Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-26
UP WITH THE TINES.
Philadelphia Clergymen Not in Favor
of Radical CruSadeS.
VIEWS OF THE LEADING BISHOPS
And Representative Ministers of the Various
denominations.
AN ALMOST UNANIMOUS EXPRESSION

tePFcrkL ThLEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcHl
PHILADELPHIA, May 25.-Representa
tive clergymen of the Quaker City take
practically the same position as theil
brethren in Pittsburg against misguided
and fanatical crusadesl such as the one
against the printing and delivery of the
news of the day. Indeed, those Philadel
phia ministers who are not familiar with the
details of the Pittsburg controversy car
hardly understand how such noise came tc
be made.
The Rt Rev. OH NJ. Whitaker, the
Bishop of Pennsylvania OF the Protestant
Episcopal Church, was found hard at work
at his Office. He speedily demonstrated
that he had no sympathy with the radicals
who are injuring the cause of real Sunday
observance in the Western part of the
State. In the course of pleasant CONVEX
sation the Bishop said:
'I have certainly no objection to paper
Just because it is dated on Sunday morning.
The approval or disapproval of a paper
issued on Sunday, or any other day, should
be based entirely on the character of its
contents. OF course we all understand that
the work on the Sunday issue is practically
all completed by Saturday midnight Why,
on the Pacific coast some years ago the
newspapers which wished to observe Sunday
particularly issued no Monday morning
paper.
Feature of American Life.
"The Sunday paper is now so important
feature of American life that it comes into
close competition with the magazines"
continued the Bishop 'There is another
feature have noticed. Some years ago
there were a large number of special
Sunday papers, issued on no other day,
which were without the regular news facili-
ties, and therefore depended largely upon
reading of an inferior grade. The Sunday
paper of to-day is link in the chain of in
telligence, and has largely driven low-class
publications ont of the field"
Perhaps no clergyman in Philadelphia is
more popular than Rev. Joseph May, whose
handsome Chestnut street church is always
filled by an intelligent congregation. Rev.
Mr.. May presided over the annual meeting
of the Law and Order Society a year ago,
and has been active in the work of that
organization. In answer to inquiries he
said:
Yes, have taken an active interest in
our Law and Order Society, but l would
not even be member of it if it adopted any
such idea as a crusade upon the Sunday
papers The Sunday paper is an estab-
lished fact and feature of our American
civilization, and what 1 want to see is for
the issue Of that day to be made as excel
lent as possible Why, nearly every Sun
day school in the land gives out papers to
we condemn those who deliver other papers?
l can see many things to critlcise in some
of our Sunday papers, and would like to see
the general standard raised, but that must
be done by the education of the public taste.
The Crusade Surely Harmful.
f'Such crusade as has been instituted in
Pittsburg," continued Rev. Mr. May, ''can
hardly fail to be harmful do not think
there is the slightest chance of the move
ment being initiated in PHILADELPHIA, at
least by the Law and Order Society. 1 am
pretty we'll acquainted with the general
sentiment of the members and am certain
that the majority will not agree to any such
proceeding"
Archbishop P. J. Ryan, of the Catholic
Church, was found just as he was preparing |
for journey, and the interview was con- |
sequently brief. He left no doubt, though, |
as to his position. He inquired as to the |
views expressed by Bishop Phelan, and ex- |
pressed his hearty approval of the progress |
sive ideas of the Pittsburg prelate. AS to
the bare question of fSunday papers the Arch
bishop said that in his opinion it depended |
entirely upon the class and merits of each |
publication The following letter, written |
to the chairman of the recent public meet |
ing of the Philadelphia Law and Order So
ciety, shows that the Archbishop is not op--
posed to the legitimate work of such an
organization:
DEAR sIR-I find that my appointments !