The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 24, 1896, Page 2

CONGREGATION APPLAUD- ED HIM. Unusual Demonstration in Dr. Mathews’ Church. HE CAME OUT FOR BRYAN The Venerable Clergyman Attended | Knownothingism except a handful| the Bryan Meeting and Gave fils Impression. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In the midet of bis sermon at Cen Methodist Church, St. Louis, Sun day Rey. Dr. Jobn Mathews, who next month will cele brate the golden anniversary of his evening, the service in the ministery, expressed himself for the silver standard bear- ers. It was an intensely thrilling scene as was probably never witnessed be fore in a great city church. Dr. Mathews spoke with flashing eyes of criticisms passed upen him for at- tending with his wife the Bryan meeting at the Auditorium. After declaring his right to exer cise his will as an American citizen, and referring to the great popular demonstration of Saturday night,the grand old patrierch stepped to the pulpit’s edge, folding his coat about him, white crowned with fifty years of labor in the pulpit, looking im- perial in bis sturdy though aged manhood, and exclaimed: “It might as well be known where I stand, since I have been criticised for going to hear Mr. Bryan. I will not be misunderstood. I am with them—with the people. I haye nev- er interfered with anyone eles’s opinion and [ do not want anyone to interfere with mine. This is my right and everybody else’s right as patriots and free citizens of Ameri ca.” Eighteen hundred people witness ed the dramatic incident. Daring his address on this point they had list- ened spellbound. Suddenly, just as the preacher closed the utterances quoted, the great congreation,spontaneously and impulsively,burst into applause. Dr Mathews lifted his hand and shook his head,but it was several moments before the applause ceased. It was general and came from floor, choir and galleries. Both men and women joined in their demonstrations of approval of the minister's words. Dr. Mathews preached Sunday night from Isaiah 55, 2: “Where fore do you spend your money for that which is not bread and your labor for that which fsatisfieth not?” His subject was “Wrong Invest ments.” The sermon was not of a Political nature, though the subject might seem a significant one. It was almost at the outset that he touched on the adverse criticisms which he said he had heard were passed upon him for attending the Bryan meeting. He began his sermon by speaking of a lack of interest and enthusiasm in religious matters and of man’s destiny being decided by his own Voliiion. “We lack enthusiasm,” he said. “We should have euch enthusiasm as that exhibited at the great dem onstration in the Auditorium last night. It was the grandest sight I ever witnessed in all my long career, and I thought if we had that enthus iasm in the church we could save all the people in St. Louis. “By the by, am told that I have been criticised for attending Mr. Bryao’s speech at the Auditorium. I do not know who passed this criti. cis; I would not ask and Ido not eare to know. For 10 years I have labored with you and 1 have never interfered in politics or said one word on that subject, nor will I try to ipfluence anyone now, but I am going to insist upon my rightas a a free man and I yield that righg to everyone else ” At the first words on this subject | there was a stir all over the vast au- ed in retrospective silence, and leok- ing back over the years that stretch- ed behind him, resumed: “Once beforeI told tne people} where I stood in atime of intense ex- |Z citement, when I feit it best to let! everybody know. That was not here, : oo but froma pulpit in Tennessee in the fifties. Everybody nearly in my town bad beea carried away by 1 my congregation that I felt it of men, among whom was myself. told | due them to candidly state that I | was for Andrew Johnson. I will tell | you where IT stand now ~ | The deepest silence existed while |the preacher continued, his form jerect and his-eye flashing | “I have not for ten years support best for the people. I for men of different politics the people. people’ man, and I am now. “Among those who attended our church this morning was Mr. Steph ens, nominee for Governor. Thougi I did not have the pleasure ot meet ing him, I have sent him a letter tel ling him that I have felt it my duty to vote for him on account of his good character and reputation and the principles he represents. I want it settled where I stand, since I have been criticised for attending the Auditorium meeting, and I want to add that I feel aggrieved and eur- prised that I should have been crit- icised.” It was at thls point that Dr. Mathews closed with the ringing sentences which declared his rights as an American citizen and the ap plause occurred- It was one of the most remarkable scenes ever wit nessed in a church. After hushing the applause Dr. Mathews resumed his sermon an nouncing that there had been 350 accessions to the church during the present year. No one appeared to have been affected by his frank ut terances and he held the closeSatten tion of the entire congregation to the close. To a Post-Dispatch :eporter Mon- day morning Dr. Mathews said: “I was very cautious not to be offensive to anyone, and my utter ances were carefully and deliberately chosen. Ihave many dear friends who believe differently from me, and IT want them as well as anybody else to think and act for themselves I want this same right for myself and everyoneelse It is a right on which free government rests and a blot at this right, is a blow at the republic. “I went to the Bryan meeting with my wife, and Iam happy we went, for it was the most wonderful sight I ever saw. We went before the doors were ‘opened, and we ob tained seats where we could see and hear everything. I was much im pressed with Mr. Bryan. I shall vote for him,but I want to be under. stood as telling no one else how they should vote. “Dictation and coercion in the ex ercises of the ballot should not be tolerated. I shal! resist any infringe- ment on this sacred right, even though it be in the form of adverse criticism. There is no liberty with out this right,and it must be defend ed. “I believe the excitement in this campaign will grow very intense, and I felt it my duty, since words have been passed about my conduct, to let my congregation know where I stand. To dothis was only honest. Now that I have told them, I do not Propose to discuss the subject or |say anything more about it.” Dr. Mathews’ golden jubilee will | be celebrated at the annual Method. jist Conference, which begins at |Charleston, Sept 30. He is one of the best known Methodist ministers in this country, having held promi- nessee, Kansas City and other places during his ministry. a Old People. ed any but the men 1 considered | - have voted {> This | + year I will vote again on the side of jad Ihave always been a} ~ sae | >} ‘ident, and of the number of votes SIGKNESS COMES A No chances should be taken. Recovery may depend on the reliability of the medicines employed. 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Worse than Shylock, it wants Sherman as Chairman of Committee | two pounds of flesh instead of one. | pereons voted for as president and i > | mecesgay to a chaice. 1873, while Gen. Grant was Presi | amount of any other commodity to) ae TH Bates Coun Bank BUTLER, MO. of ail persons voted for as vice pres- for each, which lists they shall sign \j and certify and transmit sealed to | the government of the United States, directed to the president of the sen-| d Wednesday in| < ary succee the meeting of 3 the electors in the several states! Bates Co.'* National Bank, congress shall, in joint session in the | y , the president Established in]1870, ES Ae | Paid up capital hall of representat 2e senate presiding, $125,009 certificates, count the votes and de = I 5 . . ss = ZS |clare the result, if either candidate | A general {banking business trang, In the event | ate has been! ed the house of represenstatives | ed the president, being limited | HON. J. B. NEWBERRY} ‘to three candidates having received J. C.CLARK th ghest v te elects shall have a majority. acted. F.J. TYGARD, - - President, | elect: Vice-Preg, i Cashier —__—_—____~_ Calter W. R. WOODS. number being! Real Etate and Life In. | urance Agent. | ADRIAN MISSOURI | T have a large number of farms for jsale, ranging from 40 acres up. This |land is located in Bates county and is choice real estate, Call and see me before buying. te of electors, and the | the y of the whole vice president, a! majori CASTORIA. {soa every Wrapper. DUTY OF ALU AMERICANS. Butier Says They Should Resist En- ATTORNEYS AT Law. Office over the Mi: shsh Domination. Washington, D. C., Sept. 15.— ssouri]{State Bank on Finance, Congress enacted a law ordering that nothing but gold should be received for duties on im- ports, thus demonetizing for import purposes,and worse still repudiating its own silver coin. This was repu- diation of its own coin, and partial demuuetization of silver number one. And this was done by the United States Government! Rank, damn- able, repudiation of its own coin by our Government! Had these men gone crazy, or were they 1n a condi tion of total depravity? Congress also ordered by law that nothing was good enough te be paid to Thad Stephens’ bloated bond-holders but gold. This was repudiation and de monetization of silver number two Afterwards, in 1873, Congress spat on the slate and rubbed out silver entirely. This was demonetization number three. Also there is a clause in the John Sherman bullion pur chase law that still stands unrepeal- ed, which provides that any individ ual may insert a stipulation in a note or other evidence of indebtedness requiring that both principal and interest may be collected in gold. Thus authorizing every private individual to demonetize and repudi- ate United States coin. This was repudiation No. 4. Verily if the legislation on the two metals had been vice versa it would not be gold lying flat on its back with its heels ia the air dancing to the tune of 50 cents onthe $1. And to restore the parity they propose to continue the disparity-by dealing sledge-hammer it from 2 per cent above par in 1873 down to 50 per cent below par in 1896. They restored the parity like the devil restored the dog’s leg; in six new places. Since these four de- Same process which firet created the | blows on one of the metals, reducing | Who can now doubt the deep iniqui | ty of the financial policy on the part | of our government which thus re | quires the payment of all the notes of hand and all the accounts of the | United States to the extent of scores of millions of dollars of daily trans- actions in double the amount of the | Products of labor. | The purchase of goods made in Europe by American merchants are | not paid for in gold nor silver nor | Paper money, but by drafts and bills | of exchange,which drafts or bills are created by the proceeds of the sales of cotton, wheat, corn, meat, Xc., in Europe. The money thus obtained jis not fetched here, but is deposited jin the European banks and bills of exchange taken therefor. No gold is used in the entire transaction, and it is very doubtful if a single ounce of ;gold is ever shipped either way across the Atlantic, the reports of our Goverament, Wall street & Co. to the contrary, nothwithstanding. | Why should gold be shipped when bilis of exchange will answer all purposes without the payment of any insurance or freight. In old England and France and Ancient Rome, whenever their exec- | utive usurped authority to the injury of the people, they chopped his head joff Many good people say that G. Cleveland deserves the same sort of surgery. Dr. Samver Catpwert. Columbus, O. ELECTING A PRESIDENT. How the Electors Fill the Two Highest Offices in the Land, Ghicago Times-Herald. | The aggregate number of electors ) this year will be 447, of which a ma- ‘jority is 224. These are diyided as attempting to set it he broke it in { follows: | California Alabama, 11; Arkansas, 85) » 9; Colorado, 4; Connecti- | When the attention of Senator But- ler was called today to the report that he had written Congressman Howard of Alabama that Sewall would be withdrawn, he replied: “Mr. Howard is mistaken if he is correctly represented in the dispatch. if any such statement was sent out from here it was sent without my authority. Nothing would give me mcre pleasure than to have Mr. Sewall withdraw, as his withdrawal would remove an element of friction from the campaign and make the election of Bryan certain, but the matter rests with Mr. Sewall.” Referring to the report from Greensboro, N. C.. quoting his as ulists to have nominated Bryan, Senator Butler said: “I have never made any euch statement. The party could not have eelecteda better man ranks. “Furthermore, he had been nomi votes effective in defeating McKinley and the gold standard, was by nom- inating and supporting Bryan, and the duty of American patriot whe and who opposes the British gold standard, is to vot: for him.” The Senator declined to diseuss the statement in the same report that there probably would be no fusion between the Populists and Demo- crats of North Carolina on the elec toral ticket, further than to say that the State will poll its electoral vote against McKinley. Sam'l Stewart, Eeq., of Mt Ster- ling, Iowa, who is visiting Mr. A. H. pleasant cail this afternoon. He is an enthusiastic Bryan man and ex pressed the belief that Iowa would saying it was a mistake for the Pop- | Office over Bates Cou than Mr. Bryan, even from its own|ofice in Deacon Block. Residence, M. B nated by the Democrats and already T had several million votes pledged. | Butler, Mo. 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