The morning call., 1892-10-31
"THE DIVES MUST CO."
A Severe Denunciation by Rev. Mr.. Henry
In the First Baptist Church.

Severe DenunciatiOn by Kew. MT henry
Ia the First baptist Church.
The Rev. J. O. A Henry at the First
Baptist Church last night. in his prelude to
the usual Sunday sermon on the question
Of the dives, fairly quivered with indigna-
ZION aud his voice thrilled with passion as
he scorched In burning denunciatory
language the man who has reopened the
CremOrue and the twelve pTOperty-Owners
who affixed their signatures 10 the petition
which made the Police Commissioners
powerless to keep closed the well-known
crime hatchery. He exhausted the vOcabu-
larry Of scuTn and contempt in the epithels
he applied TO these men, and enforced bis
denunciation with the emphasis OF passion
ate gesture.
Those who heard him were reused to a
high pitch Of excitement, as the eloquent
preacher Numbered from the pulpit his con-
demDation of the lechery Of the world as
fOstered by such places rs the Cremorne.
Even perdition itself, he said, would
have been startled that a man could have
been found 50 degraded, so base, so lost to
all principles OF deeenry, who after the pub
lie exposure no had received could again
open a place so low, so vile, so heliish as
the Cremorne. He is either moral imbe-
cile O. moral jackal, for | believe that the
bottomless pit has few such men in Its low
est depths who, with the Rhoulish glee Of
this CremoTne man, could demand the sac
rifce of our boys and girls as he demands
in his hatchery Of crime. No words that
can use can picture this moral bandit who
goes about the streets OF San francisco
scattering pollution and crime.
well mght we pause with assonishment
that twelve citizens Of San Francisco could
be found who would give their signatures
to a document which oyeTrides the will of
the people.
1T is terrible illustration at the fact that
it needs more than money TO make a man.
What shall be said of those men whose
bank accounts go into the millions? Such
men should bs branded as corruptoTs OF our
youth. / have no words strong enough TO
express my indignation at these men, who
have sunk so low as to encourage the de-
baucheTy of our young girls aud boys, and
the defamation of the city's fair fame.
The men who signed the petition allow
ing the CTem0Tne propriet0rs to glOata at the
wrath of an curt aged community are re-
sponsibe.
"Butit shall not be allowed to remain Open
long, though the people shall themselves
arise and destroy this dAmnable plagne
hole, which is carried on for the supreme
purpose Of the corruption Of manhood. and
the debauchery Of womanhood. a place
where life is held cheap ami chastity
cheaper"
The speaker severely scored the signers
of The petition for the excuse they gave.
saving IL was out of friendship that they
! SlEpeu.
And was il for the friendship OF man
! like this they signcd?" he Numbered, "the
| friendship of man like this notorious and
| Infamous being who mas opened a place in
the open vision of 300, 600 people. that slinks
in the nostrils Of decent men. i would be
! scorched and befouled by contact with such
a moral leper al distance OF forty feet"
Rev. DIR. Henry asked what was to be
! done now that the dive had reOpened. He
! answered that it was necessary to use the
| ballot-bOX and elect men to office who
would not be such slaves to the divekeepers.
| He said the Anti-Dive Association had
Endorsed the Non-Partisan ticket, which
! had on it twelve good men for Supervisors.
who were not the creatures Of bosses, and
who would see that the cTime-hatcherieS
were closed. He said it was the moral duty
Of every Christian to support this ticket.
THE dives of San Francisco," he said.
must 90, and they will 60"