New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-29
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

MOTHER HEARING ON TIE PASSION PLAY.
~ .,onsr DEMANDS A LICENSE, But DOES NOT
GET 1T.
rho Navor Yesterday gave a second hearing 10
ca,mi Morse who requested license Tor the EN-,
pie IN Which PisG NJ Mr. PROPOSES oTse took $500
ine Ills from his pocket and SAID
n nm 0 here for the purpose Of demanding license
Cor temple have 9nit IN 90 citizen of the
t99,cd States. nv liberty and my freedom OF con-
science have erected this temple, ana as a GU
zen have perfect right to license to produce my
sn - demand license. 1t seems TO me that
sh"S &c somewhat premature, but | am told that III
order to protect myself must come lor""r" anu
pay a,S ayor refused to accept the money pending
@be decision as to whether or not he would Issue
tbe Ecensp Mr. Morse then desired to read a mum
Der Of letters TO show that the people were on ms
SIDE INT the Mayor said that the reading OF letters
wouId be useless. Mr.. Morse then made speecn 10
the effect that if the, play should pIoNe h Ho
noxious the police could interfere While II pas pas
pbrmous the Mayor could stopit lie dd NOT th INK
he was compelled TO put his play on d lai ee
aud the people wanted 10 see 1t ana "o'lo 'hahA
him for producing IT., o.no.od tbo snnli.
SMs.i0N' Morse had declared that Bishop
Alemany had approved the production OF the pay
in San Francisco He was informed on tue au5n4Il.y
of Miss Rose Eytinge that the play had 1eeh
stopped in Saa Francisco, because II was obnoxious
10 the public and REGARDED as Immoral ana dn
decent IL had been condemned here by the press
anI the pubhc. The Mayor acted IN ms hiatttt
a. magistrate, and had the right
TO refuse Kent v nse Gnoted to sustain this
cr.Gnd The play, Mr.. Delaiield SAID, would teho
10 degrade pubic morals ,u....,,. ,-or. tho
70 This Mr. Morse replied by. dilatlng nLon the
s,il,miiv ot the play, stating that Bishop Alemany
~. first converted by "A Passion Play. lie sara
that Miss Eytln.e could not draw an audience ~
pay sas with GI the Passion Play, and added
The company l employed was nom MI,
MaguircS theatre, winch was closed; iTS , LS S
induced Mcguire to vi raw Mr. ONeliI IRON Nm, inc
inportaut role be had assumed IN the PASSION Iay
When found young man named Long dleSseu ioi
,ta mart Nr O'Ncll had assumed, did not regard
:, a. ,ronnr thot such person should represent our
SV0ilr as H. had taken part III OtIer dramas ~
closed the hOute ana returned the money 10 'i'e
~ w - Leverdge a representative OF the New
York sunday School Association. opposed tle re-
ourst for "a license the ground thai the ielIeSen-
ISAIAH RENDERS declared mat the production OF me
NAV you'd create a riot, the respohNo!nl{ U1
which would be usOn the Mayor II nc gran'cu INC
license.
ARRANGING A COLLEGE REGATTA.
meeting of representatives. from number OF
iaiats Rnv,pp As-ocl.t ton similar TO that which
formerly had annual races at oaIatosu' mao IL
yesterday afternoon at me GOhnIdl 'ouor. So
following representatives we've, present
+ G. Hunter and george N Bulhtt, UnlversiF OF
Pennsylvania; Il. X. Goodwin, B0wdolhi A 1;hn'
buthoid tr, Il Jennison and george C. Howell,
PRINCETON: Jasucr /. Goodwin, COLUMBIA, anu ";
;. McDone.l, Wesleyan. Mr. McD0ng!i was e.ecteu
chairman OF thr meeting aud MI Bulltt secretary.
There Was long debate on the question
Of constitution. MI Goodwin maj
y presented the constagolSGh that co vno
,nittee be aupo ted TO revise a. tor The us" OF !he
present organization. The chairman appointed MI
GOODWIN Mr.. nuiltt and Mir. Jennlson commute
10 revise this constitution. The committee feiIred
and spent an hour in MAKING alterations.
Dr. Adamoa 5he reprt A.soc1aton alter
Ihe orgauzat on bad decided to have aregatta next
fum.aer presented a statement OF the inducements
winch his association would otT. Inc thurman
Railroad offering Inducements to the association 10
hold the regrejIa Il; Lake horanlrook' about my
were the binding OF boat-houses and
the payment OF al fares to and from
portatIon lrola New-YoIk and back. lie also prom
ised that the terms OF BOARD should not exceed 20
per week fOr each man.
II was then decided that it would be necessary to
p,opt Il constitutions before doing anything iuriher,
Mr. Goodwin read the constitution which ha9 been
arranged by The committee and which was adopted
with a few notifications. lie quahh-
catioos necessary 10 admit men 10
memDe rship III the competing crews WIZ
he Al, Attendance a. we lectures week l0r SIX
month, the course oi study requiring Two yeaiss
10 corp.ete. II WAS decCed to ION lOur-OAleO
she'll rae, one ana ono-h4lt miles siIdghiaWaS' on
July 4, 1858. al Lake Georg' Inc tIalIeIS O. tbe
al Char.es Francls, Of Cornell; Rggnhd
Hart, of the University OF fchuaSi-
wanna aud John l.. EustIs of Wesleyan were eject
ed as The Regatta COMMITTEE Ibe folOW4g
officers were chosen for the ensuing year H. d;
kw1rtOut of Cornell. president; /. q. Hunter, O1
the University 81 PennsNlVahid' NlcV-PloSluoH' ,
George G. towel, Of FrncetOn' treasurer.
Mr Goodwin stated hat be dld not know Whether
Columbia would be able to send crew to me re-
rata next summer although thc college was deeply
Interested in the reorganization al the Ola cOlitge
rccettas The other Institutions repTr stned al yes
teTday's meeting Will probably ali send crews
MIR. GUILD TRANSFORMS BEN" BUTLER.
The most prominent q jet in the business office
of The NcirITk BQiig journal lDemocTatcj has been
a figure in plaster OF paris Of Ben Butter hOl"lHs
nu0n lis shoulder a large spoon. FOR years lie
figure has been the object OF sdttflca iemai As ny
the Democratic poiluclans WHO frequent nc 'oaI-
nal Office ana II has been source oI Minute sats-
faction to Judge Guild, tue proprietor oil ire Jour
nal and Democrat OF the Bourbon type,
who ever since TIE war has regarded
Butler as the embodiment Oh all
Thai * niquItous III the Republican party. When
Butler first ran the DemOc atc ticket Tor Gov
ernor of Massachusetts,. Judge Gulld etl.I nam
tanned bis aversion for NM ana the Inquire IeItned
In the office az evidence If It, GRADUALLY, however
the heart al the judge sOitencd toward the Massl-
chusetts warrior and states zen, and when the at-
ter was elected last November Governor OF the bay
Staie. aversion changed TO positive al
mlration. One day VISITORS TO the office noted
that the familiar etigy OF Butter ana his
spoon had disappeared. few DAYS alterward u
was restored To its Old place In inc once p9t thh
snoon had also been changed and non fell naturally
by the side. i lie transformation was effected oY
Judge Guilds order, and tho Inquire now occupies an
no oIed niche one OF the political gOds OI INC
Journal and the Newark Democracy.
MR. ZOLLERS HOUSEKEEPER.
Albert Zoer a dealer in hops of No. PIC East
Tity-seyentn-st.. was d complainant IN tine York