The San Francisco call., 1895-07-16
SETS A BAD EXAMPLE.
They Say She Should Not Sell
Brandy, Even for the
University.
BUT ONE DISSENTING VOICE.
DR.. Howard Johnson Sees No Harm
In Her Method of Raising
Funds.

CHICAGO, ILL, July 15.-The Chicago
clergy is emphatic in its disapproval of the
announced intention of Mrs. Leland STAN
ford, widow of the California Senator, of
disposing of 100000 gallons of brandy
from her vineyard for the benefit of the
Stanford University. Several of the lead
ing ministers were interviewed to-day, and
all, save one, denounced the idea.
"Her excuse that it will be used for
medicinal purposes is all poppycock," de-
clared the Rev. G. E. Mitchell of the Cal
vary Presbyterian Church. - nice col
lege, indeed, to send young men tol Do
you think any professor would dare advo-
cate temperance there? l most certainly
would oppose sending any Christian youth
to college supported by the sale of liquor.
Mrs. Stanford can afford to furnish an
exa mple by making grapejuice and push
ing that article, but the idea of making the
gift to the university cloak for this in
famous trafficp'
Another clergyman, who would not
allow his name to be mentioned, said:
at will have the same result as those
nearer Chicago have met with There is
a great university, semi-religious, rot as
far away as California, where any speech
on monopolies is carefully read before de-
livery by the professors, and if it is too
radical the student is likely to get per-
manent vacation, but his speech will never
be delivered at that college. 1t will be the
same at the Stanford University. Any
professor who dares to talk of temperance
will have to go. 1t will be the same with
the students there-they will be muzzled."
The Revs. H. w. Carewardine, Walter
II. Reynolds, c. E. Morse, DR.. II. w.
Bolton and in fact every clergyman save
one. seen by The CALL correspondent, was
bitterly opposed to Mrs. Stanford's scheme,
and regarded the ''medicinal purpose"
story merely as cloak. The one excep-
ton was the Rev. Howard Johnson of the
Forty-frst street Presbyterian Church.
II see not the slightest harm in Mrs.
Stanford making brandy for medicinal
purposes" he declared, ''and the univer.
sity should be glad to get the money"
Mr.. Johnson was indignant at the sug.
gestion that all of the brandy might not be
sold for medicinal purposes.
"Mrs. Stanford will probably instruct
her agents to sell it only for the purpose
she intends it for" he said.
When asked if be. thought the university
should accept the proceeds if the brandy
were sold for any other than medicinal
purposes, Mr.. Johnson explained that this
question had not come up, and until it did
he was not prepared to state just what
should be done, but that, as far as he was
concerned, he would not feel disposed to
accept contributions to his church from
bon a-fde liquor-dealers.
The Rev. DR.. John Rusk declared that
it was shame that the university should
be brought into such odium by Mrs.
Stanford s act.
"But as she is determined to make
brandy" he said, "I hope she will make
very pure article. If Mrs. Stanford would
only lead the people up to appreciate
purity, even in liquor, and establish a
branch in her university to inculcate de-
sire for unfermented drinks, she might do
more to solve the temperance question
than all the prohibition and Woman's
Christian Temperance Union fanatics