The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-04-08

rather more freely. There are SYM
pathies and there are sympathies,' he
said. There are sympathies which ex-
press themselves only for men who
have done wrong. Usually the blame
is placed on the woman. 1 would like
to see a just division of the blame.
That would be one means of correcting
the social evil. When the time comes
that men, as well as women. are made
will have been accomplished in the way.
of a greatly needed reform.
THAT letter in today's Herald / am
afraid is the genesis for a kindly feel
ing for Breckenridge and that it pro-
ceeds from a. low tone of society 1t is
similar in effect to an incident told me
by a member of one Of the recent grand
fore the body concerning a woman
charged with maintaining a disorderly
house frequented by the better class.
He assured me I would be surprised if
II knew the semi-sympathetic express
sion in favor of the woman which
showed itself among certain members
of the Jury when the question OF hndlnS
an Indictment came up for discussion.
No indictment was found.
This feeling" he said. was no doubt
the reason for the failure of many
grand juries to find indictments in sim
iilar cases"
! Denounced from the Pulpit.
The Rev. F. ]. Carson, of the Central
Presbyterian church, Tompkins and
iWilloughby avenues, Brooklyn, devot-
ed his sermon last night to second
talk on the ''IcKanes and the Brock
linridges in Our Church"
1.-THE country has thought of Brock
inridge as man of strong personality,
of brilliant parts, of clean life" said
he in the course of the sermon. The
Breckenridge disclosed by yonder trial
is a man of unclean life and mora
turpitude.
think of the spectacle of the gray
haired congressman admitting that he
established unlawful relations with Z
young woman while his wife was ye
alive, continued them after her deatf
and until he married again; and TIM:
continued offense against decency, thl:
gross marital infidelity. this fagran
violation of moral law he pursued un
der the cover of responsibility and as
I sumed religious observance.
''Vices of this kind are all too com
mon, and it Us time that men ShoulC
speak in no uncertain terms agains
the blighters of our homes and tn
rapacious devourers of our happiness
; I denounce Breckenridge because OF m
sin, not because he is found out. Hi
SIN is no more Mucous lOudy llldH
was before the exposure
Monsters of Social of Life.
t The pastor, Carson, contended tina
God did not have one standard for
=, person as a man and another standar
= for him as a politician. He added tina
= he had received one letter from
D woman who complimented him on tn
S sermon of last week, in which he de
nounced Breckenridge. She wrote:
Il rejoice in the denunciation of sue
a hyprocrites as Breckenridge, because
suffered in my early womanhood fror
q just such an imposter, citizen of Ne
j York city in high social standing"
e "Oh," cried the preacher, 1T is tn
K sinners in high social standing who al
; dangerous They are the tempters {
a the innocent The Breckinridges al
+ the hideous monsters of our social lif
:, and to have them brought to light is
: service to humanity. The pulpit mu:
f not make it easy for the sinners in hig
S life
e 1T must not call soft names. 1t
a jugglery of words to call the ma
v who loots the safe a .defaulter and II
d man who taps the till thief. Tt
J. parlor has a duty. It must elimina
n falsehood and sham from the soci,