The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1922-06-23
BILLY SUNDAY
TOOL OF RICH!
Says Radicals Would Turn Milk of
Human Kindness Into Linn
burger Cheese
BY David karsner

The mine operators of West Viz
ginia have drafted Billy Sunday into
the midst Of the miners and their
tamlHcs for the purpose of directing
pltlful condition to the Pearly Gates
as pointed out in the picturesque Ian
guage of one Of the most noted vul-
garians that this land has ever pro-
duced. Sunday, launching into IT,
rade against radicals, belched this
bubble: - cannot believe God had
anything to do with the creation of
these (radicals) human buzzards. I'd
rather be in hell with Cleopatra,
John Wilkes Booth and Charles Gui-
teau than to live on earth with such
human lice Billy would probably
rather be in hell with Cleopatra and
the others excluded. But history
tells us that the Egyptian queen was
discriminating in the company she
kept.
He made reference to Eugene V.
Debs in this vein: 1T would be the
greatest calamity Of history if Eu-
gene V. Debs ever became president
of the United States. But he never
will. He'll never reach first base.
Wouldn't it be a fine place to live
IN II DebS were president? He'd
have Victor Berger vice president,
Alexander Howat secretary of state
and Bill Haywood attorney general.
Then he'll would hold jubilee and
Heaven hang crepe on her door"
Consider this; Il hope the United
Mine Workers Of America will not
stand by and see John L. Lewis de-
posed and Old Howat put in his place
Lewis is conservative. HoWat is rad
ical. l am friend of the union
men. | have championed the cause
of the union man all my life, but
I'm dead against the radical in what
ever form he may appear He's the
bird I'm after. America, l call you
back to Godl'
"These radicals would turn the
milk Of human kindness into limbur-
ger cheese and give a polecat con-
vulsions," whereupon the redoubtable
angel of the predatory interests of
the United States who pay him hand
somely from their own swollen purses
plus what he can shake out of the
poor misguided boobs who listen to
his rantings and rawlings. pulled off
his coat and vest, ripped off his col
lar and tie, rolled up his sleeves and
flung his shirt, to declare, IF | were
the Lord for about IS minutes I'd
smash the bunch so hard that there
would be nothing left for devil to
levy on but a bunch Of whiskers ana
a bad smell"
The Charleston, ". Va. Daily Mail.
which is kept by the mine opera
tors of West Virginia, has a special
CORES pondent on the special train
carrying Sunday and his party about
the state. This is one of the pearls |
wired into The Daily Nails office by
the reporter:
Billy Sunday came into southern
West Virginia today in a private car
like a president or a prince Travel !
ing with W, j. Harahan, president of
the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad. the !
evangelist arrived and so on.
The party which is travelling in !
two private cars, are: Mr. Sunday, !
President Harahan. General Manager !
j. P. Parrish, Superintendent Carey
of maintenance of way. and Suporin- |
tendent E. L. Book of the railroad |
So interested in the pilgrimage of |
the evangelist are the high railroad |
that they will continue on
the trip"
1t is small wonder that the presi-
dent of the Chesapeake & Ohio rail
road, which owns vast coal deposits
in West Virginia, and therefore
starves the miners and their families
out of the wages that are due them,
can forsake his personal business, inn
port this notoriouslv blatant imbecile
into the state, and accompany him
while he goes through his antics,
verbal and physical. that are disgust
ing to sanely thinking people.
But let US go on to peruse the col !
umns of The Charleston Daily Mail: |
president Harahan. forsook the |
press of business to travel for day !