Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-17
man, who happened to be there on

business.
1t was just after 1 o'clock when
Mr.. Sunday reached the Press club, in
Spruce street. Word Of his coming
had preceded him, and when his au-
tomobile drew up at the club entrance
the evangelist found a cheering crowd.
The assembly room was jammed until
there was not an inch Of standing
room left. Orders we're given that
the doors be locked.
Plainly, Mr.. Sunday was in his best
preaching form, and obviously also he
was glad Of the opportunity to deliv.
er himself Of a sermon before the men
who make the metropolitan newspa-
pers. But he gave way at once to
; Homer A. Rodeheaver, the singing
Hody" IT the Sunday tabernacles.
Reporters Sing Hymns.
Mr.. Rodeheaver carried his famous
"sliphorn" and utilized as choir the
band Of reporters and photographers,
who have become familiar through
their experience at Paterson with the
Sunday methods of livening up the
evangelist's congregations. Within a
few moments the $50 persons in the
room were singing Brighten the Cor,
ner Where You Are," with the re-
porter choir leading. Later they sang
and then whistled a typical Sunday
hymn, IF Your Heart Keeps Right"
Then came Mr.. Sundays turn.
I'D have been satisfied for a look
in on this bunch and a seat in the
grand stand, instead Of umpiring the
game" lie began. That remark drew
a good sized laugh, and Mr.. Sunday
promptly got down to work. Those
who heard him confessed afterward
that If Mr.. Sunday ever called report
ers "a shrinking, lying, rotten bunch
he made up for the remark yesterday
He gave the newspapers a good par
of the credit for every rightful i'm
pulse in the world in q long time
1.-THE newspaper can be n of, II
not actually the greatest, moral fac
tors in the community" he said
There is nobody o obligated tc
the newspapers than me. You've got
to experience criticism and abuse il
you start out to combat %intrenched
evils. They told Columbus he was
dippy-bughouse.
Newspapers Irresistible When Right
Il believe the newspapers afe IRE
sistible when they are right, but as
dangerous as a famine when they are
wrong. I never knew a newspaper tt
be subsidized, despite all they say tt
the contrary. Many a time I've
known the liquor interests to go tc
newspapers and try to buy the editori
al page for the time l was in town.
know n case in particular, and the
young editor promptly anne back
with: You go to hell. I need the
money, but I need my manhood more.
They had offered that fellow $1,000.
"Well, you know what all Of them
got for preaching what was right
They Slipped Socrates the .hemlock
Paul the sword, Christ the cross and
Abraham Lincoln got a bullet from the
copperhead, John Wilkes Booth
There isn't a town in the country that
doesn't need cleaning UP and taking
down to Gods bath-house to have the
hose turned on. I believe the news
papers can clean up everything, from
New York to San Francisco. No evil
can stand the honest attack of the
newspaper.
"The only mission of the newspaper
is to enlighten the public, and it's go1
a lot of pulpits skinned a block DOING
it. The trouble with a lot of ministers
is they spend too much time debating
whether clerical collars should button
up the front or back, and they spend
only two days a week telling a few
wealthy aristocrats what they want .tc
hear, instead Of telling the bunch
what they ought to hear.
II tell you, IL every newspaper was
suppressed tomorrow crime would in
crease 100 per cent in "a hours. Hell
would join in the jubilee with the
crooked politicians and d~ivekeepers
and the people of this country and
the clergymen would be down on Their
knees praying for them to start W
again. I've never had a kick on the
newspapers, and l reckon l get as
much space out Of them as any man
lin the country. l tell them If they
want to soak me they can go ahead
and I'll laugh while they are jabbiEg
You know, it doesn't require a col
lege graduate to tell the difference be
tween a skunk and a lamb. The guy
who invented printing did more for
civilization than the one who invent
ed gunpowder." 4,
Two matinees Of "The Black Box