Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 October 1912 — Page 3

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bllUU vUlt-btlltH OF PRESIDENT TUFT

HIS POPULARITY NOT SHOWN BY THE VOTES HE HAS RECEIVED. | T

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In New York When He Ran for Governor He Did Not Get Full Party Support—Presidential Vote When Analyzed Is Not to Hig Advantage.

REV. DR. JOHN WESLEY HILL’S SERMON IS ELOQUENT ANALYSIS OF TAFT'S CHARACTER.

FAITH IN GOD AND CHRIST

Colonel Roosevelt is regarded everywhere as the marvelous vote-getter. “We are for Teddy because he will elect our county ticket,” chorused the Roosevelt shouters prior to the renomintnation of President Taft. And even now, when, having failed to get the Republican nomination for a third term, he is heading a bolting Third Party organization, there are many Republicans who seem to think that he has a strong hold upon the people. The fact is the record shows that he is not a successful vote getter. The belief which prevails in some parts of the country that Roosevelt has a magic hold upon the people is not supported by the facts. Mr. Roosevelt's own activity in self-ad-vertising is largely responsible for the | belief. Take, for instance, his home state of New York. Here are the figures of the Republican vote cast in the I three elections of lS9k, 1898 and 19C0, the two years before -and the two ; years after Roosevelt v. as a candidate j for governor: 1896, Black 787,516 | 1S98, Kocsevelt .....661,707 1900. Odell 804,859 When Roosevelt ran as a candidate for governor he had behind him his j prestiaate of service in the war with Spain. He made a spectacular campaign with a number of uniformed soldiers riding with him upon the rear platform of his special train Even with this advantage he polled 125.000 less votes than Black and nearly 145,000 votes less than Odell This shows that in his own state Inis not the vote-getter which he claims to be. Polled Less Votes Than Taft. Colonel Roosevelt received an enrr mous plurality when he ran for president in 1904, but that was because 1.280.000 Democrats declined to vote for Judge Alton B. Parker. The real test of Roosevelt's plurality is the number of Republican votes cast for him. He polled 7,623,486 votes, but even this number was 55,000 Ipss than were cast for Taft in 1908 with Bryan . in the field and practical Democratic harmony restored. Do these figures show Roosevelt to be a great vote-getter? The figures as to Illinois are also Interesting and instructive. In 1904 the total Republican vote for Roosevelt was 632,645, but this was 1,384 less than were cast for Charles S. Deneen for governor. Roosevelt was supposedly the idol of the Republican party while Governor Deneen’s nomination was secured at the end of a three weeks’ convention in which bit ter factional fighting developed. Yet Deneen, as stated, received 1,384 more votes for Roosevelt. An attempt is made to demonstrate Colonel Roosevelt’s popularity by citing the fact that his plurality in Illinois in 1904 was 305.000, while Taft's was only 179,000 in 1908. The fact is that in 1904 Roosevelt received 632,645 votes. In 1908 Taft received 629,929 votes, so that out of about 630,000 votes the only difference between Roosevelt’s popularity and Taft’s popularity as shown by the total Republican vote was 2,713. Illinois is cited merely because It is typical of other states. Some Primary Figures. As Republican candidate for president last spring, Colonel Roosevelt polled 61 per cent of the total vote cast at the Illinois primaries, but only 42.37 per cent of the Taft 1908 vote. A majority of the Republicans of Illinois have not expressed a preference for Colonel Roosevelt for president. In a recent statement Colonel Roosevelt said: “The primary in Illinois last spring definitely decided that I was tpe choice of the Illinois Republican voters for president." Colonel Roosevelt should be informed than 42.37 per cent of * the Republican vote in Illinois does not decide what 57.63 per cent shall do with a bolter who denounced their party because It would not nominate him. Similar conditions prevail in other states. The foregoing record proves that Colonel Roosevelt, without regard to his other essential deficiencies, is not a powerful vote-getter. The “win-with-Teddy” bumcombe is quite popular with Colonel Roosevelt and hi? supporters with the hope of dragging into line timid voters and pot-hunting politicians. The facts show that as a vote-getter Roosevelt never had been as strong as his party. He was not as strong af Black and Odell in New York, where he is best known: although running against a cripple in Judge Parker, he ran more than a million votes behind his party strength; he was not as strong as Taft in the country at large; and he was not as strong as Taft and Deneen in Illinois. The current belief, stimulated by Roosevelt’s own expressions, that Roosevelt is a powerful vote-getter, is disproven by the facts.

Praises the Sunday School as an Institution of Greatest Importance i and Shows His Sympathy for All Forms of Religious Belief.

Rev. Dr. John Wesley Hill, president of the International Peace Forum of New York city, recently preached to a large audience at All Soul’s church, Chicago, a sermon on “The Religion of President Taft.” Dr. Hill began by paying a high tribute to the United States as a Christian nation, and said that it was a striking testimony to the religious character of the American people that they have always insisted upon the elevation of devout, conscientious, godly men to the highest office within their gift. He asserted that President Taft met these requirements, stating that the president had gone farther to conserve the cause of Christianity in its home and foreign propaganda, no less than In the application of its principles in social and civil justice, than any of his illustrious predecessors. “Born of godly parents,” said Dr. Hill, “and reared in an atmosphere saturated with the Puritan spirit, his character and career rest upon that religious basis which has developed his sense of personal accountability to God, love of truth and justice, sensitiveness to the feelings of others, reverence for sacred things, adherence to law and order, fidelity to duty and devotion to the spread of Christian civilization.” Dr. Hill, discussing President Taft’s religious belief, said that the president, as a Unitarian, belongs to the Channing school, believing as clearly and distinctly In the divinity of Jesus Christ as did Edward Everett Hale, whose prayers were always offered in the name of Christ. To show that his faith constantly manifested itself in Mr. Taft’s public addresses, Dr. Hill quoted from a speech delivered by the president at the Tompkins Avenue Congregational church, in Brooklyn, wherein he praised the Sunday school as “an institution of the greatest importance to our country, where the lessons of the Bible are unfolded, ^nd where boys and girls learn of God a?id of Jesus Christ, and so lay the foun-‘ dation of enduring religious character. Dr. Hill pictured President Taft as a man of simplicity, sympathy and Christian democracy, who practices Christianity in helping the poor and needy, and who, while president of the United States, after addressing a vast adience in Carnegie hall, New York, found time to visit the Bowery Mission and utter encouraging words to an audience of a thousand wretched, fallen, discouraged and despairing men. Dr. Hill asserted also that President Taft is a man of prayer and that his reliance upon God is the secret of that great self-control which Is the crowning virtue of his character. Dr. Hill’s analysis of the president’s religious belief was accompanied by numerous citations from the president’s speech, delivered on various occasions to religious audiences. He Insisted that there is nothing of bigotory or intolerance in the religious life of President Taft. “His addresses,” said Dr. Hill, “breathe the spirit of Christian catholicity and strive for union of all true believers In sympathy and loving co-operation.” His breadth of religious views was shown when addressing the Catholic summer school at Cliff Haven, N. Y. He said, “I am not a Catholic,” and then added that he believed Christians are growing more tolerant and are no longer cherishing narrow views which spring from religious bigotry, but are able to recognize and appreciate the virtues exhibited by the heroes of every and any Christian faith and creed. Before a Methodist audience President Taft eulogized Methodism as an affirmative, aggressive, pushing, practical church militant, and, according to Dr. Hill, he has always shown the widest sympathy for every religious belief. After eulogizing President Taft’s efforts to secure world-wide peace as the crowning point of his career, Dr. Hill concluded as follows: "Measured, therefore, from all these viewpoints; by his faith in Almighty God; his belief in Christ, Christian education, evangelism, missions and civilization; his unfailing dependence upon Providence; his familiarity with the Word of God, and his sincere attempt to bring his life into harmony with the precepts of that word; his habit of prayer; his simple and steady confidence in the ultimate triumph of the right; his reproduction of the spirit of the Master as seen in the gentleness of his treatment of his enemies, the patience with which he endures opposition, being reviled, and reviling not again; by his reverence for the Sabbath, his church-member-ship, and his respect and love for all the churches, and co-operation In their work; his consecration to the cause of peace; his love of truth and justice; his abhorrence of sham and hypocrisy; his sympathy with humanity; his adherence to the right as God enables him to see the right; his sterling, unquestionable integrity; his

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Elks’ Social Session

Base Ball' A. B. C’S Win Last Sunday’s Game. The A. B. C’s came near blanking the All-Pros Sunday beating them 6 to 4. Bartlett kept the visitors struggling from the start and in the ninth they bunched thetr hits for four runs. Herron and Allen caught line drives that were good for two sacks and meant scores A. B. C 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 2—6 All-Pro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4—4 Runs—Allen 2 Herron, Turner, Lyons 2, Stewart, Templeton, Pierce, Goebler. Base hits made—Off Bartlett 7; olf Whitridge, 9. Struck out—By Bartlett, ti; by Whitridge, 4. Two base hits—Turner, Bartlett Raines, Goebbler. Three base hits —Lyons. Stolen bases—Griffin. Herron, Board, Lyons, Wall, Pierce. Time—1:55 Umpires—Gardiner and Oliver. Attendance—550. The same teams will play Sunday.

Indiana Lodge 104 Royally Entertains Its Members with Menu and Program

The Quarterly Annual Social Session held Oct. 3. by the Officers and Members of Indiana Lodge 104. I. B. P. O. of W. was a very successful and enthusiastic event. The session was attended by quite a number of members and friends and a superabundance of good fellowship emanated amongst those present. After asocial hour at cards and music the members formed a line and marched into the south parlor where the committee had set tables for the occasion The parlor J was beautifully decorated with fesj toons of purple and white, After the ' singing of Auld Lang Syne the song most dear to all the brotherhood, the strains of whicli strike a responsive chord deep down in the hearts of all true and loyal Elks and causes them to ask within themselves 1 ‘Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot;” prayer by the chaplain. The following repast was served, fried chicken, baked beans Tpoiatoe salad, cold slaw, rye bread, cheese, pickles and cigars. The following toasts were responded to by several members named. “Social sessions and their relationship to the Organization” Jas. G. Johnson, “Conservation and its application to Elkdom, Why they call us Bills” William Roberts; “The Elks Organization as a financial Institution” John W. Johnson; “1’rinciples and Practice of Elkdom” Lewis Harris; “The Progressivism of Elks” Ally. H. W. Grant; “Why I am an Elk” George Abrams. The responses were well received and many of those present expressed their favorable approval of the subjects that had digressed upon. Many short remarks were made by the members and enthusiasm reigned supreme. An Atlantic Club was formed for the special purpose of defraying the expenses of delegates to the Grand Lodge meeting in 1913 at Atlantic City, N. J. The club will give a series of dances and entertainments at this winter. I would rather be a noble Elk so free Than any other animal you could name, With a brand on my hip-I. B. P. O. E. Why need I be ashame. I used to be my mothers little dear But threw her maternal care and luck I have lived here many a year And have grown to be a great big buck. The older the buck, the more staunch his horn, Standing erect by the I. B. P, O. E. banner Its great to be an Elk bred and born, In Indianapolis, Indiana. Written by Irving H ^ettiford Member of Indiana Lodge 104.

CARRE DIEM1 What doth it boot me that some learned eye May spell my name on gravestone by and by? As to the flowers they promise for my bier. I’d rather. living, scent their perfume here. And thou, posterity—that ne’er mayst be— Waste not thy torch in seeking signs of me! Like a wise man. I deemed that I was bound The money for my tomb to scatter gayly round. —Beranger.

Billy McClain Explains Burlesque. I am afraid the good people of India napolis do not understand Burlesque, there are different kinds and forms of Burlesque, just the same as different kinds and forms of other entertainments, for instance, you go to the Empire, see a show, then you go to the Murat, see a Minstrel that is under cork, both are Burlesque, one of colored peopde and one of while which is white people in evary instance only one is white Burlesquing white people while the minstrels are white Burlesqu ing colored people. Women do not have to wear tights nor Comedians do not have to use smutty jokes to Burlesque. A skit that is written, played or acted in any form -whatsoever taken from the orignial to create fun is a Burlesque. The same applies to a parody written from an orginal version teong. I want to state that as long as I have any thing to do with the “Indiana Theatre” situated at 326 Indiana Ave there will Be nothing to offend the most fastideous or moral characters. Ladies and children at ali times will be given every care and attention they would be accorded at the foremost theatre in the city. It has always been my ambition to educate and instruct in the highest moral character and not to cause any thing to deteriorate in the amusement field.

FINAL CLEAN-UP Of Our Summer Resort Pianos Every one of them must go this week regardless of the price they bring. These fine instruments have been rented to summer resort people with elegant summer homes, where an instrument would be taken as good care of as if they had remained on our floor. We are going to close them out, giving the purchaser the benefit of the season’s rental which we have received and a further reduction to close them out at once. This Means a Bona Fide Saving to Every Purchaser of $150 or Even More These pianos have all been repolished and put in first-class condition. The slight wear they have received will only tend to improve the instrument. Every purchaser will be protected by our ten-year guarantee, and every instrument will gladly be exchanged if not satisfactory after THIRTY DAYS’ FREE TRIAL This is the opportunity of your lifetime. to secure a beautiful piano at less than wholesale cost and you can make your own terms. One dollar down will secure any piano on our floor.

Jack Johnson Will Invade Australia. Jack J ohnson champion heavy weiglit pugilist of the world, admits he has once more heard the call of the golden lure and he is going to invade Australia again to meet Sam Langford and Sam McVey, two other colored heavyweight championship aspirants. He will depart from Chicago the latter part of this month, and his first fight will be with Langford, probably on boxing day, Dec. 26. He agreed to terms with Hugh McIntosh’s representative Saturday. According to a draft of articles signed Monday, Johnson is to receive $55,000 for his end of the battles with Langford and McVey. In addition he will receive $5,000 for training ex pensesand will receive five round trip tickets to Australia for members of the party. Forfeits of $10,000 to bind matches were posted Monday with A1 Tearney. The fights will take place in Sydney. As soon as he has finished his engage ments in Australia. Johnson will go to Paris, where he will meet Jim Flynn for the second time. He will demand a $30,000 purse for this tight. It is expected the details of this match will be arranged before Johnson leaves for Australia.

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The N*w Crown Garden as a rule always has a good show and this week like the past few weeks gives the audience their money’s worth. Manager Tim Owsley is striving to keep his theatre on a standing with any other local playhouse. This week’s bill is good from start to finish. The Silver Star Quartet makes a good impression. Daniels and Daniels keep the audience laughing all the time they were on. Mattie Whitman, a male impersonator is very good. Perrin and Crosby in a comedy musical act make good. The Jolly Hendersons close the bill and send the Crown patrons home content.

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