The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-25
FOR MUCKRAKERS
Rev. f. L. Hayes breaches Sem
satiOnal Thanksgiving Sermon.
DenOunceS the Standard Oil and
Other Combinations.
WHY WE'RETHANKFUL
That There Are to Be No More
HarrimanS or ROckefelIers.
Emancipation of People From
Legal Technicalities.

Speaking from the text, "He hath
rot dealt so with any nation," Rev.
Francis L. Hayes at the First Metho-
oist church commended the muck
| raker. denounced the Standard Oil
company and United States Steel cor
poration, commended the recent court
decision against the Standard Oil COM
Iany, praised the city officials in To-
Eeka and declared that while there
was much to be thankful for the
blessings bestowed by the Almighty
mad not been properly distributed at
this time.
The text used by DR.. Hayes is the
twentieth verse of the 147th Psalm.
God hath not dealt SO with any
ration geographically, materially and
providentially,' said DR.. Hayes. with
me twentieth of the population we
raise one-fourth of the wheat, have
two-thirds of the banking power of
the world, and raise eight-tenths of the
orn. Here the highest ideals of civic
and religious liberty are found.
kansas leads the United States in
the contest for civic progress. Already
he front of the battle has passed us
and we are enjoying the calm after the
storm.
Reasons to Be Thankful.
1--WE have peculiar reasons to be
thankful in Kansas for our state ad-
ministration. There has been some
disposition to poke fun at the officials,
tul hdHSdIS WHO 90 II must RENE m
fer that in acting thus they are acting
IS the rest of the world has always
acted toward Kansas. And Kansas,
because of the character of the people
who settled the state, is a place where
monopoly can not exist and where the
modern tyrant greed, as represented
by the saloon and the political boss
can not exist.
I'VE have reason to be thankful for
the city officers in Topeka The men
ylTrll1 1i<a "a y-.alr rcyin NI,(
fight must be kept up by such men.
We are in danger of not appreciating
the tremendouSness of our emancipa-
ton. There is left only the bootlegger.
Children and youths are taken from
the streets and pool halls in the even
ing. The company of men who thrived
during the reign. of The joints in To-
peka has dissolved and the men have
i disappeared from the city. God hath
| rot dealt SO with any city
Vigilance Price of Liberty.
But eternal vigilance is the price OF
government under the commission plan
needs the men behind it as truly as
did the old. The office must seek the
man and not the man the Office. We
must hae men tested for their integ-
rity and executive force.
I'VE have reason to be thankful for
the newspapers of our city, and the
| help they give towards good govern
II ent. They are not like the papers
across the border.
In the days of paganism no effort
was made to care for the poverty strick-
en-. In the early days of the Christian
religion people thought they were fol-
lowing Gods teachings by giving to
the poor. But we have since learned
that what the poor need is justice and
self help. The church always extends
the helping hand to these unfo1tunates
and is the temple of Justice
1t is the following connection that
DR.. Hayes tells of the Steel cooperation
end the Standard Oil company
I'VE should be thankful for things
that have not yet reached those for whom
| God intended them because Gods gifts
are not fairly distributed. One twelfth
the wealth of the entire world is controlled