New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-23
MUST WAIT ON THE LAW.
SO r. r. Sheer Says-VengeaHct
DESTROYS More than 1t Protects.

Atlantic City. y. J. Sept. 22-Over thousand
delegates attended the opening session Of the Ma
tional Conference Of Unitarian and other CnrIstlan
churches to-day. An address OF welcome was made
by Mayor F. p Stoy. and was responded 20 BY
President Carroll D. Wright.
Carroll .. wrights address was in part as fol-
lows:
The influence Of the church must be acknowl-
teTs as formerly or not The public conscience to-
day is more acute. more sensitive. than at any
OF crime The crimes that have remained persist
entity so under the criminal code during the last
hIty years have not only not increased, but have
The Temperance question occupies the public
mind in manner II never did before. Great rail-
that their duty as guardians Of the public safety
temperance reform known at the present time We
see ms sersltvenesS gTowlng out or Pu1ic acton
road. We have been very severe everywhere in the
f56ee Dpa Pt SSe q, the the eose Of 5Re an
w. me me punnc sane very nl!ch exceed
service. howeve-. we're slight affairs compared 10
Route ess Of 81 enc ago r baE i9q has
more s . more eondemna ton more public inter
two greatest scandals ever connected with our
government.
The Rev. Thomas r SHcer. Of New-York. chair
man of the council spoke in part follows:
The council would urge that this conference de-
wise means Tor establshing an over our land the
orrrrf1lrifv or mon nv LsosItss' az -
been no great OUtpOUrtng Of wealth into the treas
appeal is made in time Of singular financial pros
-. Our Italon mas won Itself place Of singu-
time when power should be the guarantee Of peace.
witness the utmost investment Of spiritual energv
and often only railroad system or merger OF
feel that. however splendid the era OF enterprise
the GT66aes of OF ra fgsy are not substitute FOR
This national conference must raise its voice IN
protest against mob rule and all forms Of anarchy.
IL IS not enough to point out that there is steady
decline IN the number Of those who have been
sumlns 70 Judge crime without due process Of law.
Inc number may be less year by year. but the
area Of these crimes has widened until almost
each State in the Union has this blot upon its
which does not destroy more than IL rrotects
We must patiently wait upon the law Of the land
II has OF late become noteworthy that men Of
fabulous wealth have distributed their accUmula-
tons with such splendid munihcenCe that the pub
fundamental rnoraIit,es B1+ these qifts have yoT
kept pace with the amazing Accommodations OF
wealth. The endowments Of education have some
times been wrung out Of all the III requited labor
tiers Of religion, and incumbent especially uuon
which has come from legitimate Industry and that
which has been swept up by base and fragdulsnt
church should be willing 70 be the beneficiary in
the name OF religion Of Hberalttv made possible
only at the sacrifice OF morals.
Mrs Emily A Field. Of Dorchester Mass. the
secretary, delivered an interesting address An
important report on the Unitarian International
Council presented by the Rev. Charles W
Wcndte, general secretary
A discussion % the negro educational question
in the South was participated in by J. Taylor. Of
Tuskegee. who represented Booker T. Wash
ington, and others. This evening addresses were
made by the Rev. Z. A Horton, OF Boston; the
Rev William c. Gannett. Of Rochester; Mrs En-
lily A FiaeId. Of Dorchester. Mass. the Rev Theo-
dore c. Williams. Of Hackley School. Tarrytown.
n. Y, and the Rev. James II. Eoeb. Of Fhia-
de lDhia