Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-07
WHAT MEN THEY ARE
r,,,ru,rs Of States aud Territories
Classified as 10 Religion.
YEARLY ALL ATTEND WORSHIP.
anal, Nv, Profess So' TO Believe
In the Christian Doc
irines.

c.,,c,oo oct. TOT tho forty-four
'a-s,nor. I'm the American union,
n ,rs avowed believers In
,.Ilgiop. twoDts.nino arc professional
' n',.,,ao, mos, OF them are attend.
~. :, Worship and vas, smount are
.aa,,Ibu,on to the expense OF religious
work. A.. .,,,,.,,
..d.by the Times.HerAld discloses
49,, isr,s. Responses were ob'sined
from iOr,y.,hrss Of tho stats governors
and th,e. OF the tefriiorles executive
m inc state governors one, MI. Sui'
I.,.on. Of Texas, declined 70 define
IA. .sntimepts, aud no ono would
80 for him. and another, dovernOr
r,.ns. NJ soith Carolina, failed TO
,..nans IN any way. but these OF the
ms, states spoke freely and frankly,
80 1, a ssceftalued that among them
,ss,e arc len Prosbytsrians, hvo Con-
s,egatIonalists, i've Episcopslians, four
Ne,bodlsts, thrus Unitarinne, one Bap-
M one Christian, and hixtecn unoon-
n.oted with church ORGANIZATIONS.
IN the sixteeu governors OF states
and te,ri,ofits unattached 10 depomi.
nsllonal organizations twelve attend
religious services regularly or intet-
mil,ingly, and all except one, rec
thinker, uelleve In the Chrihtisn fellg-
lon and it, plans Of salvation. Ten OF
them have UNCONVENTIONAL preferences.
and even those without such proJileo-
uJn entertain n kindly feeling Tor the
work ana an appreciation Of lie bene-
ncent results.
OF thoss who declare denomination.
Al references, three are Methouists.
thfte PfesbyloTisnp, one Congregation.
ansl, one Eplscopallhn and one BnT-
tlst, Sec.ionAliAm cuts no figure In
The religious preferences OF this COVER
nor,, except that most OF tho Congro-
fationalilts arc New Englanders anu y
majority OF the Presbytofians South
efners. But each Of the religious bod
ies have representation In every Sec
ton.
The mosl conspicuous OF tho Mctho-
de. governors are; VIM. Mckinley, of
Ohio, aud Daniel IL. Hastings. Of
Pennfylvania. Other governors who
attend that church are Stone OF Mis-
tllsipri, Cleaves Of Maine, Clark OF
Arkansas, Richards Of Montana, and
Foster Of Louisiana. The Presbyterian
fold embraces Governors Matthews OF
Indiana, Allen OF North Dakota,
0'EeTell OF Virginia, Brown OF
Maryland, Renfrew OF Oklahoma.
and Jefferson Gardner, chief
Of tho Choctaw nation In ths
Indian territory. Among those
she lean on that religious reed are
Stone, Of Missouri; Clough, OF Mime
sofa, and Jackson, Of lows; Governors
Morton, Now YofH; Turner, Tennes.
,s,; Watson, Delaware; Prince, New
Mexico; and Carr, North Carolina, are
EphcopallAns.
Governor Budd, OF California, In bis
reply 70 the Times Herald says Ito has
no religion, but he belieyoa IN tho oh.
setvahce Of sunday as the day Of
fcit His parents nre not believers,
ana he was brought up as free.
/ thinker.
Governor Oates, Of Alabama, says
bel net y member OF any church, anu
that he never Joined any except two
insululous-lhe Masonic fraternity
aud the Democratic party.
Governor hclnty re, Of Colorado,
anillAles with the Liberals, but Ia not
an inifequent attendant Mt Unity
church.
Tho Unilanane are GIeenhalge, oil
Massachusetts; Morrill,, OF Kansas, anu
Lippii, OF Rhode Island.