The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-05
TO ELECT REV. M. F. BARNWELL
TO CHURCH OF THE ADVENT

The Right Rev. c. NJ. Beckwith, bishop
of the diocese of Alabama, has approved
the nomination of the Rev. NJ. F. Barn
well of New Bedford, Mass. as rector
of the Church of the Advent, and he will
be elected by the vestry of that church
at a special meeting to be held this
morning.
The present rector DR.. w. E. Evans,
who has been in charge of the Advent
for the past five years, rendered his
resignation a few weeks ago on the
ground of ill health, to be effective Feb
ruary l. 1t was with the profoundest
regret that it was accepted.
The name of the Rev. Barnwell was
suggested to the vestry and he was NOM
mated a few days ago, and the action
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ......s."..".......'
to make us feel that change has Come
over the character of majorities so that
they may not exercise the tyranny that
they have exercised in the past, and
in respect to which they have been re-
strained by constitutional limitation?
Raps Progressive Programme
How are the inequalities in society
to be wiped out? How is government
to assure happiness to the individual!
Is 1t by an equal distribution of prop
erty? Is it by taking from one man
that which is his and giving 1t to an
other who has not earned 1t? sup-
nit that this is the ultimate result OF a
thorough analysis of all the theories
advanced by the progressive party 1t
is easily seen that under tho progress
i've programme the whole machinery
that has been so carefully built up by
the older statesmen CT this country ana
of England to save to the individual
and the minority, freedom, equality be-
fore the law, the right of property ana
the right to pursue happiness, IS TO De
taken apart and thrown into JUNK
heap and the preservation of such
rights or privileges, if you choose to
call them such, is to be left to the char
table impulse of q benevolent admlh-
istration No one at all familiar with
the principles of free government ana
the tendency of erring and poWer-loV-
ing human nature, would be content TO
have his liberty or his right of prop
erty or his right to pursue happiness
dependent upon the benevolence OF any
one.
Nov it has been suggested that the
republican party can unite again Win
many of the progressive party II only
different rule can be put into force
through the convention or the national
committee by which the reduction OF
southern representation would be secured
and a fairer method of selecting the can
didates for President by the republican
party could be devised. l haven't any
objection to any method which shall be
favored There is not reason for
Joining or giving up the party. 1T is
the principle that the party advocates
that should control one in its support
1t is not that the republican party is
desirous of holding office or power,
though neither is to be despised, but 1t
is that in this crisis we felt that we
have the means of preventing the coun-
try from taking a step which II taken,
will preeipitate us into governmental
chaos, will set the community on a
chimerical chase for an ideal that Is
impossible to realize, and that in that
chase the community will lose the IN
estimable benefits of permanent,
popular government that we have main
tanned and preserved inViolate for 10
years of national liberty.
I'VE are not bitter! we are not cast
down; we are not vengeful. If the peo-
ple of the United States can stand q
democratic administration for one or TWO
or even more terms we shall certainly
durance in this regard, but what we
wish to assure ourselves of is that neith-
er through democratic radicalism nor
through progressive radicalism shall the
pillars of our noble state be pulled
down and the real cause of the people
be sacrificed to dreams of demagogues
and theorists.
Tonight's dinner was held under the
auspices of the Union League club and
the Republican club of New York, the
Republican club of Massachusetts and
the Union League club OF Phliaoeiphia'
The diners roundly cheered the open-
ing speech of j. Van Vetchen Olcott,
president of the Republican club of this
city, the toastmaster when he declared
that the party accepted defeat without
encouragement and that it would con-
tinue to stand on fixed principles sam
lel j. Elder, president of the Republican
club of Massachusetts, was another
speaker.