New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-24
NEWS OF BROOKLYN:
ABBOTT FOR HOME RULE.
PLYMoUTH's PASTOR TALKS TO WIN
CHESTER POST, G. A. II.

PLYMoUTHs PASTOR TALKS TO WIN
CHESTER POST, G. A. II.
HE ADVOCATES MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP OF
FRANCHISES. LOCAL CONTROL OF LIQUOR
SELLING AND AN EXTENSION OF
THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
Or. Lyman Abbott preached In Plymouth Church
last night TO the members OF Winchester Post. u
A r. Chaplain Bromel. OF the post conducted the
service before the sermon American hags deco
rated the pulpit .
DR. Abbott urged the veterans 20 remember tnat
patriotism did not alone require men TO hsh' 'oF
their country but 10 protect Its best interests IN
speace He showed tina, II was unpatriotc for men
10 neglect their civic duties He then entered upon
a discussion Of the creation Of the Greater new
York. and impressed upon his hearers their ou,y 10
make 1t indeed mo mean city,. TO THIS emu NC
declared that home rule was absolutely essehts''
and that even the question Of lQuor-se.ng on sun
day should be left the voters OF the CITY, anu NOT
be regulated by the Legislature. POLITICS must MOI
be Sst to professional politicians. DR. ABBOTT
praised Colonel waring. Theodore Roosevelt ana
particularly Seth Low, as ideal citizens
He declared that NewYork must take the ieao
IN municipal reform and that trolley and elevated
roads, water and lighting should be controlled py 'he
city. More attention should be paid to the school
system II the city 10 be truly great. ana d
broader education lnciuulnH INDUSTRIAL ""'"o'
should be established In part. he said:
What the city will really be In quality ana ehar
aeer win depend upon the shape ana s the oher
night at the Hamilton Club, big, city is not
great city and whether this is really the
Bu, think great opportunity has beer given to
us Mr. Gladstone has said that the gr RAJ sny
body of men was the American Constitution ~ /
believe that when history comes TO m ibe Greater
NewYork among the constitutions Oh ome y he
United states stands as compared with the con-
stitutions Of the great nations of the world
HOME RULE DEMANDED.
II is no mean city in its population, in its charter
privileges in its commercial position; II Is no mean
city In It's possible future You Will no, ex H,re
ground Of civic duties only to oner you some rag
mentay and hope sugsesye h fnr ourselves the
right to govern ourselves We 9Sgh' no nonnlaton
home rule k SnSvar Is that saG oreeners lock here
tina, great multitudes OF the nafrioc for
eiEner Who has come the ocean, seeking
here an opportunity for himself and his chdren,
may may Ss af born upon the soil know there is g
and vice h but cS Snn IN aIH the eon
we have the capacity 70 manage OUT owl f an our
If we have not, then let us learn WISDOM HUN Jul
blunders.
LOCAL OPTION ON SUNDAY LIQUOR.
For one thing I strongly oppose the selling OF
nouor on the Sabbath but whether II Is 10 be soid
or not ought TO be determined by the Greater New
York 1t Is not question 70 ne county, nor by
any other people whatsoever II we oS no, H"I lev
to Shn up the see q%SF hem T@ but let
determine the question for ourselves For my UMn
mari | believe that If our people had the respon.
spib,Y placed upon them of deciding the question
they would respond 10 the moral agitaloi nc ra
stpntion npon the liquor traffic more easily en-
forced than any which cannot De enLuu ~ 'e
as il is laid upon us by a rural popuiauoi'
CREATION OF A SEPARATE STATE.
7, there IS no other way of securing the right of
seIf-government for this Greater New-1ork' theh
the man which has been proposed is a wise one
and the city of New-York and the coteIin IN t
sosmeH sh0I hut hope this alternative does not
confront us and that right TO administer gu,
affairs If we claim II Win not be- denied Al
any rate no New-Yorker ought to deny H.
No NATIONAL. ISSUES IN ELECTIONS.
In the second place after acquiring the power TO
administer our own government. we ought 10 'o-
minister our municipal government IN n Srent city
Oh ,hS no longer be made football be kicked
about the field Of Federal politics uh eb STI haye
Tree silver The question for us to detern',h e
is whether we shall have CITY
ieery city government in the interest OF 'hs ,
100000 people. or whether we shar HaVe Io, M
government manipulated so as 10 make VIZ.
now on the side OF one party and now on ano'her
in National affairs.
wARING LOW AND ROOSEVELT fhAlohD'
E,verv citizen should sacrifice something of private
Interest 70 public duty. We have had such men,
Such man 7 count him 10 be who is to-day super
oieng the cleaning of the streets In the Manhattan
DistrIct OF the Greater New YORK. Such a man 1
oonn, him 70 be who a lite while ago was supervis-
Ing the police in the Mauha'an District S ,,i1er
all count him M 10 20, se en oqr in lifting this
city out Of the slough IN WHO" IL nav
making IL mo mean CITY
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP ADVOCATED
y. ,,. wan. 10 administer streets we must
,n,n ,bem look forward to the time when the
IT,, r Ugh. It's streets and the houses OF us CIV
Gems just II supplies rs nT Teason why it
bnnlS hire corporation TO supply IT with hgn tii
ana water look for the time %ten se fS me The
and ra aamn ans the IT'S ,roey Ines win belong
the municipality ana be operatea by H.
OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
4. all events New.York is to be city set on a
hi, that cannot be hid Other cities are 70 look
to US for gsdaice IN e does not
anpend upon size OF territory numbers OF people,
Whehsr Te up %ake the KIND Of boys
are training here-that Is upon our PUBIC scnpo zoos
esnd =, {, hat our public schools wei main
totned and richly endowed and supported Il ID
Re ,ha 10 in ro sns Ffes
is no for them in school II IL sh9 fnr s dnt
or ar' seventy pupils Twentyhye thirty should ul
be the largest number she should nave 10 > care
YORK an Educational system so equipped that tho
children Of the common people shail navs te pes.
that modern thought and modern c'Vli%aioh can
give 10 any.
The fifth and last point Of DR.. Abbotts sermon
was an appeal for better and higher apprecia-
ton Of the mission 2, ,se and mem in
their civic duties and responsibilities
DEATH OF LEWIS SWITZER.