Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-06
WARNS GOV. G|LLETT NOT
TO PLAY ROLE OF PLATE

DR.. Charles Edward Locke at the
First Methodist Episcopal church de-
livered sermon last evening to
great audience on the subject VINO
Shall Be King in California? Bacchus'
or Gambrinus, or the Race Horse or
the Prize Fighter, with Lessons from
King Saul and Shakespeare's Hamlet"
DR.. Locke said in part:
who shall be king in beautiful and
prosperous California? The humble
shall be king Before honor is humil-
ity.' He that humbleth himself shall
be exalted Elisha and C1nclnnatus
were ploWmen; Gideon was a thresher;
Grant and Moses and Lincoln came UP
from the tannery, the sheepfold and
the pioneer forests. Montezuma was
sweeping the floor of the temple when
called to the throne of the Aztecs;
Pope Plus the Tenth had return
ticket in his pocket when chosen 10
the pontiflcal chair. Saul, in the lowly
task of searching for stray asses'
found a kingdom.
obedience, and self-control are king
ly qualities To obey is better than
sacrifice He that ruleth his own
spirit is greater than he that taketh
a city, No man can long rule others
who has not the mastery over hlmSeI.
Thts is dramatically Illustrated in the
careers of Samson, Macbeth, Rlcharu
the Third, and Napoleon so is IN
dustry a kingly quality, Genius is IN
spiration, talent is perspiration.' Cen
ins is what God does for men, talent
is what man does for God. Industry
as well as genius can be denned as
Immense capacity for taking trouble.
The worker is king.
1.-THE man who is ready is king. Pre-
marathon of men and elimination OF
events go side by side. Men are !ong
in the making. Russia waited long
for Ivan the Great to throw on the
Mongol yoke; Europe waited for Co
lumbus; Mexico for Juarez, and Eng
land for Wesley, Cromwell and VIII
berforce Liberty waited long for Wen
dell Phillips and Abraham Lincoln
circumstances do not always make the
man. but If a man is ready for the
circumstances, he shall be king.
'"rhe world is full of Hamlets VINO
will never occupy the thrones whlch
belong to them by royal succession
because they are men of inaction. Men
of good blood, and intellectual power,
and rare talents and opportunities,
who never wear a crown because they
fail at the crucial moment. They can
plan, but they can not do. Iney
bluster. but they do not muster. They
are passive when they ought to be
persistent and some vehement For
tinbras with far less brains and ft-
ness, rushes to his coronation, While
Hamlet sinks into an unavenged
grave. Such inaction is near akin to
downright coWardice. In even waiting
to do more perfectly the thing in mind,
many men achieve nothing Worth
while
WORSHIP OF THE PRIZE RING
''There is a determined effort in our
glorious golden state to enthrone mans
british nature as king. The deVotees
Of Bacchus and Gambrinus would de-
ifv these ancient and medieval gods
of revelry and dissipation. There are
people, also, among us who would en-
throne the race course and prize ring
1.-THE law under which it is an
nounced that the Fourth of July fight
will take place is a circumvent1on or
the devil 1t was passed when busy
men were caring for their legitimate
affairs and willy politicians were steal
ing a march upon respectable people
"What a magnificent opportunity 10
win immortality and the gratitude Oh
the law-abiding and home-loV1ng ana
character-bu building citizens OF Cal-
fornia and the whole nation, Is pre-
sented to Gov. James N Gillett. NO
doubt the governor could explain MS
non-interference on the ground of Ger
tain legal technicalities; but, as tne
standard bearer of thousands of good
men who voted for him, and as the
custodian of the best interests or can
fornia, If the governor We're 10 use IIle m
power vested in him by the SURFACES
of the order-loving people Of the state state
and peremptorily prohibit this pertor-
nance. he would secure for himself
place beside the nations noblest pa
triots. He would be classed with GOV.
Dix of New York, who declared 'lf any
one attempts to haul down the Ameri-
can flag. shoot him on the spq5! 9i
Governor Gillett should not forget Pl-
late's wicked and cowardly completely
in the tragedy of Christ's crucifixion:
If he should rise to his sublime and
gigantic opportunity, of course the poll
fieians and toughs would throw him
down. but the law-abiding people of the
state would immortalize him. He has
a great chance-I hope he will be equal
to it! Let us pray for him."