Marble Hill press., 1908-10-15
TAFYS hypocrisy.


Kansas City ON last Sunday WAS treated to
the tlisUl3lcpful spectacle of Il gang OF poiti
clans deliberately detlinw the sanctuary to-
make votes for man whose sole us" for on
thodDx churches begins and ends where they
can bring him political profit.
/ William II. Taft, whose religious activities
began when thousands of orthodox Christians
Of the United States began to remark upon
the fact that he is commonly known one
who denies the divinity of Christ. spent the
most strenuous church. going day of his life.
His church going was advertised in advance.
and il WIS contracted with great pOmp and
display. 1t the result Of carefully
planned demon>t ration. on tn" part of the
most practical Of KANSAS Cnv'S politicians.
OF the fact that Wn. II. Taft knows enough
to take his hat Off in church,
Mr.. Taft began his day i'm KANSAS City by
comforting with such eminent thcploTianS as
Walter :. DicIlt.y and Homer =. Mann. He
ended it in the same manner. or cDurs" Mr.
Dicllev and Mr. Mann talked OF sacred sub
ject> when ruS('t td with Mr.. Taft OF courses
it WAS til" advancement of tn" cause Of the
\. NJ. {. ~. of which he has neglected tnI
becOnln Il member. that induced Mr.. Taft TOT
come 10 Kansas City. 1t WAS doubtless the
same cause that led him to drliver;,n address,
to ''nt9r,ca only" at Il negro chap"l.
Thr Post is an OId-fH>hioned n"WSpHprr
It has depIored til" fact that Mr. Inft> reli-
GlOn should become Il question in tins cam
lnjyn. 1t believes that religion and politics
>iIoHd hav" nothing in common but mora
principles. But The Post also believes thA1
to turn Il church to political purposes is :;
violation of the sanctuary and that the pros
titution of religion to the ends of the l,oit-
will not suffer to 90 unrebullrd.
1t is not of record that William II. Taft
Wa> intereStr; in the work of til" y. NJ. {. ~
prior to the inc when Walter :. Dc1rv
Homer b. Mann and Henry NJ, Bcnrd>IrN
learned that Mnnv upright. reasonable and
just Christians gentlemen had without noise
and without boast. made mp their minds to
Not" against Mr. Taft becnll>" they did not
believe one who denies the divinity of Christ
should hrcom"thr head of Christian nation.
With this idea. The Post has taken issue but
that fact ,oe> not figure in the present dis
c,lSSion. Thousands of Christian men in
Kansas City held this view and Dclev.
Mann. BcnrdS1ey ct al thought they knew
how to comtcract this conviction.
To this end they deliberately planned Il
political demonstration under the guSe of Il
religious meeting. The scheme WAS advcr-
tiSed for weeks in advance. Mr. Taft WAS
ut last to deliver spmi-leliYioUS lecture.
Mr.. Taft came. He went to one of the
South side churches, to which his going had
been carefully advertised blythe politicians :
not by the church people. Later he made an
address to the assembled politicians and GU
riOuS citizens at another church. Then he
addressed an overflow meeting. ut both of
these meetings Mr.. Taft admitted that he
knew very little about the sub ject on which
he was billed to speak, but said that in
general way he understood that the Young
Mems Christian .\sSotcatiOn is Il very good
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