The daily sentinel., 1909-10-25

was an appeal made for certain
candidates to be voted upon at
the coming city election. In fact
II is positively known that II
number OF the most prominent
ministers of the city have de-
clared that they do not believe
IL il the duty or right of the
minister to delve into the par
tisanShip and politics of the COM
ing election as no great moral
issue is al stake and especially
as the men aspiring TO office are
all representative citizens.
However. Rev. d. b. Forsyth is
actively engaged in campaign for
the election Of ID. W. Aupperle to the
mayorship and for the election of
two or three other men SUNDAY
week ago he made references TO the
election but not until yesterday did
he come out In a fcrvent appeal for
the election of certain candidates and
at the same time made a bitter at
tack, without mentioning names. mp
on other candidates.
He declared that the decent peo-
pie" must stand solidly together at
the coming election and see that the
people who stand for the saloons and
the saloon ticket are defeated. He
declared that unless the 'IHw abiding
citizens" stand together against these
'lawless' elements, there Is danger
of losing everything Then Rev
Forsyth made an anonymous quota
ton in an effort TO fire his hearers
to activity He declared that he had
il straight" from leader of the
saloon crowd" that ''if we win we
will make this dry town unbearable
and we will sicken and tire the people
of this charter business" He gave
no names to prove the truthfulness
of this statement.
We must roll up our sleeves dur
ing this coming week and go after
these people. We must stick together,
square and dead against this opposi-
ton" exclaimed the minister
Il know that there are friends l
have who wont agree with me in
these matter but | cant help that
am sorry for them" Then Rev. For
syth made this somewhat startling
declaration This election, this
campaign is greater than any interest
of this church, and it is mightier than
all of the interests of all the church.
es, Apparently the minister meant
that the taking sides in this cam
paign, the seeing that certain men are
elected to office, is greater than the
interest of the church in the Salvation
of Souls, the visiting of the sick and
poor and the ministering to the suf-
fering, interests that many old-fash-
ioned people who have always thought
were the chief interests of a Chris
tian church.
Rev Forsyth is making no effort
to disguise the fact that he is active
ly engaged in a political campaign
He is doing all in his power to bring
about the election of ID. w. Aupperle
to the mayorship. In the other race
in which there are numerous candi-
dates. that of commissioner of pub
lie highways, he is working valiantly
for the election of Thomas RAIDER.
1t is known that for second choice
for mayor Rev. Forsyth is supporting
n A. Lough and for third choice, f,
NJ. Slocomb, although the minister is
not enthusiastic over Mr.. Slocomb
that is why he makes him third
choice. 1t will be remembered that
al certain conferences last spring
during the municipal campaign Mr.
Siocomb refused to stand for certain
desires of Rev. Forsyth. 1t was AT
one of these conferences that Rev
Forsyth went after F. b. Scott. the
prominent union labor leader, who
was being spoken of as an aldermanic
nominee and Rev. Forsyth declared,
according to the statement of num-
ber of gentlemen present. that he
would go into every Methodist
household and urge the defeat of
Scott"
Rev, Forsyth is lending all his in
fluence to the defeat of Thomas NJ.
hn l,h
mayor, and II. b. Potorf. the union
labor candidate for street commits
sioner, in his efforts to further the
candidates. of Aupperle and RAIDER.
The appeal made by the minister
yesterday morning can only be inter
preted as an appeal for MIR. Aupperles
election as he Is the avowed choice of
Rev. Forsyth.
Rev. Forsyth is especially bitter
against the candidacy of Il. b. Lutes
for mayor. having declared that
'Lutes must be defeated by all
means"
The appeal yesterday morning
caused great deal of comment One
gentleman on leaving the church was
heard to remark. "Well next Sunday
we will probably find sample ballots
in the pews."
Again last night at a service at The
church. before Introducing the speak
er of the evening, Mrs. Mack. in
charge of mission work in Honolulu.
Rev. Forsyth took occasion to make
another appeal for his candidates at
the coming election and declared
among other things that it would be
a shame for the 'anti-charter" men
to win.
Tonight big audience will see