Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-25
Politics in New York PuIplts
THE COMING ELECTION NOTED
 IN A THOUSAND CHURCHES.
TAMMANY A PIRATE BAND
viIest Political Organization the World Has Ever Known-Nominee Gaynor Erratic, Unstable and Radical.

New York, Oct. 24.-Except for a re- ception at the Hotel Astor to William | Randolph Hearst, the independent or l civic alliance candidate for mayor, po-
 litical activity in Greater New York
 today centered almost wholly in the
 pulpits. Hearst spoke at the reception | durlng the afternoon, but his two op- ponents, William J. Gaynor, democrat, and Otto T. Barnard, republican. rested | today and tonight. All three, however
 will be on their feet tomorrow and will | speak almost ceaselessly until, election l day-Nov. 2.
 | Vehemence in the Pulpit. In come pulpfts today politics was | touched upon with as much vehemence
 as campaign orators have shown dur
 ing the past week; in others the pas | tors confined themselves to yelled ref | erences in sermon and prayer But it
 Is doubtful if any of the thousand and more churches of New York.
 Brooklyn and the Bronx there was a congregation which was not in some way or another impressed with the fact that municipal election was at hand
 Defeat of Tammany the Issue.
 "The issue is the defeat of Tammany Hall," said the Rev. Dr. R. s Mac Arthur of the Calvary Baptist church in addressing his current events class.
 IS LHe N1ieSI pOllIlcal or ganlZation the world has ever known" he continued. There is not today in any land such band of political pi- rates as that of Tammany Hall. The organization is a synonym for intel lectual vacuity, social vulgarity polit- lcay venality and moral turpidity. Its present boss is master of our mayor When our mayor was studying science and philosophy in Princeton and was student of literature and languages in Germany the present boss of Tanmanv Hall was washing glasses behind a bar in the 'gashouse district This man Is now king of New York It is amaz- ing that intellectual patriotic Ameri- cans submit to the rule of this coarse ignorant, tyrannical czar. Such rule brings contempt upon the city and upon a democratic government. If Judge Gaynor is elected this same boss will be his master
 pr. MacArthur characterized Gaynor as "erratic as a judge, unstable as a | reformer and radical as an agitator" |
 Tammany No Friend of the Hebrew.
 Rabbi s. & Wise at the Free syna- | gogue declared that the time was | fraught with danger to the multitude l of Jewish people in New York by. req 1 son of the recent visit of delegation of thirteen Jewish ministers. who called
  the1F7 support. These men he styled as the self appointed representatives of the Hebrew community in this city"
 They are guilty of infamy," he said, for from time to time 1t is said in ! ignorance that the leaders of Tammany Hall are friendly to tine Jews. I deny such a friendship. It would be dis honoring to the Jews No decent. self respecting, law abiding Jew asks for help, support or favor in any form from Tammany. But there has been a moral gain of late. The masses of New York citizenship are beginning to understand that Tammany Is not their friend and a pail of coal or Bowery picnic cannot any longer de- 'eive the thinking and alert" The Church and Politics." by Rev.
 c. F. Aked.
 The Rev. Charles F. Aked of the '1fth avenue Baptist church. popular y known as "Rockefeller's church" poke on '"rhe Church and Politics" in lls morning sermon. He said: Amer ca one conspicuous failure is in her ltles: their misgovernment is her re- 'roach. scandal to our civilization. z md all the world will be the poorer if : he genius of the American people. the $ 'ood, kind, brave people who are f Anerlca, uo not WreSt the government T f the cities from the bandits who at ( nee plunder. debauch and disgrace ' hem. |. Future generations will esteem . hose Americans who will abandon the i usiness and professional callings in i 7hIch great fortunes are to be made o favor of political career adopted f nth the single purpose of changing { uf human society into the kingdom of n TOu T. We want to see the thieves who ii ave our great cities by the throat a ;f1ted by the justice of man and the q eL Lgeance of God. We want to see n le saloon outlawed from sea to sea n nd the wreck and ruin which follow pon the drink habit and the drink \ 'affic forever swept away We want ii see the last battleship broken up. a le last war standard furled and Iaid ! W Aay behind the glass cases of an his- fl 'rlCal museum" v