Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-24
Side Swipes at Sunday

PapIilion Times. Between reporting "BiIiy' Sun
days and the European war readers OF
Omaha daily papers have little else TO read on the
main news pages And at that they furnish inter-
esting reading
hastings Tribune. billy" Sunday has been Civ
ing those omahans hai-Coiumbia because they fail
with the sponduics. That is the first
time ever heard OF Omaha being in the tshtwad
class.
Harrington Herald: At that there must be con-
siderable satisfaction in being able TO stand up in
pulpit and tell people in plain and forcefui language
what you think OF them the way Billy Sunday
does. The individual n he exercised such
prerOgatlve, would probably wake up to find himself
in Jail.
Franklin News: The omaha bee says that
'BIlly" Sunday verges profanity in his sermOns,
but then Omaha has been used to that sort OF thing
for a good many years and always seemed to like
! IT, they return Mayor Dahlman at election with
Increased matorities.
Albion News: 'Bny' Sunday ana Jim DahIman
engaged in a contest TO which
the other with the most soft soap. BILLY" says Jim
is "dnger" and Jim says BILLY" Ia "corker.''
billy" gets his reputation "skinning'' the booze
Joints and the underworld generally. while Jim
his prominece to those same institutions. 1t is
predicted that Jim will be converted and extend his
public career as the booze Joints and their allies
doomed 70 determination.
Orleans Izzer; Well. BILLY" Sunday is doing all
that he said he would when put spectacular
stunt in Omaha. He is convincing many that the
'sawdust trail" is the proper place for unsteady
feet
Stanton Picket: BILLY Sunday IL making the
birthstone fly in Omaha and creating enough he'll
TO cause many OF his hearers TO forsake their evil
| ways and hit the sawdust trail. He beats an old
fashioned Free Methodist camp meeting ali to hollow,
and sends many OF his hearers to perdtion on the
rapid transit Sunday Is a sensationalist. emo
1 nd affor
changers out OF the temple all his life teachings
were meekness and lowIyness OF heart and we fail
to find In divine writ where he spent his time In
bhlngssate and slang as does Sunday II may take
brass band and glimpse OF hades TO frighten
some people into heaven, but we believe in a sane
repentance and divine forgiveness
David City Hammer: We admire billy sum
day Tor the manner he handles great crowds and
hoios them up Few people gifted as he is but
IL Is too bad that he does It under the cover OF
religion, and he is backed up in his graft by mon
who pretend TO be preachers of the gospel xho
think they can gain little Of his notoriety Rot
Blue Spring Sentinel: Billy Sundays first
real KICK In Omaha IL at the size OF the coectiors
He should to II that what causes the larger drain
on the Omaha pocketbook effaced and the stream
diverted In his direction before making the Kick
Wayne Herald: In view of the long wet sasson
which has been oppressive and disaRreeable we
woula sussest to Billy Sunday the expediency Of
substituting water-soaked hell for the dry and
fery one commonly taught Drouth as means OF
future punishment cannot be very effective during
an overly wet year '
CLAY Center sun; Speaking of Mayor Jim"
Daniman OF Omaha. BILLY" Sunday said that he a,d
not have crooked hair In his head The Fsa
promptly called attention to the fact that Mayor
jim Is as bald a billiard ban
wahoo Wasp: The work that this vras, avn,
gehst IL doing 10 certainly wonderful and omaha
should reap great benefit by the influence of ,h
searless apostle OF rghteoumesG Il makes no df-
eienco as 20 the critics. who looking for Just
the one side OF the work OF this man Tn. slang
thAt are used attracts the attention OF people
ana Whhe We have never heard him those that have
assure US mat one we'll afford TO overlook Oh.
slang and let the good soak In He Is bringing the
sinner 10 Christ and his fame, has already grown
Worldwide Surely the old world needs aomethns
20 sur u rp ana for the people realize that thsv
are going In the wrong direction and should rIrn,
about and do better. trip TO Omaha ana Iisten -
slly sunday might be just what we all need Tho
minister ana the church member 30 far as we have
Deen aoie to judge like the tanning that "RIIIv,
4ves tnem. or at least cheerfuIly submit for m.
Sood that IL seems to have IN general