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1 I "A is - A . IN HIS STEPS. . .. . w .i By Charles M. SkcUon. CtfpuriiMfl and inf1ihed in I fi-rm by .luiu;uc lu.bli?hii'j 0. f i'huano. ; C t iinn-.l ti i in !a-l wi t k.) Tho Evening Nows was nt present the mo; t Ht us.itional pap r in Itayinoud. That is to Hy, it was boin edited in en i'h a rom.irkaMo fashion that its snb Fcrihors had never Ihm n ho excited over a nevspnier before. First they had no ticed the absence of tho prizefight, and gradually it began to dawn upon them that The News no longer printed ac counts of crime with detailed descrip tions or scandals in private life. Then they noticed that the advertisements of liquor and tobacco were leing dropped, together with certain other advertise ments of a questionable character. Tho discontinuance of tho Sunday paper caused the greatest comment of all, and now tho character of tho editorials was creating the greatest excitement. A quotation from tho Monday paper of this week will show what Edward Nor man was doing to keep his promise. Tho editorial was headed: "THE MORAL SIDK OF POLITICAL QUES- TIONS. ' "Tho editor of Tho News lias always advocated tho principles of the great political party at present in power and lias therefore discussed all political questions from a standpoint of expedi ency or of Klirfin tho party as opposed to other organizations. Hereafter, to bo perfectly honest with all our read ers, tho editor will present and discuss political questions from tho standpoint of right and wrong. In other words, tho first question will not be, Is it in the interest of our party?' or 'Is it ac cording to the principles laid down by tho party?' but tho question first asked will be. Is this measure in accordance with tho spirit and teachings of Jesus as the author of tho greatest standard of life known to men?' That is. to be S perfectly plain, the moral side of every ( political question will bo considered, its most important side, and the ground will bo distinctly taken that nations as well as individuals are under the samo law to do all things to the glory of God as the first rule of action. "The same principle will lo observed in this ofiice toward candidates for places of responsibility and trust in tho republic. Regardless of party politics the editor of Tho News will do all in his power to brinj; tho best men into I .power and will not knowingly help to support for elV.ee any candidate who is j unworthy, however much he may bo " iijuorsrd by iht? j.rfy. The firt m- ; tions asked jtbont the man. as about the j measure, will be: ls he the right man tor the plae;?? Is he a good man with j ability?' " i Tln re h;:d bom more of this, but we j have quoti-d enonvh to thow the char- , later of t1 editorials. Hundreds of! lam in Ila.vm.iiid hi:d read it and rub- j bed tluir eyt s in amazement. A good many of them had promptly written to The News, telling the editor to stop tin ir paper. The paper e-till camo out, liowt v(r, and was orderly read all over the city. At the end of tho week Ed ward Norman l:ir v. very well that ho had actually lost already ; largo num ber of valuable suUcribers. Ho faced the conditions calmly, although Clark, tho managing editor, grimiy anticipated ultimate bankruptcy, especially since Monday's editorial. Toinyht us Henry Maxwell read to his wif- he could roe in almost every column evidences of Norman's conscien tious obedience to his promise. There was an absence of rlangy, sensational Fcaro heads: Tho reading matter under tho headlines was in perfect keeping with them. Ho noticed in two columns that tho reporters' names appeared, signed at tho bottom, and there was ft distinct advance in the dignity and Btyle of their contributions. "So Norman is leginning to get his reporters to sign their work. Ho has talked with mo about that. It is n, good thing. It fixes responsibility for items where it belongs and raises tho standard of work done, a good thing all arcund for public and writers." Henry Maxwell suddenly paused, nis wife looked up from somo work she was doing. Ho was reading something V with the utmost interest. "Listen to this, Mary," ho said after a moment, while his voice trembled: "This morning Alexander Powers, superintendent of tho L. and T. R. R. shops in this city, handed his resigna tion to tho road and gave as tho reason the fact that certain proof had fallen into his hands of tho violation of tho interstato commerce law, and also of tho state law, which has recently been framed to prevent and punish railroad pooling for tho lenefit of certain fa vored shippers. Mr. Powers states in his resignation that ho can no longer consistently withhold tho information ho iossesses against tho road. He has placed hw evidence against tho com pany in the hands of tho commission, and it is now for them to tako action upon it. "Tho News wishes to express itself on this action of Mr. Powers. In tho first place, ho has nothing to gain by it. He has lot ft vnluablo place volun tarily when by keeping silent ho might have retained it. In tho second place, .wo believe his action ought to receivo rho approval of all thoughtful, honest Agmif ,M vj10 believo in seeing law natives rJjJ.'jnd lawbreakers brought to jus tant one, fttf exi.., i;i,n ft,ja Crr, cials here iliovi, where u y is generally the Insurrcvtiobo tnado very Penor UuerI impossible to lief that tho , i s . i 4' ar the officers of the road are often in posses sion of criminating facts, but do not consider it to bo any of their business to inform tho authorities that tho law is being defied. "Tho entire result of this evasion of responsibility on tho part of thoso who are responsible is demoralizing to every young man connected with the road. The editor of Tho News recalls tho statement made by a prominent rail road official in this city a littlo while ago that nearly every clerk in a certain department of the road who understood how large sums of money were made by shrewd violations of tho interstato com merco law was ready to admire the shrewdness with which it was done and declared that they would all do tho samo thing if they were high enough in railroad circles to attempt it. This was actually said in one of the general of fices of a great western railroad, to tho author's knowledge. "It is not necessary to say that such a condition of business is destructive to all the nobler and higher standards of conduct, and no young man can live in such an atmosphere of unpunished dishonesty and lawlessness without wrecking his character. "In our judgment, Mr. Powers did the only thing that a Christian man can do. He Yas rendered brave and use ful service to the state and the general public. It is not always an easy matter to determine the relations that exist be tween tho individual citizen and his fixed duty to the public. In this case there is no doubt in our mind that tho step which Mr. Powers has taken com mends itself to every man who believes in law and its enforcement. There .are times when tho individual must act for tho peoplo in ways that will mean "sac rifice and loss to him of tho gravest character. Mr. Powers will bo misun derstood and misrepresented, but there is no question that his course will bo approved by every citizen who wishes to see tho greatest corporations as well as tho weakest individual subject to the same law. Mr. Powers has done all that a loyal, patriotic, citizen could do. It now remains for tho commission to act upon his evidence, which, wo under stand, is overwhelming proof of tho lawlessness of the L. and T. Let tho law bo enforced, no matter who tho persons may be who have been guilty." Henry Maxwell finished reading and dropped the paper. "i i lino's go This is tho result of his promise." Ho rose, and as ho was going ont his wife said: "Do you think, Henry, that Jesus would have done that?" Henry Maxwell paused a moment. Then he answered slowly: "Yes; I think he wonld. At any rate, Powers has decided so, and each ono of us who made tho promise understands that ho is not deciding Jesus' conduct for any ono else, only for himself." "How aKjut his family? How will Mrs. Powers and Celia, bo likely to tako it?" "Very hard, I have no doubt. That will bo Powers' cross in this matter. They will not understand his motive." Henry Maxwell went out and walked over to the next block, where tho su perintendent lived. To his relief. Pow ers himself camo to the door. ; Tho two men shook hands silently. They instantly understood each other without words. There had never been such a lond of union between the min ister and hi parishioner. "What are you going to do?" Henry Maxwell asked after they had talked over tho facts in the case and considered them well. "Yon mean another position? I have no plans yet. I can go back to my old work as a telegraph ojMrator. My fam ily will not suffer except in a social way." Aloxander Powers spoke calmly, if sadly. Henry Maxwell did not need to ask him how his wife and daughter felt. He knew well enough that the su perintendent had suffered deepest at that point. "Thcro is ono matter I wish you would see to," said Powers after awhile, "and that is tho work begun at tho shops. So far as I know, tho com pany will not objdet to that going right on. It is one of tho contradictions of tho railroad world that the Y. M. C. A. and other Christian influences are en couraged by tho roads, while all tho time the most nn-Christian and lawless acts aro leing committed in tho official management of tho roads themselves. Of course it is understood that it pays a railroad to have in its employ men who are temperate and honest and Christian. So I have no doubt tho mas ter mechanic will have tho samo cour tesy extended to him that I had in tho matter of tho room and its nsca. But what I want yon to do, Mr. Maxwell, is to see that my plan is carried out. Will you ? Y'ou understand what the idea was in general. Yon mado a very favorable impression on tho men. Go down there as often as you can. Oct Milton Wright interested to provido something for tho furnishing and cx penso of tho coffee plant and reading tables. Will you do it?" "Yes," replied Henry Maxwell. Ho Btaid a littlo longer. Hcforo ho went away ho and the superintendent had ft prayer together, and they parted with that silent hand grasp thtBoemM to them liko a uew token of their Chris- . tian discipleship and fellowship. The piihtor of the Firstly church went ! home stirred deeply by the events of the week. Gradually tho truth was growing upon him that tho pledge to j do as Jesus would was working out a ! revolution in his parish and throughout the city. Every day added to the serious results of obedience to that pledge, j Henry Maxwell did not pretend to see : the end. He was, in fact, only now at i tho very beginning of evt nts that were j destined to change the history of bun-1 dreds of families, not only in Raymond, j but throughout the entire country. As 1 he thought of Edward Isorman and Rachel and Mr. Powers and of the re sults that had already come from their i.etiors iie could not help a feeling of intense inte rest in the probable effect if all the pcri'ons in the First church who had made the pledge faithfully kept it. Would they all keep it, or would somo of them turn back when tho cross bo came too heavy ? Ho was asking this question tho next morning as he sat in his study when the (resident of the Endeavor society called to see him. "I suppose I ought not to trouble you with my case," said young Morris, j coming at once to his errand, "but I thought. Mr. Maxwell, that you might advise mo a little. " "I'm glad j'ou came. Go on, Fred." Henry Maxwell had known tho young man ever since his first year in tho pas torate and loved and honored him for his consistent, faithful service in the church. "Well, tho fact is I'm out of a job. You know, I've been doing reporter woik on The Morning Sentinel since I graduated last year. Well, last Satur day Mr. Hurr asked mo to go down tho road Sunday morning and get the de tails of that train robbery at tho junc tion and write the thing up for the ex tra edition that came out Monday morning, just to get the start of The News. I refused to go, and Burr gave mo my dismissal. He was in a bad tem per, or I think perhaps he would not have done it. He has always treated me well before. Now, don't you think Jesus would have dono as I did ? I ask because the other fellows say I was a fool not to do the work. I want to feel that a Christian acts from motives that may seem strange to others sometimes, but not foolish. What do you think?" "I think you kept your promise, Fred. I cannot believo Jesus would do newspaper work on Sunday, as you were asked to do it. " "Thank you, Mr. Maxwell. I felt a littlo troubled over it, but tho longer I think it over tho better I feel." Morris rose to go, and Henry Max well roso and laid a loving hand on tho young man's shoulder. "What aro you going to do, Fred?" "1 don't know yet. I havo thought somo of going to Chicago or somo large city." "Why don't you try The News?" "They are all supplied. I havo not thought of applying there." Henry Maxwell thought a moment. "Come down to The News office with me Hud let us Nui an Ttbr.ut it." So a few minutes later Edward Nor man received into his room the minister and young Morris, and Henry Maxwell briefly told the cause of their errand. "I can give you a place on The News," said Edward Norman, with his keen hxk softened by a smile that made it winsome. "I want reporters who won't work Sundays. And, what is more, I am making plans for a special kind of reporting which I believe young Morri hero can develop because he is in sympathy with what Jesus would do." (Contui'i'-d mxt wofk.) County and State. The South Haven News office is now located in the basement of the Hale block. Poor specimens of counterfeit half and quarter dollars have been circulated in Berrien county recently. The new iron bridge across Pine creek, one-half mile west of Hartford, has been completed and accepted by the town board. ' The official test of tho Hartford water works system proved satisfactory, and tho plant is complete with tho exception of tho stand pipe, which is now being erected. Tho Graham & Morton Transportation Co. were swindled during the past season by bogus tickets, which were printed like tho real ones. It is not yet known how many were passed. J. J. Littlejohn of Allegan visited ono of tho leading dentists of that city for tho purpose of having a tooth extracted, which was accomplished. The shock threw him into apoplexy, which resulted in his death soon after. Twenty-four cases of appendicitis wero received at tho university hospital at Ann Arbor during the year ending Juno .10, 1899, of which 22 wero operated upon and two treated without operation. All but two of tho patients recovered. An immense panther, which has terror ized tho farmers in the sand hills 12 miles south of Benton Harbor for 10 years past and which is suptrcsed to havo kil led John Croll, was shot and killed by James Woodward whilo it was devouring a young calf. When Cass county built its new court house building tho contract was given Jordan E. Gibson. Tho supervis ors becamo dissatisfied and declared the contract off and finished tho building themselves. Gibson began a suit for damages, and in tho United States court at Grand Rapids was awarded 813,022.10 On a C. it W. M. Ry. train noar Hart ford a few days ai?o, ono of tho passen gers was introduced by a stranger to loan him S.')0 until they reached Benton Harbor, securing him with a bogus check for S.7X). They were to havo gone up town together at Benton Harbor to get the money. When the' train reached there, tho sharper had disappeared. uu . v -Jr V3 growing. 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