The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-05
Evangelist Oliver Says the Tribune
Scribe Is Liar.
CALLS HIM A SLANDERER
EXCITING SCENES AT ILIFF
REVIVAL.
Evangelist Evokes Loud Applause
By His Answer to An Attack
Made Upon Those Who Are At
tending His Meetings-one of
Goodwin's Friends Squelched.

There was quite an exciting time fol
a few moments at the evangelistiC
meeting at the Tiff M. E. church las
evening. when French z. Oliver re.
ferring 10 a denunciatory Tribune edi
tOrial. stated his opinion of tbs
leditor. and demanded from him al
apology. The applause of the audience
mingled with the protests of a mar
VINO wanted to speak, but whom OIivea
/ squashed and it all combined to fill the
atmosphere with liveliness.
In an interval between two songs and
/ before the regular sermon Of the even.
ing. the evangelist took the stand.
Scores Tribune Editor.
II noticed an article in the Tribune
this morning" he said, 'in which tbs
I people are advised to keep their child
/ ren away from these meetings. And
! people have come to me during the day
and they have said TO me, You'd better
be careful, Oliver. Judge Goodwin is
/ the best editor this side of Chicago
you'd better be careful. Yes, 1 have
/ heard a great deal about the judge.
hsve heard that he is a man of integ-
4 rity and honor; and that he is man
! who knows right and justice But the
/ judge has made great error in this
! case-a great error. He has never heard
/ me speak, and has got his information
/ purely second-handed.
/ I have the greatest reverence for the
I judge. He is old enough to be my
/ grandfather, expect, but sometimes an
old fool is the biggest kind of a fool ]
| have no defense for myself, and I don T
care one whit what he says about me
But when Judge Goodwin says that the
/ people who come here are those who
haven't money enough to go to the the
atTe; when he ilSinuates-says openly,
| in fact-that the audiences who come
here are a. hobo, riff-raff gang, then I
say that Judge Goodwin is an internal
liar"
Audience Applauds Vigorously.
The audience applauded v0ciferously,
and one man in the center of the room
raised up and exclaimed with feTvOT.
He's a liart' And the audience again
burst into applause that lasted for a
few moments.
Some Of the greatest lawyers and
best men in your city have come to
these meetings.. resumed the eVangel-
ist. And the judge says that they are
the ones that don't have money enough
to go to the theatre. I repeat that
don't care for myself in this matter,
but I demand that Judge c. c. Good
VIM think those are his initials
apologize to the people of Salt Lake
who have been attending these meet
ings (Applause.)
Il don't care for myself. but I do
care for my people and my audiences.
This editorial article says that they
are paupeTs. Well, a man came to me
yesterday and told me that he had
been to our meetings and he gave me
check for $25 to carry on the good
work. Here's the check" and he held
it out so that all might see it. 1.-THE
man that gave that check to me does
not go to see the leg shows in the the
aires, not because he hasn't the money,
but because he's not that kind of a
man.
I wish we had a photographer here
tonight who could take a 1ashlight
photograph Of this audience and then
go to your opera house and take an
other one there. When you would come
to look at the pictures you would find
that the intellect, the morality, and the
best citizens Of your city are here.
Il have no fault to find with the
judge for my part, but he viii have to
make himself right with the people Of
Salt Lake City. But I have this to
say. the judge is either ignorant of my
work or he is a hyDOcrite."
Goodwin's Friend Interrupts.
A man with q black beard and an
excited look arose at the rear of the
building.
Just a word, Mr.. oliver" he inter
ruDted.
You sit down; I'm running this
meeting" retorted the evangelist.
But Just a word, Mr. Oliver
You sit down.
Just "a
You sit down or I'll have you thrown
ont" said the evangelist. determinedly.
I'm running this meeting"
The man sat down and the evangelist
went on:
The judge says that you shouldn't
let your children come TO these meet
ings. because I'm a blackguard Well.
don't you know that you can't send
your children to Sunday school down
the main streets of this town without
paving them pass saloons. and seeing
that lawlessness is allowed to go I'M
bridled? Why doesn't the judge jump
on that? But the only grievance I have
against him is that he has slandered
the people of Salt Lake-the best peO-
pie of the city too
Mr.. Oliver took for his text Revela-
tiOnS Ill. 20: Behold I stand at the
door and knock. If any man hear my
voice and will ODen the door l will
come into him and will SUP with him
and he with me-" He preached an elO-
quent sermon on the text.
At the close of the meeting the man
with the black beard told a Herald
reporter that he only wanted to say a
few words about divers slang He re-
fused to give his name