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Show Influences. Any influence, money, chinch, threat or what not, that serves to keep a voter from excicising his honest Judgment Is to be deplored, and It cannot be said that one Is more reprehensible repre-hensible than the other if it accomplishes accom-plishes Its purpose. Hon. Orlando W. Poweis present democratic nominee for Congiess, and for years the avowed champion ot everything anti-church, has raised his olce many times against church Inlluence hi polities, and yet In his speech before the demo- cratlc convention did not hesitate to proclaim In that underhand, oily way In which he dishes up stuff that un-ccss un-ccss he received suillclent support to elect him, he would sec to it that a constitutional amendment was adopted by tho Congress. Mr. vJ Powers did not say that In so many ijSM words but the Inference Is so clear that none can misunderstand. Is It more reprehensible for a brother In the church to advance a brother's Interest In-terest by means In his power than It Is to threaten a people with the passage of drastic legislation that they do not want? Uccausc of tho fact that Mr. Poweis Is an oratorand shrewd politician, there are many who will readily believe that he can accomplish any dire thing that may appeal to him as a ilttlng vengeance for tho defeat of his cherished ambitions, ambi-tions, and might possibly be led to vote for him In the hope that his ambition am-bition satisfied he would In turn use his Inlluence toward warding off unfavorable un-favorable legislation that others might advance. The people should not be led away nor tcared by such threats of vengeance. The men who will bo of the most service to them In the halls of Congress arc honest and upright up-right lepubllcans, men in harmony with the administration. |
