The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-25
PREACHER ATTACKS
 TAMMANY HALL ViIest Organization sln World
 Says Rev. McArthur GAYN0R REINSTATEMENT Declares That Magazine Writer Is Vul- gar SensatonaIst, Who Does Not Deserve Respect of the Pub.-
 lic-Bitter Denunciation.
GAYNOR REINSTATEMENT

New York October 24-With the excep- ton of a reception at the Hotel Astor to William Randolph Hearst, the inde- pendent or civic alliance candidate for mayor, political activity in Greater New York today centered almost wholly in the pulpits. Hearst spoke at the recep- ton during the afternoon, but both his opponents, William J. Gaynor, democrat, and Otto J. Barnard, were not present
 All three, however will be on their feet tomorrow and will speak almost ceaseless- ly until election day November g.
 In some pulpits today politics was touched upon with almost as much ve- hemence as campaign orators have shown during the week; in others the pastors confined themselves to yelled references in sermon and prayer.
 "Fhe issue is the defeat of Tammany Hall." said the Rev. Dr. Robert S. Mo Arthur. of the Calvary Baptist church, in addressing his current events class. ''Tammany is the vilest organiza tion the world has ever known" he continued. There is not today in any land such a band of political pirates as that of Tam many Hall. It's present boss is master of our mayor. When our mayor was study ing science and philosophy in Princeton the present boss of Tammany Hall was washing glasses behind bar in the gas- house district. This man is now king of New York. It is amazing that intellect ual, patriotic Americans submit to the rule of the coarse, ignorant, tyrannical czar. Such rule brings contempt upon the city and upon democratic govern ment. If Judge Gaynor is elected this same boss will be his master"
 Gaynor Makes Statement.
 William J. Gaynor, democratic nominee for mayor of New York. granted an inter- view by request tonight in which he att tackled the writer of an article in the cur rent issue of McClure's Magazine, who charged that traffic in girls is fostered under Tammany hule Characterizing the article as miserable trash" Judge Gaynor said, among other things:
 Now, none of you newspaper men have my permission to use this without saying you asked for 1t. I am not volunteering it. You asked for it.
 This writer is a mere political and racial bigot. It sticks out in almost every line. He has the traits of ignor- ance. superficialty, recklessness and ir- resistible propensity to falsify, which are
 
 and which people have got on to at last What a grand article could be written on the subject, instead of this miserable trash.
 He is just a vulgar, bigoted fellow, trying to make political capital. The fact, everyone knows who has read or travelled, that the city of New York is the most decorous of the large cities of the world with the lowest percentage of vice of any of them. And yet there are impure minded political and racial bigots whose delight 1t is to lie about and islander New York in this respect and in others. They are detestable lot and l hope for an opportunity to make them shut up or get out.
 Preachers Do Good.
 "We, all look with profound reverence upon the great body of our clergymen, Jewish, Protestant and Catholic. who are constantly working for the moral welfare and uplifting of our people, calling in the assistance of the civil government to aid them when necessary and who gradually and steadily and constantly do so much good. But those few detestaple sensa- tionalists notoriety-seekers and political and racial bigots are deserving only of contempt This writer shows the mean bigotry that fills his soul He does not scruple to lay the evils he mentions to the Jews a race. l believe that l am as familiar with the inbred and in- nate virtuous womanhood of the Jewish race here as is any man and l say that this man is maliciously untruthfui of Jewish womanhood and manhood He also casts the same reproach on the Irish race here. Nor does the purity of the women of this pure peopie need any defense against bigots. Nor do Irish men anywhere in the world need to be defended from the charge of being In Traffic of women. Out with the scoun- dreds who make such a charge Charles F Murphy, leader or Iammany Hall. who dismissed the charges as lc riule ulo,,s yesterday. came out with a state ment tonight in which he cited few historical facts" arguing in enect that that if such conditions existed, responsipie n officials elected by the people snouio pc held to account