The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-03
A SHOT FOR WANSER.
The Rev. David HaIleron Turns
His Eyes From the Ballet to
Sunday Baseball.

The Rev. David Halleron of the Simp-
son NJ. E. Church last night preached
upon the subject of "Lawlessness on the
Heights" He chose his text from Pro-
verbs xiii, IA, 1.-The law of the wise is a
fountain of light"
Mr.. Halleron has on several occasions
made remarks from his pulpit severely
criticizing the Democratic municipal
powers That be; but last night gave Mayor
Wanser a rapp over the official knuckles.
MIR. Ralierou has recently been very
much annoyed by the appearance of Sun
day afternoon ball players at the old Oak
land PARK baseball grounds, scarcely a
stones throw from his parsonage. The
grounds are leased by the Lorillard Ath.
letic Club, and toe factory employees who
are shut up all the week DO not all regard
the sanctity of the Sabbath to the extent
hat Mr.. Halleron does. Mr.. Halleron
was humane enough to declare that there
was a good deal OF gospel in fresh air and
Notwithstanding e%nnobling In being
allowed to stretch one's limbs and eX-
pand ones chest. A great deal of gospel
was drunk through the eyes. He was al
ways on the poor mans side, he said. But
under the Saturday half day holiday law
there was absolutely no need of men ex-
ercisin0 themselves at ball playing on
the Sabbath Day. Mr.. Halleron does not
know that the Lorillard employees do not
enjoy the Saturday half holiday.
WHY DID He LOOK.
But he saw, through a crevice of the
fence surrounding thA BASEBALL grounds
at Oakland Park. on Sunday week, w
mines in uniform playing ball and a crowd
cheering and hurrahing in a very wild
manne When he reached his study,
there was no rest for him. He was very
much incensed. The law regulating the
observance of the Sabbath Day gave no
man or set Of men, he thought. a right to
infringe upon his tranquil enjoyment of
rest and peace on a Sabbath afternoon.
So he sat himself down and penned a let
ter to His Honor. Mayor Wanser. In this
letter he entered an emphatic protest
against Sunday ball playing on the Loril-
lard's athletic grounds mid ''vociferous
cheering of excited crowds" Mr.. Hal
leron called upon His Honor to review
his matter in the light of the exposures
of the present Democratic ring"
Mr.. Haileron seut this letter on Mon
day, with Il notice that he intended to
preach from the pulpit OF the Simpson NJ.
E. Church last night apo the subject,
"LawleSsness on the HILL" From the
pulpit last night he announced the fact
that he had not received a line from
Mayor Wanser in response. It is simply
another case of a ''letter that never came"
at is possible" said Mr.. Haileron. 'the
letter may ave been ntslaid. It is posi-
BILE that some crafty clerk may have
pigeonholed ftp Mr.. Halleron denounced
any city official who did not show a
greater inclination to uphold American
law.
R THERE PoLITICT IN IT?
"I am told" he SAID, that this is cleo
ton time. That / must keep quiet. I
want to know il we have to placate the
L-a l,~ - ~ n %, yc NM fk4 ,, 81 - T
don't believe that any party will lose in
the lon run, which enforces our up
right laws. There was 4 time in the his
tory of New York when men with cheek
said. well, what are you going to do
about itf' The city arose in its manhood
c~rushedthem out.
Nexrthe minister touched upor The yio-
lation of the Sunday liquor law. He al
luded to the fact .hat an incorruf tible
Judiciary a short while ago closed the
saloons for a few Sundays. "Now," said
he. ''you can walk past them, and herr
the clink of glasses on any Sunday after
noon. Talk about rebels In the south.
We have more OF them in the
north. They live by violating the laws of
| God and man. They have Acknowledged
that they can't make Il living without
| profaning Sunday. Put a higher license
upon them. The brewer comes forward
and waters your drinking all the more"
Mr.. Halleron recited an incident of q
policeman who called upou him to inves-
tigate his premises during the cholera
scare. He was inf rmed of twelve nuis-
ances all OF which we're on lots owned by
city officials. Such information, he de-
clared, would hardly allow him to keep his
temper. Saloons. be declared, deprecated
the value OF property, aud he advocated
the planting of a saloon In front of The
door of the residents of every member OF
the Board of Aldermen as a remedy to
assist III wipiag out the saloons.
A Problem.