The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-15
A BISHOPS GRANDSON.
His HOmily and Csacio "a 0e1em m
Rebuke Of GOdlineSs.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuN-Str: Is
your paper subsidized BY the wealthy ana
the godly to such an extent that you
cannot publish plain and unembSui.hed
accounts OF the various present day class
struggles? Although I admire TO some
extent the pungent and witty atmosphere
Of THE SUN, Il seems TO me your wit and
satire Is always directed at tho under dog.
Granted that your readers like, generally
speaking, The Suns policy. you can take
It for granted that they would DO still
better pleased were you. with the en-.
lishtenment OF q Radicals. to satiNse all
humanity with equal candor.
Easter day a woman prominent among
the I. w. W. dared to do a most original
and noteworthy act. She talked right
out In meeting" and braved the indigna-
ton OF a lot Of peacocks ana monkeys
gathered together In a church building
for the purpose OF exhibiting their cloth
ing and their precious personalities.
Were there more intelligent persons OF
her stamp in this country there would be
happily fewer human peacocks and mon
keys. This woman 10 one In thousand,
because she does what she believes Is
right regardless OF consequences. In
and stan of a certain paper known pretty
well to you. Instead Of describing the
event In the light OF Its genuine inpor-
tance As an index Of contemporary senti-
ment concerning dead institutions. your
reporter proceeds with his $50 week
wisdom to impale upon his keen Damas-
Gus blade a creature whose actions. don't
you know? are really a little too scandal
Gus to III In with his idea OF a regular
person, and hence conscience Is RELOCATED
to the background and the kotow comes
forward, amid visions of $40 week
forever. There are people who would
not only give up that same $50 q week
ttto (n nfa n
but would lay down life itself without
whimper. Such as these are not scribes
but individuals whom the scribes some
how are forced TO write about. Heroes
are seldom trained In the newspaper room.
am the grandson of a bishop and the
son of II minister. and no one knows better
than myself the absurd shams and
hypocrisies OF all of the various religious
societies. For q sane newspaper man to
side with the religious simply because
they are wealthy 10 30 unthinkable that
II makes one weep. The professional
crimnals--for greed Is the essence Of
crimnal!ty--I often think are the pro-
fessional churchgoers. II Is only the
amateur criminal who on account Of a
lack of fnesse Is compelled TO spend some
OF his time In Jail Did the foregoing bit
OF philosophy ever occur to you. Mr..
Newspaper Man, you who md II Interest,"
ing to retain your pittance Of O salary
greasy and greedy plutocrat? You are
willing 10 take a fall OUT of the most
honorable and honest man who lives.
namely. he who has nothing. because he
has robbed nobody OF anything, and yet
you whltewash the churchgoers and the
rich. who are really the funniest beings
alive and should be cartooned and
laughed into the realization that their
money IS = curse 70 them, and the public
as a whhe should thus find II quite the
thing to ostrac7ze those who possess so
much property that in the nature Of
things one would ind II uncomfortable
10 be considered monster criminal.
which is nothing but another name for
monster of greed.
1t Is very evident that philosophic aliy
your policy Is weak. The truth does
exist. In spite of all the lying newspapers.
and Il might even pay newspaper to
stick to the truth. Real men, In any
case. do not work for money earned by
the continual distortion of the truth.
II you will pardon the frank statement
of my opinion. would like TO call atten-
ton to the fact that the modern news
paper Is "A power for rottsnness as much
as the modern church and thus the great
est innuencer of public opinion stands at
every turn IN the way of genuine en-
iightenment. franklin HOPKINS.
NEW YORK. April "A.