The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-25
BOOTHS QUARREL AGAIN
CHEF OF THE VOLUNTEERS RE.
sENTs AN INSULT TO HIS WIFE.
B~nIIington Tells why He Changes His
Sons Name-New Phase of the
Salvation Army Rivalry.

NEW YORK. March 24-"The Salvation
lists have even said that some day they ex-
pect to see the picture of my wife-Mrs.
Maud Booth-in the rogues' gallery" So
said Ballington Booth to-day in discussing
the cause hat had led him TO take legal
steps to have the name of his son and heir
changed. The boy is now named William
Booth, having been christened i'm the name
OF BallingtOn Booths father, General Will
liam Booth, the founder and head of the
Salvation Army. B~allington Booth and his
wife. the parents of the boy. are so bitter
at the attacks that have been made on
them and their army-the Volunteers-that
they have decided that their son shall no
longer bear the name of his grandfather.
AS soon as the necessary steps are taken
the son of Darlington and Maud Booth will
be known as Charles Brandon Booth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Booth decline at present to
discuss at length the direct cause that has
led them TO take this remarkable and al
most unprecedented step. That there is q
new story of the warfare between the
father and son is certain. The war be-
tween the Salvation Army and the Volun-
teers has broken out again, and so fierce
is the conflict this time that the younger
Booth has gone to the extreme step of CIV
ing formal and legal notice that he intends
TO take the name OF his father away from
his son.
The notice that the Booths were to ask
that the name of their son be changed was
published in Montclair, N. j., yesterday. 1t
set forth that on April Z the parents would
apply to the Essex County Court for the
legal narmiSCiOn noQaSSarU In cf1cE n G
The published notice was signed civilian
Booth. by Ballington Booth and Maud B..
Booth, his parents and guardians"
Young William Booth is now fourteen
years old and is fully aware of the radical
and remarkable step that is being taken in
his behalf. He is a student in a military
school in Montclair. and is not only large
Tor his age, but Is said TO be one of the
brightest youths in the institution. He
looks with favor on the step that has been
taken, and even had a good deal to say
to the new name he is to bear.
Il am not ready at present TO talk freely
in this matter" said Darlington Booth to-
day. when 1 am ready 1 shall tell the
world of the causes that have led my wife
and L 10 take this step. We do not intend
TO hold back anything, and when the facts
are made known / am sure that there VIII
be no criticism for us. no matter what the
general public may think at present of the
somewhat unusual step We have taken in
regard TO our son. Persecution does not
begin TO express the suffering we have had
to undergo, and when the true story of the
SalvationistS and the Volunteers is made
public / am sure that the world will sympa-
thize with us. Nothing has been left un-
done to crush US
But at present, as 1 nave said, / must
ask that the direct cause for the step we
have taken in regard to the name of our
son be left un~discussed. At some time in
the future 1 intend to let the public know
just why We have done this. 1 am certain
We shall be upheld"
All fhfc mao ms that fhQ r0nnnf r0n0rf thar
General Both and his son and daughter had
become reconciled is not true. This report
was generally credited, and 1t was believed
that in a short time the two great armies
would again become one, under the leader
ship in America of Ballington Booth and
his devoted and wonderful wife. But that
the breach between the two sections is
wider than ever is now evident. There is
now said TO be no hope whatever of a rec
onciliation. as General Booth, the elder,
will probably never again have a tender
feeling for the son, in view OF the name
changing episode.
In connection with the widespread breach
between the two armies Mr.. Booth said: Il
certainly desire to correct the report that
the Salvation Army and the Volunteers of
America are ON friendly terms. So far as
the Volunteers are concerned. they have
sought to avoid opposition, friction and
any bitterness, but all the SalvationlStS
could do to thwart our purposes. to injure
our cause and to injure our officers has
been done.
mot satisfied with the cruel treatment to
Mrs. Booth. not satisfied with calling our
people traitors devils and street walk
ers.' their leader. Commander Booth-Tuck-
err. has openly in their councils told their
officers TO pray for our downfall.
They have gone over our heads TO the
landlords OF our halls, offering them more
money If they would evict our people and
rent them the halls. They have said that
the Volunteers are falling and are heavily
in debt. which is not the case. We have
paid every creditor.
Apart from the legal reasons which we