The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-13
NEWARK TEMPERANCE TALK
ONE DAY DETECTED TO SERMONS IND
SPEECHES FOR THE CAUSE


Demanding the Enforcement OF tho sunday
Laws o. Front Doors shut hut Rack Ones
Open-A General Rally All Along the Line.
Special services were had yesterday in
many Of the Newark churches in honor Of
" Temperance Sunday" ut the request Of tho
New Jersey Stntc Temperance Allan e. Tho
Citizens Law and Order Association. which
was organized two weeks ago under the prcsi-
dcncy OF Mr.. Noah +. Blanchard q wealthy
leather manufacturer. and which proposes to
compel the Mayor to enforce the Sunday law.
was well represented in the several churches
The Women x Christian Temperance Union. the
Reformed Mems Clubs. and other temperance
societies held Gospel temperance meetings at
1lS Market street the Clinton street VI. f.
Church. the Garden street and the Newark
street missions. and in several lecture rooms
TIL" speakers were unanimous in the demand
that the authorities close the 500 saloons in
the city on Sundays and that no csnccrts be
permitted on Sundays In the beer gardens and
parks ON The Hill" The same demand was
made last year by the Ministers Temperance
League and the Womcns Christian Temper
ancc Union md Mayor Yates directed the ga
loon keepers TO close the front doors. This notice
was pretty generally obeycd. but the saloons
were crowded with mon all day and there was
-
Tho temperance people snccrcd ut what they
called Mayor Yates's back door law" lad
urged the strict enforcement " the sun
day law. but to no purpose The Minis
tors League. tho object of which was tO
clect none but friends Of temperance To- city
cnic's was taken ia hand 10y political church
members soma of the pastors became luke
warm. and the League had an early death Tho
women Kept up tho agitation, however. and sov-
cral times urged Navor Yntta To- enforce thr or
rt4 ft
ly a number of prominent manufacturers and
ministers organized the Ctzrns Law and Or
quested the Mayor to close the saloons ON sun
day. and ne was plainly told that his oath II
hanc,s. inc COMMITTED reported that little all
need be- hoped for from the authorities. The
nssoriqtion then requested the pastors To- hold
| special services as frequently ~ ross ihle an
| g. urge TIA" people TO Join the association and
| pledge themselves with their signatures to ask
| for the enforcement OF the SUNDAY law. About
! lOOo names were secured in the past two
| weeks.
At o'clock yesterday afternoon union tcm-
| prrancc jubilee WIS held in lairmouut Baptist
! Church. which WIS DECORATED with flags. ,vnr-
! greens. and flowers, Fully loo children were
| there They Wore the rod and the blue ribbon.
! carried blue. green. and white sil. mnngr-
| ami they r.prcs"nt"l several BuNti-t, nr'.,hy-
| tcrlan. AMI Methodist churches. The galleries
| wcr" crowded with grown persons The Rev
Boynton,' W, W MiNair. ani J. NJ b. wera
s"nted behind the pulpit The Rev. Mr. Boyn-
! ton said: We must trach the people tn respect
! sunday. procured % Christian boy u situation
| in Now York. lie Hiirrwurd told inc that he
would be- required Ia work one sunday ia every
| two months. ! said to him that II the work was
| necessary he might do IT. II IT would not blunt
| his conscience, He threw NJ the situation.
| which was one that might lead him 70 prosper
| n.y. rather than work ON sunday When such
feeling is Justified into the hearts of the pro-
pie they will seq to 1t that the sunday law is en-
Mr. Noah T. Blanchard. the President 81 the
Law and Order Association. sand that he rm-
ployed several hundred men. but would never
again employ a.man who was addicted To the
usc, Of rum; We have taken up this cause
| said he. " because the streets ~ Newark are
dl-sraced 10y drunken men aud boys every
| sunday. saloons manufacture druukards
| They find the material on their stoup-
! every sunday. because young men are
idle on that day. Saloon keepers mere
| ly close their front doors and put w
screens since the bag door law came into fash
ION. and then card playing, gambling. mud
| mean 10 exercise the law 10 stop this business.
We say there are laws enough. and that IL Ii tho
In 81 5s Mg9r to Gn9 G@ teR Ana hI
| the laws are bad strike them from the statutes.
| but while they are in force they should be- oNc-
| 10 enforce the law for the suppress
sion IT vice aud immortality. and W. now
| call upon all citizens. regardless of politics or
! r"iigl m. 90 Join Us IA war upon the rum iraf
| The churches should lead i'm tho matter. hut
there are many proiessed church members who
| hay" wine on their table every day. | know
some Of them who ARE regular tipprrs. They
|
| behind the door. There II "a law upon tie stat
utes. and i j. poor plea for the oily officers to
| make that they cannot enforce it. They are
afraid II they enforce II they may losc the votes
! of the Germans. They are afraid ot the LOO
| saloon keepers who are licensed To send souls
| TO hell. But We have another duty
The Rev. G. Y. swan preached last evening in
the south Baptist Church on The American
can Republic" He said the temperance people
were like Leonidns and his Spartan band they
/ "a ltt llllp ~
| need Pastors. sunday school teachers. and
parents must Ice ever watchful. and the young
! must be educated 10 hate rum and respect sun
day. else the fate Of Leonidns and his house
woulr beial the temperance and law and order
! p"upl" II l. the supreme duty ui the pulpit
ana the press 10 sp"'r out against the lluor
| tranc. But the danger Ia America lies in the
large cities. which are passing into the control
of the voters Of foreign EXTRACTION, Cities CON
troll the rural distri Is. and New York controls
the United states as Paris controls France. Al
though cities DO much good they are nat
uraly hotbeds Of vice aud immornli-
~ ana wyeret not for the imp.aria-
the country would become sinks Of crime. One.
half the criminals OF MASSACHUSETTS, are found
in Puritan and intelligent Boston. which has
New York is controlled by tho ignorant ana
criminal classes and the liquor element; 80 is
There are about 10000 saloons in New York
and Brooklyn; $500 in Boston. ana 500 in
Newark and when We estimate that each saloon
controls live votes. we Hni who direct lrglsla-
ton, Newark gives u majority in rity elections
ol about 300. hut the liquor interest polls 5000
votes. Politicians know this.
Tn" Rev. J. =. Wilson preached on temper
ance in the South Park Presbyterian Church In
the evening. He gnve history Of temperance
and said there are 500 lornl WOmou's Christian
Temperance Unions in this country. The Now
ark Union hus 800 members. and the Reform
! club ] HOO. There are 100000 liquor saloons In
tho United States-fnur for every school and
| four for every minister in the land The li,uul
distilled annually ia America would i'll "a cana
| 40 miles long. fourteen feet wide, and four feet
deep There IRE 5.5OU saloons in New Jersey
two To every church-Hud $50 OUO. uuO il annual.
| ~ spout for liquor ia the State. There arr, 200 b.
600 Prot stunts l.3uO minister's 10000 Catho-
lies, and 40 priests in New Jersey. and II they
Will they can control lcgislHtiOn They viii in
few years Nothing But total abstiueueo can
save the nation.
VAR IRON THE DOGS.
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