The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-10
CHURCHES R..LLY
TO SUPPORT JONES
MANY PREACHERS DELIVER
TELLING POLITICAL SERMONS.
Lid Policy of Present Administra-
ton Is Upheld and People Admon-
ished to Stand by Man who Has
Courage to Enforce Law and to Re-
strain Vice Wherever Possible.

paign, and general commentator of
the lido policy of the present adj
mlnlstratlon, were prominent in MANY
Minneapolis churches Sunday morninS
or evening. While there is not mucn
question as to the attitude of Mime
apolis preachers or the majority of
church members, the remarks Of the
speakers were greatly appreciated and
were received with satisfaction.
At First Congregational.
At the First Congregational church
last night Rev. Clement G.. Clarke, the
pastor, spoke directly upon the mayor
atty campaign. He said: ~ do not
apologize for bringing this question
into the church. It is not for the pulpit
to plunge precipitately into every par
when the question is moral one,
Identical with that which Christianity
and the church stand for, it is not
only justified but incumbent upon
church and pulpit to speak. -
The present issue is of this sort.
It is simply that. It is plain CUES
ton Of right against wrong, high
against low, law enforcement against
disFHgard IL ct law n Sunday o; cloSing
being SO the discussion is, lifted at once
above the partizan level and put upon
the plane of civic and moral well being.
1t does not call for argument. When
wrong is pitted against right, and indie
cencY against order, plain statement is
all that is required. Moral affinity
will do the rest.
"In such an issue men are forced to
an alignment which declares them in
sympathy with the decent or in sympa-
thy with the lawless. The whole coun
try is sitting in Judgment on Minneap-
oils today, and that is the only question
that is being asked: Is she going to
hold her upward course, or return to
her former shame? No local misstate-
try's Judgment, and if. Minneapolis
goes back, the universal comment, 81
lently made, will be 'as a dog that re-
turneth to his vomit, 80 is a fool that
repeateth his folly. -
Principle at Stake.
ciple, but Ike every such issue e1 It It is
identified with a man. AS in the Mis-
souri, election Folk was the issue. as in
the election for congress this fall.
pal election Jones is the issue Why's
Because it is he who has set the princi-
pies before the people It is he, who
has divorced the police department
from crime, abolished gambling. segre-
gated the social evil and given us final
ly, that which a rising tide Of public
sentiment demanded-a closed saloon
titled with the issue. ~
AS to his opponents and rivals, I
ask two things: First, who are the
haters Of the present administration?
The gamblers, the patrons of social vice.
the saloon men-and the breweries-yes.
and certain business interests that have
profited from such traffic. Then, sec
ond, who necessarily are to be the sup
porters Of jones' rivals In this cleo
ton? These same men. That is axiom
attic. Then concerning these said ri
probable, considering their constituent
things. ~ " - ''"A' l'' 'A' n'kneS'
Stands for Right. 49, !.
Moreover, if it be assumed that
the personal fitness of any rival candi-
date is equal to that Of the present
mayor, and that this rival should be
elected, the whole country, and our city
itself, would nevertheless say, the right
has; been defeated in Minneapolis.
Jones, the one mayor who has stood
against lawlessness, has been repudi-
ated! The defeat Of Jones this year.
no matter who takes his place, means
IN the mind of the country a return
to past folly. ..~~
-. "My friends, we are in the midst of
that great and complex problem-mu-
nlclpal government. In our democratic
national life the city is the crux. The
cities are the mighty ganglia of our
body polite. Can the right rule in the
city? Are the citizens to be mightier
than the organized special interests7
Are we to be free or be owned by the
saloons9 It is a municipal question
first, but it is close to the national life.
For my part, I believe that Mime
apolis is going to write herself down
this year in the column Of cities in
which right is mightier than wrong the
citizens mightier than the interests. -
DR.. Bushnell's Sermon.
AS prelude to his sermon yesterday
morning DIR. J. E. Bushnell of West
minister church spoke of the great issue
of the pending municipal campaign. It
any form is brought into this pulpit,
and never to serve the cause of any
party or any individual. just now,
however, the situation is SO peculiar
that he felt it his duty to let the pull
pit Of Westminster be heard at a time
and upon an issue which marks a crisis
in the city's history. He spoke sub
stantially as follows:
The people Of this city are
confronted not by a. mere mat
ter of party ascendency or personal pre-
ferment, but by great moral issue.
This issue has been raised by those who
seek to secure the defeat Of our mayor
not because they have charges to bring
against his administration from a bust
ness standpoint-not that. It is not
contended that he is not honest or
capable or faithful to his official duties.
No such charge is made; and from the
standpoint that a good servant, public
or private, is a good thing to keep
those. who oppose him have nothing to
say. His opponents do not always open
ly. confess it, but the particular reason
why. they oppose. him is that he is en-
forcing q law which you and I have
made. Shall we, then, permit him on
Of .defeat9 Or rather. let me saw.
shall we suffer ourselves the humiliation
Of defeat in a contest where the issue
is SO clenr and definite between law en-
force1nent- and lawlessness? For, let il
be clearly understood that whatever Of
humiliation there may be in his defeat
it wild not attach to Mayor Jones but
to the people of Minneapolis for falling
to snstain him in the brief struggle he
is making for the supremacy Of law in
this community. ..-. ;: : =
No Mistake About Issue,
:. We need make no mistake about the
issue involved. There can be no doibt
about which side the Lord is on in this
contest. There need be no question that
the devil will reinine IN .tba e