Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-06
Outside Point of View

| Some time ago the following ap-
peared as a news item:
At the First Congregational church
of Wheaton the. Rev. James r. Kaye.
who recently was found guilty of coun-
! terfeiting in the United States district
court at Springfield, H., tomorrow
will preach both morning and evening
as we'll as direct the affairs of the
Sunday school.
The congregation is declared to be a
unit in believing in the moral inno-
cence' Of Kaye. The officials and
members see no reason why their pas
tor should not lead them in service
until he goes to start his sentence Of
two years in the government peniten
tiary at Leavenworth, Kas., or else
goes free.
One cannot but admire the consist
ency Of this congregation in continuing
under the ministrations of Mr.. Kaye
till the last possible day, t. e.. till he
started for the penitentiary. Evidently
there was brought during his trial.
some evidence that established his
moral innocence" while other evil
dence compelled judge and jury to SEN
tence him to prison. This congregation
while bowling to the stern DEGREES OF
the law, at the same time desired to say
to the world: "Our Beloved pastor, it
is true, has been convicted of counter
filing, but his motives were such that
while he did not strictly obey the laws
of the land, we are convinced OF his
moral innocence hence desire to have
him for the last time, in his accus-
toned place in the pulpit and Sunday
school" Again, TO be still more con-
sistent, this congregation, convinced as
they were of his "moral innocence"
really had no church indictment against
Mr.. Kaye. He had committed no sin,
that is, speaking from religious point
Of view. Counterfeiting is not break
ing one of the commandments. And
once more: Surprising that Mr.. Kaye
the counterfeiter had broken currency
laws of the United States, done so
Wilfully and lacked the element OF
world innocence" it can be taken as
a self evident proposition that the Rev.
Mr. Kaye as soon as convicted became
sorry, repented of his sin, so called.
Why should not his congregation for
give and forget then and there.
term of imprisonment would not add to
his repentance There is still too much
of the one doctrine ian eye for eye"
left in our social make up. Are we not
commanded to forgive, Seventy times
seven?"
Here's another clipping of state in
terest: A DIR. Miller of Des Moines. In
the state of Iowa. makes the surpris-
ing boast that he never saw dance or
horse race or the inside of theater,
never swore, never sang anything but
"Gospel Hymns" and "America,' and
never whistled on Sunday. A con-
versation between Mark Twain and the
doctor would have a whole lot of hui
man interest. To appreciate the refer
ence to Mark Twain, the reader should
know this quoted extract is from the
Hartford Coa1rant, and the CouraHt
and ali Connecticut is of the opinion,
there never was and never will be
again such smart man as Marx
Twain. Now let this scribe tell a story.
There once lived in Hartford.
Conn, a man 40 years of
age, successful business man,
who was an expert i'll his line,
SO much So IutL ne was ollCll SeI1tSo
upon to go to New York and Philadel-
pria to act, as referee in cases involv-
ing large sums of money and possible
lawsuits, this man of education, refine
ment and wealth once admitted to the
writer he had never heard Of soft
COAL Supposed the coal out west was
the same as we burned in Hartford.
Here is another true story, while we
are telling at Providence. A good wo-
man of Rockville, Con, had son in
business in Omaha, Neb., at that time
there was little Indian turmoil out
at Cheyenne, 500 miles west of Omaha.
And this anxious mother wrote her son
in Omaha, she read in the Courant
that there was trouble out west with
the Indians, and hoped he would not
venture outside of the city limits of
Omaha "A conversation between this
western and Mark Twain would have a
whole lot of human interest"