New-York tribune., 1908-03-01
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH
TAINTED. 4 LEADER.
NcCorrcr's Foes. as a Whole, IRE
Still Dis0rg0nl<6d.

The, fight against the leadership ~ senator
Patrick Henry McCarren Is still continuing. Al
though = leader has been chosen ny The anu
NcCarreritas in every Assembly district tle
forces OF the opposition whole are stun
without = re- o-nized leader. although Borough
President Bird :. Cclcr Is siEnif5lng MS VIKING
,,eee-l,, his actions. at least-to step into the
l,reaeF7 There are others toe Among them
are Jaules Shevlin. once the right hand man OF
old Boss Mclaughlin; John II Delaney and
v-arc}e, HAYES the leaders Of the KINGS
,-o,,rrv Democratic party, eX-Sherln tlaher'5r
leader Of the common pee-pUl'- Minor =
Eastman. leader Of the Brooklyn civic Union
and other single minded patriots- Like the Ke-
r,,1hlican leaders who want TO become county
leader an State Chairman Woodrutf's place these
Democratic leaders are perfectly ready TO as
sumo the leadership of the opposition movement
l,7t none Of them Is willing 10 sacrifice himself
er, the altar of conviction 10 80 great an extent
as fo allow any other person 10 get the job
some OF them are stronger than others. but
r7ot one OF Them is strong enough 10 tower
,y-r the rest and force recognition None OF
then, controls a single Assembly district for
i,,etanca. and probably all OF them together
-orId marshal their forces III one Of the larger
halls OF the borough without making the walls
bulge out To every one outside the movement
lacking in the fight against McCarren seems
merely a demonstration of the weakness Of the
ant5-ArcCarrenites and the strength Of Long
Pat
The Evangelical Lutheran Church Of the Re-
formation PENNSYLVANIA and Liberty avenues
which, recently celebrated its tenth anniversary.
g soon 10 hare n new home in Barley street,
near Arlington avenue. The plans for the new
fuilding which is 10 cost $4,000. are already
prepared. and Fl is expected that the building
itself will be ready for occupancy within year.
when the church was organized there was much
opposition among the Lutherans 70 the use of
The English language in the services, but the
,rr,rcb began with English and has continued
itz use with great success
Within two years after the organization IL
use found that no more help was necessary
from the Brooklyn Missionary Society. which at
FIST contributed 10 its support The church
then abandoned the chapel in which It had
-fsrted and rented q building which had been
used bv Congregationalists. Il has now
membership Of 375 and a Sunday school with an
srterdance Of $50
ExMayor Charles =. Schieren OF Brooklyn,
who has taken much interest IN advancing the
.1se Of English IN the Lutheran churches. has
done considerable toward the success Of the
church As an experiment in way. Il has
rroved that the Germans who have adopted
America as their country and their children
sre not opposed 10 the adoption Of the English
language well
Frederick Munsen viii deliver the second Of
his illustrated lectures on the Southwest, under
The auspices OF the Brooklyn Institute Of Arts
and Sciences, next Saturday. His topic viii be
New Mexico" The lecture viii be delivered
both In the afternoon and evening at Association
Hall On March j the Knesel String Quartet
win give q chamber music concert at the Asso-
cfation Hall in the evening. The New York
symphony Orchestra, under the leadership of
Walter Damrosch, will give matinee concert
AT the Baptist Temple. NJ. Emilio de Gogorza