Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-07-07

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fully sean the faces Of the different
candidates which the saloon keepers
put up Ia their windows. You will be
Surprised 10 lind that In nineteen cases
out of twenty these faces are Away
the same IN those saloon windows.
Then ! would always scratch the naines
Of the men whose pictures ! saw the
saloon keepers wanted. Birds of Il
feather nearly always flock together If
u candidate for Il civic Office trains
with the saloon keepers and the dive
owners and the gamblers ana the rep
rebates yon ought to tight him No
matter what ticket lie may lie on
fight HIM to his political death
stand by Your Officers.
This statement naturally brings me
10 the last and perhaps the most i'm
pOrtant heading OF all the discussion
IT you refuse to vote for man who
Is q candidate for municipal office and
whom the bad men want. then comes
the practical question: Are you and /,
as Christian men and church members.
ready 10 do our part in city politics and
lend our personal aid 10 the good men
of our cities who are trying 10 noini-
nate aud elect good city attorneys and
good school boards and good police
commissioners and good political heads
Of our tire departments and honest men
who will purge our municipalities Of
corruption II Is nonsense for minis
tiers TO sit back in their ecclesiastical
robes and say. 1T is not our business
a. touch city politics" When Il moral
issue Is ~ stake il is the business of
the churches and the business Of all
church members to 20 To the primaries
and help nominate the men who ought
to lie nominated and help elect those
honest men after they have been placed
In nomination. II the members of the
churches would only stand side by side
AZ the ballot box AMI In the primaries.
as the saloon keepers and the owners
OF the places of evil resort stand side
by side the day would not be- far dis
tani when all cities would be- redeemed
aud purscd of political corruption even
as our Emitted States cuurtrooms and
our national legislative halls have.
ceased 10 hc Il stencil In the nostrils of
oil decent people.
senator Honr's Testimony.
Thank Cod | believe civic puritica-
tion Is not far distant 1t is almost mi
faculuuS To catalogue the rapid changes
which have come within the life of the
present generation Ia the publication
of our national life senator George f.
IIoAr died IN 1906 \ short time before
he passed away he was asked this
question Senator. Is the political life
III Washington growing better or
worse" He answered the question IN
These words: When | came into pub
lie life IN Washington In 1859 the CORR
doris of the capitol We're haunted by
lobbyists Interested in all sorts uf
schemes for plundrring the public
treasury. There We're quite number
of senators and representatives who
We're suspected by their associates Of
being yenal When | think of tie con
dtions. which prevailed then and for
years following Tweed intrenched III
power in New York i've judges of the
United States court fleeing from office
under threats of impeachment for cor
ruptiOn. the Credit Mobilier scandals.
the scandals attending the Austrian
exposition. the lobbying. the whole civ
II service treated as patronage by pow
erful political leaders, the report of tile
committee OF military AFFAIRS In the
house recommending the expulsion Of
four of its members for making sale of
their privileges OF selecting youths Ia
he educated AZ Our great military
school. the Impeachment for corruption
OF -four Judges in New York, the wills
Ky frauds din which the private secre-
tary of the president WIS implicaiedl,
the Bclknap impeachment. one eminent
member of the United States senate
saying 10 another when he declared he
could lind no steal in pending meas.
ure that il the senate could find no
steal in il Il was not likely To Ire there,
eight active Republican leaders In Mas
sachuset,s detected in state prison Of
lenses sit seems TO me as II were liv-
ing not only in another age, but IN an
other planet"
That was the testimony of the puriii-
cation of national and state politics In
the political life of senator George +.
Hoar of Massachusetts. May We live
to see such wonderful change In the
publication of city politics. May we
live 10 see our churches aroused politl-
cally. May our churches become great
Institutions OF moral and political train
ing May their members side 10y side
go forth To capture the political pri-
maries IN our cities for purity ana
right May godly men always not only
be willing To serve their fellow men IN
civic offices. but may godly men. 10y the
grace Of God. go forth TO elect theii
fellows To positions of civic trust. Then
shall the Declaration Of Independence
OF national liberty, signed by our an
cestors for us. be supplemented 10y q
declaration of independence of our mu
nicipal charters, signed by us for ia,
benefit of our children and our chil
dren's children Then. like the Hebrews
OF old. we will not only have six cities
al hal IA