The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-08-23
WORLD GOING
TO PERDITION
SAYS SUNDAY
Famous Evangelist Entertains
Biggest Crowd of Chautau-
qua History With Charac-
teristic Lecture.
CROWD NUMBERS 5000

The world is going to hell so fas.
that she is breaking the speed limit"
said the Rev. William A. Sunday,
otherwise known as Billy, famous
evangelist and ex-ball player, Chicago,
at the opening session of the Rich.
mond Chautauqua, Sunday afternooo
The slang he used to drive home
his points brought many laughs from
the audience.
1t was the largest crowd in the his
tory of the chautauqua, by the way.
and was estimated near the S,0GA
mark. The crowd contributed $1.0S8
to Sundays Golfers. He had insisted
on an even split of gate receipts.
which amounted to just twice the
above figure.
"Eetter Than Vaudeville"
One person was heard to remark
that at was better than a vaudeville
show" Sunday was not satisfied with
the lights and insisted that bright
light be placed directly in front of
his face. He explained that he had
dedicated the auditorium at Winola
lake. and only came to Richmond
with much persuasion and would en-
dure his hay fever long enough to
speak here. from whence he goes to
Portland, Oregon.
After speaking some time he re-
moved his coat, as is customary with
him. Later on he asked for "solid
bottom" chair, upon which he stood.
He paced the stage and again rose to
the heights of the chair. At the con-
clusion of his address he asked how
long he had been speaking. and when
told ''an hour and half" said "TEl
tired; l guess I'll STOP" and ascended
drank a glass of water, put on his
coat and called for ma" Sunday.
When Ma" could not be had, he
talked for 10 more minutes about his
conversion and his baseball life. Sun
day declares no one will ever beat
his record run around a diamond.
Audience Cheered "Ma."
When ma" appeared, the audience
cheered. She said she made up her
mind before she was married that
even if Billy could run fast around
diamond, he would never run away
from her, and she travels along with
| him. She explained that they had
three, sons and one daughter.
Persons about the dressing tent
craned their necks to see him, and
| There he isl" That's him!" could
be heard all around. Someone even
said he looked like Doc. Zimmerman.
| His performance was one of the most
interesting and original of those that
will fea ature the Richmond Chautau-
qua this year.
The speaker touched upon all the
problems that face the world today
the social nvoblem, radical problem,
immigration, labor, etc. In opening,
Sunday said that he had done his
| best to give the devil the run of his
life.
"WouId Go Without God"
| The great trouble today, according
to Sunday, is that man wants to run
things without taking into considera-
the power of God. Civilization is a
ship, he said, and we must assume
the duty of captain, staying with it,
if it sinks or swims. The fate of the
world depends upon America, says
! Sunday If America loses her fidelity
to God, the world is lost. She must
not go down.
In speaking of the labor problem,
| Sunday said: ''It is just a case of
everybody wanting something for
nothing or something that somebody
else has. The great majority of the
working people are 100 per cent
Americans, but it's the walking dele
gates, the radical element, that stirs
up the trouble.
Must the public sit by and do moth
ing while capital and labor fuss and
wIangle over wage scales and the
cost of coal?" he asked. "The public
is going to have something to say.
Capital profits by labor and labor is
profiting from capital. while both are
profiting by the public. This nation
is built on rule by the ma jority, and
can three per cent tell the other 81
per cent what to do? The public will
resent rule by capital, or rule by Ia
! Dor, or by the radical.
Radicals Have Upper Hand
| "The conservative men in the ranks
of la Dor are unable to control the
radicals. The present Industrial un.
rest is not due to financial stringency
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