New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-26
THE PULPITS APPEAL.
ISSUES. GOOD And EVIL,
Ministers Gail on Fotcrs to Con-
time Rule of Dccencg.


av in their sermons. or in prologues 10 their
ernors. called on voters to be sure 10 cast their
aIloss fer Mayor Low and a government Of
eceocy and honesty. Dr. Parkhurst in his ser
,or declared the contest was between God
sd the devil. and pointed out that Colonel Nc
leIlan. 10 matter what his promises II elected
aust obey his constituency. that being Tam
nary Han. Or Macarthur in his appeal said
hat a Tammauy victory would mean rejoicing
\ Hades. Some Of the sermons were in part, as
ouows-
'HE KEW. DB. CHARLES n. PARKHURsT.
vow there - an ISSUE We DO moi want too
many issues. one issue is twelve times as good
as dozen And this is a great issue: II is the
biggest one shat you can adduce: it l. the only
issue THAT every and woman in greater
New-Nork has sofaething IN MN ltat me lssLe
can possibly appeal 20. The supreme impeach-
mem 70 be brought against the men who want
10 administer TINS city ana nave he o. .a ~ :,
chance 10 do 50 Tor two years Is nor tAat theE
able TO keep the streets clean. the taxes down.
the criminals under control; u Is that they are
cent Of their consclences turned into stomach
ana beasJly passion; morally foul that they
befoui everything they touch. difuse an at
r7osphere such that even men who are fairly
decent cannot respire il without being lnoc11I
lated with the germs OF perditicn. a DIG pool
OF moral putTloity planted oireciiN n re aetII
itself through the veins and arteries OF admin
istrstive action tiil ne whole municipality is
Vow. that is why Plead against haNIns an. any
more Of tDg II GOeSl I illise primarily
on the tax question. nor on any similar Ques-
ton. ] pay more taxes here this year than |
90 not like 10 live in a town that is made
nasty by the nasty men who administer IT. IL
uov,ers that be- when YOU know in your heart
Of hearts that the whole posse Of Them win
Rogaes. Gsliery i Ihey were where they he
longed-their faces in the Eal!erH and the rest
OF them iu "a closer place stlll.
luieiv identical in personnel with what it has
bsaer ne
everything forbidden by the necalogue it Is IN
sorneI hing 81 which IN IS co7stitttionailv in
capable The cviparous vertebrate that We
have had TO encounter in previous campaigns
There is an abundance Of progenA. and the
spawn are true 10 their scaly original.
Ana as thoueh there we're possibility that
might SHOE back AGAIN INTO the SHINY quae-
miro from which il only two years ago eKtri-
mora ooze thaj j Is moNlng 10 the Drink OF.
one OF tle most hopeless and blacklist Of the
the Once - an angel Of iieht. and is daily
holding the criminal gang and criminal
his own dirty finger the moral griminess Of
the gang. and IN The audience Of the people
VoCiferafiuE salient chapters Of the GOV and
hidden life of his late accompices.
II all We had 70 Do were 10 elect a man to the
MaVoralty II Would be- by comparison. a very
simple and quite meaningless affair: but that
eees lol eNe" Slaze Jhe outer edge OF the
somebody q attend Tor two years TO certain
ihird u November W.. are not going to elect
man we are going to decide whether We viii
for two years submit the physical financial
intellectual and moral interests Of this metrop-
oils 10 the authority 81 the principles Of
eternal rightcogsiess. or whether We will Jet
il De- for thar length II time administered as
IN annex = the Kingdom of Satan.
] am not saving that fusionists are all saints.
and hone that friends in Fourt eenth-st. are
ton cspi5alizn, itself by theft fcrtifying Itself
hH perjury. HailoNrine in uncloanness, main
sainin- TsroDaGanGiSm 4 lust and growing
fat on the dobauched Innocence of women. /
say that as an institution that Fourteenth-st.
with the mephitc doors Of his suiphurous king
That is the fact that every decent voter has got
70 face And no matter how much Of a gentleman
ehsrac,er Of bis father before him the oandidste
IS Simply a paper bagEage tag that is pasted on
petition And what VIII he elected viii not be the
lied tc. and the carcass viii carry the tag. and
not the tag the carcass.
Whatever confusing elements Of personality.
etc. there may be in the case, these considera-
tons are but secondary. and when all that IS
the whole matter reduces 10 a single question Of
II We car have two years more OF that same
striving after what is best that nave had the
tien thar ciesnass and integrity Of inteT
ton. that same concerted endeavor To pluck up
the tares th4t 90 grow 50 lnGusi rlously-specally
in ground that has been loaded SO fun Of tare
seeds by the prolific sowing Of previous years.
then we shall feel that a certain Deruanency OF
ION laid that we can afford to think about com
ing times with considerable rush 81 glad
pectancN.
THE REV. DR. ROBERT $. MACARTHUR Cal
vary Baptist Church-When Tammany was last
victorious many parts OF the city became =
triumphant hades became rampant There seems
be a very close connection between this hall
and the other place Offering in spelling b. the
change OF "a 3uto e'
u is not difhcllt Tor US 10 determine who the
rejoicers viii be III Iarnmary Hall is victorious.
ln thar event there viii be JOY IN the various
Of taxes which theF now owe he cT ~ WoT
o me of ra-T
wealth and power. who are publicly said to be
franchise grabhers and tax dodgers They have
foUnd it chcap-r to bride Tammanyites than 10
pay me CITY Tor every valuable privilege which
Jhey oesire e secure Mayor Low prevented
franchise grabs II Albany as well as in New
aqiI NSy9T =" has taken the burden Of
nltlons ~ collars 81 taxes from the taxpayers
ane has MADE these great corporations pay their
eminent Fie has been tic friend - the ro6r IN
every tenement house ia CITY. and he has
money II mechanics clerks ana az h.rs on sr1a
salaries and with limited incomes. His defect
Though The dishonesty - 49,, - o4{io4
and a. the expense ~ an honest taxpayers.
II Iammany should boz victorious there will
he hadean Joy in ever, respect Of thieves and
ir every house Of irfauy in create Nevy-York
here IS angelic soy pa heaven over every sinner
hades over every sinner elected by Tammany
The time is upon us whom o,erI instinct Of
n"ne nlanhooa ~ pure Womanhood. = Amer
49, pt.Eilo'lsm. and u our holy religion. de
r. ms tnai We shan cast our ballots for the
fision movement I'm this city Shall the good
work begun Doe continued or abandoned To
ahanGou n now would rc "A rcrroach 70 the
entire CITY 20 the American Republic and TO hu-
registered. 60 10 The polls ana deposit your
--olX LlI the eortlnuance % reform. The
municipal crisis is really unworthy of the dig
estants 10 Catholics and 10 Hebrews. bv Tho
memory ~ our American fathers. ty the in
hood 81 The pure ana noble virgin bg the sane
~ OF ia'ailE l.ie and the holiness ~ tn church
q 4s ana 6y me tremendous solemnity Of the
y-uslltll t'af- WIN its awards according 10