The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-14
FEDERAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES IN AMERICA FIGHTING IMMIGRATION BILL
Minnesota Democrats to Hold State Convention lin MAY
TWILIGHT'S
THINKLINGS
"UPPERCUTS"
ARE YOU THE MAN?
THE GRAFT.DEVIL

THE GRAFT.DEVIL
- UNDERSTAND that Municipal
Judge Olson of st. Paul has the
= active support OF the FORMER
Sanity City chief of police, Mr.. ooni-
mer. Do / hear voice pleaolngy
say, "Please, oh, please, from my
friend deliver me-?
Give me a towel; can't hold back
the tears when l read the names. A
Minneapolis antiJohnson immigra-
tion bill meeting was addressed by
Judge Pam, Ga Chicago Jew); Mayor
Leach, (Minneapolis-H ol her,
Newt: Fred A. Ossanna, q smile);
the Reverend j. j. Cleminski, (Pas-
ter of the Holy Cross church
enough said); Rabbi c. David Matt,
(weep with me.)
The politicians, nowadays, sing
with pathetic seriousness, an old, ola
song. entitled, "The Taxes Will Get
You If You Don't Vote For Me"
The campaign manager of Colonel
Leach must be suffering from
plooms-or something, now that ne
has learned how enthusiastically W
the Minnesota people accepted the
Leach-for-governor boom. 1t looks
very much as if the boom became
boomerang somewhere in transit.
The way some people drop the
nuch-abused nickel in the collection
tray, you'd think that the usners
were passing around slot machines
rather than giving church goers an
opportunity to do their part in the
support of the Protestant churches'
Many a girl who "sticks up her
nose" at a man in overalls, marries
q white-collared loafer, who early IN
PRODUCES her to the wash tub.
Where Protestant ministers en-
nhasize Churchianity rather than
Christianity, you find empty pews.
lake Preus says he won't be candi-
date for nothing. Now doesn't that
make YOU feel hurt. But then the
Minnesota governor has been feeding
from the public trough long, long
time Perhaps he has learned that
TIE people of the Gopher state are
determined in their decision to send
him back into the cruel world where
a livelihood must be earned by the
"sweat of the brow"
Risbop Joseph F. Berry of Phila-
deinbial in addressing the eighty
eighth annual New Jersey Meth1olst
conference, was reported TO nave
said that "the Ku klux klan mas
very bloody history" We cant help
but wonder what history the bisnop
has been reading. Isn't it possinie
that in moment of absent-mlndeo-
ness he permitted non-protestant
to slip one over by making him tnink
that the story of the Spanish lnquisl-
tion told all about the ku klux
Klan. Investigate the source of,your
information, bishop, SO you won't go
astray again.
a MAN crushed the still small
~ voice and yielded to his animal
4 u nature. He Is now the slave OF
his passiOn-a moral leper on the
brink of hell,
Are You the Man!
A man grew rich In the wOrlds
goods. He held I'm silent contempt
all who could not show a high rating
I'm Dun or Bradstreet. Success by
him was measured with the meter
stick of gold. In his mOney-madness,
he forgot the meaning Of honesty and
suuare.dealing. The driving philos.
ophy of his life was-"get money;
get It honestly, If you can, but get
it."
Are You the Man!
A man I'm q moment Of religious
uncertainty cried aloud, ''There is no
God" From faith he turned to fate.
He seemed to take particular delight
I'm belittliag the people who looked
to Jesus the Christ as the inspiration
of their lives. Frequently he point.
ed out that religion IS a fraud, a
product of ignorance and supersti.
tion." He fell from the pinnacle Of
idealism to the lower regions Of athe.
ism. Today he is a sour, morose
cynic,
A man became drunk with Hat.
terfes. The shouts Of the galleries
he sought daily. Unhappy he was, II
he heard not the praises OF friends
and devotees. Day in and day out he
courted the sirens of popularity. Ev.
cry act and every decision he tests
on the tOuchst0ne OF adulati0n. This
man today would rather be praised
than be right. He avoids doing any.
thing which might bring censure,
crushing every conviction In SO do.
ing. As this man now lives, he Will
leave no mark on the highway lead
ing to the uplands. Behold, trag.
edy In human form-the child OF
servile fattery,
Are You the Manl
A man Is ut the head Of a large
concern. lie never takes
a stand on any important questions,
outside Of his business. Quite often
ne says, "a man In business, who has
r. q fool" It makes no
difference how worthy cause ne
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