Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-01
DENOUNCED As UNFIT
Gaynor Declared Unworthy OF
Catholic Support.
APPEAL Of A PRIEST
Urges His Pensioners Not to Be
Swayed by Party Feeling.
HE WILL CUT HEAD OF TICKET
Declares That Democratic Candidate
Is a Traitor to His Church and
Should Be Condemned.
HE WILL CUT HEAD OF TICKET

| NEW YORK. November 1T am q
democrat, and Tuesday l will vote tn,
| democratic ticket. but | will cut off the
head of that ticket" declared Rev. vii
| liam J. Dougherty. the pastor of the 10
man Catholic Church of st. Athanasiu:
| at yesterdays mass. After the sermon
Father Dougherty said that it was Mr.
| Gaynor. although he had not mentioned
the candidates name to whom he had
| referred.
| This is the sort of man a big political
organization of this city presents to us
| and asks us to vote for. This is the char
! acter OF the man they want us to put i'm
Let US. l say, not be carried away by
| science"
| unto Caesar the things that are Caesar s,
and unto God the things which are Gods
Matt, 92:2D. He began by saying
| that now. on the eve OF an election, his
| parishioners should render unto Caesar
| the things which were Caesars: but
while God demanded this. there should
| also be a rendering to Him of the things
| which are His
DO not let us permit enthusiasm and
party feeling to carry us away i'm the
/
| let us be carried so far as to vote for
some one who is unfit to rule this won
| derful city of ours. Let us exercise our
consciences and our reason and vote for
/ a man with a conscience.
Pronounced Utterly Unworthy.
There is one candidate who seeks our
votes who is utterly unworthy. This
man has denied that he was ever a men,
Der of the Order of Christian Brothers.
| 1t is not so. ] have letter written by
| Brother Jerome OF Manhattan College, In
| which he says that this man was con-
| nected with that order, and for several
years was a teaching brother In that
order. l do not question his right 10
| leave that order. but he had not the
| right to deny that he was ever a member.
This man has denied his God. He has
| turned traitor. His wife divorced him on
| the most serious OF charges. Such VIC
| stand. The fail of Parnell for this Is
within our memory. Now comes a man
who has been guilty of the same ofense
| against society and his God and asks us
right one. He Is an atheist. man who
| has violated the sacred marriage tie
Unacceptable to Catholics.
That this candidate was man not
accepta BILE to us was known some time
ago l am assured that before the NOM
nation was made the archbishop asked
those in power In that mans party not
| to name him for Office because he was
| offensive to Catholics. Those of our faith
are now to meet crisis. and they should
meet 1t i'm the only way possible.
Father Dougherty said last night that
he had not urged his congregation not to
| vote for Justice Gaynor for personal rea-
sons. but because he did not believe the
n no
titled him to the vote of single con-
| scientious Catholic. He repeated that
although he was q democrat he would
not vote for the head of the ticket.
Brother Jerome's Letter.
The letter he had received stating that
Judge Gaynor had been member of
| the Order of Christian Brothers, Father
Doucherty said, was written to Michael
Walsh of this city by Brother jerome in
reply to an inquiry as to the candidate S
connection with that order and read as
| follows:
curry ] will say that Judge GaynOr was a
Christian Brother for several years.
Brother Justin was his director.
"BROTHER JEROME"
The note was dated from Manhattan
College October Z. What purported to be
reproductions of such a letter have been
circulated among the Catholic clergy OF
| this city.
A person entering this order must be
| at least twenty-eight years old before
subscribing to his final vows of poverty,
chastity and obedience. Before this age
| is reached any member of the order may
| leave the brotherhood without in any way
being discredited. Mr.. Gaynor as a mem
| Der of the Christian Brothers is said
never to fave taught. He left the order
before he was twenty years old.