n OF the state even from being q despicabl
d politician.
i PULPIT MAY BE.
Q But the Honest press "the homes
u press will sound the note OF warning
y and the honest press" will point out tn
. path OF honor and the pulpit may here
. after be silent. and the head OF the stat
= a nonentity SO far the moral wefar
: OF the community Is concerned or th
), political welfare OF the community. A
n the rest OF us are politicians. But IN
4 political writer of the Providence Journs
fp1hH wi In
. ness OF the duties OF his position on ths
| so-called independent paper Why.
would bo beyond conception that the %
Is litical writer would do aught but a,
Il for the best interests OF the state, in 1,
IS moral aspect. i'm it's political aspect. an
II In every other conceivable manner.
Il And what Is that which the polite
Y writer of the Providence Journal IL a
e tempting 10 do. 10 do 10 the extent
I. his influence and the influence OF a
Il journal They are attempting to suppre
NJ every other influence. and this polite
writer OF the Providence Journal is q
tempting TO set himself up as the abs
;, lutte dictator Of everything I'm the sta
n OF Rhode Island except that which co,
+ Germs the r.. l. Merger company. ar
= upon those preserves he shall not poac
n AN ALARMING CONDITION.
= Now MIR President. we arc confront,
" by a condition. an alarming condition.
- am not ordinarily an alarmist but wh'
- - 7 see the rotten condition OF things exis
A.. ing in the state OF my birth propose
4, cry Halt against these people tn
"a have combined and have formed CO
% spracy against the moral. and the .
n cial. and the political welfare Of N
y community. 7 know the political writ
al OF the Providence Journal will ridcu
II me.
The political writer OF the Providen
C. Journal viii say that IL was shrey
ne move and II came from that astute lead
he Of the minority IN the senate and II "
- great blur. IL was a great blun; al
the political writer OF the Providen
Journal will indelibly impress this
those tables OF stone which he calls Z
State House Topics" and sent Il bros
cast throughout the state OF Rho
Island. and the people who don't knC
OF him. and who don't care. who dor
give sufficient thought TO the interes