Evening journal., 1896-09-24


and standing.
Next in the net comes Rev. Merritt
Hulburd, S. T. D., Of Grace Methodist
Episcopal Church. AS a general thing
he is both careful and conservative. He
addresses the Young Mems Republican
Club on historical subjects occasion
ally, and is won't to occupy a stage
seat at Republican mass meetings. but
taken all in all, he does nothing TO
shock the congregational or public
sense Of ministerial propriety. He is
the highest-salaried Methodist minister
in the city, and pastor OF the most in
fluential church in the Wilmington
Conference. When asked for an opin-
ion upon Mr.. Bryan's remarks he an
swered in the following manner which
reveals his ignorance OF the subject
and the rancor of his partisanship
Il did not hear his speech. MY son
was present that night. From what l
have heard, and it has come from the
most reliable sources, my opinion is
that be shot of his mouth and kicked
against pricks. My experience has not
been different from others OF my call
ing The parsonage has always been
the place for the poor to come. and
their cries are always heard. A Demo-
crat said that the speech was an out
rage and Mr.. Bryan should have been
mobbed as a mark OF contempt"
Here we have it again. To use the
words OF DR.. Hulburd, as applied to Mr.
Bryan, and applying them to himself,
1t is our opinion that he shot off his
mouth and kicked against the pricks, "
much as we dislike to use this shame
full mixture Of coast slang and words
taken from Gods rebuke to Saul.
What a contrast between the two in
terviews. quoted above and the follow
ing given by Bishop Coleman. Of the
Episcopal Diocese OF Delaware:
Il have not thought much about It,
In the first place ] make il a rule not to
criticise alleged utterances of public
speakers until l have had authorita-
tive repetition OF what they actually
said. This is wanting to me in the case
under consideration. In the second
place, am much more concerned about
the best way in w..ch we clergymen
can make attacks upon the enemies OF
God and His Church. The busy cler-
gymen can we'll afford to let his work
speak for itself. His devotion, If true,
Will need no commendation or defence
Such clergyman will not be over
sensitive to either blame or praise"
And following this up with the in
teryiew OF Vicar-General Lyons, Of ST.
Peters Pro-Cathedral, who says:
Il am not one OF the class Mr.. Bryan
referred to and so II does not worry
me. / never pay attention to anything
OF the kind, but keep right on trying
to do good. Mr.. Bryan spoke OF lux
ury. Surely we cannot be accused Of
living in any great luxury"
Here we have it in nutshell:
Let those ministers whom the shoe
fashioned by Mr.. Bryan fits, wear It
and vent their grief Behind their
shallow Dretense OF professional pride
they must acknowledge to themselves
that "You will find in our cities
preachers of the gospel enjoying every
luxury themselves who are Indifferent
to the cries of distress which come up
from the masses of the people," Aye,
further than that "They cannot under
stand why every one is not as we'll off
as themselves"
Thus it will be seen that Bishop Cole
man and Vicar-General Lyons are the
big fish who swallowed the little fish
in the Morning News drag net, and
that there is nothing left in it but these
two men who know that If Mr.. Bryan
made any disparagng remarks con-
cerning a negligent and uncharitable
class Of ministers he could not possibly
have insulted them, ror they do not
class themselves in that category.
Republicans say "as 90 Vermont and
Maine, so goes the Union" but as these
are both small states. it might be about
as we'll to wait until some of the larger
ones come into line
Mckinley is learning wisdom He did
not mention the tariff in addressing a
body of sound-money Democrats who
recently visited him at his home in
Canton.
Ii Hung Chang is supposed to have
returned to the Pacific coast by way OF
Canada, as he feared that he would be
treated with disrespect IL he went