The broad ax., 1919-10-11

- HoihB1 anu WhAL is gong 10 De-
come Of this country Of oursi These
questions are asked by an excited man,
and believe me when 1 tell you he is
some excited. 1t strikes me that this
whole country is just over a powder
keg, ready to be touched of at any
moment, and just where the match is
going to light Is hard TO tell. The
world has never seen any times Ike
those, and l believe it is taking a
backward step.
/ do not like to abuse nv country
and l am not going to do so if the
-ourt knows itself, but believe me, this
thing has Just been TO the place where
The devil lives, and do not need TO
ell you where that is because I be-
lieve you can guess it with your eycs
closed, and then tell me 20 come on
pony up your wisdom. You don I need
% be a wise guy 10 get this into your
;himble head or any other kind of
head you may have on that shoulder
pair Of yours. I huye been trying to
learn how to "russ" without saving
damn, and yet / fear that / viii not
succeed. The Lord hath done things
for US, and we are hakering glad of it,
and then the devil is getting in some
work and do hope he will go to h
where he belongs and stay there until
time will send him some Of these moss
backs who are doing so much here to
mar the happiness and bring disgrace
to our civilization. If knew just
when my time was l would ask my
religion to just rest upon the shelf for
little while while l pour out all the
venum at my command, and then I
think would feel just a little better.
I have heard Bishop II. Blanton Parks,
of the African Methodist Episcopal
church, do some real righteous "euss-
ing' and / think shall drop around
with him and get a few lessons in the
latest improved style, and until then |
will just say that that man whoever he
is who stood up in the United States
Senate and put his approval on lynch
ing is not worthy Of the seat he Oeeu-
pies, and if the people in his state
have any respect for law and order,
and want to let the world know that
they are civilized, they would give
him a rest and never allow him to rep
resent them again in the senate.
do not need to tell you about the
lynching in Omaha, Neb., for you have
read it TO your heart = disgust. The
way up in civilization Omaha, coming
down to breaking the law, to destroy.
ing the Jail, and then attempting to
lynch the Mayor of the city. This is
telling America that it is going to reap
its own harvest and perhaps a little
earlier than was expected. This says
to America, that the north has been
still and allowed lynehing to 60 on in
the south, until it is no longer q
cherished southern pastime but now
north east and west are getting a taste
Of it, and now the man who dares tC
speak out, is told to step to hell and
take dip of it himself. Such was the
fate of Mayor Smith, and I tell you
mayors and governors all over this
country, until you take radical steps
and take them right now, you are go
ing TO have your lives shifted out il
you try TO uphold law and order.
Now comes Senator Williams, OF
Mississippi, the man who is in the law
making body Of our country, and con
deones, and even indOrses lynehing
Do you think he is a good man to make
laws to govern a civilized country
will ask the question and leave il
without comment, because l may wan
to see his face some day. I am SURF
that I do not want TO follow in hi
footsteps. Now is the time for men Il
speak out and do it today.
/ had the pleasure of being in the
North Missouri conference a few day
ago, and Bishop H. BlantOn Parks, on
of our great leaders, certainly die
speak right out in church. he IS
conservative man, but the actions o.
a few davs ago was enough TO arous'
the anger of the Prince Of Peace If h
had been down here on earth, an'
knew Just how they treated the mayo
of Omaha. how they destroyed that mn
court house. God help men TO ge
RIGHT and do so noN. l am glad tina
there was one man who spoke right ou
IN church. and did not bite his tongue
lDr ! C. Caldwell, who has won Piae
in the hearts of his fellow men, pre-
sented a telegram which was sent I
lNIavor Smith of Omaha, extendin
svmpathv and commenting him for hi
manly stand for right and justice.
Bishop Parks, declared that Gei
MANY had gone down, because Of law
Iesspess of the Kaiser, and his disr'
gard for the rights Of others, and h
called that man in the Senate tn
American Kaiser. I do not remembe
Just what he said, hence I am not g
ing to try to use his words, but the
were the right words in the right Plae