Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 244, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1912 — Page 3

RELIGIOUS FAITH OF PRESIDENT TAFT

REV. DR. JOHN WESLEY HILL’S SERMON IS ELOQUENT ANALYSIS OF TAFT’S CHARACTER. \ FAITH IN GOD AND CHRIST Praises the Sunday School as an Instltution of "Greatest Importance and Bhows 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 jtheir gift He asserted that President Taft met these requirements, stating ithat the president had gone farther to (Conserve the cause of Christianity in Itß home and foreign propaganda, no less than in the application of its principles in social and oivil justice, than any of his illustrious predecessors. “Born of godly parents," said Dr. mi, “and reared in an atmosphere saturated with the Puritan spirit, his character. and career rest upon that religious basis which has developed Ibis sense of personal accountability to God, love of truth and justice, sensitiveness to the feelings of others, trevefeuce 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 treligious belief, said that the presiIdent, as a Unitarian, belongs to the Channlng 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 ifalth 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 im■portance to our country, where the lessons of the Bible are unfolded, and where boys and girlß learn of Cod and of Jeßus Christ and so lay the foundation of endukng 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 audience In Carnegie hall, New York, found time to vißit 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 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 speeches, delivered on various oocasions 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 r of Christian catholicity and strive for union of all true believers in sympathy and loving co-operation.” His breadth of religious view 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 ate 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, lie 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 Ood; his belief in Christ, Christian education, evangelism, missions and civilisation; 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 hip enemies, the patience with which he 1 endures opposition, being reviled, and reviling not again; by his reverence dor the Sabbath, his church-member-ship, and his respect and for all the churches, and co-operation in their work; his consecration to the cause of peace; his love of truth and justice; his abhorrenoe of sham and hypocrisy; his sympathy with humanity; adherence to the right as God entables him to see the right; his sterling, unquestionable Integrity; his moble moral sentiments and high ideals; his. enthusiasm in the advancement of every good cause; bis practice «d moderation in *ll things; his ex-

PROSPEROUS FARMERS HARD TO CONVINCE

Times Too Bountiful for Beveridge to Win Votes in Agricut- ~ tural Districts of Indiana. i Albert J. Beveridge, in seeking the governorship of Indiana, is having to content with some conditions over the state which are not conducive to winning votes for him. He is speaking to the farmers at fairs, at county seats, and other places, and the Rochester Republican reports some everyday conditions which confronted the candidate when he spoke at the Fulton county fair. The Republican says: After the Beveridge speech two Fulton county farmers were heard discussing the same at the fair ground. Each had been swayed by the orator and almost persuaded to become “Progressive.” The speaker’s excoriation of the unrighteous political “bosses,” the maladministration of governmental affairs, the avarice of the trusts, the malignity of the two old parties, and all sounded argumentative for the Bull Moose propositions, until one of the said farmers commenced to “hedge” on conditions as he viewed them, the status of business, satisfactory markets, high prices of products, the activity of commercial and industrial interests everywhere, and then a casual glance was made around the fair ground. Beveridge had been addressing the best fed, best clothed, best schooled,' most prosperous, contented and happy crowd that ever assembled in the fair ground. Over one hundred farmers had ridden into the grounds in their own automobiles who could not sell a fifteen-dollar hog of today for enough money to buy wheelbarrow during the Cleveland administration." Everywhere these farmers looked the evidence of prosperity met their gaze, exhibits of prize draft horses, beef and dairy cattle, sheep, hogs, etc., happy sons and richly clad daughters, new buggies, fine harness and a thousand other things fair to see. On the fair grounds were many amusements and in (he pockets of the people were ready cash to patronize the same. Coming into thi% city of less than 4,000 population said farmers found four auto passenger trucks and aB many horse hacks, all doing business and making money because people have spare money for luxuries. Shelves in every business house in Rochester loaded with best goods, every shop and factory on the boom; public utilities crowded to their capacity, railroads burdened with business, farmers presenting checks at the banks who say they don’t need the money—“just add it to my account.” They also found that ten thousand people had visited Lake Manitou this season, who had money to spend because they had made money. In fact there is not a single well-founded argument why any man should vote against an administration that has made times what they are today.

FACTS AND FICTION.

Experiences of Rensselaer Citizens are Easily Proven to be Facts.

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amplification of the spirit and principle of true temperance reform, he being a total abstainer; the purity of hia thoughts and words; the transparency and cleanliness of his life; and, withal, his dauntless oourage in the enforcement of law and the maintenance of the sanctity of oar national heritage, which is rooted in the religious and civil faith of our forefathers, I present him as a modest, consistent, conscientious, Christian man, whose upright, godly life maintains the historic purity and beauty of the , White House, and stands as a model to be emulated by all who aspire to 1 the best there is in our citizenship and civilization." Here Isla woman who spfeaks from personal knowledge and long experience, viz., Mrs. P. H. Brogan, of Wilson, Pa., who says, “I know from experience that Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is far superior to any other. For croup there is nothing that excels it” For sale by all dealers. c Lot the people of Rensselaer and Jasper county know what you have to sell; use The Republican Classified

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DESERT ROOSEVELT

IN ILLINOIS THIRD TERM SENTIMENT IS STEADILY DECREASING. FARMERS AGAINST CHANGE Reports From All Sections Are to the Effect That Republicans Have Determined to Remain Loyal to .Party. / Chicago, Sept. 27.—P011s which are being received at the headquarters of the Republican national committee indicate that the third term candidate will not receive on election day anything like the support given him in the primaries, when he was a Republican seeking the nomination of his party for the office of president. These figures are confirmed by statements published in newspapers in various parts of the state, by letters received at the headquarters and by Illinois people who visit Chicago and express their opinions on the political situation. Rev. Clark S. Thomas of Elgin, who has traveled through the state from East St. Louis to Vincennes and from Springfield to Centralla, was emphatic in his assertion that the Roosevelt sentiment in Illinois is disappearing. When former Senator William E. Mason, nominated at the primaries for the position of Congreßsman-at-large from Illinois, recently returned from a speech-making tour he reported that the Roosevelt sentiment was waning in the localities which he had visited.

Roosevelt Losing Supporters.

“I have been all over the state of Illinois, addressing Chautauquas, home-coming rallies and farmers’ picnics, and everywhere I went I met the admission that Mr. Roosevelt is losing supporters,” said Mr. A. C. Rankin of Chicago. “Large numbers of people believe he is organizing his movement merely as an aid to elect Wilson and defeat Taft, and they refuse to be a party to his treachery.” “I have just returned from a tour through some of the counties of Illinois,” writes Henry I. Nowlan, a prominent attorney of Peoria, 111., to the Taft headquarters in this city, “and I find that the third term sentiment is on the wane.” Change Among Farmers. “Republican conditions have improved in my section of Illinois more than 25 per cent since I was here two weeks ago,” says -Mr. W. W. Clark of Aurora, 111., formerly labor editor of the Chicago Inter Ocean and how editor of the Aurora Sentinel. “The change is principally observed among the farmers. They appreciate the prosperity which they have been enjoying under Republican administration and they are beginning to realize that a change to Democracy means an end to their good times. The trend toward President Taft is plainly apparent” Pledged to Republican Ticket. *’l cannot speak for other parts of the state,” said Mr. W. E. Wire of Hebron, 111., while in Chicago recently, “but I know that in my precinct Roosevelt will not poll one per cent, of the vote ■which he received In the primaries last spring.” Mr. Wire was formerly chairman of the county committee of McHenry county, and is now a member of the county committee. While there are some sections in the state where the Roosevelt senth ment continues to manifest itself, the fact that'it Is generally disappearing Is proven beyond a doubt. Let your wants be known through dor Classified Column, Phone IS.

WAR VETERANS FOR PRESIDENT TAFT

Effectiveness of New Pension Law Depends Largely Upon Election of Republican. The old soldiers of Indiana are especially interested in the coming election, since upon its outcome Ib dependent in the next four years the effectiveness 6 f the pension law passed this year, in May. The National Tribune, the non-partisan organ of the veterans, declares that the best interests of the veterans demands that they support President Taft, and that the coming election has resolved itself into a contest between Taft and Wilson. The Tribune says of Wilson: “Born in the south, of rabidly .Confederate parents, spending his boyhood days among those who hated the Union soldiers with a consuming hatred, with all his earlier lifelong impressions fiercely against the men of the Union army, he can not help being even more hostile to the pensioners than Cleveland was, who came to manhood in a loyal community. All of Wilson’s utterances have been distinctly .unfriendly to the claims of Union veterans, and he undoubtedly shares the belief proclaimed by every prominent newspaper and public man who has supported him that the Union veterans are a singularly undeserving class that is pillaging the national treasury. He probably has this view much more strongly even than Grover Cleveland had.” The Tribune predicts if elected, Wilson would endeavor to make the pension act of May 11, 1912, of as little use as possible to veterans and says: “We know that this would be the case from the bitter calumnies with which the Wilson papers and the speeches of his supporters in Congress were filled during the consideration of the act of May 11, 1912. The veterans and their widows are now nearly twenty years older than they were when Cleveland made the merciless raid upon them. They are vastly less able to stand the mental distress and hardships of another such cruel period. They must rouse themselves, and induce all the voters that they can possibly influence against the man whose election threatens them with such calamitous consequences. Selfpreservation, if no other reason, should dictate that they should exert every means in their power to elect William H. Taft and prevent the election of Woodrow Wilson.”

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FARM CROPS IN POLITICS.

Farmers Should Tote for Taft to Sustain Good Prices for Big Grain Output Bumper crops in Indiana hold a peculiar relation to the political campaign this year. None of the political parties are assuming credit for the gr<eat crop of corn and other yields of Indiana soil. But the Republicans are correctly holding that it is the general prosperity of the country under the administration of President Taft that is giving the farmers good prices for their grain, and that if the farmers do not want to see the bottom drop sut of the iparket the tillers of the soil should look back to the lean years when a Democratic administration was in charge of the national government. A Jumper crop and low prices for grain is the same to the farmer as a poor yield and a high market price. The big crops are not confined to Indiana, but cover the country. The production of grain alone this year is valued at $3,800,000,000, or $250,000,000 more than in 1911, and these returns are magnified by the abundant grass crops, potatoes, other farm truck and the fruit crops that have thrived in plentitude throughout the year. Cotton and live stock also will contribute nation. ’ While the politicians are talking liberally t othe prosperity of the farmers are reaping record-breaking crops of all kinds; the steel business the barometric gukb of actual conditions, is turning at a production ahead of all previous figures; iron, "opper and other metals are being put ■■ut in enormous quantities, with supply falling short of demand; manufactories are running at full capacity, wholesale and retail business universally is brisk and the only drawbacks are a scarcity of labor and a shortage f cars on the railroads to move their eight, which is constantly increasing in volume. The rush that fills the farmer’s purse, that swells the merchant’s and Manufacturer’s bank account, that fills e dinner pail and brings happiness ito every walk of life Is getting uner way and built upon a stable basis ’ actual value confidence necessarily ust gain ground. With the quickening pulse of industrial activity ar* all of the evidence that the movement is one of Harmony,

Record Belies Statement.

We are told by candidates professing to be turning state’s evidence and asking preferment at the hands of the people as the price of their alleged confession of crimes against the people, that the Republican party in Indiana has been the servant of corporations. The record belies that statement. It was no corporation controlled party that passed in Indiana the two-cent fare law. It was no cor-poration-controlled party that passed the county local option law. It was no tobacco trust-controlled party that passed the anti-cigarette law. It was no corporation controlled party that during the twelve years of administration doubled the valuations of common carriers for the purpose of taxation in the state of Indiana. It was no cor-poration-controlled party that enacted the railway commission law, and scores of other laws which give the lie to the authors of this defamation. —Winfield T. Durbin, Republican candidate for Governor of Indiana. In spite of all the Democratic efforts to stop it prosperity is climbing the grade with a double-header and a push engine. Give it but half a chance and it may once more make a recordbreaking run.

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HOT or ROOSEVELT'S TRAIL

Bede and Harlan Expected to FoUoM Closely After 801 l Xooser When He Invades Indiana. The Republican State Central Committee at Indianapolis is on the alert for the coming of Roosevelt into Indiana, and the chief of the Ball Moosers will be trailed over the state with as much energy as has marked his tour of other states. The Republican committee has not received definite information as to when the third termer will invade the Hoosier land, bat- had begun plans to offset the effects of his trip. It is expected that J. Adam Bed* and John M. Harlan, who have been trailing Roosevelt over the United States, will follow him into Indiana, speaking everywhere the leader of tha moosers is heard. The state Republican speakers bureau has asked the national committee to send Bede and Harlan to Indiana whether Roosevelt comes or not that these two orators may be heard by the people of the state. In the event that these speakers come an extensive tour will be mapped out for them, should their time in Indiana permit, that they may speak at a number of places. The Republican Central Committee has followed Bede and Harlan on their tour of the United States with marked interest and the committeemen say that the two orators have more than offset and influence Roosevelt may havq had on the voters of the country, the two keeping hot on thetrail of Teddy, following him to each speaking point within a few hours after he left. The Republican committeemen praise Bede„for his humor and Harlan for the soundness of his Republican arguments, and from oT%r the state many requests have come that these two brilliant orators be enlisted in the Indiana compaign. ,

WILSON AND THE TRUSTS.

[lndianapolis Sun—(Bull Moose).] The secret is out. Woodrow Wilson does not want to regulate the trusts. He wants to “put them on their mettle." He told a crowd of Princeton students that just before going to the polls to vote in the .New Jersey primary. He also wants “to see that the trusts can’t put anybody out of business, except by doing business better than anybody else.” He should know that the trusts hare reached a point in organization, economy and efficiency by which they can put their competitors out of business by doing it “better than anybody else,” and by that alone. The professor does not “want to squeeze water out of their stocks." Par be it from him to do anything practicable. He wants “to put the water in a tank on their backs and see if they can carry that water as against the men who are doing business without any water to carry.” The professor neglected to say by what process he would transfer the water from lithographed stock certificates to the basks of the stockholders. Also, he forgot to explain how he would meet the opposition of the thousands of stockholders who hold the water for value and who may be depended upon to resist any artifice to increase the poignancy of their grief incident to the discovered fiction in values of the aforesaid stock. Prof. Wilson expects the trusts either “will break under the strain" or “get rid of. the water themselves under competition.” , f Let the professor go on expecting it! It is not material what he expects. He is going to restore competition by breaking up the trusts and he is going to break up the trusts by restoring competition. By restoring competitioh, he is going to make it difficult 5 for trusts to carry watered stock and when trusts no longer carry watered stock he will have restored competition. Was ever dog or cat more completely lost in chasing his tail than Prof. Wilson? Was ever man more thoroughly involved in following the circumference of a circle than the New Jersey schoolmaster, in his logic?