The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-12-01
DIXON SCORES DR. PIRKH URST.
Says that He slRnd-rtd Mr.. Platt and
Ought To Make HIM an Apology.

NEW YORK, Nov. 3O-The Rev.
Ih1mas Dixon, pastor Of the twenty
tnlfd-Street Baptist church, delivered a
remarkable sermon in the Young Men :
Christian Association Hall yesterday. Mr.
DIXON, unlike ms brother CierBymeh VINO
nave endorsed Dr IarKhurst ana ms et-
IoltS 10 DrlnS about munlclpal feioiH'
TOOK issue with the head OF the tlty
Vigilance League on the assertion that
en- CrOkeis are not as bad as one
IntL' Or. ParkhuIsts attacks on Mr.
flatt nave evoked unusual comment, LOT
the reason that when Ar. fIatt does 80
10 church he goes TO Dr. ParkhursI s.
Inc ute OF Mr. DlNOns 'IhdhhSS WING
sermon was Leaders and Bosses lie
prefaced his address by explaining no"
panied he felt because Of Or. Parknurst $
criticisms OF MI Platt. Personally, ne
sad, he dearly loved Dr. Parkhurst. lie
continued.
Nevertheless, / believe Or. Parkhursts
attack upon Mr. Plat was not only "A
serious olunder, but also the most mex
cusabie blunder that a great leader ever
made. The attack was nothing less than
SANDER that Or. Idrkhurst Should
retract. He should at once apoloslZe TO
MI Plat FOR having uttered II.
Mr.. Dixon dcrIded Dr. Parkhursts dis
tinction between leaders ana posses
ana said:
The tine spun distinction pr. Park,
hurst makes between leaders ana
bosses Is merely articulated wind. Dr.
Parkhurst himself Is one OF the most
beautiful Of autocratic bosses this city
has ever produced. The Doctor mas not
the slightest right 10 say 10 Mr.. Ptdtt,
who is a born leader among men, ana
honorable and upright. You get or the
earth
Il have no grievance" hastily added
Mr.. Dixon. Il have no axe 10 grind, ana
| have no ambitions to serve.
He then explained Mr.. Platts value 10
the community, and used as his text a
line from Isaiah l., 3-"My people dOlh
not consder"-to give his remarks u
biblical application. He added:
I'm republican form OF government the
people always delegate their authority
TO chosen or representative persons.
These persons form themselves into com
mittees, and these committees choose
c,airmen. SO, while IN theory the people
an the sovereign authority, IN iatt Dut
a very few men exercise the authority.
Mr.. Dixon intimated that the Commit
tee of Seventy, DR. Parkhurst ana the
other refOrmers had little TO do with the
nomination OF the reform ticket, leaving
the inference that perhaps Mr.. Plat had
a potent. If quiet influence In us selee-
zion. Then he continued.
"rhe political leader IS an absolute ne
CesSity. Hence we have Blaine, Conk-
ling, Hin, Cleveland, Plat, Reed, Croker
and McKane. They all have been or are
strictly bosses The danger is not IN
the boss it's in the character OF the
boss Here Is where DR.. Pdrkhurst made
MS mistake. ne udllbeloAS DpN0 - Ill'l
oughly selfish, regards public Office as a
private snap, and says, 'Ihe poppy De
ID This boss IS represented by
Tweed, McKane and Croker"
Mr.. Dixon spoke OF Mr.. Platts great
ability, and said that Plat is leader
because he was born that way.
He IS a man Of great Intelligence, OF
brains and capacity. and Is the most sue
cessful leader the Republican party has
had in the last generation.
He is in clear touch with the masses.
He's not hedged about by flunkeys whom
you fall over trying 70 get TO him. lie )
a straight up-and-doWn partisan Appa-
rentIy his greatest crime Is bringing about
the nomination Of Morton. If he did so
let him keep il up.
The curse of this State and city is
PharlSeeism ana abSeuteeiSm. II many
Of our club citizens who go % Europe
every summer and leave the city 10 go TO
the dogs and devil would stay here ana
sacrifice time and money, as Mr.. Pdtt
does. there would be no such things as the
awful corruption i'm Tammany Hall
DIR. Parkhurst made no blunder when
with the minority. but only when he
came over TO the majority. He says
Croker and Platt are i'm the same boat
and that the latter is even more danger
GUS by his superior intelligence. Dr.
Parkhurst has been msed by designing
men. who seek TO rise at the expense OF
another leader
pr. Parkhurst SAYS that bosses dry up
individuality. And that is just what DR..
Plrkhurst has himself done. Preachers
Ike Charles Eaton Heher Newton and
others-all have contributed 10 the sup
mort Of DR.. Parkhurst. and yet they find
no fault because their individuality mas
been dried up"
with applause.