Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 223, 20 June 1909 — Page 4

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FORUMOFTHE PEOPLE Articles Contributed for This Column Must Not Be in Excess of 400 Words. The Identity. of All Contributors Must Be Known to the Editor. Articles Will Be Printed in the Order Received.

The folowing letter from the Rev.

R. J. Wade, pastor of the First M. E

church is an interesting chapter to the controversy originated by one of the speakers at the Baptist convention in

thi city the past week: : Richmond, Indian. June 17. Rev. J.

F: Vickert, D. D., Fort Wayne, Ind.. My dear brother: I heard you attempt to speak .last night on "The Baptist Individual" and it certainly proved to

be a dangerous procedure, as you your

self suggested it ' might be, , to turn

you loose at the close of the conven

tion, or, if that is a fair sample, at any other time. Perhaps you thought you were far from home, in the midst of an unintelligent and unreasoning

public, and that your untruthful, ex

travagant and unchristian statements would do your cause no harm and in

fact would not be noticed. Or per

chance the flights of oratory carried

you beyond yourself, you lost the true

perspective, a vivid but subservient

Imagination played well its part, and

you got to, in the language of the poet "seeing things at night." Surely

it is a far cry from the ringing mes

sages of the great Baptist leaders of the present day to the sepulchral note

of a bygone age to which through

courtesy we listened. I feel sorry for you my brother, but especially for the local congregation of Baptists who are

most loyal, true and God fearing and yet have been placed on the defensive

and many of them greatly chag

rined as I know personally by your

1 unkind and unnecessary remarks. I

honor the great aBptist church; the record of her achievements is glorious,

and her mission when rightly inter

preted is far from complete. But why attack other denominations? - Why presume to quote from the discipline of

the Methodist , Episcopal . cnurcn

atatement " as ' to' close communion which is not found there at all? I have copies of a number of editions before m and find no such words. Hence tout authority? I have not delved

back into the ante-deluvlan days, but what if you should discover some words back there somewhere tending

to lend semblance to your presumed

quotation? This was supposed to be"

a modern message and besides the meat Methodist church believes in

progress. '". --.'V-'

I and my congregation were invited

aa guests to the Convention by your splendid local pastor and his people.

What would you think if I were to in

rite you to my home and you accepted th invitation and then without provocation and without opportunity to defend yourself I would call your practice heathenish, and you, your devout father, your sainted mother and your recently deceased wife and a host of friends "criminals"? And yet

that is what you did last night. I am

not writing on the spur of the moment. I have slept over it. I do not

distort nor ruthlessly tear your words from their context but I wrote them

down just when and Just as you ut

tered them and showed them to a reporter who happened to sit by my aid. You said: "I insist that it is a

crime to practice infant baptism."

righteously resent the insinuation, I

overlook the discourtesy, but I never

theless object to your calling my

friends; my honored father who lives In your city and who for almost thirty

years has been successfully preaching

the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and I dare aay judging from the tone of your remarks to have been the

humble servant in God's hands of winning more souls to the Master in one year than you have in ten; my longsainted mother who after a remarkably useful life passed sweetly and triumphantly through f the pearly gates Into the City of our God; my beloved wlfo who but five weeks ago on a chariot of song was transported to the glorious Beyond leaving three - little motherless bnt , thank God baptised children ; to morn as loyal, and true and loving, and Christian a mother as ever lived, whoso parting words almost were concerning the farther religious and spiritual upbringing of her dear little ones and concerning whose death ' a venerable minister - of more

-4 nother Milestone Passed A semi-prominent pessimist said last Thursday afternoon, the day before the Wright celebration ttatt "Thar will not be more than twentyfive people In Dayton from Richmond. . Nevertheless five special cars pulled out from the interurban station bearing hundreds of enthusiastic Richmond people to Dayton. Nevertheless when the car arrived in Dayton there was a parade in the business district which was over two squares long. And all the day there were more and more Richmond people who came. Every place In the greatest crowd that Dayton has ever had In its limits Richmond was conspicuous. Beside the number who went over in the special cars there were many who went In other ways.

So Richmond made good.

Almost every one in that part of the country not only recognizes the fact that Richmond is on the map, bat gives Richmond the credit for hav. Ing within its confines, men who are to be depended upon, when it comes to standing up for their own town and striking out in new lines for the advancement of the business interests. They are aware that there will be a Fall Festival - In Richmond this fall. The obvious inference being that if so much energy is expended in advertising the town and its enterprises that both must be worth the while.

"Hello Richmond!" "Richmond's all Wright." , "Richmond has the biggest crowd over here.' And so it went.

No, gentle pessimist, Richmond was not lost in the crowd. Everywhere in the town of Dayton there were those yellow badges. Richmond sent a larger delegation than any other town. And what is more to the point the other towns whose citizens attended were not advertised in the way that Richmond was. There was no denying the fact that the Richmond delegation attracted attention wherever It went and this was true whether the parade In the morning, is considered; or whether It was the badges on the street everywhere afterward; or the Drum and Bugle corps and the degree team of the Couer De Won lodge, both of which were applauded all along the line of march.

Now what were the actual results? The movement advertised the town. And this was true not only of the actul presence 'and demonstration of the people who went over but beside that the newspapers of Dayton have given Richmond credit for the effort. We have the good will of all Dayton In the bargain. There is not a man who need feel ashamed of Richmond in that town. . That is a gain.

Nor was the advantage alone in publicity.

. Every one who went over from Richmond was fully in the spirit of the enterprise. They will all work together. And what Is more to the point, everywhere there were ram taking notes of how Dayton did things. They were selecting the good points and discussing how they might transplant them to Richmond soil for use in the Fall Festival.

And so the Scouting Party was a great success. Nor was this merely from a tangible view point. If there were nothing else the one thing which should be a matter of pride to everyone. Richmond got together and did something. There is a gain of confidence, a feeling of stability, and a stimulant to progressive and concerted action as a result. This is the efficency of co-operation. Co-operation is only another word for being good friends and in this particular case of being good friends with ourselves. That is another milestone turned in the fight which is being made to have Richmond go forward.

The pessimist was again mistaken as he usually is. His idea was that Richmond people are not enough interested in the town to get together and do something. There is just this much truth in that pessimist's idea unless people do get together and work together, nothing will be accomplished. It is therefore appropriate again to comment on the fact that the various organizations which have for their object the progress of Richmond along material and other lines the Young Men's Business club and the Commercial club the West Richmond and the South Side Improvement Associations made this trip successful by lending it financial aid. This is the mile stone which Richmond is passing. The mile stone of factional strife.

' When the interurbans came home last night filled with tired men and women there was a feeling of great loyalty to Richmond and neighborliness in the whole crowd. Richmond people are getting over that passive state of existence which belonged to the pessimistic era. , . And so it will continue to grow if this sort of thing keeps up. That is the most elusive but at the same time the most important product of just such a proceeding as took place Friday.

We know who are the optimistic people in this town. There were many of them in Dayton Friday. But some pessimist is 6ure to announce that this sort of thing is nonsense. . : Perhaps. . , ' At the same time it is well to inquire of any one making such a remark whether or not be was in Dayton on Friday wearing a badge which announced that he was proud of his home town. That is the real test.

Another mile stone has been passed. " The Fall Festival is an assured success twice as good as it was last year if this spirit just keeps up. And we think it will increase. It is a good sensation this Optimism. . Richmond is coming into its own.

struggling with a tariff bill. Its nearing fo muturity, reveals the fact, as a

revenue producer, the bill is a non producer of that lubricating element

essential to the financial sustenance of the national government.

The reason of its short coming must

be apparent. The primary functions of a tariff has been overstepped and in

stead of its being a revenue producer, it has closed many avenues through which the necessary revenue is derived, by placing the duties so

high as to be prohibitive, thereby, in

very , large , measure, reducing im

portation to the remotest minimum, and that! too, in face of a practically depleted treasury.

No American citizen,, deserving his

high calling as such, objects to bearing his just proportion of the nations

financial burden, but when the so-call

ed representatives of the people so far

forgets their obligations to their con

stituents, as to give their support to

so gross an iniquity as the Aldrich

tariff bill. I am led to ask to what degree of altitude are we above the

serfs of despotic powers?

A duty of 10 cents ' a pound on tea

is a revenue producer, for approxi

mately, we consume 100,000,000

pounds per" annum and only produce

10,000 pounds per annum, hence tea

must be Imported. While on the other

hand hides in my opinion, should be admitted free, as no trust controls

the manufacture of shoes and the internal competition ; would give the purchaser of shoes the benefit of free hides. Under the present tariff bill, taking schedule with schedule, the idea seems to prevail that a revenue

raising tariff is not the purpose of

the present bill and anything other than the protecting of "Interests"

back of the leaders of the measure, is foreign to the purposes for which they are in session. 'Where Is the trouble? Is Aldrich greater than the republican party? Every republican, with very few exceptions, responds affirmatively to his demands, and the few exceptions are threatened with ostracism from the counsels of their party unless they desist from their obstructive tactics. I repeat, "Where is the trouble?" Is it possible the republican party has become so entangled with undesirable alliances as to bind them hand and foot and so make them to appear in the eyes of the public, as in a state of semi-prostration? If there is any virtues other than that of an exceptional nature, in the

Aldrich bill, the wage earners fail to

see where it comes in at. There is no protection from competition of foreign labor on our own shores. Oh no, that must continue subject to the inexorable law of supply and demand. There, is no protection against the

skyward flight in prices of the necessaries of life, on the contrary,' there is every indication that such is not de

sired. In the face of these facts Mr. Editor, is it not suggestive that the republican party, elected by the people, are owned body and soul by the

financial and industrial magnates of

this country? 1 Yours truly, A. B.

"I am an old man and have seen much, but never did I see such wonderful spiritual power as displayed by Mrs. . Wade" all of whom believed in and practiced infant baptism I most

sincerely object to their being called "criminals." I wholly absolve the local church and pastor from all responsibility. I hold no resentment or illwill against you. God pity you. I forgive you. May you repent and find forgiveness in Him. I am not now objecting to you or the Baptist. I do not write this in the. spirit of controversy of the olden, happily past day. I shall resolutely refuse to be drawn into debate not because my belief can not success fully be defended for it has been upon numerous occasions in the past but because . more important duties confront us in the present hour. I am constrained to believe that I believe

soul" than that expressed by you. But I waive it all and. hoping that you have learned the lesson, with the writing and perhaps of the making public of this letter the incident as far as am concerned is closed. My brother, for such I hold you nevertheless, let us lay aside the ecclesiastical tomahawk and scalping knife of a past generation and together war upon a common enemy the evil of our land.' Pardon me If I have said anything to you that is wrong or unChristllke. With prayers and good-wilL Yours in the Master's service. , R. J. WADE. Pastor First Methodist Episcopal Church. ' '' .x- . amsmmss The situation at Washington, due to the conflict now being waged over the "Aldrich Tariff BIU," has become decidedly interesting. -

Items Gathered in From Far and Near

THE NATIONAL GAME. From the Milwaukee Free Press. Many a town that hasn't a peerless base ball club has had a scoreless one. From the Cleveland Leader. They are playing base ball in Switzerland. Over the Alps is out. From the Toledo Blade. Our daring ball team's climb toward the top has been unavoidably delayed. From the Birmingham Age-Herald.

An Austrian physician says that every man has his bad days. He might

have added that this is particularly true of base ball players. - From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

.The Cleveland base ball club seems to be doing pretty well in the east. It

got away from Washington alive and well, and with this load lifted from

their minds the players are apparent

ly' willing to win quite a few games.

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat A score of 4 to 3 at the end of 12 innings means the playing of good ball, win or lose. Good play, more than pennants, is the life of the game. But a pennant is always worth thinking about From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. There is a tide in the affairs of ball clubs, too. It is hardly within the bounds of possibility that both the Philadelphia nines can keep on losing every game.

BALLOONS. From the Indianapolis Star. War balloons can be put to immediate use in the suppression of those southern mountaineers who shot at the airships. Until they are made to put up their guns, baloonists will hesitate to venture out when the wind is from the north. From the Scranton Truth. In addition to being the literary center of the United States, Indiana now claims attention for its proficiency in balloon-racing. From the Galveston News. It appears that the nine balloons that left Indianapolis In the long distance race all blew south, but only those that got to Georgia reached the hot air belt From the Newark Star. .Indiana balloon might have been expected to stay up in the air longer than any of the other entries, eh? . From the Chicago Evening Post There's one good feature to a balloon race. No one will ever write a poem describing a basket-and-basket finish, v .!--:-' From the Houston Post. The balloonist wanted to have the Alabama man who shot at the contraption arrested. Nonsense. The patriot didn't want to hurt the balloon, but merely a cag of sperrits tossed over-

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