Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1899 — Pulse of the press [ARTICLE]

Pulse of the Press

The Case of Roberts. Mr. Roberts would evidently rather a polygamist than a Congressman Omaha Bee. As a bone of contention in Congress Mr. Roberts will represent three ribs. Philadelphia Times. Roberts had better voluntarily get out of Congress unless he is willing to risk the corruption of his morals.— Courier-Journal. The wives of Brigham H. Roberts may as well pre]xre to give their husband sfl early and tender welcome home.—Kaaflfl City Star. fl The opponents of Brighamist Robraß probably considered their case as goefl as won when they got an’ Ohio man |fl fire the first gun.—Chicago Tinies-lIiS aid. Regardless of results, Congressßfijfl Roberts' adherents will always maihtnifl thut he is just as good a citizen and hufl band tts the Sultan of Sulu.- Milwatikefl Sentinel. , ■ Congressman insists that is more morality' in Salt Lake than :flfl Washington. In the interest of inoraSl ity. then. Mr. Roberts ought to be glifl of an opportunity to stay at home.—Sß I.ottis Glolie-Deniocrat. I Brigham IT. Rolierts showed himself fl skillful orator in the sjieech which delivered in his own behalf. The Hoaiig of Representatives, however, put oratorjl at a discount us compared with pubofl sentiment and statutory law. the vote.-B 302 to 30 against the Utah Congreflfl man telling a story just as clispient -jfl its own way as even a Demosthenß could have uttered. —Chicago News. I Mr. Roberts, representing the peculUHfl immorality of the Mormon system, as» the American people to receive him a(fl his wives, three in number, into fhta bosom of socity and treat the whoM Roberts combination as paragons of vfifl tuous living. This recognition of pNyn amy the Congress of the American Ptifl pie will not accorti Utah. —Minneapofifl Journal. , I The opposition to Rolierts has from thre beginning Iteen largely partisan. ~T|B evangelical churchmen that have engamfl in lite effort toward his expulsion frofil Congress have without doubt been iionoM and sincere, but the fight was institutefl in I’tali to gain partisan advantage anil the erusnde of the churches elsewherre lias followisl through ignorance of Hctijifl conditions in that State. Polygamy to fl dying* institution in Utah. The cryfrß evil of the State is not polygamy, tnfl church dict:;tioii in iwditics. Rolierts rim resents both evils. Denver Post. I ■ I Tributes to Moody. I Mr. Moisty probably had more frienfl than any other man in this New York Herald. <„ , I Mooily had immense force. The tire/fl ‘zeal that burned in him spread wanafl wherever he went, kindling cooler med to sympathetic action. Philadelphß North American. I There cannot by possibility lie any jufl and competent jmlgment concerning I >wight , L. Moody which does not ptfl nouitce him to have licctt a great manfl Boston Advertiser. I Mt. M body was not a man for wtojfl theological subtleties had any yhhrm. his <-oiivictions never halted. What ..fl believed he lielieved with heart and sofl - Boston Transcript. 31 A Christian hero has passed away. Tfl world is ]M>orer for bis going, but riefifl for his life, and thousands are blesaifl Go<l. and will bless him through all eted nity for the message which they head] from this man.- Philadelphia Ledger. I|| It was not unfitting that Dwight fl Mooily should pass to iiis long sleep, the world was ringing with the note al preparation for ttye Christmas festivnfl II is long and strenuous manhood toufl its be-all and its end-all in the Star fl Bethlehem.- New York Mail and Exl press. ■ »- , I Although lacking in scholastic culttfl and not remarkable for the graces of arifl tory. he touched the hearts Of the matofl and even wrought powerfully upon tire feelings of men' and women aceustotgfl io sitting unmoved under the ministifl lions of the most learned theologiairifl Washington Post. I t’chocs from English Press. 3 I British officers have purchased mules in Naples for South Africa. fll Mr. Sauer, one of the Cape ministejfl christened his hist child "Paul Krug<fl| The |m'o|>l<‘ of Durian >atig the Englhfl national anthem when the troofts wefl arriving. i S.vcral i.iiii'x uh I, nn i enilsirkof fl Naples ou the steamer Kaiser, bound ffl Natal, to join the Bofrs. have been isl rested by the Italian Government. The Rev. Arthur Robbins, chaplain fl the Qtusni and to the household tT<M>ps ; B Windsor, <les<<ril>ed Kruger, in a recreN .M-rinou. as a smni-.savnge who had "»pfl on us between his curses and his priijfl ers." ■. 'jesg-tj 3