Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-10-22
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A.- RsaAss Him This sincsss
raNans. Trieste.
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- end Morale -.

pastor Of Q Methodist church IN south
srn Illinois end an argument with q
layman on the train coming 10 Cincin-
Aan from St Louis, writes a stan cor
respondent Of the st. Louis Globe
Democrat The layman, paying due
respect TO the cloth Of his op-
ponsnt, was trying to convince him
that he should not support Mr..
Taft for the presidency, and instead
should vote for his Democratic oppo-
nent The churchman defended the
principles OF the Republican party, and,
az indicated, defended the man for
whom he said he expected to vote, from
his personal standpoint Of ehurchman,
because he Is the highest type Of q
Christian gentleman"
Bishop J. c. Hartxell OF the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, discussing the
religious beliefs Of Bryan and Taft,
after calling on the latter, said:
which OF these men I shall vote for
will not be decided by their religious
beliefs. but what they are az men, and
BY the principles and policies they stand
for In the administration of the gov
eminent. believe that in acting upon
this view, as an American citizen, am
In harmony with the spirit and purpose
Of the founders Of our republic, who
put into the constitution that there
should be no religious test as to quail
6cations to any once or public trust
under the United States Ny oonvte-
ton Is that thu future safety Of the
nation depends very largely upon our
people needing that eonstitutionAl pro-
hibition- Our nation ewes mach In
moral character, substantially, litsra-
ture, art and religion % those who
have not been In strict harmony with
sons Of the dogmas Of the church. The
days Of the inquisition are past"
Remembering that Mrs Taft 10 a
Presbyterian, but that Miss Helen Taft
was confirmed in the Episcopal Church
In Washington last winter at the same
time that Miss Ethel Roosevelt, daugh-
ter OF the President, was confirmed,
wondered as to Mr.. Taft's church asso-
citation. When I made the inquiry here
was answered through the columns
Of the Northwestern Christian Advo-
cate, the great Methodist publication,
just as II had given answer to hundreds
Of inquiries from its Methodist subscrib-
ers. 1t said:
Man OF bread sympathies.
Mrs. Taft and children are Episco-
palians, and the Secretary frequently
accompanies them to st. Johns Church,
where, also. he has pew. While Mr..
Roosevelt goes to the German Reform
ed Church, his wife and family, who
are Episcopalians, attend historic st.
Johns Church, where they sit only one
or two pews removed from Mrs. Taft
and her children. Secretary Taft
spends his vacation ut Murray Bay,
Canada, where thsre n Union Church.
attended by the summer oolonists of all
denominations. The Secretary Of War
n enc Of the trustees Of this summer
coisny church, where people Of many
faiths gather for worship"
This Methodist testimony Indicated
- me the broad and liberal view of
Mr.. Txft In religious ma.:srs. In look
ms through the flle Of this same pub
heation-ths Western Christian Adyo
eats-1 found q diseussioa Of both NOM
insss. In the course Of which It was
asserted.
The sympathies Of both Mr.. Taft
and Mr.. Bryan are very broad, and they
worship easily ana naturally with any
Christian denominatfon Whichever
man Is elected. the country win have,
therefore. a President Of clean life.
Lofty principles and Christian eonvic-
Tons
epinfea Of Negro Clsrsynaa.
On the same afternosn, when Bishop
Hartxsll called. Rev. James @. Robin
con, pastor Of the nalDsr Street African
Methodist Church q Dayton, Ohio.
oalled at the headquarters IN company
VIII w. H. Jeass. eas e the leading
selered lawyers Of to same city. Mr..
yeaes was proud of The faet that 10 II
president q ths Celsrsd xaft CSub, TIE
osve enc 10 - in1orpssa1s1 N ~ Uni
~ otatss. sna ~. NJ. ncelnssn a.
nitesd nat ~ 10 prssideut Of the
Bard q Dirsctsss Of a. same club.
~ ~ lsft Mr.. Tsf>'s eGes asked him
~ hls visw q ~ sandidats, botA lrem
- stan1point a. . cAuscAnan ana a.
! lsa1sr - his racs.
II es1lsva" hs said. ~Judgs TAFT VIII
- elected ~ Z safe ana somGsstabls
natssity net sinply hscauss - y .
.svuoIiean. nor an spsakf2g beoauss
IN Z nsDubItsan. Bst yu6es TAN
DeDrsssnts al ~ the ideals q Ne true
DAE1Dtian statemaA~
A. to ~ attitude Of his own race,
Rev. Mr.. Robinson aid: we can not
l4ee4 - line up with the psmecratic
Darty, watch has besn sntasonIstic to |
M Interests always, sn4 against the |
'arty headed ~ susk wiss and Chris
Ian statesmen - Is Judge Tart. He Il
man whom We knew In Ohio IL deslr-
80 tAat AZ men, without regard to