Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-28
KNIGHTS OF LUTHER SCRIBE oP.
POSED ~ HIS OWN ORDER
FOR SENATOR.
WHAT cuMMlNs SAID
IN A CATHOLIC CHURCH
savase's Campaign Libel Declared In
famous by cummins - cumnins .
Protestant Did Not Declare For
Temporal Union Of Church and State
knights Oppose Connolly.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Aug. 2S.-As usual the
anti Cummins campaign has started
with Misrepresentation. This time the
religious issue is to be dragged in, la
mentaole as most men will believe 1t to
De. Otis l.. Sturgeon. Baptist
preacher from Nashua, and sovereign
scribe OF the Knights of Luther Is out
as an Independent candidate for senator
and local knights of Luther are in
panic for fear that this candidacy will
aid Maurice Connolly, the Cummins
opponent, who Is Catholic. On Aug.
the sovereign board of the Knights of
Luther met here and wired Spurgeon
to meet with them at once telling him
that his candidacy was deemed detri-
mental to the order. Spurgeon staid
away and on Aug. S the sovereign
board abolished the office of sovereign
scribe and asked for Spurgeon's resig-
nation a letter is now going out TO
local lodges declaring that candi-
oacy by an officer of the order is pre-
judicial TO the order. 1t is rumored,
however. that Spurgeon has backing
and may seek to pack convention of
Luthers to be held in this city soon.
The Savage Infamy.
1t viii he remembered that the Saw
age crowd in the primary campaign
circulated an extract from what Cum
minis once said upon the occasion of an
opening Of a rernodeled Catholic church
IN Des Moines where Cummins was
quoted as having said that:
The blessings of the ruler of the
universe rest upon the union Of the
state and church because it is a nee
essary union"
Cummins. who is protestant, spoke
then extemporaneousiy and no record
was made of his exact words except as
the reporter for the Register and
Leader remembered them but Cumnins
in letter REGARDING tina, meeting
says:
Ny purpose Yves TO define the true
relation Of all churches to all govern
ments: TO show that the churches
should lead men and women toward
good citizenship; should help build
character: should help inspire the lofty
sentiments Of justice. honor peace, and
good will; to show that the existence
OF the government depended upon the
morals of the people and that in all
these things the church was the most
efficient ally of gDod government.
/ Whoever pTsQaTs3 the lihesa knew
This 10 be true and again SAY Hat the
effort to make the pedpIe. of Iowa be-
!ieve that Favored the union. OF church
and state in TEMPORAL power or affairs
is Infamous
Newspaper apport Was Clear
Altho the only report of what Cum
Minis said was given in the Register
and Leader repoEter's words and NOT In
Cumming own language. the news
paper report Of IA, time. twelve years
ago. is clear eukngh for ans honest
man. The tet1ter thus epitpmized
the address quitting cummins as in
effect saving:
more than intelligence to meet these
problems intelligence is necessary.
but not I-suficient. We must have
presiding over education the heart of
man devoted tos good; we must weed
of se,hshness. Man can be easily DOM
mated 10 do what is right under al;
circumstances. If the influence is good.
And here the state clasps hands with
the church. It must rely on the church
TO mold and shape the character of the
people. Ii must and does depend upon
the church for the continuance Of the
highest class of citizens. The blessings
OF the Ruler Of the universe rest upon
the union of the church and state be-
cause IT is necessary union.
IT is the business of the government
to help those who can not help them
selves. This is the object of society,
and the sermons from this rostrum
and the rostrums of other churches
will do more to- support these prin-
ciples than any law ever written on
the annals Of congress or on the pages
of our general assembly. I welcome
the influences OF christianity in the
affairs of the world. There is none
greater than the power of the churches
in uplifting and aiding humanity, and
in Frightening and sweetening our
lives.
81 leave You in the hope. that as
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