The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-23
Twenty-Six Men and Women
Hold a Mournfu1 Con-
Venti0n.
BROTHER GAIGER's FIERY WORDS.
Sister Dayey on Church Prayer,
Euchre Parties, Dancing and
Temperance.

About two weeks ago less than a
score of men and women, forming the
Hudson County Temperance Alliance,
met and resolved to exterminate rum
and rum sellers. The members de-
cided to hold convention and take
measures to put in effect the local OPP
tion law.
The convention was held last night,
at Humboldt Hall at Newark avenue,
but it was one of coincidence, recriInin-
ination and regret, that since the
members had met the Legislature had
repealed the local option law. The
law no longer in existence made the
convention unnecessary.
Some of the members attended this
convention with the firm resolve to be
heard; and no adjournment was taken
until they We're heard. Delegates
representing the Centenary Methodist
Church, German Methodist Church,
Greenville Reformed Church, First
Hoboben Methodist Church and the
Congregational Church of this city
answered the roll call, and when the
secretary announced the result there
were twenty-six persons present, five
of whom were women.
BUSINESS IS BEGUN.
After q prayer the convention was
ready for business and Samuel Vance
was asked to preside. Brother Chase
was elected secretary for the occasion.
The chair informed those present
that the law had been changed SO that
local option could not be emf orced in
Jersey City and that tbs object they
assembled for was dead" for the
present
Brother Howell Brooks admitted
this to be true, bue said he desired to
offer a resolution denouncing the
Legislature and Governor for repeal
ing the local option law, and to place
on record that the convention desired
its operation.
Brother f. H. Gaiger, the par
humanitarian of the Alliance, was on
his feet in a instant with an amend
ment to the effect that it was the
sense of the convention that absolute
prohibition is wanted and that those
present were ashamed of the action of
their representatives at Trenton.
Brother Brooks declared this amend
ment not pertinent to the measure
and said the convention was called to
enforce local option, not prohibition.
A vote on the amendment resulted in
tie, thirteen votes being cast in
favor and as many against it. Chair
man Vance was one of the negatives.
The amendment was declared lost.
Sister Raymond had made several
attempts before this to make a speech,
and when the result of the vote was
announced, she said
''I'ln willing to take local option
until can get prohibition"
The motion fayoring local option
was carried by two-thirds majority.
A VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT A VOTE
FOR RUM.
A resolution was next offered that
constitutional and practical prohi-
bition would be hailed with delight, y
and referring to it, Chairman Vance,
who is Republican, said
1T is o poor way to advance the
cause of temperance, to cut the throats
of your friends by voting for a Demo
crat When last year you refused to
vote for Republican you voted for
rum. You may say why should l
vote for a Republican and why not
vote a temperance ticket? | say to
you for the same reason that you
would accept ballot from rum can
didate, cast for prohibition. Last fall
the temperance people might have
elected legislature and saved this
local option law, but they voted for
their enemies. / voted a Republican
ticket last fall for this reason.
How did you vote two years ago p
asked Brother Gaiger. The speaker
did not answer this question, but
said
HARD TO TELL THE TRUTH.
81 want to tell you some truths to-
night"
interpolated the fiery Gaiger.
The chair was hard of hearing at
this moment, and the remark was
passed.
Brother Dunohue, of Hoboken, took
exceptions to the remarks made by the
chair, and with a dangerous light
cleaning in his eye glasses, declared
emphatically:-
HE BOUGHT wHELPS.
II am in favor of prohibition and
not politics. Last year Republican
ruIl Ocdl6fS LflSu W WOTh Ou tii6 lS6l-
ings of temperance people. Demo
Gratis won't stoop to do the dirty work
Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson
did. He could not on one occasion buy
st. John, but he could and did buy
the whelps in the Prohibition party
who furnished the mailing list of the
Voicen
The speaker became very excited at
this moment and declared the only
time for years he had not voted a pro-
hibition ticket was when Ben Butler
was a candidate for President II
have,n he said, been kicking myself
ever since for voting for the scoun-
drel.n Mr.. Donohue was especially
indignant at some rum Republicans
who wanted him to take a drink ON
election day.
Sister Raymond declared ''politics
be politics, but if Brother Vance had
voted ten times it would not have
elected a Republican Legislature last
fall She said the safety of the nation
was in the boys, mot one of whom
when he becomes a man wiz touch a.
drop of liquor She also said she
knew at least 100 men who are beer
drinkers that would sign petition
for local option.
CHURCH PRAYER NO GOOD NO HOW.
Sister Davey desired the convention
to know what she thought,
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