Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-05
Outside Point of Wen.

/ Oct. 5.-The New York Sun which
| occasionally has an attack of political
I Jim jams" otherwise known as de-
,irium tremens has on several dates
/ affected to see Colonel Roosevelt as
in training for the dictatorship of these
United states Such timid souls must
feel relieved at the avalanche of crit
icusm ex-President Roosevelt is now
getting from all quarters. Not only
has he offended corporate wealth. put
the socialists of this county and abroad
are calling him a hypocrite. and the
worst enemy the workingman has
I anywhere. Roosevelt ct al, are cred
tied with the defeat of the republican
party in Maine and in advance the
old guard" of New York are giving
New York to the democrats. and hlam-
ing Roosevelt for the to-be result. SO
far the ex-president has managed to
avoid any pounding from the religious
i element The same is true of the tenn
( perance workers But it Is bound to
como from both of these sources. He
actually travelled on Sunday to get to
the Saratoga convention ION time" and
/ his public record is not that of strict
,tee-totaler 1t is safe to assume IN
six months more he will be the worst
abused man in the United States. Just
the same he will be if he lives the next
president of this country, for no man
/ has ever lived in America. that has had
the hold on the masses he has to-
I day We loved Blaine for the enemies
he made We almost worship Roose-
Welt for the enemies he has. in the
I class of people. ethe majority think are
4 enemies of the public welfare
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iligous training and inmagine you are
living in country that never heard
/ Of the ten commandments, before you
/ read this:
! Boston Sept Is. The Sunday
baseball question will be threshed out
in court tomorrow as a result of the
arrest of Eugene D'Connor. Jr., man
ager of the All Church League team
! of Jamaica Plain. which attempted 70
/ play an advertised game with team
from Fort Banks today.
When a thousand or more specta-
tors had been admitted free to the
grounds the police of division -
showed up. The Fort Banks team re-
fused to go ahead with the game. The
All Church League players also held
back but Manager O'Connor donned a
baseball suit and batted home run
over the fence. He was at once ar
rested and will endeavor to make
test case Of the matter
The All Church League team
claimed to have the backing OF large
number of citizens and several clergy
men in their endeavor to promote Sun
day baseball in Boston.
Read 1t again. especially the last
/ sentence ga number OF citizens and
/ ..,,..o, ol,ro,-,,ep" "prornoting Sunday
baseball"
And this Sunday baseball. this play
ing of golf on Sunday adds another
problem to the question of Sunday OBJ
servance. Unquestionably sincere men
and women in and out Of the church
are working along the lines of the
greatest good to the greatest number.
II is lust as true that these same sim
cere people by al arge majority. have
entirely different ideas concerning
Sunday observance from their grand
sires, who were equally sincere and
consistent christians Not only does
the present day christian thinks diff
ferently, but he acts differently. He
does things today for which his
frebears would have been expelled
from church membership. Assuming
that fifty ears from now there will be
more change both IN thought In act,
more advance so to speak, would 1t
not be we'll for the church to immedi-
ately adopt Sunday baseball and golf
as recreation? Change the pronoun-
citation from recreation to the original
meaning of the word. 1t will save a
lot Of church members and perhaps
add some that will Stick longer than
ox,s-