The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-09-08

guine, therefore, that we shall have nc
cholera in this country this year.
THE HEAD OF THE SALVATION ARMY.
No man in England is rising more rapidly
| in public estimation than Gen. VIM. Booth,
the head of the Salvation Army. No man
has been better abused. The most powerful
papers in England-headed. by the London
Times itself-has denounced him, his
methods and his associates, unsparingly and
increasingly. The dignitares of the Es-
tabiished Church have assailed him with a
virulence quite remark able in such exalted
and eminently respectable personages, ard
even scientific men like Huxley have joined
in the clamor against a man whose chief
off'cnss seems to be that he chooses to do an
immense amount of good in very noisy
and sensational way. mistaken by this
torrent of personal decrial he has gone on
his way constantly extending the field of
usefulness of his remarkable organization,
winning success in every effort, and produc-
ing most astonishing results in retaining
the fallen, reforming the vicious, and elevat
ing the debased. There can be no sort of
doubt that the Salvation Army is doing
more real good among the poor people of
England than all the other church agencies
combined. This the people Of England see
SO clearly with their own eyes that all the
virulent assaults of the aristocratic church.
men and their confederates fall harmless.
One of the most powerful of these assaults
was the charge that Booth was enriching
himself, family, and intimate associates out
of the stream of money poured into the
Golfers of the Salvation Army, after the
publication of Booths sensational but only
too true book, ain Darkest England" The
churchmen had substantial grievance to
embitter them ON this subject, for large
portion of the millions of dollars contribu-
ted by charitable people had previously
been sent to them for expenditure.
The reaction is setting in, and Gen. Booth
is finding plenty of defenders among the
educated and wealthy. Careful investiga-
tons have been made of the Salvation
Army's business methods by expert account
anta, not at all friendly to it, and their YER
dict is that there is not railway, bank, or
factory in England which keeps its accounts
more rigidly and clearly than the Salvation
Army. Gen. Booth receives no salary what
ever from the Salvation Army. His living is
provided for by fund contributed by some
friends, and he only draws from the Sal
walton Army treasury funds for travelling in
the plainest possible style. Every shilling
So drawn is carefully covered by vouchers
checked and rechccked some four or five
times by independent bureaus. All the
letters addressed to him-except the few
marked strictly personal are opened by
the Aruiy's clerks. Every contribution goes
through the same mill, and is checked and
counterchecked, beyond the faintest chance
of Misrepresentation. The only member of
the Booth family who receives salary is
Bramwell Booth, who gets $1,000 a year,
and small house. Business men familiar
with him say that he has abilities which
would justify any considerable firm in pay
ing him $4,000 year.
The Var Cry, the official organ of the Sal
walton Army. and edited by the Booths, pays
profit Of $50, 600 year, and the sale of " In
Darkest England" has already returned
profit of $4,000, all Of which is turned into
the general fund. The "Farm Colonv.n
which was started in 1891, has already cost
about 100000; the " City Colony" $780,
900, and $125, GOO has been set aside for es-
tablishing the "Oyer-the-Sea Colony"
Though these experiments have but recently
been begun, they have had enough sue
cess to encourage the projectors.