The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-01
HAVING LOTS OF FUN.
Moral Reform League Meet
ing a Kind of Recreation
for the Clergy.
BATTLING SHOW LAST NIGHT
Brother Motifs Lecture On "Salt'
aud the "Politic Body a la
Bob. Burdette.

The Prohlbitionist members of the
Moral Reform League turned on the cold
water tsp again at last nights nesting
OF, the league in Westminster Presby-
terrain Church. They d%renched. msta>
phorically speaking, Col. J.. J. Toffey,
and soaked the league for advocating
him. : Brother M. J.. Mott. backed by
Theodore Burger. Prohibition candidate
for sheriff, and little Thomas Donahue.
Tenth district, began the drenching
process.
Brother Mott, just as h meeting,
which up to hat point had beeu dull and
embarrassing. was about to adjourn, rose
and opening a huge bundle Of news
papers ana sheets OF manuscript de-
bounced the lie tgue as having been
false to lis protested principles. He (Mr.
Mott) claiu:ed to be u triple extract or
c~opcentration of Republi canisml but he
resigns from the League because it Is not
what it Processes TO be, q Christian move
ment. The question of temperance. he
said. q Deen eliminated from the
leagues platform, and this temperance
was the salt which Sw etened the meat OF
the polite body. Mr.. Mott then went
into a earned talk about chemical ana
lysis, of buses, of neutrals. Of oxides, of
acids, and so thoroughly mixed these
up. and, at the same time, the
brethren, that they wondered what
the meeting had Letn called for, TO talk
politics and reform, or about SALTS ami
chemicals. BY degrees the brother left
chemistry aud came to lbs reasons why
be wished to leave thu Dsague. There
was q firstly. a secondly. u thirdly aud u
fourthly, all of which were terse and
very much to the point.
MR. MOTIFS REASONS.
The first Two reasons We're al most an
alo1ous, ana declared thatlthe League had
broken faith W it'll Its members because it
had abandoned the pon-i artisan cnarac-
ter Swallowed ia It's constitution. In the
third reason Mr.. Mott declared that the
vots to endorse Mr.. 1offty was
unfair and supplementary, mas
much as the Chairman had refused
to put All amendment to the
motion Of endorsement. Fourtbly, Mr..
Mott wished o Resign because Coiuuel
Toffey has By no means SD own that he Is
opposed TO gambling and. IS Il clincher.
this Mir. Toffey Is d Moderate driuker
and unfit 10 be a candidate Of the Moral
Reform Leagne. BY the nine Grand
Juries draw by Colonel Toffey when
Sheriff. one liquor dealer was in
dicted. and he Was never brought TO
trial.
For each and for all of these reasons
Mr.. Mott didn't want to be allied with
the LEAGUE any lon ger.
A vote Was taksu Il lou the resignation
ana a chorus of yeas" was the result
When ChAtrmaa Rev. Cornelius Brett
asked IL it snculd be accepted, but one
memoe asked that the vote be recon-
sideied ut the sams time urging Mr. Mott
to withdraw. Mr.. Mott wouldn't.
a IL al I rim q Tho raaAinn pf ,ha raotern
tion the Rev. Daniel Halierou seemed
amused with the whole business, put
when the words about the League being
untrue to it's PRINCIPLES wsrs uttered Mr..
Halleron fiQatted ta his seat, and when
an opportunity came, jumped up aud
said that he would not permit such a
remark to go unchallenged." Mr.. Hal.
leron repudiated the reference to M.
ToffeY, aud said, 'If he doesn't abstain
FROM liquor it Is not my business TO sit in
Judgment GU him." Mr.. Hallerou urged
Ihs cold water apostles to stand on a
broad platform aud be charitable in their
Views.
Mr.. Theodore Burger, the Prohibit ienist
candidate for Sheriff, was about TO speak
but Chairma Brett shut him up until
the League gave him the h)or, 81 nee he
ID not q member.
BURGER AsSAILED PAGAN.
When allowed TO speak Mr.. Burger
sailed into Mayor Pagan OF Houokeu aud
told the Lsayue That when they cheered
Fagau's name at the Tabernacle mass
meeting they should have blushed.
Mayor Pagan. he said, went on the bonds
OF the men arrested on the Gutenberg
race track for gambling and urged the