New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-09
Reed & Barton,
sILyERsMITHs,
81 Union Square, n. Y.
STRONG PLEAS FOX RIGHI.
NEw-JERsEY PASTORS APPEAL FOR LAW
AND ORDER.

y, crrRAcK GAMBLERS AND THEIR POLITICAL
TOOLS DENOUNCED IN CHURCH AND
MAss.MEETING-A MORAL CY-
CLONE NEEDED.
A. ueetinp of representatives OF the churchee
~ Jersey city held last Thursday 1t was resoiVeo
n organize a Society OF Moral REFORM anu
resolution was adopted requesting each church'
Protestant and Catholic, to elect three oeiesa'eo
70 tho association which will meet at the SECOND
PRESBYTERIAN Church next TUESDAY e'e'i"s' az
the Congregational Tabernacle the Rev. 'onn ~
Scudder In the prelude to his SERMON Sa'' y"
part ,-,,, h,.,,
with such intensity that it threw COW over .
pantst church and carried off Mrs. Sarah mar
rinqton whose body was never found. New-Jersey
needs a moral cyclone which VIII 90 ,he sai's
for those blacklegs in our last Legislature VIM
voted for racetrack gambling. some OF whom arc
now seeking reelection. II single one OF thoss
,..,,ous creatures IL returned to the Capitol THIS
State will be scandazed. and true men shouid niue
tbe,r heads in shame one month from no" .''
citizens of New-Jersey will have an opportunity
IN show their manhood and wipe out the ihenao'e
reproach of last winter 49,,
How shall this be done? BY holding inais"a-
ton meetings throughout the State as we o'u 'aS'
snrinyp No We need such indignation meetings.
7 admit and we shall have them but II we 'e".
satisfied with these alone. we shall De peate'' a'U
the gamblers and horse jockeys VIII d" VI" 'or
orr wrath must lead to direct and pracuoa IT,
cults Uowling is good. especially before eiec-
,io,. but hustiing Is far better Frothing at the
mouth and wild gesticulations do not carry eiee-
,io,s These are secured by votes and just no"
votes are what after. We pious peopie az
very good at barking; now Is the UNI AZ, -
bite Iow-down politicians care h,'le io' US
bonev-bees as long as We confne ourselves 10 ouN-
fall
sources they will begin at once to De aiar"e.
zone ballot is an insignificant thing IN nse''
considered. mere snowflake hoatihs IA W
but mass these ballots and you have an a'a''
before which naught can stand Goa sra,'. ''e
calls may not only be showed under IN No'e'"oe''
but torn and twisted up like luckless trees IN .ns
nath Of the thunderous avalanche in its rresistioo
descent" 80, ,.,.,..,-
The opening gun In the campaign OF 'he ,"~en,
League at Elizabeth against the racetr'oNs' ""
fired last night In the First Presbyter'a" '""'e,
which was filed by fully 1000 earnest men anu
women to protest against the continuance Oh
racetrack laws on the statute books OF Ne"-Jerses
The Rev Or. Kempshall presided. Inc prhe'p
address was made by DR.. GlaZebrooK' VINO sou
II was encouraging to so large gathering
nresent and that IL apparent that the Ia"
and Order tide was rising again. and the voice y.
,;odfearing and law-abiding people would DE near"
when the sun goes down on Election Day -" "
ceeding interest attached to the COMING eieouo"'
in fact. the existence or CIVILIZATION III -'e"-'N'
depended on the result. New-Jersey was now inc
only State in the Union that had laws on NS
statute books legalizing gambling
Even Louisiana had wiped out It's lottery laws
The best men in the community try to escape hoi''
ing office, and result the state Is hahueu o'es
to the dangerous classes. The primaries are packed
and held mostly in places where no reputable citi-
zen would 60 and the vicious classes control the
legislation Of the State. 1t not "A question OF
partv for in Hudson County. at one end OF the
state and Camden at the other the bosses or
either party carried precisely the same tactics
and often worked in secret cooperation with each
other The gamblers wanted to have a sheriff who
could be depended on not TO disturb the peace Of
gambling at racetracks. Only the judiciary
was now left as the sole barrier 10 protect the
people against the food of iniquity sweeping over
the State.
Only lately the Rev. j. NJ. Nourse had to re-
sign his oastorate In Elizabeth because several OF
the best families In his parish had moved away on
account OF the proximity of the Jockey Club track
TO their homes. and the church. through theso
losses had ceased to be self-sustainng. The ac-
cursed racetracks were giving Elizabeth worse
than she had when bahKrupteu years "s0
by financial extravaganza.
DR.. Kempshall then said that similar cohui'io"
of things existed in New-York State where the
Hills Crokers. Murphys, Mcl'arghiihs ana Shee-
hans were trying to foist upon the people INA"
who had disgraced his position as Judge OF the
bosses were aboring to drag Into the rnire 'he
ermine of the judiciary, which heretofore hao
withstood their Infamous assaults
The Piainteld Opera House was crowded yes'er-
day afternoon by Union County people asse"oieu
to protest against the nomination or eiecuo" o'
race-track candidates to the New-Jersey Iegisia-
ture The speeches eloquent, and at one tine
the audience rose and cheered for the cause OK
morality. The meeting was called to order by the
president of the league. Mason W. Tyler inc
Rev c. r. Barnes opened the session with prayer.
At his side upon the Opera House stage were
r. V Lindabury president OF the Union county
citizens League; Robert Moore, prominent league
worker of Elizabeth Colonel NJ W. Tyler. the
Rev W. r. Richards the Rev. C. J.. Goodrich
the Rev. Hobart Clark the Rev. Fathers Smytn
and Murphy. Isaac l.. Miller W. NJ. Stilman ex-
Mayor Place and many others
Colonel Tyler presented Mr.. Lndabury as the
chief speaker of the afternoon. His remarks were
strong and briefly to the point at issue He showed
that no Christian man could by any twisting OF
conscience allow himself to vote for any OF the
men who passed the Infamous laws in Trenton last
legislative crime. placed the stigma of the wrong
doing where 1t belonged and demanded that the
in l776 and defended it again In 1851. should now
fly the aid of the parent state, and deliver "
from the SSAsgs amd crmnaS wne eopt could
wrest II away. Voters were urged 10 attend their
PATTY e to fS anne sne 20 In TO
vote for the election OF anti-raceracA Candidates VI
Robert Moore, of Elizabeth, followed Mr.: Linda.
bury with speech devoid OF oratorical erect put
which contained many instances OF me syi ensS,s
When the ' speaker declared that, although he be,
Would not support the Democratic leaders Of vile
In New-Jersey. he was loudly cheered