The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16
BOOTH INvADES Us.
.DlLTITIONIST TO MEET ms SON
BlLLINGToN TO-DAY.

1--WE Clernynen 20 ne Present as witnesses
or the nutsFview-The british ORGANISE
tien Plans y Reuse to Hosse Canvass Of
unIoos.. Dives. and Nlsuses or III Repute.
Genera" William Booth, head OF tho Saliva.
tion Army, arrived here yesterday morning on
the st. Paul. and to-day he will meet his son,
BallinRtor Booth, Commander of tho Volunteers
OF America, for tho first time since the separa-
tion OF Mr. and Mrs. darlington Booth from tho
Army two years ago. Tho meeting will occur
by appointment at tho Park Avenue Hotel at
noon. in the presence Of tho Rev. DR.. Josiah
Strong, Secretary OF tho Evangelical Alliance,
and the Rev. DIR. Charles Cuthbort Hall. Prosi-
dent Of Union Theological Seminary. Whether
thcro will be a private meeting Of father and
SON n~fterward will depend, upon tho mood and
Judgment of the two Booths at tho termination
Of the carefully arranged Interview that is to
take place before the two clergymcn.
The 81. Paul was not docked until between 0
and 10 o'clock, and tho newspapers received
word that General" Booth would receive re-
porters at IL at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. A for
mer Londonor who was asked by n careless citi-
zen what the General" as q prefix to the Sal
vationist's name really stood for replied:
"why, everything-in.General You know, he
keeps every bit of tho Army's property in his
own name absolutely. There is nothing to pre-
vent hin from willing overy bit OF 1t to whom
ne DlCHSeb ~ hb eAuoths v thc <hins NV
erty in this and other countries than England Is
held by the national commanders 1.-THE Cen
eral's' sons or daughters or sons.in.lawI. In trust
for him."
Gen. Booth had arranged to DO met only by q
few officers, headed by +. do Latour Booth
Tucker, the local commander. and his wife. The
enthusiasm and display is to be worked up dur
ing his progress through the States and Canada
to n grand climax in this city just prior to his
g. homo H. ArriI noath. T,ohor
went down the buy with the revenue cutter and
boarded tho st. Paul at Quarantine, and his vito
and the handful Of other Off GERS mot the steamer
Mt the American lines pier. Mrs. ~Booth-Tucker
went to her fathers cabin aad told him about
the negotiations she and her husband had con-
Quoted with her brother Ballington through DIR.
Strong. Whom tho other pa ,sengers had I'm
ished with the customs officers the Booths camo
ashore md the waiting Salvationists fired a
salvo of hallelujahs at thcir chief officer and
then all went to tho Cosmopolitan.
Tho reporters who assembled there had been
called together, it appeared. to listen to q formal
address to themselves, and also to BIO prayed for.
Tho General" read to them n carefully prepared
speech. which he had had printed. On former
visits, as in his general rulings with reference
70 this country heretofore, the old man has
been fixed and bold In his insulority and deter
mined to impress his particular form Of Britt
ClBm on uB. On CulS OCCtSlOn UIiu III ILLS bpceCu
his manifest endeavor was to tickle tho national
spirit. In his preliminary prayer no besought
the Almighty's guidance on what WIS about to
DO written" One of the first things in his speech
was praise Of the Yankee ship st. Paul.
Speaking of tho Arrays work he said:
81 want to familiarize myself more thorough
" with the methods employed here, and whore
they may DO new / want to Judge how far they
may DO adopted elsewhere"
Again: II want also to study the condition Of
the vicious and criminal classes in the States.
and see II I can learn anything from what is
being done for Them
1t will DO remembered that one Of the branches
Of her work for which Mrs. Maud Booth is
most distinguished and in which she has mot
much success IS prison work.
Coming to his peroration he clinched his new
pro-American tendencies. Two still maintain
he said. 1.-THE cosmopolitan character of the
movement. We belong to no particular coun-
try. nor to any particular class. We are Ger
man to the Germans, French with the French.
Indian with the Indians. and American with the
Americans; but servants of all and the enemies
of none. In this connection I may affirm what
seems difficult to conceive as being necessary.
ing on tho honor Of the Constitution or the flag
OF tho United States
count n,s ana RsdrI pians for Pufr usare work Sa Rif he eU said q th hae
no was to hold eighty salvation meetings. which
nc hoped ana believed would result IN saving
thousands of sinners of all classes" Ho had re-
solved upon a great open air and camp meet
ing campaign throughout all the countries
where we are at work. as 1t seemed to him that
the Army was in great danger OF falling into
the common usage OF Christian workers, that
10, of preaching mostly to those who either arc
alrendy saved or who are SO far FAMILIAR with
the subject as not to need to BIO preached to
al am also resolved" he continued. upon q
great housc-to-iouse canvass OF all our tcrrito-
the PEOPLE on the great questions of life, death.
Judgment. and eternity. want to make a spe-
and benefit tho saloon keepers. the holders and
inmates of houses OF ill-fame. tho proprietors of
gnmSlinS houses low concert halls and other
Coming e the point Of most interest in his ad-
dress, nc ssia OF m tho GntGrtnnate separation pc,
could add nothing to the full explanations" of
the cause of tho separation given at the time.
As 70 the present affection of my daughter
in-law, / have already expressed my deep sym
With respect TO the causes that have led UP to
this illness am totally in tho dark Com.
Consul. have. 1 beiiove. already denied ali blame.
worthiness on the part OF the leaders Of tn Sal:
the daughter ! need not say anything. while my
long and intimate ncqunintance with Com
iidence in the correctness OF any statements he
may have made on this or any other phase of
What B%ooth.Tuckcr said on this subject was
thar Mrs. Maud Booth was shamming; When
nc lounu tnat instead OF making friends for MIS-
Army by the purportcd revelation the remark
raised a hornets nest about him he denied hnv-
ing made 1t. The remark was published in and
sent out from Chicago. The Volunteer authors
ties have three attidavits from three Chicago
reporters who talked with Booth-Tucker on
three different occasions. and swear that he did
make the statement.
Gen. Booth said further:
wish 1t to be taken for granted, once for all,
that did not come to, America to denounce amy
individuals or TO rail Mt any movements that
havc for their object the glory OF God and the
welfare or men. A treat deal or curiosity has
been manifested. l am informed, as to whether
i am going to have AN interview with my son.
To that i reply that. ms is well known,
1t was my anxiety to SEQ him two
years ago. to which ] can. but add
that l have already asked for an Interview on
tho. occasion of my present visit. Whether 1t
will DO granted to ME In the form / have asked
for it-that Is, without the presence or inter
ference of any other person-remains to be seen.
Gentlemen, i need not say that this personal
question is a very painful one to me. or that 1t
appears likely for some time TO come to be a sad
j. aYnarianra