New-York tribune., 1902-01-31
R. HEBER NEWTON SUPPORTS Low.
HE is CONFIDENT THAT JEROME WILL
| BETTER EVIL CONDITIONS.

The Rev. Dr. r. Heber Newton supported mayor
Low, District Attorney Jerome and the reform ao
mnistration generally regards Its atutuue oh
the excise question yesterday at the last session
of the conference of the Federation OF Chuches' at
the Broadway Tabernacle.
After an address the work OF city evan
gelizaton. by the Rev. Frank Mason Nortn, tne
assembage was addressed by the Rev r. Heoer
Newton.
..ona of the greatest problems in the redemption
of the city is in the proper housing of the poor
he said 'The conditions III the congested dlstrlcls
are as bad as they twenty years ago. rms
Is far greater problem than that OF the excise
question. in which Bishop Potter and DR.. Rains
ford are arrayed against many Of the clergymen
of the city. II can be solved, however we wouiu
like to see the saloon go, but the present Vltai
question in that respect is: What can we DO 10
make the saloon better than II is?
TT is impossible to wipe out the saloon but IL
Is possible to humanize and Christianize them.
Coarseness can be eliminated from them Inc
churches need not them. but they can innuehce
the conduct of patrons Of them II they go about
it in the right way.
"I confident that my good friend Jerome VIII
do much to better the evil conditions tnat preVah
In New-York. We should not bitterly criticise the
reform administration before II has had chahce
to carry into effect Its ideas and plans. We should
help it in the work instead of standing by ana
harshly criticising the action Of the men who are
now controlling the local government.
The Rev. Dr. Schwab, of the Church OF the
Intercession made an address In which he declared
that the city was making great moral and religious
progress.
ct was much surprised" said the Rev. Walter
Laidaw, secretary of the federation, In announcing
the tonic of the morning Ito learn the other day
that one of the most prominent ministers In this
city had declared from his pulpit that the passage
in the Bible directing the followers OF Christ 10
cIothe the naked. feed the hungry, care for the
sick the strangers and those in bondage. was only
meant in a spiritual II should tell VINO
II was IL would sensational surprise In the
city. I do not wish 10 create discord. however
so I shall not mention his name"
The Rev Dr. William Stitt spoke OF the VOTE
done by religious organizations among sailors stop
the Prison Association of the City of New-1ork
soree Ge f4e Heon Dese In an
for Boys" said that he had tried TO get the 5oaTa
to be opened for the use OF the boys That body
refused because they were oatn to esapn5h 5av
grounds were closed while the opening Of them
n9t Viii fhg @ be declared the
Rev Mr.. Laidaw just before the morning I3,sid- ad-
that alluded to earlier in the & day Snd others e IKE
@ be re9cemed So long as n3stSra preach such rot
as one in promInent West Side church pr preached chez,
and said that the centre of the earth seethins
declared that he'll is located, there and that the
souls OF the damned were condemned to everlasting
The saved would SIT in he heaven and have .eh the
the nnfortunates Burning e. and suffering in the he'll
below.
Such a church that Is harmful. II does no
good in a community. and should not be exempt
from taxation the ground that it is a religious
institution"
J. Cleveland Cady presided at the afternoon ses-
on Sf the snH work Geofa o the City,
The Rev. George i. McNutt. Of Indiana who is
known THE Dinner Pail Man." because ne
had travelled all over the country working IN
factories and in the streets as laborer In order
TO reach the earners with the Gospel, told or
some OF his experiences.
Mrs. Lucy s Bainbridge OF the New-York City
Mission, told OF the visitation work that the so
ciety was doing In the tenement house districts
At the evening session Archdeacon Tiffany, OF the
Diocese of New York, presided.
Saloons absolutely bad, but
excuse for poor men frequentinS them" he said
They driven there"
The Duty OF the Suburbs to the City, the
subject OF an address by Frederick L. Hoffman, of
Newark
DR.. Isaac J. Lansing. of Scranton, Penn, spoke
on "Federations and Civic Righteousness"
Mornay Williams. president OF the New York
Juvenile Asylum. was the last speaker OF the con-
ference his topic being The Need and Possibilities
OF Comfy and Cooperation in the Betterment OF
the City"