The daily sentinel., 1906-10-08
WE HOLD OUR POSITION.

The Republican organ affected to
be much surprised that we took
strong position against a minister of
the gospel going into politics. It
even threatened us with dire ven
gence of the members of the Method
list church, because We fearlessly ex-
pressed our opinion of the position
which Rev. Henry A. Buchtel had as
sumed in the eyes of the public. That
paper believed that the members of
the Methodist society in this city.
were as cowardly as it's editor, in at
tempting to throttle public express
sion. But we know that there are
men and women in this city and in
every city in the land that believe in
free speech. so long as that speech is
respectful.
To show that the other paper did
not know much, when it presumed to
suggest that our position would be an
Isolated one, in decrying the candl-
dacy of minister of Christ's church.
we just quote to him and for the
benefit of his ignorance that, in the
constitution of many states it is ex-
pressly prescribed by the constitu-
tions of those states that no preacher
or priest of any congregation shall
become members of legislatures or
hold other primary state positions.
Now there is another phase of the
question of Rev. Henry A. Buchtel's
hat h,, a
before. We have said that were there
any great crisis in the affairs of the
state demanded his candidacy, the
public generally would have looked
upon 1t with more grace and complac-
ency.
But there was no such crisis de-
manding his nomination. He pick
ed that up which other good men
threw down and which others refused
to pick up. And why did he accept
such nomination? Was it because he
was ordered so to do by the man,
who is the Colossus, who seems to
own everything, even men of the
standing of Rev. Buchtel.
Perhaps that was the reason. but
we should not assign that as the par
ticular reason for leaving his great
position of teacher and minister to
accept the nomination. We should as
cribe it to a reason that we have moi
heard before that-Rev. Henry A
Buchtel is inordinately ambitious fol-
power. He is lntolerable of the am
billions OF others and he believes that
his shadow covers II larger portion
of the earth than almost any Other
person whom Rev. Henry A. Buohte
knows Yes! II was ambition more
than anything else perhaps thati
ed him to accept the spurned nomin
alton, which William G.. Evans held
ont to him.
Another question somewhat per
plexes us (and we are no relation tC
Old Perplexity) and it is that tn,
forefathers had some great and pot
ent reason or reasons for incorporat
ing that prohibition in the consti
tuition of the several states that II,
preacher of priest should assume Il
1t is said that Rev. Buchtel has
not been over kind in his brotherl!
love to other institutions of learning
in the state. in fact has shown N,
disposition or federation of any o
them that came in conflict with his
own institution. This does not in
cline us to believing that Rev, Buch
tel is such a great man really. as h,
and others would have us believe.
What we do believe is this. TIL.
Republican party was at a crisis il
/ its history. No decent man in poll
tics at the time seemed to want t,
bear the burden in n campaign. undel
the circumstances and the the histor,
OF the fraud and robbebry of the mar
William G. Evans. who stole the Office
of Governor from Alva Adams ans
is also sponsor for Rev Henry A
Buchtel The party leaders argued
that if they could secure a man of tn,
make up of Buchtel, they could BAN
boozle the voters into forgetting tn,
the crime of unseating of Alvi
Adams. The question now is. die
Rev. Buchtel believe that crime wal
committed in the successful conspir
acy of the corporations, which stol,
the seat of governor from Governor
Adams
Rev Buchtel has placed himself il
such position that only plain word,
can be used in discussing his candi
dacy and this paper proposes to use
them. whatever the consequences
may be.