The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-02
SCUDDER JUBILANT.
Perfectly Satisfied with
His Weeks Fight
Against Sin.
FARRIER AND HUTTON SCORED
The Preacher Says He Can't Waste
His Valuable Time in
Police Courts.
FARRIER AND HUTTON SCORED.

The Rev., John L. Scudder returned to
this city from Shelter Island to enable him
to continue his crusade in the Tabernacle
pulpit against vice md crime in this city.
Last evening, Mr.. Scudder in a prelude to
his sermon said
s.Vacation is here, and in one sense l am
sorry for it, for the conflict between right
and wrong is waxing in interest. The
battle during the past week has been m
nently successful. First, all the gamblers
against whom we made complaint have Deeh
indicted by the Grand Jury. and | believe
they will be convicted, for Prosecutor Win
field has assured me that he will do all in his
power to hunt them down. Secondly, at
our request, a disorderly house has been
raided by the police and forever broken up,
trust. although at the very time 1t was
running full blast Police Captain Farrier
declared there was not a disorderly house in
his precinct.
This promptness will serve as a lesson to
other houses of i'll repute and induce them to
close up before pressure is brought to bear
upon them from Police Headquarters.
Thirdly, Chief Murphy has sent comniunl-
cation to the Board of Aldermen, requesting
them to grant no licenses to the three proml-
pent concert saloons in this vicinity, and L
nave every reason to believe our Republican
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of the Chief and withhold their licenses.
GooD WEEKS WORE
"This | affirm is good work for one week,
and tolerablY satisfactory. l have a stack
of letters from individuals against other
vicious resorts and sources OF temptation to
our youth, but | shall not be able to attend
to them until my vacation is over. In the
| meantime | advise the writers to go directly
to Chief Murphy and give him the actual
facts in every case. He is the proper man to
go to, and in my Judgment he is honestly
trying to stamp out all manner OF law break.
ing iniquity. If sufficient evidence IS pre-
sented, [ fell convinced that he will act at
once. In all my dealings with him during
the past three weeks he has shown himself
a perfect gentleman and o faithful public
officer.
lone amusing feature of the controversy
during the past week is the manner in which
| have been maligned and my veraclty called
in question, This is what | expected when |
entered upon this work, but it does not
trouble me one iota, especially when con-
slider the source. If you throw a stone into
a hornets nest you must expect a lew OF
them to buzz about your ear and show their
stings. OF course | shall not condescend to
answer all the aspersions n misrepresenta-
ions of evil-minded men, but there are one
or two ridiculous statements that demand a
passing consideration.
ANOTHER SHOT FOR
"Hutton, the notorious gambler, who, in
my study last Sunday night, in. the presence
of four witnesses besides myself, confessed
that he had paid money for police protection,
has the audacity to affirm that he never
made such a statement, and by way of
corollary asserts that | am a liar All l
have to say on that point is that l told the
exact truth, and my four witnesses, who are
prominent in this church, are willing to go
before the Grand Jury or any other body
and make an affidavit that what l said was
true. The public is free to decide whether
Hutton's testimony is more credible than
that of myself and my four witnesses.
Another ~insinuation of falsehood by a
Mr.. Jackson will be answered tomorrow
evening in the local paper where his UNI
truthful attack on me was made. Another
slur has been cast on me by Captain FarrleT
for not being present when the proprietress
of a disorderly house was brought before
Justice Potts. | hereby inform Captain
Farrier that 1 cannot afford to spend my
precious time in police courts. Our anodus
ODefandi is to furnish the evidence of wrong
doing and leave the rest to the police: Ii
the latter are competent to raid disorderly
houses and gambling dens they are b to
testify against the wrong doors. If the paid
police fail to do their duty, through the
pulpit n the press We shall know the rea-
son why.
VERY WORK..
Sand now let me say that this crusade
against vice and crime is very disagreeable
work, but for the safety and welfare of So
ciety somebody must do these disagreeable
things, aud the last man to shirk his duty
ought to be the preacher of righteousness. A
minister should be something more than a
pretty figurehead for his little Gospel ship.
| A real shepherd will not feign sleep when
the wolves are prowling about picking off
the lambs of the flock. As long as this
Tabernacle stands and our Peoples Palace
| holds together, | hold myself in readiness to
help anyone whose sons and daughters are
being ruined by these destroyers of society.
Some OF the ungodly accuse me of doing
, sensational work during the past week.
Then l a~sseverate that when Christianity
makes a few more such practical sensations
and causes notorious sinners to shut up shop
| it will secure q larger respect from the peO-
| pie and a more abundant following"
Ayo PROF. HOLDEN'S PLAN.
In regard to the offer of Professor James
| K. Holden to give a series of concerts in
| Van Worst Park this summer, by a band of
twenty-five pieces, beginning next Friday
night, Rev. John L. Seudder said in a pre-
Jude to his sermon last night
ssThose of us who are fortunate enough to
! live in the country during the sultry sum-
mer days should not forget those who remain
and 7swelter i'll the city, and anything that
can be done to make life more endurable i'll
these downtown districts ought to enlist our
practical sympathy and aid. Professor
Holden has made this city an offer to PLAY
i'll Van Worst Park every Friday night dur
ing the summer. For this magnificent SER
vice he proposes to charge nothing more
than the actual cost of tho music. Iregard
this a generous offer on his part, and on the
| part of his efficient corps of musicians, and |
trust the well-to-do classes in Jersey City
will subscribe sufficiently to meet the ex-
penses.t 1t would be a pretty way of show
ing our interest in the poor of tho city, and