The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-01-18
THE RECALL.

on the heels OF the recall of MayC
Gill In Seattle. Neither of these me
have been in office two years, W
along comes public clamor for thei
scalps
The recall moveme nt in Seattle pre-
eents some almost incomprehensibl
phases. Mayor Gill has long serve
his city in the council, having bee
presiding officer of that body 70
many years. The people knew him
or should know him, because his pub
lie acts were exposed to their scrutiny
Moreover, he told the people of Sc
attic just what sort of an admins
tration he would give them If h,
was elected. They elected him OF
his own platform.
He did as he said he would Il,
when he assumed the reins of gov
eminent. Seattle has had that sor
Of an administration before. Their,
was nothing new about it. In fac
nothing has been put forward sine,
the recall movement started, tina
would show Hiram Gill to be u DIFF.
ferent sort of man now than eighteen
months ago. So why all of this "tc
do about him?
In Gilrs case some justification fol
the recall may be found in the fact
that an "open town" policy is al
ways wrong. The day for that sort OF
thing is past If the people Of Sc
attic wanted Gill for mayor, they
should have insisted on a different
sort Of platform. But they swallow
ed him, platform and all, and now
are sick of it.
Suppose that the issue were other
than q moral one, the recall would
be worked Just the same, right OF
wrong. because the people have been
fired to that point where they will do
anything. Such contradictions in hui
man nature make one think at times
that the people have no right to rule
themselves, because they do not know
their own minds. II Gill had been
e!ected on platform Of municipal
ownership, 1t is not beyond the realm
of supposition that the people might
have recalled him for carrying out
that policy
The principle of the recall is wrong
as 1t is now used, because it makes
every public official the victim Of
public clamor, and such public up
risings manifest every characteristic
negro at the stake. No public official
can please all the people all the time
If he is an intelligent and conscien-
tious man seeking to work out a
great principle, 1t may be years be-
Gre the proof of his wisdom is dem
onstrated. With the recall in OPP
Grafton he would be maligned, caluna,
mated and publicity disgraced, aihr Of
what? Public fancy, nothinruent crea
Take the administrations only the
dent Cleveland as abaon. but. individu
is not particle de last of Jehovah's
he would have kis agrees the word OF
fha arer wsn t assi things are of the Father
one Of sAings are by the Son"
natioy.ery many have failed to .appreci
ate not only the Divine personality
of Jehovah, but also the greatness of
him who is styled 1.-THE Son Of God"
In the Dark Ages.
There was time when Gods people
did not possess the Bible in their own
language, and when education to read
1t was extremely limited. and when
nobody possessed such wonderful
ances) as are common today 1t should
not surprise us that in that far-off
time confusing errors crept into the
traditional faith of the Church. The
contention of the Jews was that Jesus
OF Nazareth was an impostor and that
his mighty works were done under
the influence of the fallen angel, Be-
elzebub. Should we think it strange
that in the heat Of discussion some of
the followers Of Jesus would make ex-
travagant claims for him in their en-
deavor to oppose the theory that made
Of Messiah a mere sinful man?
1t does not surprise us, therefore,
that early In the third century claims
were put forward in the name of
Christ and his Apostles which neither
he nor they ever authorized. The
Apostles declared him to be 1.-The Son
of God with power and that he was
"holy, harmless, indebted and sepa-
rate from sinners" Hebrews vii, 26)
The Master himself declared, my
Father is greater than l." "He is
above ALL" "he sent me-" 81 came to
do the will of my Father In heaven
and not mine own WILL" 81 delight to
do thy will. oh my God; thy law is
written in my heart"
True, he also declared, "I and my
Father are one" but he showed in
what this oneness consisted-that Il
was oneness of will. of purpose, OF
work. Because he had fully submitted
his will to the Fathers will and ha(
made the Fathers will his own, there
Fore they were one.
The Master again illustrated thi,
oneness when he prayed for his dis
ciples that they all might be one
even as thou Father and | are one
John xvii, II. q. 22). Evidently thu
Master did not pray that his disciple.
should all become one in person, bu
that they should all become of on,
mind, Of one heart, of one disposition
through their loyalty and obedience t.
the Word and to the spirit of God
And this oneness, he declared, was tn,
kind which subsisted between the
Heavenly Father and himself