The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-25
PARKHURST' TRADE
Advised What Not to Say
By the Moral Reform
League.
BITTER PARTISAN ADDRESS
Stauneh Prohibitionists Showed
the Hypocrisy of the Truly
Good" Politicians. but
Were Ignored.
Judge Ransom's endorsement of
Sheriff Stanton-Halleron's
Slip Of the Tongue.

at the great mass meeting of the Moral
Reform League of Hudson county, and
what with stirring address from DIR.
Charles II. Parkhurst. and the noisy
demonstrations and kicking of handful
of prohibltionists, it was just about as
lively a gathering as one could wish.
These disciples of the cold water doc
trine had not it is said, been recognized
by the committee of the League appoint
ed to sound the various candidates. and
hence their attitude last night. One lit
tie fellow. who, by the way, is Prohibi>
tion candidate in the Tenth Assembly
district, perched on corner of the cho tr
loft, kept up running commentary on
the speakers utterauces, which conduct
became so annoying to the audience that
C les OF Turn him outl" were frequently
heard. Secretary w, e. Drake brought
in a policeman, and this officials pres
euce quieted the little man. Thomas
Donohue, for that is his name. didn't
mind the threat to turn him out, but
when some one shouted Hes full,'
Thomas was furioug. The bIre idea of a
prohibitionist being full!
ON THE PLATFORM.
On the platform last night were repre~
seutatives from nearly every church In
che city. beside the Rev. Cornelius Brett,
who presided. were the foilowing:-Tne
Rev. j. w. Hathaway. OF tn Q Westmins-
ter Presbyterian Church; the Rev. Ed
ward McMion, of the Summit Avenue
Baptist Church; the Rev. w. D. Grant
of the South Bergen Reformed Church;
the Rev. j. w. Atkinson. of the West
Side Methodist Church; the Rev, George
r. Garretson. cf the Claremont Presby-
terian Church; the Rev. @. S. Wright. of
the Bowers Street Reformed Church; the
Rev. Thomas Houston, of the Knox
Ciouin of the Second Pre.byreri an
Church; the Rev. r. K. Wick. of
the Wayne Street Reformed Church,
Rev. DR.. Van Cleef. Commander Ballirg-
ton Booth of the Salvation Army. Rsv.
MacMinn. Rev j. Lester Wells, Director
Heisg. Rev. j. w. Daily, Rev. w. P.
Bruce, and the Rev. c. II. Parkhurst.
EY-Mayor Hewett was not present.
In opening, the audience sang my
Country IT'S OF Thee" and Ray. j. L.
Wells offered up prayer for tue success
of the League and the hasty downfall of
It's enemies. Letters. regretting absence,
were read from Mayor Pagan and Fathers
Hennessey and Corrgan.
DIR. PARKHURsT INTRODUCED.
Theu President Brett introduced Dr.
Parkhurst, and ia doing so, referred to
him as the Elijah upon whose shoulders
the mantle OF Elisha. Howard Crosby,
had fallen. confusion of metaphor
which tickled the distinguished preacher
from New York. That gentleman de-
voted much time in scoring the Tammany
tiger. In part he said:-
II am in the midst of hot fight.
have been fighting today. am fiQnting
every DAY. have brought with me a
heart full of confidence. We are bound
,vin 7 L 1nt hal in
ton which is constantly crying: we
can't DO anything; wnat the use of try
ingf | am Pres byteriau, and Ibelieve.
as you know, in Decentralization. | believa
that it is foreordalned of Jersey City that
it shall be cleauei of the nastiness thas
has been rubbed upon It. Your cause
and our cause are the same. The North
river is q mere accident. Ny motive in
coming over tonight is in a slignt degree
selfish. Anything that helps Jersey City
helps New York. Anything dene in this
country in the interest of sound politics
does so much toward twisting the tail OF
the Tiger.
we were going TO stand On y broad plat
form tonight; that he did not think it
best to MAKE any unpleasant allusions to
the Catholics. This fs not a question of
sect of party. We want the aid Of Cath
oic aud Protestant. democrat and re-
publican and proniDitiontst Ia this fight
against a grevious wrong. We stand
upon basis of integrity. I believs in
party. l believe in loyalty to mans
party-not In Mugwumpism by any
means. Some people are bora on the
fence. l have no sympathy for them.
"But there are times when small is
| sues are to be set aside. There is a
great deal Of excitement now over the
| fight between the bimetallists and the
| nonometallist., hut what has tnat got 10
do with the administration OF justice in
Jersey City aud New York.
THAT LITTLE WORD IF"
1.-THE time is coming when we have got
| TO save the country. Inc best aud broad
est plan is to save the State first and then
trying TO do In New YORK. Lam trying
to Light Tammany. We missed the gol,
den opportunity TO down it five years
ago, when, il the virtue iii the repubii-
caDs and democrats which was repre-
sentsd in the Hewitt and Erhardt votes
had united, Grant, the Tammany candi.
date, wonId have been defeated by an
Tammany IN November, 1894. The feel
ing of victory is IN the air. am sure of
1t.
ut is the duty of the preachers to get
out and act. We preachers are more or
less cowardly. We preach about Noah
E6ttlO2 QFuDk. we 10 come down
TO modern times. We have got man
sitting on the Supreme Court bench in
New York who is a drunkard. Why
don't we preach of himf Is it because he
isn't dead as long as NoahS We have a
mau on the Fire Commission OF New
York who is lnurdersr--an assassin.
Why don't we take him? We have man
who is candidate for the Court OF Ap-
peals IN New York VINO is aself-confessed
thief. Why don't we take him? Are
we afraids Will we stand idly DIV and
see this self-con fessed thief elected to
preside over our tribunals aud keep on
drawing our moral lessons from old.
fashioned sinners who are too long dead
| to Kick? -
You say, What can / dor Is IT. not
| written that 'one man shall chase q
| thnusand9 Haveen'u I done n it?
Here are 1900 peonle and here
is hornet. What difference does it
make. II the hornet Is telling well? loud
| laughter) / have sonle admiration for
Tammany for her stsadfast devotion to
her principles. I admire the devotion.
not the PRINCIPLES. II we were as con-
| sistent iu our devotion to our principles
We would wipe our enemies sof the face
of the earth"
| He concluded by exhortiug the audi
ence to appreciate the responsibility rest