The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-04-28
That Is the Question that
Harrows up the Fed
era1 Club.
The GOAT ON THE CLUBS SHIELD
A Heartless Sarcasm by One Of
the Disgruntled----Whe
the Boys Go the
0Idsters Will
Tipple.

oAe~S, cAoeWA4e lu6 lOlley lhBHt dudlus
and threatens to rend the organization IN
twain, if not into several pieces The
presence upon the wall Of the club hous
this morning of design of beer keg
couchant and goat rampant, with the
device Book Beer, led many to suppose
the question had been settled in the af-
hrmative. But such is not the case. The
question is still burning one with the
Federals.
Every one who has witnessed Repub-
lican procession in this city Of late years
remembers the Toffey Light Guards Npd
t he sensation they created in their IN
deayors to turn themselves inside on.
while Captain Charlie Laws footed on ag
whistle The organization attracted mucAs
notice.
Its picturesque revolutions and snowy
uniform made it exceedingly popular
with the fair SEX. and for that reason
every youth of tender age was anxious
to join its ranks, even though he had to
embrace Republicanism to do so. In this
way the Guards bade fair to become one
OF the strongest organizations in the city,
at least in point of numbers. But all the
young men who applied were Rot admit
ted, and for obvious reasons it became
necessary to get some older and richer, in
more points than one, blood into the or
gunization.
When those who possessed this qualid-
cation were approached to join the club
they objected. saying that they were too
old TO put on uniform and carry torch
light, which to them seemed to be incum-
bent upon all who joined the club
WHY THE GUARDS CHANGED THEIR NAME.
Ii was for the purpose of doing away
with these objections that the name of
ri tn hnf of
the Federal Club. The old Evans home
stead, on Willow court, was purchased
and fitted up for modern club house. Al
buffet was puJ in and stocked with all
kinds of strong drinks for the tenderfoot
Ginger ale, soda, sarsapdrllla, pop beer
and the other liquids which are embraced
under the head of soft drinks were
kept constantly on ice. There, for we
| fellows who are so devilish tough,
y'know,n there were seven kinds Of lem
| onade, from the plain down to q seltzer
| lemonade with an egg, grape milk,
moxie malts, milk shakes and soda cock
| tails.
| THEY CRY FOR BEER
| The reorganization brought an ele-
ment into the club which looked upon all
| this array of non-intoxicanrs as bianKery
| blank nonsense, and cry Went up for
! beer. The older members agitated the
/ question of changing this play house buf-
! fet for the genuine article, with all til, Q
/ They met with such opposition, however, /
| that the matter was dropped until last
| January, when August Klein offered
resolution to the effect that BallanUine's
| beer in bottles be placed upon the buffet.
/ Immediately there was storm. The
| late ex-Alderman Van Horn denounced
| the resolution IN q stirring speech in
i which he warned the yonng men against
| the evils of intemperahce, and Lawyer
James A.. Gordon also opposed the
| motion. Milton Hanna Abram Collord.
| Jr., and George Cross favored the prOpo-
sition and it had a narrow escape from
being carried. Since then the matter has
not appeared at any OF the meetings bQE
| has been burning question with the
/ club. 1t is not strange therefore that
when the book beer sign appeared on the
club house this morning and the state
| ment was made that the club had con-
]! cluded to put beer on the buffet, that
| many believed it,
WHAT CAPTAIN LAWS SAYS.
II called on Charles Law. captain Of
| the Guards and president of the club,
this morning and inquired about the
| truth of the statement. He denied that
1 any change had been made, but said that
| he thought liquor would be placed upon
the bufit before long. The Board Of
Trustees, who have control of such mat
ters, will probably decide the matter in a
| few weeks.
sIf those who object to having beer in
the house, continued Mr.. Law, don't
| like it they will have to elect new Board
| of Trustees.
When asked what caused this apparent
! change of sentiment in the club, Mr..
Laws said that the chief obstacle in the
| way of having liquor had been removed.
| He himself opposed the proposition on
account of the young boys in the organ
iZation, whose habits had not been formed
and he did not want the example OF
drinking set before them in the home OF
| the club of which he was at the head.
| For one cause or another, he continued.
these young men had gradually gotten
out of the club, leaving only the Older
men whose habits were formed and who
knew how to take care of themselves.
next saw Lawyer Gordon, who is Bit
terly opposed to allowing liquor in the
clubhouse. He was not very commune
| cative, but did say that he did not think
the Board of Trustees would permit
| LIQUOR to come into the house in the face
OF the great opposition to the scheme.
He had some doubts as to
their authority to do so, but
lawYerlike, would not commit himself.
He however, said that he doubted the
wisdom of introducing liquor into club
which professed allegiance to the Repub-
lican party.
If the trustees take the action in the
premises as predicted by Mr.. Laws, the
old Evans mansion will witness an ex-
ceedingly lively debate.