The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-10-24
SYNOD LAUGHED
WHEN THE NAME OF cox WAS
BROUGHT UP
Lutheran Pastors Oppose Governor
Herrick's Candidacy-only Three
Espoused His Cause at Akron.

Akron, o., Oct. 22.-The East Ohio
synod OF the Evangemcal Lutheran
church, which last year sent Senator
Charles +. Dick as a delegate to the
general synod, adopted resolutions Sat
urday against Gov Herrick's re-elec-
| tion. The resolutions were opposed by
three of the ministers present, and
charges that undue influence had besn
named to keep the name Of Gov. Her
rick out of the resolutions were made
by Rev. Larimer of New Philadelphia,
chairman of the committee on resolu-
tions. After the synod had adjourned
Rev. l.. S. Keyser, who offered the res
olutions, stated that Senator Dick had
nothing to do with the opposition. Sen
ator Dick is a member of the Trinity
Lutheran church, where the sessions
had been held during the past week.
Rev. Mr. Keyser was the leader of
the delegates opposing the adoption of
the resolution. After Rev. Larimer had
read them the Canal Dover pastor
asked that each item be considered sep
arately. This was objected to by a
majority of the delegates. by adopt
ing the resolutions in reference to the
goyernorship the church opposed one If
the great political parties and aids the
Democratic party" said Rev. Mr.. Key
ser. 81 don't believe in putting politics
in the church. You propose to go
against the party that has given us all
the temperance legislation we ever got.
Are you sure that the temperance cause
will be benefited by the election of
Pattison? / understand that Gov Her
rick opposed the original Brannock
law because parts of 1t were unconstl-
tutional.
Il have been informed on good au-
thority that the governor consulted
some of the most prominent constitu-
tional attorneys in the state on the
Brannock bill before interfering with
its passage"
And also Cox" shouted one of the
ministers. This sally caused number
of the delegates to laugh heartily.
you laugh at me; you think that |
am an ignoramus? am as good tenn
perance man as any of you who have
made up your minds to vote for Patti
son." exclaimed Keyser. The chairman
raped loudly for order. Continuing,
Rev. Keyser said that he did not know
of any sheet in the state that had in
dulged In such campaign of vitupera-
tion against Gov. Herrick as tne Amer
icap Issue. the organ of the Anti-Sa-
doom League. Notwithstanding the
vigorous opposition made by the local
agents of Senator Dick to have the res
olutions suppressed, and especially to
have the name of Gov. Herrick elimin-
ated from them, they were passed with
out dissenting vote. The resolutions
follow
Resolved, That We recognize in the
present political state campaign that a
great moral issue Is before us, and we
reaffirm our position of last year upon
the subject of anti-saloon legislation, !,
and we are grieyed that the well-known
sentiment of the church bodies
throughout the state has been unheed-
ed and ignored by the denomination of
Gov. Herriek.
Resolved. That We express our un-
questioned and unalterable attitude of
opposition not only to the drink evil
in general, but of the saloon and its
allied interests as a factor in politics,
and that we teach our people by appli-
cation of the pure word of God 10 rise
above purely partisan interests, and to
view these matters from the very high
est moral and religious standpoint"