Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-20
DOWIE's REQUEST
Going to Meet Editors of the
 New York Papers.
ASKS PRAYERS OF FOLLOWERS.

He Preached on Blasphenly to About
 1000 People This Meningitis Iii
 rade Last Night Was the Worst
 Ever Heard in New York-He Was
 Hooted, Kissed and Would Have
 Been Mobbed Only for Protection
 Given Him.
 New York, Oct 20.-About 1000 per sons, half of whom were Zionists, at tended John Alexander Dowie's early service in Madison Square Garden To- day. He preached on "Blasphemy. He then said he was going to meet the editors of the New York papers at nls hotel and requested his followers to pray for him.
 The 600 members of the Dowie cholr will join the house visitation force, ln- creasing its number to LAO. beacon speicher said the work was greater than anticipated.
 At last nights meeting Elijah IT" ,,n,,,ask ed himself. He threw off the sham of meekness and appeared Ill inc full glory of his unbounded con ceit. He renewed acquaintance with !. his old self that has become syno- nym for foul speech in Chicago. He stormed and stamped and raved until he drove half of an audience of l2,OOo out of Madison Square Garden He abused New York. He called his au- dience 'sfoul birds" He said clergy men and freemasons were "betrayers of God.'
 Tn grandiIoquent style he called on his followers to testify he was Elijah the Restorer.'' A storm of noes drowned the cries of the Dowieites. This self-proclaimed prophet was called s'blasphemer, "fakir" and "hllnpbug.'' He was hooted, hissed, cheered i'll derision, and at times he lost all control of his feelings and scolded in choice billingsgate. Much of his language was too foul for repe- tition.
 All the tricks he had used in Chicago to gather audiences were used lasf night. He asserted that ''promin-- ent city official had informed him "a movement was afoot to stampede the meeting.' He threatened hundreds with arrest He grew delirious in telling deaf woman to sit down, that '.he would not let her rule him. 7 He said lies had been told about him and his family. He said he would "elean out every newspaper in New York
 He boasted he would rule the city of New York He said, 1T will be boss in Madison Square Garden, and if silence is. not kept the police will obey my bidding.
 The Garden was filled to the doors. There was not a, vacant seat in the arena or: the balconies when Dowie came in with his wife and his six faithful overseers. He lost no time in beginning to let his tongue run free. He said he would read part of the third chapter of the Book of Malachi After he had read a few verses he burst out:
 Filthy nicotine! Sinking, rotten nicotine! There, you smokers, how is that for you? Dirty, stinkpots! take that back. It isn't stinking things; it's you dirty dogs that smoke. You couldn't get dog to smoke and stink
 
 ulceration of the stomach with your damning filth. Now you've got 1t. How's that for you, you dirty dogs?
 And you that drink! Fie on you! fThere's man going out! Look at him down there in that aisle! His feet rattle on the floor. He's got his brains in his boots. Go on out! We have no need for thee) Yes, those that drink are like that man who's going out of the door now-they've got their brains In their boots. Alexander could con- q11er empires, and he could not conquer his taste for drink. There is no drink . in Zion City. We stand a man in the middle of the road and say. There is the way to beer and there is the way to Baal. Beer is Milwaukee and Baal is Chicago If he wants to go. let him; if he wants to stay and be clean, he is welcome
 From the balconies and galleries came loud cries and Dowic said he would bring in the police it it was not stopped. Then he turned on the Rev P. s. Hansen of the Hansen place Baptist church, Brooklyn 'sYou miserable joker HansenI he shouted. I'll come to you! I'll spank you! But ! 1l IOL ssOLlCI uL1UUL yOu DOW.t 4Ou too small. I spanked you in Chicago. and I'll spank you in New York.
 Again crowds began to go out, and Dowie called them a rabble. He said he would not let q rabble get ahead of him. He called the outgoers slaves of the pot" and said New York had morbid statesmen,' and that Zion ism was better than dancing and champagne drinking all night. Round and round went his heated brain again, and he waved his arm along the row of reporters.
 Dirty birds,". he cried. Lying all the time! I'll get rid of you. The place that knows you now will know you no more forever. Vultures! Vul lures that get sick in rose garden Vultures that thrive with theil beaks in carrion (Oh, I'll give it to you, Hansen! I'll spank you, yor 1 naughty boyD Foul newspaper writ T,I1 or Tho oIito1.c t0 ion+ rid