The New York herald., 1878-09-14
THE MERCHANT CLUB AND THE
JEWS

AN IMPoRrER CLAIMS TO HAVE nkxS fx-
cLuDEp BECAUSE oF ms rAirn-cosrnA-
DIcrIoN BY PROMINENT MEMnEEs.
com mmuuicatios, sisped ..israsliss." sim name
and address OF the writer accompanying The sans,
was rccovsd nj the HERALD .fss yesterday. ebargns
tho Merchants Club OF Leonard ssrcSs. sra hssias
excluded IRON ils roll OF msmbsrsbip o pfemaneht
Broadway merchant. Oh account OF ma r~iE"s. ise
applicant belonging to the Je~tsh rersaas'ea fsiak
ing that another Hilton. .schgm.a ssnsstsoa might he
impending a representative of the HEaaLs eaasd
upon Mr. Henry Newmaa, importer Of iri@ssings. a
No. 39I Broadway. and asoertAned ffsnn sm thas 30
was gentleman alluded 10 IN tue sbovr cssssaasi
cation. Mr. Newman said ,hst a, the svHsssss ef
many friends had frequently dinsd al the Nsrcsspts
Club, and lac, IN lhe habit Of Eeiss thefe.
About two months ago t~o OF MS Gentle trienss
urged him to have ma name PROPOSED. 20 ~h,ca no
reluctantly assented lie was therefore PROPOSED ~
Mr.. Thomas Stewart, aud seconded ~ Al.xsaasf
Dougan. tnesc gentlemen causing hns nsne 10 be
posted action ny tie Exscutive Com mmi.e. 30 se-
cordance with the bylaws OF The club He hsa sasss
tho matter further tnoSgnt, sntl one asy he mes
Mr.. stewart and asked h'm wnst had become Of his
membership In the ciuo, when hc Was iniormea thss
his name hsd been witndfA~n. MI siss~' hsAhy
acknowledged that he had taken this act,os bccsass
nsts VI. soas 70 ns ss no. l.. s
matter come to vote. as he preferred 10 nase had
oil tue clue la regard 10 its actton
inal was all there ~; Dut Nj Newman tsosghs
IL WAS auvut time that ,his prejsasoe sseaia ss
rooted out.
THE ALLEGATION pESgD.
The HERALD reprsssntative neat called upon ssv~-
raj ci cers bsrs Of the ciun In the ac<eace
OF the President. Mr. Walter IA. Lewis wno - at Asv-
pori, he called upon Ar. Kendall. the trrssarr fhst
stated that TIM WAS the nrss nc mad hcsfs
OF the case. He dld noe even know tbat Nj Nes'
mans name had been proposed. As treasurer ne
could speak IA behalf oi tue individuai members
OF the club
Mr. Poincroy, Of the Arm OF Pomcroy a Piammsr.
corner Worm Church streets. has been tor two
years president OF the cluU and st aa active mem
ber Inorc not, lar as hc KNOWS, tue s~st foei-
ing or pr~judoe against the Je~s tnc Merchssts'
Cub. Many Oi them dine there irsqaehtiy. Quhe
q numbcr o Gcntiies had ossn refused sdmisslen 10
mem be rship. Oue buck bail OF sixteen sui
hcisnt 10 keep man out Mr. Pomcroy did not uu-
dersland why Mr.. Newman SHOULD say tnas no wss
excluded account Of MS religion
MI Pummer, also member oi the club. cotncidsd
with Mr.. Pomsroy. He has many irieLds among me
Jcws, aud knows quite u numUsr ot Gsntss whom NO
would admit the car. IL gentleman was pro-
posed, and everything was all right NO one would
vote against him account Of his religion.
Mr. s. s. Fisher, of Worth street. SAID that hc had
been u member Of the club since It's 0rganizatto
Everybody knew he of the Jcwsu latin. He
met with any dtscourtesy or ih-ioelog Ia ths
cIub.
Mr. Elmorc, Of William Lattimer Il Co., also q men,
ber OF the club, was astOnished Ia hear mat such
charges had been made. Ho had never heard Of any
prejudice against admitting gentlemen OWING 10 tneir
faitu. The cluU was close corporation; but what
might be the private feelings oil IT'S nenb as
organiZlti0n II had never in ITS bylaws Or other.
wise, omulgated any edict against the Jews