New-York tribune., 1894-01-01
THE PENTECOST BLJNDER.
DIR MACARTITCRS VIEWS ON IT.
HE HAS KNOWN THE NEW sO~1A11STIC As
sIsTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY For YEARS

sIsTANT D1 STRICT ATTORNEY Fo" YEARS
WHY TIE APPOINTMENT Is \ MISTAKE.
The aDnointrent of Hugh o. Pentccost an
assistant district-attorney has aroused much un-
favorable comment. Tammany Han rohuci'hS
DOM like Il because upstart. as they can Ffht-
cost steps into f1t Office. while thoY are !el' "-l
IN n. cold after wears Of faithful service to the
Tiger Ecclesiastics and churChmeu gcneTdlF aye
dissatisfied with the appointment because ne mas
cast disparaging reflections upon rcverel religious
institutions and their dcvotees. conservative CHI
zens do not Ike the appointment because OF Sir.
Pcntecoss adverse criticisms on tAe present s''la
and civil government Anarchists and Socialists
and Mr. and Mrs. Pcntccost are probably ain 'st
the ONLY persons In the city who approve the AZ
nointncnt In the list must be included of course,
the man or men who are resi- onsihle for the APP
pointn.ent.
The Rev Dr Robert : Macarthur. pastor q cal
vary Baptis, Church In West Fif'y-seventh-si, aa'd
to a Tribune reporter yesterday:
when a man becomes public Official ne can
wisely bc the subject Of comment ana even cr.tl-
c!sm. and suppose free 10 criticise Mr Foaie-
cost. and review his past record. ! h'Y' KNOW
him personally for years. when h. Wa a iapii-t
and when he became a ConCro.ational minister.
and also later. when he represented no peh'ill.i,
tion whatever: Ne is man ~ so'ae aa'Ir.i lii.i
ability. and while no, pIGioGnf or lcarn"I. a. {'i
possesses popular gift Mr. Ftniecosi ne'~f n'.. T.
thorough education To- pr'i%rc MN i'i ~" iI..
His intellectual and th"oloecal soi1ersali,, H., t..
results of his QrfcCiN' tll'AllIN ny t4'i-
preston is that he never Wa "a graduate 90 ''H'
a college a hcologica. seminary. - ftci, /
know this 10 be the II" fOrk .S'.-'t course
IN Madison University, or as II Is No." known.
COLGATE University. He never complete tn art
or theological course lie thus went into tl"
ministry with very inafequate preparation. H. IS
a striking illustration II the unwlsIom ~ utGN~
men Of certain popular gifts Of speech into itr
ministry with insufficient general and th"'llg.'fl
training.
Il have personal unknlnees toward Mr.. i''n'r-
cost but DO consider that hie 'ntoi""tu1l ii'in-
ing for this the Office Of Assistant Dlsiuci-A'tDr-
ney is as unsatisfactory IL wa for tho ministry.
He is as unqualified for tte bar as for The rg!p.'
| consider that the position which he TOOK as "a
lecturer before audience, made up of various ODDS
ana ends OF Socialism anl kindred ism. makes his
recent appointment extremely doubtful. 10 not
positively dangerous. Mr.. Pe1toc"~ts career c-r-
ianlv shows that he is no; posscgsed ~ the care
fu education. the stability Of character ana sound
ness Of judgnen; which the Office or Ne1lstant
District-Attornev implies and oec"~si'arcs. mar
who has had a trial at many lines % professional
the man to intru7t With IN" responsibility 90 his
present position.
There is much IN his character that is winning
in his relations with men but his lack OF stability
has robbed II OF It's legitimate power wish for
his own sake well as for tho !ntcros's oi -"
Office and tho public welfare. th # h. had not been
appointed. He has rushed into law as BE- rushed
into the ministry His LEGAL preparation cannot he
profound. II "a unxndness to him 10 rush him
up TO the front. don't believe lie can stand H.