Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1907-08-07
CHICAGO CROWDS
HE'LL CLOSE
Second
Preacher Makes the Declara-
ton That There Is No Place
As Bad as Winday City Ex-
cent Internal Regions,

NEW YORK. Aug 6.-"Chicago is
beyond all earthly comparison in the
matter of wickedness." says Rev. DR..
Len G. Bronghton of Atlanta. Chi
cago and hell are in a class BY them
selves"
Il have been coming to New York
for seven or eight years, preaching
here. and every two years going to
London said DIR. Broughton. Il
have visited Paris, Berlin and Va
emma. and studied conditions there.
Next to Chicago, Paris is the wicked
est city in the world. and New York
is the next
''Of course you can say New York
is not as wicked as Chicago, but that
is as IL you said it was better than
hell. Chicago is not to be compared
with any civilized community"
In an interview DR.. Brpughton lash
ed New York for its Haunting hilarity
at night. its closed churches on Sun
day, its boorish and insufficient po-
lice force. and the immedesty and in
temperance of the women who drink
in the restaurants and cafes. He crit
icised Bishop Potter and defended
John ID. Rockefeller.
sore" added the Georgian. TITS do
igs are exploited as though they
were the real things socially. The
ease with which a woman with
wealth rehabilitates herself after
some wrongdoing weakens the resist
ance of other women. who say to
themselves: I'VE got money: III
plunge, too
These so-called society folks are ex-
cresences. warts, on the real social
life of the city and country. They
are rotten, low. deprayed and live
only to swim in righteousness and
10 tank up. f,
There has been a growing Sabbath
laxness in New York. This year it is
beyond bounds There are more the
aters open Sunday than churches, |
believes.
"The workingman who thinks that
Sunday is his day for theater-going
will never be anything more than a
workingman, a drawer of water and
newer of wood
There should be no wonder at the
crime wave after seeing the theaters
wide open on Sunday. There has
been a backward tendency in morals
more and more pronounced during
-.
the past seven or eight years. This
year there is a braZenness among the
men and women a hilarious life, a
Haunting shameless hilarity that only
Paris equals. a lack of interest in the
church, and an increase in anarchist
ic and socialistic tendencies thai are
appalling"
What is the. remedy asked the
reporter.
81 declare I'm sure don't know
what's to be done to cure this ten
| dency. | would suggest that the pull
pits of New York preach the gospel
in its purity, the literal word, the hell
fire gospel, the gospel of punishment
of sins.
Another suggestion would make
would be to reform the police force,
London is the best policed city in the
| world. Only Englishmen compose the
force
There's our lesson. Drive all the
| foreigners off the police force. Put
Americans in command. Put only
Americans on guard. Sure enough
Americans. Then the laws would be
| enforced. New York needs to study
how to police itself. Visitors are
shocked at the police laxity, impolite'
ness and inefficlency. To talk to
New York policeman is like talking
| with a yearling bull on the prairies.
Here DR.. Broughton switched to the
| woman question.
ITO any man who values and be
Iieves in feminine modesty the sights
in the streets and the cafes and res
| taurants of New FORK at night are ter
rifle. There is complete breaking
down of the barriers between the
sexes.
There is no modesty. There is an
open Haunting depravity. The CONVEX
sation one hears in theaters and res
taurants indicates the braZen shame
: lessnesst The drinking habits OF
women astound visitors to this city
THIS is AMATEUR NIGHT