Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-07-12
In HOT WATER.
A Xsasx Ministers Misguided Re-
marks Gets Him Iats serious Trss-

a Nsusx Minister'S Misguided Re
mark. Gets Him late serious Tres
bie.
Rev. Monree Drew. 8 young Presby-
terrain minister 1T LeCiaire, Iowa has
gotten himself into hot water and has
stirred mp the fury of the Iowa town 30
by his misguided pulpit Httersnces tina,
last Wednesday he Was obliged to take
refuge of safety in Port Byron. this eoun,
". which Is directly scrOss the river from
LeClaire- The people of the upper end
of Rock Island county have therefore be-
come very much interested in the case.
The facts a. related by the Davenport
Dessg.-zt- GrFsssS seem TO be As follows:
About four months ago = student of
DIVINITY came down from Chicago and by
iavitziiOn of the trustees took charge Of
the Presbyterian church He Was en-
gxged for SIX months. at the expiration
of which be wss To continue his sheolcg.
zeal studies IN the CITY named. Like an
new ministers Rev. Monroe Drew wzs
talked about IN an innocent wsy. He
made friends sRd continued TO draw CON
congregations LAST SUNDAY evening the
minister allowed his zeal TO 30 far uutruu
his Judgment that no trSca wzs teft that
be nsd good sense. He chose for hls
theme the somewhat familiar subject of
'Irowns Before proceeding far with
she discourse he became interested in the
welfare of the people Of LeCiSire. He
r4lrr - p -. 1T L
ceesfef io administer il in the rpusbes,
sort Of NAY The immortality Of the town
wss msgnlHed several hundred times hy
the pTe acheF's sciiye imagination. Ia
crezsing 10 -ecklessness be made sweep
ing charges. saying in substance
"A man who MAS born and reared in
this town told me that he didn't believe
there vss = virtaous woman between the
ages of sixteen and Twenty-Five Years in
lie Claire. hope this is not true, ami
don't believe II is, but where there il 40
much smoke there must Be some IRE III
| thought nv informant told the truth |
would petition the governor To fence the
town in a. s plsce Of prostitution and
Ne 81 Of hzTinss. | would pack nv grip
sack and make tracks out Of town
words ard Others Of similar import To say
that the wOrshippsrs we're amazed ex.
presses the common feeling but mildly
Early Monday more than thirty Of the
best known young ladies in LeClsire
slg ned = vigorous protest against the base
attack upon them aud presented il in
persou To the Rev. Mr. Drew They
asked for public retrsction of the uoris
publicly uttered snd for the name Of the
man who WAS born and reared in this
iowE who hsd 50 cruelty slsudered
them The minister offered to make
personal snt private apology n the
young ladies'. but refused TO DO 50 from
the pulpit or to give the name OF his in-
fOrnAni. The ladies did. however. in
time secure the name o. the nan Is
proved IN be boy. some fifteen years
oi. and named Herschel DorTs1oe, TIE
boy denied stOuIly and repeatedly th<t he
ever used such Language IS the minister
uttered from the pulpit or sny language
that could Re 80 Construed Nore than
this be went before uOtsry pahlSc AID
sllemGlV szOCs TO the truth o. - xsSs--
tio1s- This 1Aie a. sXtSCely hsi us,>
ter look mach worse fa- 10 c-sx-.sfrE
clergyES1- The soS1jL h.acx-s gas talk
81 LsNlAI-s s1d tkSrs were zzs.k-zzss q
persss1sl yioASacs o. We5zessxE eve
mag he Ia1lE1Stio1 ~ - h-a shss
pubic meeting E.s he'd Z pxrs-pa-s
ball Ials Wa AlIe2siei 5y a. ~ao could
oe crO~ted into the enclosure. A. least
'oGr hundred persons. zen Aad women
being present n about equal numbers
Mr. Drew Was asked 10 siIeoi sud make
IN explanation before sny action vas
AIKEN, but he refused 10 do 50.
A committee on resolutions MAS sp-
pointed with the adoption Of the follow
ug a. the result.
l. Rss1treI, That We. the citizens of
LeClsirn, IN order 70 express our iadiEua.
ion ST the statements Of the. mtss-cslled
Rev. Monroe Drew 81 the PRESBYTERIAN
'hurch on Sunday night July =. do most
smp aticslly deny the statement and
urtner move that We believe our Young
sdles viii compare favorable with those
4 any other place
>. Resided. That We respectfully
equesi the trustees Of the Presbyierisu /
,hurch 10 81 once discharge the said Drew
rTm the passionate of that church.
B Rsss-s-i, That We. - CITIZENS Of /
-eClAire- wish 10 express " the most
Emphatic manner our contempt for said |
Drew for his Outrageous and u1czlleSi for |
1sult tn Us - s community.
I. RssSrSs5, That We slso request sll |
20 refuse 10 ordSln him a.
minister OF church. sad that copy of
.hese resolutions De furnished sSit pres
oyteries; also one COPY Ia the trustees Of
he church.