The Red Cloud chief., 1895-10-11
GOVERNORS AND RELIGION.
rh'r'y-NIno Chief Magistrates Avowed
Believers In Churches.

AvOWe O
Believers In Churches.
CHICAGO, Oct s.-Of the forty-four
state governors in the American union.
th~irty-nine arc avowed believers in re-
iiRion, t~wenty-nine are professcd
Christians. Most Of them are regular
attendants at worship, and . great
majority are contributors to the ex.
pcnse of religious work. A careful
canvass Of the subject made by the
Times-Herald discloscs these facts.
Responses were obtained from forty
three OF the state governors and three
OF the territorial executives.
OF the state governors, one-Mr.
Culberson of Tcxas--dec!ined to de-
hne his sentiments and no one would
speak for him, and anothcr-Govcrnor
Evans Of South Csrolina--fai,cd to re-
ply in any way. But those Of the
other states spoke freely and frankly.
Among the governors there are ten
Presbyterians, i've Congrcgationalists,
i've Episcopalians, four Methodists,
three unitarians, one Baptist, one
Christian and sixteen unconnected
with church organizations. OF the
sixteen governors unat. ached to de-
nominational organizations, twelve
attend religious services regularly
or Internationally, and all except
two one Universalist and
the other n Free Thinker.
believe in the Christian religion and
it's plan Of salvation. Ten of them
have UNCONVENTIONAL preference, and
even those without such prediction
entertain "a kindly feeling and ap-
probation of religions b~ene6cent re-
suits. OF those who declare denom-
national preferences, three are
Methodists. three Presbyterisns, one
Congregationalist and ono Baptist.
Sectionalism cuts no figure in the
preferences OF governors except that
most OF the Congrcgat!onalists sre
New ~Englanders and y majority OF
Presbyterians S~outherners. But each
oil the religious bodies has representa-
ton In every section.
The most conspicuous OF the Meth.
odist governors are Mckinley OF Ohio
and Daniel ii. Hastings Of Pennsylva-
MIA. The governors that attend that
church are Stone Of Mississippi,
Cleaves OF Maine, Clarke of Arkansas,
Richards OF Montana and Foster of
Louisiana.
The Presbyterian fold embraces
Governor Matthews of Indiana, Allen
Of North Dakota, O'Ferrall Of Virginia,
Brown OF Maryland, Renfrow of Okla
homa, and jefferson Gardner, chief of
the Choctaw nation in the Indian ter
ritory. Among those who lean on that
substantial religious creed arc Stone
OF Missouri, Clough Of Minnesota and
jackson Of Iowa.
Governors Morton OF New York, q
presidential candidates; Turney of
Tennessee, Watson of Delaware,
Prince OF New Mexico, and Carr of
North Carolina, are Episcopalians.
Governor Budd Of California saws
that he has no religion, but he be-
lieves In the observance of Sunday as
the day Of rest. His parents are not
believers and he was brought up as .
free thinker.
Governor Oates Of AlabaIs. saws that
he Is not . member OF any church and
that he has joined only two iustitu-
ttons-the Masonic fraternity and the
the Democratic party. Governor Nc
lntyre Of Colorado afiliates with the |
liberals, but Is not an ~infrequent at
At Unity church.
The Unitarians are Greenhalge of
Massachusetts,, Morrill, of Kansas and
Lippitt Of Rhode Island.