The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-10
REV. JOHN SWEET
LAsHEs POLICE
COMMISSIONER
APPALLING THAT MAN CHARGED
WITH EXECUTING LAW GOES
OVER TO LAwLEss ELEMENT
PREACHERS ANSWER WARREN.

inc vi tue
or the paper on "A business mans
view az the church." presented by
Homer Warren In the October meet.
ing OF the Pastors union. took place
In the Monday morning session Of the
union b the Central Methodist church
and was productive Of tongue lash
Ing for Standard OIL, John d. Rookie
Teller. Sunday baseball. Sunday the
aters. the courts OF the city Of De-
troit, Police Commissioner Smith and
thep ravate clubs.
The ministers who spoke on the sub
Ject criticised Mr.. Warren for the In
ference In his paper that the ministers
were not doing their whole duty In
regard to preaching against the vari'
GUS evils Of the day. Mr.. Warren was
present aud at the close Of the dis
cussion by the ministers replied TO
them.
The Rev w. T. Jacques. of the
Trumbnll-ave. Presbyterian church,
said In part:
I'VE often see into the heart OF the
business man In the church and,
therefore. are better prepared to know
his viewpoint. We have Q high type
of manhood In the Christian churches.
In the churches we have representa-
tive Christian men men and they are
on q higher plane than we sometimes
think. I take exception to the pre-
vailing idea that a few men are rep
of the Christian business
man. I'VE do not find all business men
on Gr1swold-st. We have them In
stores, Offices and factories, living
good. conscientious Christian lives.
John D. Rockefeller Is not represent
alive business man Of the Christian
church, The Christian men In this
town DAIRY their religious convictions
into their business. believe that
is a power and Is worth
100 cents on the dollar In Wall-st."
The Rev. G. L. Wittet said that lay
men who talk against the church and
the teachings OF tho church have some
secret sins which the church protests
against. I'VE need to watch men"
he saiA who come to you talking
about their religious convictions In
with their business. Mr.
position In the church
has to do with the Baptist church In
not with the churches OF
that denomination throughout the
land. Each church Is absolutely gov
eminent by itself"
In referring to the influence on the
election by the foreign element, Mr..
Wittet said: ~ do not Ike to be com
pared to foreigners and to be told
that they are as good as l am. do
not think they are, and I don't want
to be put on a level with them.
Further, I don't believe In the So
called liberal Interpretation OF the law.
The liberal man wants to pull down
law. These liberal men work "a
hours In the day to try to destroy the
law under the name OF cosmopolitan
and liberality. II the laws are wrong.
let us amend them, but enforce those
that we have. The police are fighting
the citizenship. and the anarchy being
bred In this country Is the result OF
disregard OF the law"
The Rev. John Sweet denied the as
sertion made 10y Mr.. Warren In his
paper that the Methodist church
cheered DR.. Days attack ON President
Roosevelt.
"Dr. Day received criticism from the
Methodist church and many pulpits
denounced such an attack" declared
DR.. Sweet. Il have been in the church
so years and am sure there Is more
business honor and integrity In the
church than in the same number OF
men outside the church. 1t Is not
true that our business men are alto
gether lacking In morals In their con-
Duct of business"
Roast For Fred Smith.
DIR. Sweet then approached the Sun
day baseball question and said that
the men who play baseball on Sunday
are criminals. and commit a crime
every time they play.
but the hue OF their criminality
pales into snowy Wilderness compared
with the criminality of Fred Smith,
the police commissioner, continued
DR.. Sweet. There Is nothing SO APP
palling I'm the city OF Detroit. to my
mind. as that the very men who are
charged with executing the law, go
over to the lawless element Our at
tack on Sunday baseball was made be-
cause the courts give q leverage that
we didn't have In other forms OF Sun
day amusements. The whole machin
cry Of the courts Of the city Of De-
troit is for the purpose OF multiplying
the law. We are not simply lot OF
moral reformers. We are citizens and
taxpayers and help to pay Fred
Smiths salary and the expense OF
courts. When the people
are content to have the courts of Jus
tice turned into comic opera without
protest, I say to you that we are not
as safe as we think we are. We can
90 OH nursing rattlesnake In our
bosom. but the warmth we get from
Il will be turned against us. One OF
these days we shall be face to face
with a situation, which. while II may
be prevented, may bring about very
serious consequences"
Defends Standard OIL.
II was quite q shock to the ma for.
ity OF the ministers present to hear
a ringing defence Of the Standard OIL
company made by the Rev. E. w.
Ryan. former pastor OF the Simpson
Methodist church and a candidate for
sheriff this fall on the Prohibition
ticket
"Mr. Rockefeller has done more for
commerce than any other man In tho
world" declared the speaker. "Hc
has carried commerce into every
country OF the globe. There Is not a
business man In Detroit who would
not monopolize his business II he
could"
That Is an awful statement To
make. DR.. Ryan," interrupted Mr.
Warren.
1T is true. nevertheless" retorted
tho DOCTOR 'sIf RockefelIar uo,ta