The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-27
CITY EPWORTH UNION
Organized Under Most Fa-
vordb1e Auspices at the
Centenary NJ. E. Church.
OBJECTS OF THE ORGANIZATION
Excellent Board of officers Chosen
Jeremiah AItemus' Little
Kick.
objects OF THE ORGANIZATION

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night in the organization of the City Ep.
worth Union at Centenary M. E. Church.
In the first place the meeting started oui
without nominating any chairman and
secretary. George H. Links of the West
Side NJ. E. Church assumed the place OF
chairman, and William E. Bates of Centen-
airy made himself secretary with no formal.
ity, and they kept the positions all through
the meeting. When that matter was
preached it was kindly dropped in Difference
to the gentlemen's feelings. But the largest
difficulty was encountered after the ~constitu-
ton and bylaws had been read and adopted in
which the election of officers was set down
for the second Thursday of every April.
Some thought. when the force of the thing
dawned upon them, that the officers, on
account of the adoption of that clause of the
bylaws, could not be elected until fifty
weeks hence, the second Thursday of April.
A long dispute ensued.
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.
The Rev. Mr.. butcher, Centenary's new
pastor, said he guessed officers couldn't be
elected last night if that clause fixing the
second Thursday in April were adopted.
Mr.. w. H. Beach Of West Side said it made
no difference. There was nothing in law or
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night. John Palmer of Lafayette agreed
with Mr.. Beach, and persisted that if officers
were not elected last night the Union would
be dead to the world by next April. He
thought the constitution was all straight.
Some one disagreed. Counsellor Stuhr of
Palisade told the meeting that there was a
right and a wrong way of doing things. He
safely be chosen last night. Mr.. Allen
of st. Paurs was growing tired of
all this fuss and said the affair was
something like the question which has
puzzled the United States senate of 'fWhat
shall we do with the Wilson billg'
why, you haven't even elected a tempo
rary chairman" announced Mr.. Allen. Mr..
Links looked as though he wished Mr.. Allen
would finish. "Now, I think the best way"
continued Mr.. Allen, sis to overlook techni-
calities and fix this thing up.n No notice
was paid to this counsel, and the floor be-
longed to Mr.. Beach again. "We must have
officers" said he. "We must have 'em
quickly. We ought to get to work at it and
then we can go home bye and bye"
THE SELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The thought of home and slumbers pro-
duced an effect and the following committee
was appointed by the chair to nominate off
GERS for the ~year:-John Palmer of Lafay-
cite, Miss A. E. De Moot of Centenary, Miss
Annie Lorrie of Emory, j. H. Baldwin of
Grace, and William II. Beach Of West Side.
The meeting comprising probably 200
Methodists from the various city Epworth
Chapters, sang hymns while the committee
went into caucus. On their return they
submitted this list:-President, George H.
Links Of West Side; First Vice President, w.
Van Norton of Emory; Second Vice Presi-
dent, Miss Eliza M. Strow of Grace; Third
Vice President, jeremiah T. Altemus of
Trinity; Fourth Vice President, Miss Annie
Fuller of Palisade; Secretary, William E.
Bates of Centenary; Treasurer, Mrs. Fannie
Dowdge of Lafayette.
Before the names were put to vote Mr..
Jeremiah T.. Altemus, ex-Congregationalist,
jumped briskly from the pew where
he sat and stated that he would
not serve in theUnion. Trinity Church was
not represented with proper delegates at the
meeting, and they had been sighted anyhow
in their chapter. They had had no reports
of the proposed organization. They had
come only as spectators. His delegates
nodded approval. Mr.. Links said the COM
mittee must go back then, and reminded
them that they had forgotten a Superintend-
ent OF Junior League work. They chose
William e. Taylor of James in Mr.. Altemus'
place, and suggested Rev. William Eakins of
st. Pauls Church for Superintendent. The
proposed officers were elected by acclama-
ton.
There were present representatives of all
the Epworth Leagues in the city, with the
exception of Linden, who welcomed their
pastor last night.
oBJECTS OF I'll UNION.
The objects of the Union, as stated in the
constitution, are, briefly, to cultivate a bond
of union among the leagues to accomplish
more usefulness in lines of charity, culture
and sociability. The annual meeting will be
on the second Thursday in April, and the
second Thursday of each month public
meetings will be held, the next at the West
Side Church, the second Thursday of May.
The Union is in touch with all the State and
district orders, and is governed somewhat
by them. The idea or the Uuion was con-
sidered at q meeting of nine of the leagues
of the city at Mr.. Links house on March Z,
and all preliminaries were arranged for
last nights meeting. It had been largely
discussed before then. The minutes of that
meeting were read last night by Mr.. Bates.
AT that first meeting the Committee on Con-
stitution and Bylaws was appointed, con-
sisting of George Ell. Links, e. M. Wicket
and a. L. Springsten-