The sun., 1908-06-21

on the floor Of the convention what he had
said from his pulpit.
Immediately there were oonferences be-
tween Bishop Walker and the diooesan
officials, but nothing was done until the
recent standing committee hearing.
returned to the alta x, He denounced
clergymen who had not the moral courage
to stand up against the honoring OF rich
brewer by the church. ;,
"At the diocesan convention. ne said,
.sthese men will have a chance to show
whether this rich old liquor lobbyist, our
honored brewer. has bought of their votes.
aOur clergymen love TO talk about Japan,
China and Turkey he continued. This
is all so far away. But when II comes to
pnsRf pastinR in hl hish oSaroh Ss oos man allied
with the most devilish, carnal. corrupting
business Of the age they. whine and CRY
he is such a good man. 30 kind to the poor
and to his rector, 90 good to make up parish
deficits and vote against heresy mongers.
.h that y, We really cannot afford to go against
Il say such clergymen are curse TO our
American church. The laymen are tired
Of suoh pedlers Of religious trash. Such
weddings are not fit even to baps'ze healthy
MIR. Hathaway made no public reply to
the attack except to remark that he had
held church Offices for forty years and
was willing to stand on his record. where
upon Mr.. Richmond retaliated with this
comment.
80 much the wo1e for our church and
the greater condemnation for our churchly
brewer. He has been making drunkards
forty years and at the same time helping
to bring to the old altar at ST. Luke's the
erring and the SHINING. call that fine
example OF the double life in earnest OF
oh Ia ha he r,ro,,H hia fr1lnk9
his converts? Let him oonfessl"
From this attack on Hathaway and his
denunciation Of the brewers business II
might be inferred that he Is himself a pro-
hibitionist, but he Is not He considers the
saloon a social necessity in this age, and
furthermore he has admitted from his
pulpit that he himself drinks.
: @The saloon In In the world to stay, Mr..
Richm nd told his congregation one Sum
day. Certain elements about 1t are good.
It is social meeting place. Some Of my
preached there visited the saloons regu-
Il got a number OF men to come to church
by drinking beer with them. The German
loves his beer. and II taken temperatsly 1t
Is Of no harm TO him: The Frenchman
loves his wine, the Englishman his ale, and
About all the clergymen I meet drink
when they feel like it. Some OF the best
wine ever drank was handed to me by
vestryman.'
Mr. Richmond's objection to the saloon
is in its politi al aspects and Its financial
greed.
The efforts Of the brewers to spread the
business says Mr.. Richmond, and their
exercise Of political influence are what cause
the corruption and harm.
1T is not bad business in itself, any
more than a powder business, but in its ex-
tension. We have no need Of 30 many
saloons, any more than powder magazines.
Il believe that man should be free to
drink whenever he thinks best. am no
prohibtionist But do face the evil Of our
modern saloon. The ordinary saloon be-
comes a brothel, low political meeting
place, the resort Of tho carnal and the vo-
luptuous.'
MIR. Richmond holds equally unusual
views on many other disputed subjects.
Sunday baseball. theatres on Sunday or
any other day. card playing, dancing-any
of these are all right, according to Mr..
Richmond. To ask a young man TO pray
in public is % bad as making him propose in
meeting to the girl he loves.
Mr.. Richmond 10 nearly 40 years old.
Graduated from Yale in 1885 and later from
the theological school, he fret entered the
Congregationalist ministry. but remained
there only @ short time before going over
TO the Episcopal ministry. Before coming
TO Rochester he had charges In New York,
New Haven and Syracuse.
He has not announced what he intends
to do after leaving st. Georges Church.