Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 278, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1910 — “One of the Least of These” [ARTICLE]

“One of the Least of These”

Republicans scratched the ticket in some places in order to produce a reduction of prices. Temperance democrats voted the democratic ticket notwithstanding the fact that their platform pledged a repeal of the county local option law. In practically every county in this section of the state republicans lost county officials because republicans were induced to scratch and democrats voted the straight ticket. The result of the election does not prove that the defeated candidates were less worthy than the successful ones. A majority of ballots does not constitute either a preeminence of ability, honesty or deserving qualities. In other words it is not always the best man nor the right cause that wins out in an election. Locally good men were defeated because some voters were deceived into voting against them. It was expected that Congressman Crumpacker would not run up to his vote of two years He was made the victim of a very’ bitter assault and his opponent, John B. Peterson, had put lots of money Into the campaign. He had employed as his press agent, the Fowler Review, and the preparation of all the articles assailing Mr. Crumpacker was in the hands of W. H. Robertson, at one time editor of the Telephone, published at Wheatfield and which was so indecent that it was eventually excluded from th.e malls. Robertson was a disappointed seeker after patronage at the hands of Mr. Crumpacker and bad made a failure of his effort to run a republican paper at Fowler and had been picked up by the Review and possessed sufficient irresponsibility to meet the requirements of a vindictive campaign against Mr. Crumpacker. “Rory” Dunghill, of Brook, was another disappointed seeker for preferment from Mr. Crumpacker and joined in t to:,'effort to discredit him. Republicans were easy marks" for the falsehoods that were plied against republican candidates all over the district and there were good, honest republicans all over the county and all over the district that scratched their ballots because they had not taken the pains to learn the truth about the meu they were turning down. There was never a good argument presented against the record of Mr. Crumpacker ami yet papers like the Brook Reports er, prompted by personal disappointment, probably had some influence in creating a prejudice against him. But prejudices do not constitute sound reasoning and the loss of the votes throughout the district does not prove that there was any justice in it, any more than the success of democratic congressional candidates in every other district proves that the republican candidates were unworthy. We believe that the strongest lesson that republicans should have learned as a result of this campaign is that they were duped into scratching their tickets; that they’ should not permit it to happen again, and that it is never proper to let soreheads influence them. Congressman Crumpacker will go right ahead with the best of his splendid ability and the people of his district will be represented with conscience and an application to every duty. - What have "you to sell at this time of the year? Try a classified ad in the Republican and you can sell it Remember, that all classified ads go in all issues of the Hvenlng and SemiWeekly Republican.

By Wilbur D. Nesbit

“Lord, when saw we thee an hungered and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? "And the King shall answer and say’ unto them, Verily, I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto on 2 Of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”—St. Matthew xxv. 37-40. I intended to write of the sorrow That stalks through the winding ways, Where is never a glad tomorrow To blot out the yesterdays; I intended to preach about Duty, To set it in rhythmic keys, When, 10, in murmur of beauty Came: “One of the least of these." I had fashioned a rhyme in my cunning— A pleasantly lilting thing. And the measure was smooth in its running, With metrical, steady’ swing; I had done it, as I and the many -Make-gifts that our neighbor sees—And it fell as a base, leaden penny By’ “One of the least of these.” And I read, and I saw, and I heard it! It came in the city's night And the pitying tears fell and blurred .it - But not from my inner sight. “When saw I Thee hungered, and fed Thee? Or solaced Thee in disease?” Then i heard in the spirit: “I led thee To one of the least of these.” And the rhyme 1 was easily framing To ask that you give your mite I saw was a thing to my shaming, So this is the word I write: Can you render your thanks for the measure Of comfort, and wealth, ahd ease, Nor spare a small part of His treasure For “One of the least of these”?