New-York tribune., 1900-10-01
READY TO AID DR.. POTTER.
M .1ACARTHUR PLEDGES HIS HELP
To THE BISHOP IN HIS EAST
SIDE CRUSADE.


inst when Bishop Potter Will submit the |
.,arzes on behalf of the Episcopal Convention |
o-atrs, Inspector Cross and Captain Herlihy on |
the complaint Of the Rev. Robert L. Paddock. OF
,ba thedral in Stanton-st-. is still mat
ter Of doubt The Bishop was away from town
yesterday. and on this particular point MI
paddock had no information to make public
IN hts sermon yesterday morning at the Pro-
cathedral Mr Paddock made no reference TO
rhe conditions existing on the East Side.
Bv MANY os his congregation he was warmly
ooneratulated at the close of the service upon
the success which has so far attended his ef-
forts TO nut stop to police oppression in his
parish It IS well known that the higher Of
Acials of the Police Department are feeling de-
cideelv uneasy over the situation which con-
fronts them and are looking forward with some
thing akin to dread to the outcome of the action
which Bishop Potter is likely soon to take. The
notice recognize that powerful influences will
be set in motion against them With the
strength Of the Protestant Episcopal Church be-
hind him. and supported by the rabbis OF the
East Side. who have announced their determina-
tion Of aiding the endeavor to secure protection
for the decent and law abiding people of their
districts. it is apparent that the protest which
Bishop Potter will lodge with the Mayor cannot
fail 10 bring about some degree of police re-
form. The head of the Episcopal Church IN
this diocese has in his possession abundant
proof of oppression and wrongdoing by the
police of the EIdridge-st. station, and VIII De
able if he so desires to show that the Chrlsuah
men and women who labor to better the con-
ditions of the poor on the lower East Side nave
been subjected 10 petty prosecutions by the Of
fcers Of the law.
FIGHT ATTRACTS GENERAL ATTENTION.
The step taken by the Diocesan Convention IN
directing Bishop Potter to investigate the tndlg-
mites offered by Inspector Cross and captain
FIerlihv 10 Mr. Paddock, who merely requested
that the police should be instructed TO do their
duty is attracting widespread interest, ana Is
causing so much fear, not only in me Dep@It-
roent but among the Tammany leaders, thht the
suggestion has already been offered that ChleI
Devery should be made a scapegoat and prompt
" retired The belief prevails at Ponce head
quarters that Inspector Cross VIII manage u
evade the serious trouble He IS in line for pro-
norton TO the Office Of Chief, and it is under
stood that his friends will try to see Blshop
Potter personally and point out TO him that
Cross's fault was merely of a passive nature
that in fact the only charge that can be laid
against him is act Of ndiscretion in not repr-
rnanding Captain Herlihy when that officer as
is alleged shook his fist in DR.. Paddocks face
in the presence Of Inspector Cross.
That the movement which is to be instituted
for police reform will develop into something
more than a charge against the force Of one
precinct is not for moment doubted. Mission
airy workers among the inhabitants of the East
Side are gathering evidence which Will go TO
show, If use Is made Of the testimony, that the
vicious state Of affairs which is now prevalent in
the neighborhood Of Stanton-st is permitted to
exist by the authorities because Of the rich rev.
enue which is derived from this source.
oP4 4hasa missionaries who were yes
+erdav did not hesitate to express the opinion
that the blame for the corruption which pre-
walls cannot be so much attributed to the police
as TO those OF higher place and control in the
cityss government. They assert that the pro
taction which is now given to lawbreakers pro-
ceeds from the orders Of men Of authority In the
counsels Of the Tammany organization. and
thew declare that until the Tammany machine
is routed the corruption and vice which now
infest the city viii continue.
DIR. MACARTHUR's SERMON.
The Rev. Dr. Robert S. Macarthur, in his ser
mon to the congregation Of the Calvary Baptist
Church yesterday morning, severely denounced
the methods Of Tammany Hall DR.. MacAr-
thurs discourse was primarily devoted to con-
tending that missionary work in China should
continue and to pointing out that the Chinese
had suffered great provocations from the Euro
pean Powers.
mon. might well send a few mission -ries to
Tamnany Hall 1t may well be doubted
whether there ever was in China or any other
part Of heathendom political organization so
vile. Riding out from Benares the headQuar-
tiers Of Hfndooism, Hndoo Babu who was per
fectly familiar with American politics, and who
could call the Tammany sachems by their nick
names made this remarki If Tammany Hall
is the best that democracy and Christianity can
do IN municipal politics, I am glad that | be-
long to an imperial government and that am
what you call heathen-"
Il trfec to show him. continued DR.. Mac
Arthur, that true democracy and true Chris
tanity were not responsible for Tammany Hall,
that II was a vile excresence on the body re-
ligious and polite and that the true Americans
were hoping soon to have II removed oy the
scalpel of genuine patriotism.
I then that one great opstacle TO Ine
spread Of Christianity among educated men IN
India found IN the corrupt political or
ganizatiors IN America, Of which Tammany IS
chief BY all means let US have some Chinese
missionaries TO help cleanse this Augaan stable
OF American politics
IF Bishop Potter viii lead, I pledge him our
hearty support The best newspapers OF the
city are ready to use their great power for the
city's redemption Tammany Hall is the syno-
nyme for social Vulgartty, for educational
vacuty for political venality and for moral
rurpitude. It is publicly charged that II uses
its power 10 degrade manhood and TO destroy
woman. Even womanly virtue is sacrificed on
its vile alters. Has not the time come when the
noble citizens of NeW-York shall arise IN their
resistless power and righteous wrath 10 thrust
from their seats Of power these Vandals, Vam-
pires and ghouls. May God help US to send
them into some political limbo from which
there shall be no resurrection
METHODIST MINISTRIES SON DROWNED.
Hobart N Y Sept S0-WIliam Oliver. Of
the Rev. W. c. Oliver. a Methodist minister Of the
Aegy-