Show GARDINAL GIBBONS TALKS ON ELECTION Points Out in Sermon at Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore Balti Balti- more Cathedral Duties of the Voter OBEY THOSE IN AUTHORITY Declares CritIcism Is I Proper Proper rOIer Fraud at ut Polls Poll Characterized ns as Theft lJ by High h Dj Dignitary Md 1 1 Nov No- 4 Cardinal Cardinal Gibbons made his hiM sermon this mornIng morning morn morn- In Ing at the cathedral lar largely cly an ant election election elec elec- tion discourse counseling obedience to those in au authority tho I it whether the best and most capable citizens or 01 not t though denoun fraud at election a as theft He In part as follows Order is heavens heaven's first law No Noman Noman o oman man can be a n good Christian who sets at defiance the laws of the commonwealth common common- wealth The Tho man nina that breaks the laws of oC the state Is vIolating at al tho same time lime some commandment of oC the deca deca- logue lorue Tho The citizen who buys or sells votes who lio creeps Into political power by Intrigue and bribery Is a thief and andIs Is tran transgressing tho the commandment which says fays Thou shall not sten steal The rho moral condition of the tho state Is what that we ourselves make It It is our creation as the tIle state Is composed of or units of citizens Tho The destiny of the common commonwealth under God Is Inor in our or own hands Has nl Right ht to e. Criticise But while It Is clear that tho the private pu- pu vate citizen is bound to respect and anti honor the civil magistrate It is equally clear especially under a constitutional government o like ours OUI that the the- citizen has Ims an undoubted 11 right ht to criticise e the official conduct of public functionaries A calm temperate and dispassionate Juc Judgment nH nt pa passed e upon the on official cl l acts of those thos In authority serves a wise vise and anel useful purpose It admonishes the servants ants of the thc law ia of their faults their shortcomings and delinquencies and amid affords them an opportunity of correcting their mistakes It also re remInds reminds reminds re- re minds thern of what a a. protracted term termo o of office tempts them to forget forget forget- that the they arc are the servants and und not the masters masters mas mas- terms of their constituents lOll II Is true indeed that no man has hasan hasan an nn Inherent and inborn rJ right ht over oven an an- other Neither President nor V Vor g govern govern- or- or nOr no nou maRMi t t t th as 88 any g lv 8 unless au tu I Is him hy by-a by 5 power pO but It Jt Is Just jUHt be because tho the ma magistrate snag mag istrate has authority from Crom God that thai li ho has the rl right ht to command our OUI o obedience Perfection Can Sot Not H Bo Be Found I r am far tal from rain extenuating or on de defending defending de- de fending the abu abuses es existing c in jim our torn lom cnn of popular election elections I am ant upholding upholding up up- hol holding only the principle of authority No one can n deplore the abuses of oC power more than J I do but absolute perfection can never nc be he found Cound In hu- hu malt mall affairs No o government ever er existed ex cx isted from Crom the formation of society to lo the plc ent In iii which some ft Hl hume ui cf of power did not nol exIst and It will be bo so to th the end of timeA time A d A candidates candidate's election is not determined determined deter deter- mined by hy his mis personal mental or moral requite moult but bul either cither b by the of the people V or 01 b by the choice of Iii his superiors One of or the time greatest social maladies of or out our times Is a Jack of reverence for tho c In authority This is true upon tIme the part of ci the children toward parents par par- eats of citizens toward mcc magistrates and anal sometimes even of or Christians to toward toward to- to ward the tine Lords Lord's anointed l. II |