The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-07-01
Dns. HOWARD AND WATT TALKS.
Their Parhhw.t,nn Crusade Reviewed to


Which mad assembled to hear the Rev,
DR.. John II. Howard preach his second SER
mon on the Wrongs of Wilmington"
Those who had expected to hear a repe-
titlon Of the sensationalism of the preced-
ing Sunday night were disappointed, al
though the preacher did speak sew
eral times of the crusade against
vice. In beginning his sermon DR..
Howard read letter from an old pre-
ceptor, who encouraged him to go on
with the good work" The letter said
that speak could never be ef-
fectually treated on the homeopathic law
OF similars. II speaking easy in the pulpit
was cure for ''speak-easles" they would
have been gone long ago. The letter con-
graduated DR.. Howard on his success and
the preacher said that he was glad to say
that the cause Of reform was Frightening
and the outlook in this city was moro
promising than ever. He sL,d that the
Quarterly Conference. which had been held
on Saturday night, had endorsed his work
and fixed his salary at the same figure as
last year.
In beginning his sermon he said that he
did not expect to draw any blood in the
sermon he was about to preach. One hard,
rasping sermon. be said, was enough to
arouse people in such matters, and he
thought the people were effectually
aroused and would insist on reform ii they
wanted 1t. and he believed they did want
It, In Wilmington he said more than
10000 people are excited and in terrible
state over the actions OF two little Metho-
dist preachers. He had been criticised, he
said, for preaching a sensational sermon.
He had tried to preach a sensational SER
mon and he thought he had been success
ful. Once in decade he wanted to preach
sensational sermon. There had been
more criticism, he said, because of the
way evidence had been collected. lie be-
lieved Wilmington had an average po-
lice force. He believed they do as well
as can be expected. Dressed up In blue
clothes with a billy in their hand and
pistol in their pockets, however, they
would never find out the vice in such
places as have been raided. Those who ac-
cused him OF making TRADE on the police
force did not know what they were talking
about.
The method Of collecting evidence in
this city. he said, was the same as was
used by Parkhurst. The only difference
was that Parkhurst went to the places
and tested the beer himself. In this city
was the only course that could be pur-
sued He referred to the letter with the
skull and cross bones that had been sent
to him. and said II he was hurt 1t was not
the sender Of the letter who would do it.
The work done during the week, he said,
he considered an effeaeious one and he
thought the places raided had been stopped
and other law-breakers had been alarmed
and in the future would respect the law,
This was the first object. The second
object was reformation. In this there
had been success and two of the unfor-
tunate' women had promised to reform.
: He had been surprised to find the num-
ber Of respectable people who were excited
about this trouble and who upheld the
law-breakers. He believed, however, that
the friends of reform are on the increase
and the number would continue to grow.
He said that the crusade on vice had al
ready cost him a great deal of money. and
II any Of the sympathizers with the move
ment wanted to contribute he would be
glad to receive their help.
''PuLPIToRusADE."
The Rev. Robert Watt Of Scott M. q.
Church delivered the last of his Pulpit
Crusades" last night. He said that the
but he would only talk about the things
when he thought 1t was needed. He only
did 1t In the first place to arouse public
sentiment. This had been done. After
short Introduction Mr.. Watt said: II have
been very severely criticised. never in
dulge In a criticism on a man doing Gods
work because he is not doing 1t my way. l
have been threatened, letters have been re-
ceived on which were engraved collins and
skulls and cross bones. l am not afraid of
any assault
Since our chief witness has been arrested
every thing we have collected will be used.
will be held back. There are some
things I do not understand. When some
arrests are made the newspapers all know
of 1t two or three hours after 1t happens.
and some times it is just the other way
When we asked the clerk Of the court for
the names OF the men who went on the bail
bonds of the women arrested we were re-
fused. the excuse being that 1t was a pri-
vate record. When our witness was ar
rested his bondsman's name was published.
The speaker then told of how he came to
make the crusade. received letters say
ing that the Police Department was negli-
gent and forms of vice were allowed to
flourish In the city unmolested. Mothers
came to me and others wrote letters. When
| get letters like this / am going to help
them''
He then spoke of the communications
which passed between himself and Police
Pyle, all of which has been
published. He then spoke of the charges
that had been made against w. T. Paryis.
In referring to the matter he said Last
week the papers contained a letter that
frightened some of the members of my
church. / received a letter by the next
mail and replied TO 1t. Just what | said
you will probobly never know. / received
another letter. 1t said 4 am extremely
sorry that l founced into print before I
had heard your side of the case. l regret
having Incurred your disfavor'
Next week think you will see another
letter in the paper and there will be moth
ng in it about sueing for slander.
'In a FIVE weeks crusade | have only
uttered one sentence have had to correct
am surprised myself. for | am a hot
headed Irishman.
Nobody has any idea OF the source of our
We have 1000 detectives in
this city. Some respectable citizens are
keeping very quiet and | know why. II
hey don't keep quiet well-continued in
our next. l don't feel disposed to scandal
ze any family unnecessarily, but If some
people don't keep their hands off Gods SER
gant they will be sorry for it.
81 saw that pulpit crusade was neces-
sary to arouse public sentiment. l wanted
10 show the police authorities that they
must be awake.s The warrants after they
were sworn out could not 3lEse been served
quicker. Some people condemn our method
but the evidence could not be gotten any
other way. We went in to make a success
and II was the only way 1t could be done. A
prominent man told me II we had brought
men here the work could not
have been done better The fines were
imong the heaviest ever administered in
The City Court. Some Of the criminals
ire almost frightened to death; If not they
will be. Judge Ball is one of the best men
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