New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-03
THE Uprising or The CHURCHES.

ernor Hills staff, said lew weeks ago.
tell YOU what, I would rather have saloons be
hind me in politics any time than churches
IF this represents the views OF Governor Hi
and no student Of his career can doubt that l
does, he ought to be delighted with the situa
ton. There is just as little question wher
the churches stand in this campaign as there
is where the saloons stand. The protests o
clergymen against Hills reelection, such a
THE TRIBUNE has beer printing, are withou
n parallel in our State politics; and when it i:
remembered that Mr.. Hill now occupies thu
really exalted office OF Governor of the creates
State of the Union the tone Of contempt ano
disgust in which they nevertheless feel forced
10 sneak of him becomes of remarkable sig
nificance.
There is another and most important feature
of these statements. They prove that large
numbers of Prohibitionists and all earnest tenn
nerance men. who are not Prohbitionlsts, vii
vote for Warner Miller. These men represent
all religious denominations. Consider VINO
they are. The Rev. Dr. Ensign McChcsney l:
not only conspicuous in the Methodist Eplsco-
nal Church. from which the Prohibition party
hiLitionist. Yet he says
do not consider, as some Prohbitionists do, that
High License Is in any degree a compromise with the
rum power II IS advance into the enemy )
country. | have TO doubt that Christian people of
all pares throughout the will give hearty sup
mort to the candidate who stands eminently for
all that IS noble and best in American character and
American life.
The Rev. Charles II. Eaton UniversalisD
is. we take it. a Prohibitionist, but he says
Until recently have thought IT was advisable to
vote for principle, as Wendell Phillips used to say,
even II It was only to stand up and be counted But
Il appears TO me that the present contest In this State
offers an occasion on which 1t would be wise Tor the
temperance advocates TO come odt for the RcpuDli-
can candidate for Governor as one who Is available,
and whom may expect to make every practicable
effort in the direction Of temperance legislation and
for The advancement of other reforms which all good
citizens desire.
The Rev. Robert S. Macarthur (BaptisD
says:
II seems impossible, in the present issue, that any
intelligent patriot and Christian citizen can vote for
the Prohibition party, when the issues are so as
tincty drawn and especially when such a candidate
&C Warner Miller is I'm the field Every vote for the
Third party in this campaign is half vote at least
for Mr. Hill and the saloon
The Rev. DR.. Howard Crosby Presbyterian)
is not Prohibitonst, but he has been working
all his life for temperance. Listen to him:
do not see how any gentleman can consistently
vote for Hill, who has been sdbservent TOOL In the
hands OF the worst degraded and criminal classes
of this state As to the actions of the Prohibition
party ! openly condemn them. Tho whole thing Is
being fostercd as an annex of the Democracy.
bo cfn lie
next to Dr. Storrs among the Congregational
pastors Of New-York and vicinity in the length
of his service, says:
Warner Miller represents in himself, as the cand
date Governor, all that possibly be obtained to
advance the best interests Of the Church and society
in Ncw-York Governor Hill has aifrontcd every
moralist and smitten every church squarey in the
face lie stands to-day representing absolutely the
LIQUOR interest OF the State.
The outspoken condemnation of the Pro-
hibition movement is noteworthy. The Rev.
Dr. Huntington, rector of Grace Church. says {:
On principle I shall not vote for Hill, because he
represents the worst clements I'm politics and because
he has appealed them for support The Prohibition
movement is not the way TO reach the restraint of
lquordrinking
The Rev. DR.. John r. Paxton (Presbyterian)
says:
will vote for Mr. Miller because he Is a gentleman
and Christian man. lie is the highest and best
type of Rcpublicansm, and believe In what he
represents all over. | am in favor Of High License
and consider the Prohibition movement mistake.
The Rev. DIR. w. S. Rainsford (EpiscopaD
says:
The position of the Prohibnonlsts ut present is
MA Cd no wi of
10 be willing lend themselves to policy OF present
cviLdong that good hereafter may come, and be-
lieve that can't better ST. Paul's Judgment Of such
course, which was Their condemnation is JUST
The Rev. DR. J. II. Rylance EpiscopaD says:
thoroughly abomlnate Hi and all that he repre-
sents. | am I'm favor Of a High License and would
rather have a limitation on the liquor traffic
than impossible prohibition
The Rev. DR.. Robert Collyer Unitarian
stigmatzes Hill, and adds:
do not believe that tho Third party movement will
work any harm this year. 1t Will not be strong
enough and / am opposed to its object. The Pro
hibonlsts cannot possibly hope to elect their candi
dates and in general. they only endanger the
of the party which taken the only proper view OF
this question
The Rev. DR.. Charles II. Parkhurst pres
byterian) says:
abomnate IInl should deeply regret TO see him
elected in the face Of all that he represents /
do not 60 into details. 1t IS not necessary, he
having shown himself to be anagonisc 10 all that Is
pure and for the best interests OF the people.
The Rev. Dr. James NJ. King (Alethcdist)
says:
When consider either the personal character Of
the men, their public ser'ces the principles for
a. g..
comprehend how men possessing either decent or
patriotic instincts can hesitate in their support Of
Warner Miller as against David u. lin.
Roman Catholic cergymen are equally out
spoken. At least one priest in the interior Of
the State has publicly called upon his flock
to vote for Miller. Some Of the best work
that has been done for High License in this
State has been by Roman Catholic priests Win
the corruption funds of the saloons be able to