New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-05
Mitchell Defeat
A Boon to Spies,
Says DR.. Manning
1t Would Cause Joy in Der.
lin, Asserts Rector
Of Trinity

Many ministers throughout the city
yesterday discussed the concrete prob
lem which the voters will face to-mor-
row, when they mark their ballots.
Like other classes of the community.
the speakers differed widely among
themselves as TO the virtues of Mayor
Mitchell, Judge Hylan, Morris Hillquit
and William NJ. Bennett.
An attempt to cut through the supes
fetal phrases Of the heated campaign
and make visible the real issues be-
meath the surface marked most of the
sermons. In several cases the preach
ers of the Gospel deprecated the max
ing of the war an issue in a municipal
election.
Socialist Vote Considered
The rising tide in the Socialist vote
was discussed from several angles. III
we wake VI Wednesday morning and
learn that the Socialist candidates won,
said the Rev. John Haynes Molmes,
az tho Church of the Messiah, "it will
be because there are tens Oh thousands
Of persons who do not believe in this
war because there are tens Of thousands
of voters who do not believe in con-
scription. and because there nre tens
of thousands of voters who will make
their protest against the high cost of
living, and these tens Of thousands are
net members OF the Socialist party"
DR.. Christian F. Reisner, of Grace M.
f. Church, told his congregation that
the "indiscriminate abuse OF the rich
by the Tammany candidate is aiding
Socialism," and further pointed out
"the brainy and patriotic Socialists are
almost wholly against tho present cam
paign."
Charging that THE Freemen's Jour
nal" had untruthfully said that the
Pope favors socialism, the Rev. p. Nc
Cory, pastor Of the Roman Catholic
Church OF ST. Catherine of Genoa. yes
terday morning vigorously denounced
that paper and "The Irish World"
which, he said, is published by the
same concern.
Mayors Advocates in Majority
Mayor Mitchel's advocates in the pull
pit and they seemed TO be in the ma
jority-assured their auditors that the
defeat at the polls Of the present May
or would be hailed throughout the
world as a setback for the Adminstra-
ton at Washington, and that this
would be of unreasonable harm in
weakening the war morale of the ma
ton.
at is a simple, indisputable fact"
said the Rev. William 7. Manning, rec
tor of Trinity Church, that every ele-
nent OF disloyalty and sedition among
us will give its support to the other
two candidates lJiillquit and Hylan) for
the Mayors Office and that not any one
Of these elements will give its support
TO our present Mayor.
"Will any one pretend TO deny that
the defeat Of our present Mayor would
give unbounded satisfaction TO every
opponent of our government at Wash
ington and 20 every enemy OF our coun-
try. open and secret, AZ home and
abroad? When our boys are going
over 10 the front on ship after ship;
when, at our call. they are facing death
for US at this moment in the trenches,
are we going to cast vote which we
know will give strength TO the arms Of
those against whom we fight? Are we
going 10 see our city take position
which we know will give encouragement
and satisfaction in Berlin?"
without declaring for any of the
candidates, DR.. Holmes in his aermon
expressed view in regard TO the war
issue Numerically opposed to DR..
Manning's.
81 agree" he said in his morning
sermon, with President Wilson. who
ia a Democrat; with Governor Whit
man, who is n Republican. md with
Dudley Field Malone. who has Social