Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-06

Ichurch membership. Dr. StruDle Sc
lverely condemned the designating OF
the general Christian church as Baby
lon," its ministry as ''hirelingS" and
the denominations as children of a
harlot'' This Technology of come.
out-ism' he said. has properly no
place in the literature of party which
seeks to unite Christian voters in the
name and spirit of the Man of Gallilee.
1t can have but one RESULT has had
but one result-namely 10 engender an
tipathy and the holy contempt of sane
Christianity. II should be evicted al
once and with vigor from our party
! household and sent with the legions of
Gadara down the steep place of de
struction.
| Is Ont for Teddy"
Il have the utmost confidence in the
triumph of Christianity. and l believe
| that triumph, socially and politically.
as well spiritually. will be accom-
plished through the unification of the
great body of Christians who are to
day members of various denominations
of. the church. Even now the spirit OF
union is active. A great inter-church
conference will be held in New York
City on Nov. Is which will represent
over 5000, 900 communicates, the OBJ
ject of which is the forming of a gen
eral federation of Protestant churches.
That most wonderful Christian man
who dwelt in the White House, the
man of the hour. the apotheosis of
American manhood. Theodore Roose-
welt, is one of the prime movers in the
conference. Judges of the supreme
court of the United States, governors.
United States senator's, congressman.
mayors. college presidents, as well as
clergymen, are among the list of speak
ers. We ought to send representa-
tive TO that conference and draft q
memorial for him to present.
Banner of Love.
The spirit of unity is in the air
Great wrongs have been perpetrated
it is true; much wrong is current TO
day, but the forces for righteousness
are in the ascendant and BelshaZZer's
feast of corruption is nearing its end
The great heart of the Christian citi-
zenship of the globe beats strong and
true for the righting of every wrong
If We are ever TO propose a program
for the unification of that citizenship,
we must drop the bludgeon of abuse
and hoist the banner of love.
My personal judgment is that we
should recast our movement on the
briefeSt declaration of principles ade-
quate to express its scope and pur
pose. eliminating all matters having q
tendency to cause disagreement from
n, ar;r -,
with a greeting of love to every son
and daughter of Adam and an invita-
ton to cooperate with us. This, too
without any demand. expressed or i'm
piled, that such Christians shall come
out of their own particular family
group, but that they shall maintain
whatever church relation seems to
them good.
Plain Words.
"Reconstructive work Of this sort
necessftates the use of plain words, the
spirit and intent of which may not be
clearly understood by some of the per
sons interested; but / am strongly i'm
pressed that the committee has done |
ton is approved by large number of |
the friends of the party the ballots re-
ceived will prove. 1t is my hope that |
this conference will be blessed in |
bringing about a clear solution of our |
difficulties and that from henceforth |
this movement may prosper in the |
courts of our God.
who is Struble:
Who is this man Struble, and who is |
this man Orlando Edgar Miller, who |
is named as treasurer of the newly |
named national committee? 1t seems |
that they are the persons who have |
taken it upon themselves to come here |
and reorganize the party over the head |
Of the national chairman with no Gre
hentials to show by what right they |
operated.
The speech before the members in
conference puts w. r. Benkert, the ma
tiOnal chairman, in bad light before
the public with reference to the things |
credited to the paper issued at the |
chairman as the official organ. Stru
BILE casts various verbal missiles at the |
head of the Davenport man. Mr.. Ben
kert is well known here and his
friends are backing him in his de-
Tense against this aggregation that
comes from everywhere and nowhere
and attempts to throw him out. The
question now is, who are Struble and |
StrubIe vs.. Miller.
Mr.. Benkert exhibited to an Argus
today letter from Stru
bic. received some time ago, in which
Miller, with whom he had had some
daaI of |
in the highest terms. Struble. himself.
was at one time secretary of the ma
tional committee. but he was dropped
from the list of officers. He has been
connected with the anti-cigarette
league, but a letter from Lucy Page |
CASTOR indicates why he was dropped |
from that work.
Beukert Talks.