The times., 1897-12-03
Report That II Offended Presi-
dent Mckinley Denied.
NOT MARRIED BY ANY JiNG0ISM
Possibility OF tile Chief Magistrate
Attaching Himself 10 ANY Other
Church oa Account of III secuted
hv Members of the Meiropolitan
Gong resatiOn.

Hugh johnsi ngi. u II castor OF tfe 10
pclilau N. L Church srhere President Me
Kinler Attends, ras eXcirca q iafge amount
Of newspaper criticism Il syndicate letter
was sent 10 sex crai large papers in various
rarts of ire country containing what pur-
ported 10 l,e arts of the ermon, with the
newspaper writer's comments IN them.
\ Nrv York raEer immediately after
tie serunoH was Gy!.tcrtd quoted several
parts OF il and luadr All attack, especially
in refer ence to New York politics,
Cleveland, Ohio, paper loon after quoted
a Cleveland minister a 5 making al attack
upoa pant OF Or. Johnston, remarks, cor
s,racG as crticiSing the Roman catholic
Church.
.sir rj,iv the latest phase Of the situa-
tilH CcVuloped in u statement that Presi-
dent Nick iniey. who heard The sermon, took
-,rloas Cfiei.Sr al certain alIeged jins6-
iStic utjcr9acrS N tie scrmun.
TIL, morning another New York news
paper viii say That tiie statement al the
,,h;,r H3a,r that tie President viii at
tend njher churches, is only paving the
va 't.,E tat actual severance of his on
uccjiaa with the metropolitan.
Efie i,.v,nt,er, uf the Metropolitan state
thit they are at loss - accuun, cor ali
this tempest. and are OF me opinion, there
forr, tii1i terr is 10 real cause for il.
y rcpurt-- ful Tie rime; ftlGed 50 nuu-
ber OF ~. leading mempcta Of tAe church
last nigll un the subject, and receir ii
thell Vie ws very fully. The congre cation
admired the sermon very much when u
was Delivered. Trey consider it one of thc
hest Dr. johnson ever preached, and they
see nothing ia il "a criticise.
Among the people, some Democrats and
snH.r Republicans, who mold thiS view are
Mr. ". + Gaprn, former Eepr ,sent alive
TAYLOR ~ ONO, cap. Mckee. Journal clerk
of tnr House. Mr.. Gillespie. aud Col. A. 3.
Dayal. Tarsc gentlemen haze all eN-
pressed lleir appreciation OF the sermon
and i!,ci' ayreeauen, wita its views. They
state tbat there was no jngoisin in me
,liscours,.. and nothing else radical Or col
ored or political oi iH'Iiscreei. Ole IF
the above uareG gentlemen said Inst
night:
The man WHO started All these stories
did not hear the seru.a.a. II he wrDce
houes ly he was grievou>ly IuiSinformed.
j I
marks. II vas Thanksgiving Day. and
necessarily aad quite Property the subJe t
discussed was tie life and Welfare II the
nation. Bul there was not the slightest
suggestion ia 81 an at which any good
| American could axe orfense. one might
infer from some of the stories published
| hat nr. Johnston had talked the Presi-
! cent wtai his idsa or q foreign policy is.
An tins is. Of courSp utterly absurd, and
/ utterly aElike Dr. Johnston's conser vative
ana dignitird methods
The stories a!out President Mex knlcy Y
/ heiue dispiea. ed a. The sermon are rbSo-
/ lut,ly unfounded He has expressed no
/ opinion. A. of cours,. he would not.
tn, President VIII continue 20 attend
the Metropolitan Ia the hrst OF NV Gnowl-
edge aud heiier. When the question where
! h. wuuld .ttead church vas discussed in
| tn, newspapers last spring, positive state
n=I.tS followed each other rapidly aEoat
| his intention. while ell thr time We Knew
that lie was TO csIne 10 the metropolitan.
Il cOu>i,or thes. stories most detesta BILE
/ in every way. They can but be most
uIplea SAINT aHh annoying 80 President
! Mckinley. br. ,JoEHstJu. too, necessa ily
is erieved ana hurt by them. le,ie, e
IN. arr tar oulcnus. of just that JebIitical,
intriguing. Girty work that Dr.. JOhnaon
alluded 10 in his sermon. ana that every
other aec+nt man. Eiaihudist or Catholic,
I a'h0rs ana wishes 10 fight The people
who published he stories of the ,ermon
! sot Their points in d nest garbled form
froH some one who heard it. There was
none ul them present"
statement from Or. Johnston himself
| as 10 tie nature Of the Lt-erances re-
Iating To Jesuitism, published in he
| Times heretofore, meets with the hearty
approval Of the people of the Metropolitan
( Church. Dr. Johnston would make no lie
fense OF his sermon last night. He said
Il have nothing To defend. These stories
are untrue. Anyone who heard the serruog
viii, feel assured, find no fault with it.
Those who heard il are tie only ones w,tll
whom 1 have any concern
The alleged jineoistic aIluson in IN
sermon gas mention of Spain and Spanis:
misruie. The paragraph was somethin:
like this
IF Spain had held her Position on thi
continent aud the United States had re
Iained under heI dominance, the condi
ton of the cOus.try would now be lik
that OF Mexico and Cuba, and some OF tn,
South AmeTi can countries. and ever
| Spain heTself--a burnt-out nation