The daily sentinel., 1909-12-02
REV. FORSYTH
IS CART00NED.
Denver Paper Declares He Looks
Like Bryan and Talks Like
George Conan" and is the
Champion OF Dry Hope"
CALL HIM MAN OF THE HOUR

4 very interesting and anus
ing cartoon of Rev. ID. ID. For
syth, of this city, done by Doc
Bird Finch. appeared in yester--
day afternoons Denver Post.
Accompany the cartoon was an
! extremely interesting character
sketch of Rev. Forsyth, along
! with a review of some of his re-
marks, referred to elsewhere in
this issue, before the big meet
ing mt Trinity church in Denver
Tuesday night. The article is
from the pen of Frances Wayne,
of the Post editorial staff and
not few decided tributes are
paid To the Grand junction min
lister.
The following is portion of the
very interesting article in the Den
yer POST
While the committee was naming
the permanent Officers the Rev. d. d.
Forsyth was asked to tell how the
fight was won at Grand Junction and
in concluding was proclaimed the
man of the hour for Denver's temper
ance cause.
And of what sort is this new Man
VI lHt IlOul
Rev. Forsyth is country parson,
drawing 5000 per month, who looks
like William Jennings Bryan and
talks like George Cohan. He has in
his big brawny frame and person
ality the magnetism, keeness, optisim
and faith in human nature that char
acterizes those two definite Amer
leans His Indignation furnishes the
the Japanese fire that lights up and
gives the commanding quality to a
simplicity of speech that could be
initiated profitably by constructors
of primers for first graders.
Despite his imagination and faith
this new leader is practical to the
last tack OF his flat-soled shoes, and
he knows that If the devil is to be
fought and vanquished one must
go to the camp of the Prince of
Darkness and route him out with
many jabbings. Wherefore, insists
the champion of a dry hope, it is up
to the churches to gird their loins
and wrists and go into politics; build
machine that. being screw perfect.
will bulge the eyes of the astutest
old-line politician who ever pulled
throttle. To this machine must be
dedicated the services of trained en-
gineers-men of clear vision, who
can see far ahead on the track men
of pure lives and high Intention
then let 'er go! always sure. however,
that the supply of oil is adequate
"If the saloons show signs OF CO.
ercion, let the thirty-five thousand
men and women who are In our ranks
go to 1t first admonished Forsyth.
IF that number of people who pa
tronize business houses can't meet
the bluff of four or five hundred
saloons and six breweries we deserve
to be enslaved to what is merely
voice uttering. 1T will hurt Denver
to wipe out the saloon
Rev. Mr.. Forsyth was regarded
only as an invited speaker when he
rose. No one. least of all the offic-
ers of the convention, realized that
he was an answer to prayer.
For days we've been praying for
such man and the Anti-Saloon
league officers were about to get
down on their knees-when. beholdl
! Forsyth, fresh from the Grand juno
tion victory, appears unto the troub-
led host. There is going to be plenty
of oil to run the engine that is to
crumble the walls encompassing the
camp of the enemy.
| III is 1lSnt TO 1lnlSn. we We
got to be sure of ourselves-then,
the rest will be easy" exclaimed
Rev. Forsyth, for we know the pow
er of the we-never-sleep habit of the
saloon men and their seemingly end
less resources
'If the Christian people of Denver
expect to win the fight against the
saloon the Christian church has got
to go into politics; 1t has got to match
method with method, men with men
and machine with machine, and rea-
lie that politics is dirty only when
the people who dominate it are
dirty"
That was the statement made by
Rev. ID. ID. Forsyth, who assisted val
iantly in the recent movement that
made Grand junction a dry city. to
the Anti-Saloon convention that met
at Trinity NJ. f. church last night
to organize for the coming fight that
} aims to drive the demon rum from
} Denver.