The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-18
BISHOP PoTTERS POLITICS.
he MAKES AN INTERFERING SPEECH
TO THE tITY CLUB

'"O
cred that Heaven SENDS the snow-Dr.
Greer Goes No Further than 20 Make
Admission that Heaven Sends the Rain.
In response to beautifully engraved invita-
tiona about the size OF n Charity Dali ticket.
800 men in evening dress met at the City Club.
G1T Fifth avonue. last night, and heard Bishop
Potter. President Low OF Columbia. William u.
Uornblowor. and others discuss the suggos-
tion TINT the municipal Government should DO
separated from national politics. Il was n
big night for the club. and most OF tho
speakers branchcd OF from the main subject.
and suggested other ways In which they
thought that tho municipal Government might
be improved.
When Vice. President W. Bayard Cutting In
troduccd Bishop Potter both OF the clubs par
lors wero filled. and tho members closed in
around the doors from the halls.
Bishop Potter thought that New Workers. arc
not wanting in ciyism,. Tho fellowship that
gathers us here" he said. lis one in which
we are bound together In common devotion to
the highest interest Of the great and noble
city whose sons. whether by birth or adoption.
We all are.
1T seems pertinent. I think" he went on.
ito shy just now. and In this connection. that
when any man. or any set OF men wants to get
light into any dark place and to flood the in
tricacies OF any mechanism. political. civic. or
national. with its searching rays. he is doinr
n good deed: and that he who resents
or rcsists his doing 80. condemns himself rs
tho friend Of evil deeds. Said an authority
that. with many OF us. must forever be su-
preme: This is tho condemnation that light
is come into the world, and men loved dark
moss rather than light because their deeds
were evil. For every one that doeth evil
hateth the light. neither cometh to tho light
lest his deeds should be reproved.' The
logic is simply irresistible. and 1t damna as
vicious. dopraved. and dangerous every indi-
vidual. every organization. every s~o-called
E Ssrk y that r resents sH WITH %insoisnt defiance any n
honest endeavort to turn the electric. fash OF
%n Isaftsss ' evi. A inaS Ts saeS aeiancs u we eiEas i fs
own ineyitaple punishment; and those mills
Of pu SHs o MalGo ,f faos sksr tssy SEEM en- " d 5lseteaes
to g,ind exceeding slow. yet grind exceeding
But meantime. my brothers. the thing for
issssiii5; thGafS i msy wei e th $n prs s;a.s 3ss &
wen sis'is i E is to - : sss,Sn e. and ! fSn s"'ishsS
sarcasm. the biting, rebuke With which the
task. of censorship is performed. that 1t will
iny d doSo n its m moFn' tSa or r sSSn Il. Tx lGSF as m naSn
70 ,aIs tS Ss r nss risen out. rD'l n nGs f0. ssn 5s SGsS
worse than this may come to pass: for 1t
% %sy SSiiiiIiR%Sns t' X he Re d 5sS case q; a that e4lt,a the
Certain de- haut en- bias attitude toward all
things that are not as they ought TO be-may
to It's. inherent difficulties Or the endsav:
81 oFs this e, city, tyns %sos 70 un Hsesai d. and .e ffs'Ssde
ncinG endsavors to improve It's sanitary con.
ID sjt Ss a Hos lSn to s sso ns sn u IN .i Iss.,ddF 'co hGnSui ien.
tion. which. amusing as were It's bad manners
msnt sA d ts%Rsci sss P said T ths %rits some s's-
,,o nYSu s 90 to w0 q tho to s Sa.ms , n"a s sns S S,ie, .no ,Sr t the
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70 WORK 70 reform So"T + ro men %. 1" TITS ~ 81 q any Ss,s5
to reform a, headqnarters u,.,,.
all probsblIity is that il you want a thin; dons in thi.
s SHi.d T Il xn nsy van, TG' , 10 w sSow t sI.a II; an "n '4 ~ s tS,' s wS,s:
Just take your broom aud shovel and 20 to work as
10 Soxa i EIH ,@i aen q! ana SI . sS",s' .hs% s shs. :; you an s s.s" ~in:
Ing iodo You, part ~ .hOvsn.as o. II. sidewalk. ana
partor and sro~I through The ns~;p.p.rsi
This interesting communication was. as its
its Theological, .charaster. but think you will
agree with me that. while we need not attempt
vaiues in It's suggestions. That ,conspicu-
gus Azure in our late municipal history.
More me; ", par.lnen N: or nwe SSi.n nisf; a nsesssary 2
inquiry than when he asked What are YOU
e our q local AZ situation which we might wSisskR to be
otherwise, and whatever may be the reasons
II do not wonder that in certain quarters
the organization and existence, OF this club
that there is or can be anything in our munich
a ss ! e ,!'A! fSat as is a s tSSss1 inapfta St 'Hf n.4ii
II ali ofnciallsm; and is ipst ! great:
where under tho form Of hereditary i%nstitu-
ths Inherited sense OF dignity and ,responsi;;
billy qualify the exercise Ecn h., Of IndiyidHaI
minds. and ennieeGiTd sense OF responsibiii1y
and unframed capacities intrusted with
eswer i y Goy hsHs nSGu as as xi lff 81 sseats and a nrTS o.
course, under such conditions. the, most
amiaLle comment is regarded MS intolerabls
"SSIho club idea is an idea Of positive and
greatly developa6le political power; A re-
S Ms; 3 Of the sn many .Gyt h ys.tons tG Of m p n Ss,S
her OF such clubs. affiliate them by howsoever
slender u bond with tnls' ana you nave ere
many situations. to ask tho reason why and
to insist upon having an answer!
II confess for one that ! do not greatly like
tho locality OF this club. would rather that
1t were not upon Fifth avenue. and Il might
eeiient situation for It would be about
tho middle OF Lafayette place. But II
this club must he upon Firth ave.
nue., then It IL doubly' important that
there should be others OF the same character
in very different locations; The onstituency
that IS going TO make OF New York the ideal
city Of III. world does not live in Fifth avenue
or around II. 1t Is not made up OF people OF
wealth. or leisure. or conspicuous social, posi-
ton; In a country IKE ours 1t is re-
now and then they are used MS tools by
people most unlike themselves. Put behind
up Of men who. with their hands or their tools.
have largely, created New York. and whose
and act courageously. is our one hope, whether
In the city or the republic.
III any one doubts their intelligence. or
their caDncity for effective action. let him sit