The sun., 1894-12-27
PLATTLEAvES PARKHURST.
HE HAS TAKEN A PEW IN DIR. BUR-
RELI,s CHURCH.

Forsakss the Strict Presbvterisntsr. sf H,s
Fsthsrs-Didn't Know what Mr.. Psrt.
hurst Might Say some Dsy-Dr. Bur
reIrs EuIOEy OF the RePubIicnn Leader.
Many q dinner has brought about results,
especially dinners where statesmen and critics
are at the board. The festivities Timber their
minds The Black Lake Fishing Club had
dinner at the waldorf on Dec. /. 1t was sstur-
day night. Among the distinguished gentlemen
present werc Eplscopalisns, Roman Catholics,
resbyterisns, Baptists. Methodists, Jews, Athe-
lists, and ali sorts and conditions Of mon.
Mr. Plntt was at this dinner. Ex-Speaker Reed,
Edward Lauterbach, Cornelius N. Bliss, and
others Of distinction were there But II turns out
that no man at the Board was more potent in
bringing about the results than the Rev. DR..
David james Burrell, pastor of the Collegiate
Reformed Church, at Fifth avenue and Twenty
ninth street. The Rev. DR.. Charles II. Park
hurst OF the Madison Square Presbyterian
Church was invited TO the dinner. He did not
attend. and the result was, according to informa-
tion at the Fifth Avenue Hotel last night, that
he had probably lost a soul, that belonging TO
the Tioga chieftain.
At the dinner of the fishing club, with Mr..
Platt sitting beside him, DR.. Burrell said:
"rm glad TO be here. where every body but
myself is a Mayor or ex-Mayor or Mayor-elect,
or General or boss. have heard great deal
about bosses, even'of Mr.. Plat. who sits at my
side. There must be. suppose, bosses and
leaders in politics and in the churches, but II we
must have bosses, then, I say, let them be Of the
character OF this man, with whom in private
life I am we'll acquainted. against whom
word can be said l tell you II makes my wrath
rise within me to see the hand Of this man at my
side pictured with the red hand and blood
stained arm Of another man in this city--I mean
Croker resent It,"
This was considered to be a direct attack on
DR.. Parkhurst, who has openly declared that
Mr.. Platt IL a boss incarnate and is more to be
feared than Mr.. Croker. Mr.. Plat for nearly
ten years has had q pew In DIR. Parkhursts
church in Madison square. All his life
he has been a Presbyterian, as his family
has been for years. lie was a chorister in
the old Presbyterian Church in Owego. Yet
MIR. Platt, II was announced yesterday. has given
mp his pew In DIR. Parkhurst's church and has
AIKEN pew in DIR. Burrelrs church. where the
eaching is not so Calvinistic as Mr.. Platt has
been accustomed TO. Mr.. Platt left for 'ston
that OF DR.. Parkhurst to that OF Dr. E.rreil.
hn ana @ P EH en
spondence between them, Of which THE SUN has
Seedinrly bitter, and Mr. Platt has said
Let pr Parkhurst alone and he will talk his
Mr. Platt did not believe It would be pleasant
hurst's church with the probability that DR. Park
some fine Sunday morning. Naturally. Mr..
Platt would not like to bo present on such an
occasion. Dr. Burrell. in his speech at the
Black Lake Fishing Club, was just as extreme
in speaking of Mr.. Croker.
But Mr.. Platt no longer attends DR. Park
hurst's church. That fact and the still more
interesting one that Mr. Platt has departed
from his old strict Pres6yterianism to, the. Re-
other day. when he said that he was a reformec.
but Republican reformer He is now Pres
byterian, and Presbyterian reformer. He is
getting on apace.