Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-11-12
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A Media Editor Denoumccs ISini as
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The Rev. Waldo Messaros, pastor of the
Northwestern independent Church, Nine
teenth and Masterstreets, Philadelphia, and
who is well known in this city, is reported
by the Philadelphia Press to be under II
cloud. Joseph Chadwick, editor of the
Media Record, has denounced Mr.. Messaros
in cold type as ga liar, pious fraud, an
adventurer, and drunkard."
On October oath Chairman Cooper of the
Republican state committee, held big
meeting in Media for Quay. He invited
Pastor Mcssuros to be ono of the speakers,
and Pastor Messaros accepted. Editor
Chadwick had no love for the Quay cause,
and he printed an editorial reference to Mr..
Messaros of an uncomplimentary character
in his paper, which was published in adj
vance Of the meeting. When Pastor Messa-
ros came to speak he handled Editor Chad
wick without gloves, ,denouncing him in un-
measured terms, and making a number Of
bitter illusions to him. A week later Editor
ChadWiek's turn came. The anti-Quay In
dependents held meeting. Mr.. Chadwick
was one OF the speakers. He devoted much
OF his speech to Pastor Messaros. He al
luded to his record In Philadelphia, and
accused him of making false representa-
tions to the Philadelphia Central Presbytery
In order to secure admittance into that body
as an authorized minister. He read q
number of letters which, he said, showed
| that Mr.. Messaros WINS not telling the truth
| to the presbytery. These letters he pro-
missed to publish in his paper in the next
issue 0hat ofSaturiay), together with other
| matter, which would show just the kind OF
man Mr.. Messaros Is. Mr. Chadwick has
| kept his word so far as the publication is
concerned, and the copy OF the Record
| which was issued Saturday fairly bristed
with the promised letters.
In an interview on Friday Mr.. Chadwick
spoke very freely of Messaros. The first he
knew OF him was in the Hancock cam
| paign, when, in speech at Chadd's Ford,
Messaros said, on the authority OF Or.
| Taylor, that Hancock had been shot in the
back. DR.. Taylor promptly denied the
| story. Chadwick charged TINT Messaros
| had so misbchaved in Chester that the
/ people there were wonder-struck when
they learned he had become a pastor. He
had himself introduced, ut u woman
suffrage debate in Media, us ex-United
| States consul from Lepanto; he claims to
| have been educated at Oxford and Princeton
gave Senator Hoar and Prof. Baird as refer
| ences; all of which claims Mr.. Chadwick
says he is able TO prove utterly false. Again
| he gave Lopanto, Greece, as his birthplace
and his age as 81, yet said he had served
| two and one-half years in the Union army.
| Attention being called to the fact TINT he
must have been only 10 or II years old at
| the time, he replied that he was n large boy
| for his age. Mr.. Chadwick said he was
/ ready to meet Messaros in n court of law
and stand by all he had printed.
| Waldo Messaros said to reporter Friday
evening: "All these things are old, you
know. They have been fully Investigated,
and have been fully vindicated. This
man who makes this charge is n low fellow,
who wants notoriety, and simply desires to
annoy me. You may say 1t is fellow comb
/ ing insects from the name of u lion. 1t is a
crow cawing at an eagle. This country
editor does not know that long ago
III was vindicated by the Masonic
order. The charges were investigated by
Montgomery Lodge, No. 10. Th" ;tyesti-
eating committee sat for 40 nights. ex-
| amined 60 witnesses and took somAthing
like 400 pages OF testimony. My vtndica-
tion was complete, but, through tho Pres.
byterian influence working In the order, the
case had to go before the Grand Lodge
| The committee of that body reported all the
charges against me unfounded, and the
Grand Lodge, composed of 100 members
unanimously voted in my favor. Frank
A. Wunder, then master OF Montgomery
Lodge, went all through New England
where was charged with associating witt
none but the vilest people, and secured
abundant testimony as to my standing
which he found to be of the highest posi-
BILE character. That testimony is now II
| possession of my counsel John Scully.'
AIessaros further said that the charge o
drunkenness was beneath his notice, hi
standing in the community was a sufflcien
reply to that; that he had never claimed K
have been consul at Lepanto, nor to hav'
been in the Union army.
'Do you think of resorting to law"
''No, there is more likelihood of suit 70
assault and battery than law suit. shnl
pay no more attention to such things
shall simply go ahead preaching goo'
English sermons, which are tho best il
Philadelphia in some respects.