New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-05
IT SAVORS OF SODOM.
DIR. DUFFIELD's TERRIFIC ARRANGEMENT
OF TAMMANY.
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MASTER STROKE OF BELTAL'-To-MoR-
npPORTI- NIFTY.

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MAsrER.srRoKE OF BELrAL"-To-MoR-
ROWS GRAND OPPORTUNITY
The Rev DR. Howard Duffield yesterday morn
ing. at the First Presbyterian Church. Fifth-~ve
and Eleventh-st., preceded his sermon by snort
address on THE Crisis In the City. After nav
ing mentioned the fact of the election tomorrow"
DR.. Dufficd said in part:
The questions to be determined by this ballot..
casting are Of snCa b vev stones would cry
against it. II | at all hesitate to br3aci a,'S mn In
ter the solitary reason would be the rear oi 49,,
ability exhibit in their true proport1ns hs he
mentous issues of which the EIectlon Iiy ma a-o
a company OF thorough-gon political reiorm,,iI,
and fttngly recite the burden OF one c,X
seem to demand the eagle vision ana uhio n''
chred the old metropolitan centres Q, ,sf ems
on nolltical corruption. and there never was nm o.
casion which presented better ShaiceS '" ~
lHoral crisis is upon us TuSssa2yy a nGx' IS ts
yerdicts rvet fresh letters upon our Liberty or my
guarantee glorious emancipation for many YEN s
10 Between the a T fro which, our Children
shall reap The bitter or the glorious haryeS, ot
will be triumph Of ,b he ses R holds most sacred
That this opportunity should occur uinsr ti III
,noral nrcsentment OF the question. IL is fhoul-
der fight between right and rascailty ps g., NE
law-abiding and the law-deriding elements III ''e
It is said that reformer in the oide EN- lines o,
wished that all his enemies had heads grown on
one stem great group Of enemies OF me cn ,h
have presented themselves at th,3 innctre rcIHn
range of its javelin thrust Wi,hin the WV" ,h,
hours OF Tuesday next It Is possible 70 say lna'
state moneys snail not go into sectariah ,rs's
,Ires-an idea against which the highest court "I
the PRESBYTERIAN Church has thrice uttered us
solemn protest. , 1T, =, 80, o,,or,,n,tv IN
ou,iaw bv constitutional edct the gambling hells
and nool-senK dens that sap the Vlgor or cl,lzen,
chin and have been turgid fountains OF un'o'u
heartache. degradation ana despair ,L H.
on Tuesday next IL IS possible to iaunch .he
doat bolt AT the brazen forehead Of that conan
like system Of misrue which has trampied az
the rnoraiities under foot. and dragged INC ,ar
fame Of this city in the mre: whose only cIeea Is
greed: whose one policy - plumber. To levy Ut, IN
lust taxes on merchants great and small ailKe
is tyranny. To barter public oihccs Tor pre- IL
chicanery To put mpostS on saloons ana ,, gam
hing houses is knavery. But To tthe me earn,
,nos Of womanhood's dshOnor Is besuahty ,hhu
sovo-s Of Sodom Such strumpetocracy Is,
,.oster-sfroko ~ Iselial. No marvel that inc
Church of the living God should cry aloud against
mis- taxation for human ruin and enlist our every
cne-cv not merely TO whiten the citys sulled
honor. not merely indicate tn" majesty OF OF,
Tended law; but to secure governmental cohuoI
Tor the municipality that shall lap shields win her
in making purity and deccncy ana honesIy ras ~,
~ achievement amid the storm ana stress OF tn's
fierce metropolitan I've.