Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1908 — COMMUNICATED. [ARTICLE]

COMMUNICATED.

As the time for electing new officers is drawing close at hand, I would like to make a few suggestions through the paper: In the first instance, we should term the “Christian Pulpit” the upper house in the parliament of world politics, and we kindly und through an interested Christian spirit ask our good ministers to use every influence before their hearers to show them their duty toward votingfor clean, moral men. Men that will see that the laws are obeyed. I suggest searching the city and county over and induce some one that we can rely on to do what they, under oath, say they will do, and not forget it after they get the office. Law enforcement means an enforcement of the present laws and not an agitation for the enactment of new laws. That man in my estimation spoke the truth when he said that the greatest anarchist in all the land is the one who gets into office and will not enforce the laws. The man in official position who refuses to enforce the law is advocating treason and nullification. The crimes are numerous in cities that are not strictly governed by law. The conflict is on now; a contest between the ohurch and saloon. The contest is not against the saloon keeper as much as the breweries; for the brewers are backing the saloon-keeper, therefore the oontest is more against the wealth of the brewer, and as long as the present condition of lawbreaking prevail we oannot expect very much of our coming generation of voters, for many of them are visiting the gambling dens and we understand the oup is not eliminated: The question is (and should be looked into by our officers) Where do they get this drink? We do not want our splendid ministers to feel that we are trying to dictate for them but we want every one that can vote to consider this matter well and consider that before we have a better civic government in the oities of our nation we must divorce municipal politios from national politios, and also arouse public sentiment so that the business man will leave bis business and go to the primaries as well as to the polls and consider what he is doing for his son and fqr his neighbor’s son also, as well as for our dear girls that will some day be companions for f aha hnvo I hope this little “epistle” of mine will be accepted by all in a Christian spirit and would also like if our good editor will permit, hear some disonssions on this Bubjeot through the paper. In that way it will be far reaohing toward revolutionizing our country, A Friend,