The evening world., 1894-06-14
DR.. PAXTON Wants A WAR.
Or He Would Be Satisfied with a Pes
thence That Would Sweep or
100000 Folks.
SAYS THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE.
1t Is the Reverend Doctors Opinion tha;
lncuraolo' and Criminals Should Havo
Thoir Necks Wrung.

Their Nocks Wrung.
The Rev. DIR. John Il. Paxton, who In
ID .cember last resigned from the fashion
pie west Presbyterian Church, better
known as the Church OF the Million
ares. In Forty-second street. between
Fifth and Sixth avenues, and in regard
to whose mental ana physical condition
much has been said, is stopping, us The
World told yesterday. at the Windsor
Hotel. He has been with his sister I'm
Ridgeviile, near Pittsburs, most of the
time since his resignation, although re-
ports nave had 1t that he has at times
been in private sanitarium. lie and
MIS-. Paxton went to Philadelphia, where
their daughter was graduated from the
oBontz School on Tuesday, and then the
three CAME to this city.
The doctor looks exceedingly well, His
eye Is as bright as ever and his bearin,
as soidierly. His sllver-gray hair, to-
gether with his almost boyish counte-
nance. gives him "A distinguished ap-
pearance.
NOW, what do you want to hear from
me for?' he asked In rather excited
manner. I'm back number. Who I'm
New York cares anything about me? l
was almost afraid that when / came
back here people would tar and feather
me just because l married Billy Breck-
inrdge, and then. like a gentleman, kept
my word to keep the marriage u secret
for a couple of months. Billy was an old
friend Of mine. you know. and wanted
his marriage kept quiet out of regard for
the feelings of the children of his first
wife"
II did not know anything about the
Pollard matter then, OF course, and
really did not mean to do anything
wrong, you know. When ! did hear OF
to have anything more to do with the
matter. suppose 1t Is just a matter
or my paying $40 to the Board of Health
as hne now, and then 1t will be ali
oyer over, i VIII 80 down and pay 1t as
My health? 1t is good, splendid. !
have not been so well in thirty years as
forty years os good life before me. Thai
means ! will live until l am ninety
| my time, either. l will just live quietly
on, 80 | need not worry"
| ,Mil you not preach again?"
in No; No. no 2dr. more preachins' at least not
wanted to come back here to dea,
old New York, which / love so we'll
but not to preach. 1 shall soon ask the
presbytery to demit me altogether. and
| then l shall he out of 1t all. l shall
| never go into any other church, though
My wife would not let me II l wanted
to. l am more of a soldier than q
My head is clear and my hand is steady
could walk twenty miles with any
man."
The Doctor hit his chest as he salt
| tinued:
But there was a time when thought
was going mad. For weeks anG
months terrible pain at the base Of
the constant demand for something
new, the continual strife against tn,
old that drove me wild. The strain OF
get up there in my pulpit twice on Sun
day and see the great audiences walt
Ing there in front OF me TO be tolo
something new about modern thought
i used to feel like a lonely, wanderint
soul and would want to utter a cry o,
despair.
things hSTiy shSuid not save ss@' aone 5ns' thing az
that a clergyman should not have done
did what thousands Of goot
men when their brains are tagged. :,
took stimulants-cocaine-b what Il
the use of talking OF that now? 1t Is al
past and gone, and, thank God, tn
necessity for the use of them in my cas-
mer place at East Hampton. L. l.. and
will go fishing IN the Adirondacks for ;
time. In the fall I expect to go to Eu
"But what state the land Is In
While l have been resting l have beer
looking over this Coxeyism and the do
ings of the Democratic Congress- ant
end. The rich are getting richer s and tn h
poor are hating them harder every day
The spirit OF turmoil is everywhere, tn
same spirit that caused the French revo
luton. When all the hungry ones get to
gether and get to know their power
what q power that will be! 1t has no
yet been demonstrated whether a re
public is an enduring fact or only
theory. Down in Pennsylvania, where
have been, there are three men to ever,
place. There are more steel rails thai
can be used in six years and more horse
shoes than there are horses to wea
them.
II tell you" said the minister, win
was much excited, there are too man.
people in the world. There is only on
100000 OFF the face of the earth! Tha
is China. That Is the only remedy. w
are wrong in our civilized ideas OF mere
and kindness, We nurse, incurables I!
hospitals and keep the criminal in peni
tentiaries. The Lacedemonians used L
exterminate them 1t is good idea
it was at the time of the flood"
The doctor talked much more In tn
same excited way. He said that the re
porter who had written an article fror
Pittsburg declaring him to be an imbe
cile had not told word of truth. do
, look like a paretic?" he asked. II wa
} never better in my life. l have pase
the crisis" With this he walked away.
DIR. Paxton did not go TO the Healt
Board to pay the $40 fine yesterday.
Rormannia Close to FuerSt Bisms rck's Timt