The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1893-11-30
RING RULE SCORED.
DR.. Macarthur Attacks Tsmmany
from the Pulpit.
Says Russian Serfdem Is Prefer
able to Life Under II.
Oaly the stars and Stripes Should
Fly from City Hall.

The Rev. Or. Macarthur, pastor OF
the Calvary Baptist Church, on West
Fifty-seventh street. delivered n sermon
this morning on the criminal rule OF
the bosses and the parochical school
question.
Seldom has the city government had
such sweeping broadsides poured into 1T
from the pulpit. The church was
crowded. and Or. MacArthurs remarks
were frequently interrupted with bursts
of applause.
The clergyman at once got down to
most bitter and vehement attack on the
municipal government. which he charac-
t"rized as the work of HIS Satanic Ma
jes:y
He said Russian serfdom was preferable
to life under Tanlmany's regime, nings
had come to such a pass that Rcpubli-
cans had actually joined hands with some
honest Democrats in the city Reform
club to fight the awful octopus personi-
/ fed in our city government.
Turning to, large American flag
draped around the sounding board and
raising his arm he said:
" How dare amp flag but the Stars and
Stripes float proudly over our city, Hall:
Ireland, which, by-the-by. has no flag.
or that OF any other nation in our faces
from the Flagstaff Of our City Hall"
-, pltlnueu applause was tlCllci DE
this sentiment.
America for the Americans" he con-
tinled. 7 protest against this, country
being made the camping ground for i'm
migrants from Southern Europe, who
are poured through the naturalization
mills OH arrival to swell Tammany's
vote
Speaking Of, the recent landslide DR..
From Bualo to Brooklyn the bosses
were nearly swept out OF sight. 1t was
an uprising Of the people against the
au,ocratic. sway Of the alien corner-sa-
loon politician who heretofore held the
retns Of city government III his grasp.
our sister city across the bridge. arose
oblivion our citizIis did not succeed
this time in throw ing off the 'ranmauy
yoke, but they nj least, to use common
expression, ',urne1 down MAYNARD
Or. Macarthur then took up the qUes-
ton OF parochisl schools and said the
RomaniSts had taken an aggressive at
tltude In wanting public moneys fortheir
schools.
He declared that Roman Catholie
could not consistently support the prin-
ciples of the American Constitution.
There were many true Americans who
We're professad RoInani@ts, he said, hut
they maintained other American ideas
at the expense of their religion.
Let the Catholic thurCn beware" he
said. and stop the Introduction Of the
bill now in course Of preparation provi!-
ing that public funds I've given other
schools. a protest will go up when it
is introduced that will shake the Cdtho-
lie Church in this country to its very
foundations"
Here Dr. Macarthur read the platform
OF the "A. y. A." Each plank was
roundly anplauded, and It seemed more
lik" a political meeting than a Congre-
cation listening TO sermon delivered
as part of divine services
lie said over a million voters supported
the "A. + A" principles. and WoLld
when the bill was introduced
He declared religions political issues all
wrong. ECclesia StiCism should not enter
into politics The question of church
and stat" should not come W under Il
republican form Of government.
Then he returned To the question of
New Yurk's munirVn! government and
hauled It over the Goals, saving It's
actions almost parelleled those ~ the
Tweed regime. and that the shades "f
that criminal seemed to hover over thu.
City Hall