Show VERY LIKE CANT new york mail and express is now owned by a vry vory religious person col shepherd who has a text of scripture placed at the head ot of the editorial columns which Is changed daily the issue ot of september ad has the following as its bible motto lor for the dayt day with all lowliness and meekness with long suffering forbearing one another in love in the editorials below it are many references to the democratic party against which the paper it is particularly bitter we select the following as samples the rum ruled democracy the democratic enemies oi of restriction 11 the democracy are hopelessly divided into warring factions more int ent on city spoils than on success in any other direction with newspapers that are edited by men who have no regard for truth and who nave have reason to believe in the gul lity of their readers protectionists projectionists who are deserting the de nationalized party by thousands and tens ol of thousands no presidential somersaults and no cranky third can divert those voters this is the emergency which mr Cleveland Clev elands to ambition to make a free trade issue has thrust upon the country A reckless administration and its subservient trucklers truc klers 11 the immense patronage and power of the federal and state governments will be used with unscrupulous energy L in this campaign for re election cleveland is as much of a spoils democrat as hill the presidents official gift of one fifth of his salary for campaign a ign pur purposes oses is a direct notice to all et bis s subordinates subordinates to follow the shameless example or take the consequences quen que aces ces 11 how hew sweetly these expressions harmonize with the scripture text what lowliness and meekness what forbearance long lone suffering and love some people leople have an idea that reading the bible ible is religion and that the simple act of poring gover over its pages is meritorious in the sight of god colonel shepherd seems to imagine that the texts at the head of his columns sanctity sanctify his paper and take the curse so to speak 1 off the ayd ad often untruthful utterances which disfigure its pages it 11 was one of the editors f I 1 writers of that journal who in reply to remon st rances against the villainous things that appeared in it about the mor mons mono declared with profanity ity we cannot repeat that tie be care whether what wis was said in the paper was true or not he was down on the mormons cormons Mor mons and he would like to see everyone every one of them hung it would be pleasant to see the exercise of that brotherly love forbe forbearance arcise and charity which are breathed in the quotations that adorn the mail and express but plain people on reading them and contrasting them with what follows will be apt to think that instead of piety their publication looks like arrant hypocrisy |