The herald., 1896-04-20
CONSUL MRS. BOOTH.TUCKER
Salvationists Of Southern California
Hold All Day Meetings
An Explanation Of the Strained Relationship
Existing In the Booth FamiIy-volleye
Of Hallelujahs-The Exereises

The officers and soldiers representing
the Southern California district of the
Salvation army, with the forces of the
city, held meetings all day yesterday,
led by Consul Mrs. Booth Tucker and
her assistants, Maj. Alice Lewis and
Maj. Melan.
At all the gatherings the chief topic
was that which caused Mrs. fuckers
pilgrimage through the states and
eventually to this coast; an explanation
of the strained relationship between
the English Booths and the Ballington
branch in this country. Meetings are
held in Illinois hall morning and even
ing, but the largest gathering was that
in the afternoon at the First Congrega-
tional Church, which was filled to the
door, many standing.
Many volleys of hallelu5ahs were fired
by the army, accompanied with tre-
menduous waving of handkerchiefs and
tossing Of gaily-decorated tambour-
ines, when Mrs. Tucker arrived. Brig
adler keppel led the demonstration and
after a wild burst of singing the brig
adler introduced the subject of the
meeting. following with a refutation Of
the widely spread rumors that General
Booth, while in this country, made dep
reciating remarks concerning theAmer-
lean flag. A misconstruction had been
placed upon the generals address in
San Francisco, he said, when the COM
mander-in- chief made the public state
ment that he was tired Of stars and
stripes; that he would dispense with
taking up so much time talking about
the flag and would talk about souls in
stead The brigadier explained that the
general had had stars and stripes held
before him in every place he visited,
from the time he reached New York
and received the grand ovation led by
Chauncy Depew, clear across the conti-
nent to the Pacific coast. Thinking
that political sentiment was suppressed
ing his mission Of salvation. the general
was led to make the much criticised re-
mark in San Francisco.
Continuing the subject, Mrs Tucker
said in part: Let the Stars and Stripes
be held aloft, but let the truths that
wave from the cross Of Calvary ascend
the highest I feel like backing out
from what is a difficult, delicate and
painful matter-our late sorrow. I
would prefer to keep silent, but as
soldier of Christ, ] must not shirk my
duty. Our policy has been to keep si-
lence and go straight on in our work
and leave to Him what we cannot heal.
But the time has arrived, in the interest
of this great organization and for the
sake of our dear comrades, numbering
hundreds of thousands of souls who
must face all the calumnies and slander
that make the battle harder, when it be-
hooves me to shoulder my cross and
make one or two explanations. must,
therefore, be personal for little on the
keenest sorrow that ever befel us as a
family, on the army at large and the
force in America, and which has woun-
ded our family to degree that will be
irreparable. We are eight; with those
that have come into the family, four
teen. From cradle upward we have
been one in heart. soul and purpose.
Our father and mother before us were
one and the spirit they instilled and the
purposes they inculcated were shared
by me and all, and we could never be-
lieve that one would ever start on
separate path. still less on path of OPP
position to what our family have ever
trodden together
Mrs. Tucker feelingly touched on her
fathers grief over the affair. She also
denied most earnestly that Ballington
had been dismissed, relating the cir
cumstances and shock occasioned by
his resignation. She said: you must
not believe every statement that is pub
lished in the secular papers and that
help to fan the flame. 1t has been easy
for them to draw on their Inauguration
concerning us,whom they did not know.
than about those they knew. Wouid
rather not say more, farther than that
all the correspondence and cablegrams
that have passed between my Iatner
and Ballington regarding the resigna-
ton will be published as soon as pos
sible. Rather than have any estrange-
ment hurt and interfere with the cause
of Christ we would all fling ourselves
living sacrifice between it and our
comrades. Let us go straight forward
no matter who leads in the field OF bat-
tle The salvation army was not made
by man, but is Of God"