The sun., 1901-05-20
TO MAKE THIS A HOLY CITY.
LYMAN ABBOTT AND MIR. BALDWIN or
THE FIFTEEN ADDRESS lOtNG MEN
Between the Parts Of the Oratorio The Holy
city" They Tell How New York and its
People May Bs Made Bettsr-Mr. Baldwin
Expects Much Of the Now Tenement Law.

The Rsv Dr Lyman Abbott and Mr. William
n Baldwin. chairman OF the Committee OF
Fifteen. made short addresses to over 5000
men and boys yesterday In Carnegie Hall be-
tween the parts Of Gaul's oratorio, I'll Holy
CITY," which was sung by tho New YORK
Festival Chorus Of 400 voices The singing
Of the oratorio had been ARA n ged by tho West
Side branch OF the Y. Nj G. A
1T isn't enough" said DR. Abbott " TO
contemplate a Holy City It Is our duty to
make one hero on earth. To make this CITY
which ia the greatest on the continent ana the
second In tho world holy city ought TO be
our aim And we can II We will. The Ameri-
can people who freed themselves from Eng
lish misrule and lately the Spanish possess
sions from Latin misrule ought TO be able to
sst free this city and make II as good place
as God has made II great
1t cannot be done for us, The naive
trustfulness Of the American people is on"
of their most charming charaCterstlos
We are not going to be helped out ~ hIpany
NO. 10 there he sbs to do i for
member that the New York Assembly a.
Albany, has not tn. reputation that Cesar
We shall not accomplish the publication
Of this city either by transferring the gov
ernment from one machine To- another nor
from one party to another. IL 10 said that
Now York, which is Democratic, is the worst
city in the world. II tn : Ia so, then Phils-
delphia IL a close second. You and l have
II ia our apathy. our Indifference and our
unwillin sness 10 lay aside our money making
and our business which has MADE this null
stone around our neck, ~, s no, our rb l9r sbat
Il res oJsible for all this, but the failure OF
good /zens - cooperate Whenever ctl-
gems without respect to paItsy ANA ssrs ese eSen
II they NAV disagree on questions OF policy,
then we will be In q fair way Of attaining
the practical bettermsnt OF cur CITY .A,,,,
Mr. Baldwin WAS introduced by Dr, Abbott.
The KEYNOTE Of civilization" said he, is
the purity Of family life. You know from
the report Of the Tenement House Sommis-
sion that there are J 800. 900 Of our population
at present living under the laws that govern
tenement. The awful fact Of all is that II
Is possible to-day for any form OF vlcs |
iurbed within the four walls OF any tenement
80 long as these conditions exist and so
9ns Tpsr ,ss 30 Ho' Hut "s VIZ can tapsc
that you and will help these people who aTe
forced TO live under these conditions, ana II
we all agree We can say that T'tnin ths lSdr od
That II not fsnattcal, that II not extreme
that is not politics IT ia question of our
outy as men and women a.. ,,.,..,d. n,
children that haven't a fair chance. Any
man. Democrat or Republican, bu-he, at
the plain facts when they are presented
to him Now isnt il right that this city
should give those children a fair chance
10 grow up and be decent We have
in our CITY plenty Of moral forces apd
the work they are doing j. simply the
expression OF the goodness. Of the city. The
mai iority are not evil minded but Their ener-
gies have not been directed In the right way
The condition OF the nome problem Will be
different after July when the new tenement
House law goc, into effect II Is not prsc, zeal
today when any form Of vice exists In a
tenement TO remove II but II will he on July
l. and after that day We should SEQ that no
form OF vice exists in any tenement Nh-T"
children may live,
Il appear here TO ask your support for
the men who are trying 70 bring that about,
and 10 ask that you viii recO gnile that they
are not fanatics but good tempered. reason;
able men. who DO not seek To- p"rsecut- ana
do NOT do their work in a -eusstional way
We approach tho whole subject with charity
and sympathy for those sufrring through
vice but with indi guation against those who
protect N and permit II