New-York tribune., 1909-11-21
London. November 6


House of Lords ne commonly selects as
TIRE most deserving objects u his wrath
lie Lords Spiritual Wicked as the
7 ords Temporal are. their episcopal com
-sdes are more wicked stiu This is. or
vas more peculiarly the Nonconformist
poini ~ view. Dissenter exists I'm or
der 20 hate a Bishop. He hates him as a
rival In religion successful rival He
h-tes him as the visible sign ~ that
social asCendency Of the church which
Is O. fhe Dissenter not less odious than
It's political and ecclesiastical primacy.
He hates him also because he - rich.
~ is supposed % be So The Archbishop
NJ canterbury's S75.mo n wear. his Pal
ace az Lambeth and his old Palace az
Canterbury are al alike 70 the true Dis
senter. So many proofs of the Devils
handiVork The Archbishop ~ York is
e sinner - less degree only because his
Devils pension is less by S25.'N0 a year.
IRE Bishop of London has the same sal
arv as the Archbishop Of York and his
iriouitv though he is only a Bishop. Is
therefore the same. There Is then a de-
sending scale Of financial depravity.
Beginning next after London. with the
Bishop II Durham az S:,5.ooo We come
10 the Bishop II Manchester with S32.
$50 the Bishop Of Ely wiz S2T.Joo. the
bishops of oxford. Of Bath and Wells.
and ~ salisbury with $4,000 each. and
s.. bv easy stages Of lessening vice. 10
the pauper Bishop of Sodor and Man.
who gets but pitrance of ST.-so year.
our Dissenting friend wakes hotter as
h. reflects that one Archbishop IS paid
three times a. much az a Prime Minis
ter and the other twice as much. while
three or four more Bishops receive sti-
pends higher than the present colleague
sr7 obedient servant 81 Mr Lloyd
George and M Winston Churchill
These episcopal salaries are even higher
than Is that Il Nr. Lloy "a George. ~ no has
but S25opo a year. and nearly thrice
thar n Mr. Winston Churchill. who has
to content himself with $4,000 while
dis-harEfnC not few of the duties Of
tne Prime Minister. on the platform and.
20 a. REPORTS ne true. in the Cabinet
i-se'f
This rerhspe is rather incidental
vas explaining Vhy the Dissenter hates
re Bishop. and since 7 have mentioned
RS salarv a. one reason ought 20 add
that. though the Dissenter may pay
tthes as an incident 40 his holding II
property. ne does not pay taxes 10 or for
rhe church. nor are tithes IN the nature
Or state tax FOR the support II State
church L does not appear that this
d.minishes the grievance OF appeases
srv part ~ his dislike 70 the episcopal
bench The attitude OF the Bishops 70
the vital question Of Education aug
nlents The snlmosity of the Disscnter-
Their conservatism IN general politics
frfames their opponents stil further.
2 the Nonc0nformist orator they are
a. unfailing target. and Le ought 10 be
very much obliged 70 them for supplying
h.n with ammU1itiou. but IS not Mr-
Bright Numbered against them and their
aaduirerous origin Mir. Bright's wrath,
whether rightly directed OF not, was II
itself o noble thing-the passion Of a
great soul greatly stirred
Jtsr at present the Bishops are q 1T
lie less obnoxious % the Radical than
usual because they PLAYED the Radical
game on the Licensing B'lL That b--
evoked anirnosities not less bitter than
The Education Bill. The bishops made y
e question 0f Temperance. holding that
bv higher licensing fees and by heavier
tazes Oh public houses and on liquor tie
caas-r7ption of spirits would be- les5ened.
They argued that II there were fewer
r.rH- houses. there would be fewer
drinkers and drum ka-is. They appiauoed
N- Asqlith when he proposed that on
s-rdays q man should walk six miles
before he could have q glass ~ beer
for rrat Is what the bona ff6 traveller
clause came 20. II they had tie inhl-
erre uftl their fellow Peers they are
supposed % have they could have pre-
vented tie rejection of the Licensing
PHI But they could not d. that Then
tr- Radicals turned on them beeause
trer could not control House where
t.e.~ very presence is - the Fadlcal a
continuing offence. The BreN ers are
stronger than the Bishops, cried Tire
Radical 70 whose happiness victim ot
ore kind or another is essential
T-- arcrt.-nop II Canterbury led his
brethren II rhe Episcopal Bench in th-s
natter - Temperance. as he has LED
then. ln other matters. He ls their nat-
u-a- leader re BE- the Primate = al
Eug.snd. the Head of the church. next
zfrer The king His abilities and char
arre- are - a kind u - him for lead
ership I suppose il may SOUND Ike
PARADOX 2 7 suggest thar for him Wno
holds rhe highest ecclesiastical post IN
M land the frst requisite is that r.
should be . man = tbe world But IL IS
true and II is equally true ~ al Bishops
y was true q the late Bishop Potter
Vro was rot only the most eminent Dig
n.rs~, II The American Episcppal
Church bur almost the first citizen "i
New York Tire bishops have 70 admin
isier each his own diocese. and diocese
Is q province They must understand
Row o. govern. They must understand
mer. and. So far as possible. women
They must be men of affairs Whether
frer know much Greek or Hebrew rs ~
quite secondary impprtance hnoNlense
10 tnsf kind is ornamental, the other
kud Is essential They ought o. be dip
lHm1ffsts also. skilled not So much IN
controversy as iu avoiding controversy
7r- present Archbishop is all this. HIS
public career proves IT, and II you come
fo I.rnw him Do niI leave a very dis
firrf fl-reanpf frrr.rr.egion oD FOur m nj