The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-02-17
To the Business Men of Caldwell.

W oil USllCNC tACiC . 10 oOu
who rules the universe abso- II
lutely. His sovereign power is exer- c
esd in accordance with benevo
lent laws which never vary. This {
is recognized as true both in the
realm of material things and in
that of mind and spirit. God is no
respector of persons.
One law, recognized by all sim
ceIe and thoughtful persons, is that
every human being is under the
most solemn obligations to do in
all respects what his deepest con-
victions force him to believe is his
duty. Duty grows out of mans
relation to God and his fellowmen.
The highest expression of this duty
is found in the requirement that
we reverence and obey God with
all the powers He has given us, and
that we shall be as careful in guard
ing the welfare of all our fellow
men as we are careful in guarding |
our own. To conduct ourselves |
toward God and our fellowmen in |
accordance with this recognized re.
quirement is to perform the high
est duty toward ourselves Indeed,
to serve Others in the highest ca
pacity time and occasion afford,
would seem to be mans whole duty.
Only by so doing can men honor
God and bless themselves.
BY common consent, the distinc-
ton made by the soul between right
and wrong, accompanied by the OBJ
legation felt to do the right, is
termed conscience. However men
may differ in their convictions as to
what is right, the obligation felt to
do the right as perceived never var
les.
To assist others in every posi-
S Bile way to higher appreciation OF
life; to the possession of healthier.
e stronger bodies and keener powers
of mind; to induce and enable them
q to acquire for themselves whatever
is conducive to clean, pure, exalted
, living, is in the line of performing
. our duty toward them. To en-
courage by positive or negative
action what is recognized by thu
y vast majority of thoughtful men ane
'e women as destructive to all the bes
interests of mankind, is to put one
N sell in the position of an enemy tt
e his fellowmen.
Such a position yeu have takel
pa in your petition to the city council
b. asking that the saloons of the cit
shall not be closed on Sunday unit
Sc after the completion of the Govern
i'll ment reclamation works. We ar
told that when the matter was frs
49, considered in one of your meetings
10 one of your leading men said tha
g if you regarded your conscience
(. YOU could net oppose Sunday clio:
:: ing, but if you had regard for you
pocketbooks you might make sue
opposition. You then by a secrt
III ballot cast 26 votes, 20 of whic
a' were in favor of opposing Sunda
ls' closing. Emboldened by this vot'
you are now openly petitioning tt
ay council not to pass the ordinance
A: You have put money before col
he science, for not one of you can giy
*. single valid reason for the exis
ence of the saloon on any day of tt
week, much less on that day whic
w by common consent is set apart fl
" rest and worship.
sh-
=. By so doing you have plain
~ said that you are unwilling to ASST
- your brother in attaining his higI
he est good. and that you prefer
maintain a condition which wi
- hinder him, if at the same time ye
- think it may in some way bring
you financial gain. You have, a
- parently with malice and for
r. thought, identified yourselves wi
- all sorts of crime and lawlessnes
=, For when it is stated that Il
:. saloon is the ally of murder, a
A., archy, theft. robbery, gamblin
80 impurity, idleness and povert