Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18
PUT PRESIDENCY
UP TO CUMMlNS
United Christian Party Dele.
gates Believe Iowan Ideal
Man for Candidate.
GOLDEN RULE FOLLOWER
Resolutions Oppose Building of Ad-
ditionaI Battleships and Favor
Purchase of Breweries.

The united Christian party, in nation
al conference today at the Watch
| Tower, adopted the following resolu-
ton:
1--WE, the united Christian party, in
annual national conference, gathered
in His name at the Watch Tower in
Rock Island, Ill, May Is. 1910, reafhrm
our platform of 1909, in which the dec
alogue and Jesus bible rule are the
basis and the standard measure of
every plank, and we again proclaim to
the world that we cannot respect and
will not uphold nor obey laws that
contravene or conflict with the divine
| law, and we again demand that all our
rulers, lawmakers and judges shall
adopt and use the decalogue and king
Jesus bible rule as a standard meas
ure for all our laws and government.
1--WE appreciate Hon. A B. Cummins'
statements in his letter from Washing
| ton, d. c., to our national chairman,
saying: L have carefully read the
platform of the Christian party, and 1
am doing my best to make our laws
! conform to the decalogue and the
golden rule We give credit to Mr..
Cummins and others in their stand for
tariff reform and consider our present
tariff laws unjust, a disgrace to Amer
| lea and a curse to the common people,
which unsettles business, causes
hatred between nations, and protects
the trusts in robbing the people, and
is the principal cause of the high cost
of living We prefer free trade to this
curse that only protects combined
wealth. We favor ground and income
tax as the only tax necessary for gov
eminent revenue, which places the
burden of taxes where it properly be-
longs and where God intended it.
wants Church Property Taxed.
"And while we are opposed to the
manufacturing or sale of alcoholic
liquors for beverage purposes, we be-
lieve that church property should be
taxed as we'll as brewery ground, and
in places where the manufacture of
such liquors is now licensed, the state
or county should buy the brewery or
distillery and reconvert it for other
purposes or pay a reasonable amount
fixed by law to the present investor or
manufacturer We are opposed to tax
ing the people for more battleships,
and believe thou shalt not kill was
intended for the jury, judge, sheriff,
state and nation as well as for the as
sassin of Lincoln. Garfield, Mckinley.
and the common people.
For the present we deem it best
not TO nominate national candidates
for president or vice president of the
United States until 1911 or 1912, and
most heartily recommend Hon. A. B.
Cummins as a worthy and able man
for president of the United States in
1912, providing he will favor a direct
vote of the people on all leading issues
of vital Importance to the masses and
pledge himself to adopt and use the
decalogue and golden rule as a stand
ard measure for all our laws and gov
eminent
Surprised at Roosevelt.
ITO this standard and to help elect
men pledged to the use of Gods stand
ard and Jesus rule in the enactment
or execution of all future laws, the
Christian party will endeavor to or.
ganize every state and try to sway a
Christian influence for righteousness
over every state and nation to the glory
of God and for the benefit of human
ity, regardless of sex, nationality, creed
or party. We are not only sorry, but
regret that man like Theodore 2oose-
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should be so guarded in his public
speeches before kings and students of
Europe not to mention the decalogue
as a standard measure for all nations,
and refrain so carefully from the men,
ton of king Jesus or to give glory to
Him or His name as the King of kings
and as the sovereign Ruler of nations.
When it is written that every knee
shall bend to him, and that the king
doms of this world are to become the
kingdoms of Christ and when the
enemy comes in like flood, the spirit
of the Lord will lift up a standard
against him., according to Isaiah 59:19,
to help lift up the Lords standard and
for more righteous government, we are
ready to cooperate with every state
and nation and ask for the prayer and
cooperation of all Christians and pa
triots everywhere on EARTH
Sixteen delegates are In attendance
at the conference, though considera-
BILE number are represented by letter
and by proxy. John Frey of this city
was selected to preside as chairman
and Mrs. Kitty Benkert, Davenport, as
secretary.