The Washington herald., 1908-05-11
BIBLE WHALE STORY
BELIEVED BY HOCH
Kansas Governor Approves
Tale About Jonah.
SPEAKS TO BALTIMORE MEN
state Executive Attends Conference
Session Devoted to Labor Memorial
SerViceS-PIeads for Total Abolition
of Liauor-TeIIs LabOFing Men They
Must Work Only Six Days a Week.

Special TO Tie Washington Herald.
Baltimore, Nd, May 1O.-Gov. E. "
Hoch. of Kansas. and Bishop John ".
Hamilton. Of san Francisco, addressed
a monster mass meeting of woTkingmen
al Fords Opera House this afternoon.
under the auspices of the Methodist Cen
eral Conference. in session here
incidentally 1t was the celebration of
Labor Memorial Day.
Gov. Hoch is a typical Westerner,
though he is by birth a Kentuckian He
is strongly built, Of dark complexioN and
long black hair crowns his head.
Gov. Hoch proceeded to settle the
Jonah-and-the-w whale controversy. He
had said he was an old-fashioned be-
lever I'm the Bible. for he believed in
1t. as did the pioneer preacher, from
'kiyer TO kiver' and then he added,
"the whale story and ALI There was a
hearty laugh in the audience, and the
governor added that he had 70 admit
that the whale story used TO cause him
the greatest trouble.
How about it now?' came a voice in
the audience.
Skeleton Converts Him.
Wei, III tell YOU, said the governor.
4 was at the Worlds Fair. and I sup
pose many of you were there. and saw
the skeleton of the whale I did, and
since seeing that skeleton. I have been
satisfied with the whole story. That
skeleton was eighty feet long, and the
great iawbones were propped open for a
doorway. Inside was an exhibit. and men
and women used to 20 in TO see 1t. Why.
you could drive a horse and wagon into
it. That settled the question for me,
though 1 have sometimes wondered how
the whale ever discovered that Jonah
was there.
7 am not a preacher, but If ! had
my life TO live over again, believe
would be one The longer / live the
more I appreciate the fact that the best
thing in this life IS 10 do good
He said that God had stamped dignity
on the laborer, and God was the great
est laborer the world has known. lie
declared that no man has a right 10 be
idle. and that no lazy man can become a
Christian.
What's the matter with the Harry
Thaws of this country" he shouted
They never knew honest toll.
should Rest on seventh Day,
God worked six days and rested the
seventh. You laboring men should rest
If the capitalists, in their cupidity, OF
the trusts in their greed, ever succeed in
forcing you workingmen to work seven
days. they will have struck the greatest
possible blow TO mankind. Workingmen
you should stand in solid phalanx foI
protecting the holy Sabbath day
The governor favors as a definition OF
temperance. 'the moderate use Of al
things wholesome and the total prohi'
bition Of all things unwholesome. " He
quoted Scripture about strong drink
which at last biteth like a serpent anc
stingeth Ike an adder" and laid great
stress on the words at last" He painted
a picture OF the time when the first drink
is taken. and then another touching one
Of the ''at last" Then, with his right
arm extended high above his head and
his voice raised to its highest pitch, he
shouted:
Would Drive Out Liquor.
I ask you men. you laboring men, tC
band together in this good city and il
this good State, and with your voice:
and your votes. drive out this terrible
demon that is running lives and wreckiag
homes"
Among the things Bishop Hamilton SAID
are these: IF it is fitting to set asilt
May 30 as Memorial Day for those whC
gave their lives for their country. it is
equally fitting that May 10 should be SCI
aside for the memorial day for those who
have given their lives for mankind The
captains of labor ere the aristOcraCy O
all the world.
Don't talk Of the churches as a CLOSED
shop. It is the only institution tha
takes a man in who has nothing, anC
gives him everything Il is the only in
stitution that takes a man without /;
recommendation and sends him fort1