The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-31
TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
Special to the Jerscv Citu Neics.

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the session. The debate reeked with pol
itics, smelt strongly of whiskey. and end
ed in a hooroor for an Independent po-
litical party, to down everybody and ev-
erything in general; but particularly
those wicked Republicans who have just
closed the Legislature of 1886.
The Rev. DIR. Lewis r. Dunn of Maple
wood set the brethren by the ears when,
during a discussion of the Temperance
Committees report, he shouted at the
top Of a very squeaky vosce:E"Bishop.
there are some member of our church
with whom it is not uncommon to have
on their sideboards rum, aye, rum, sir,
whiskey, wine and beer" This awful
charge against the naughty laymen fol
a few moments took the breath away of
the Conference. The next minute half
Of the pastors were on their feet to
pour forth flaming speeches. while the
other half were literally boiling over with
Impotence to vent their Indignation.
Shame, shame. shame!" cried scores
of voices. and a perfect din ensued.
Bishop Foss' gavel went rap, rap, rap
and a delightful rumpus was imminent.
The Rev. H. v. Baker, the pastor of
ST. Paul's, Church., obtained d hearing
and denounced Brother Dunn for such a
statement and asked him to name these
wicked members VINO like a cocktail: but
he wouldn't.
Withdraw that charge" shouted the
majority of the brethren, and DR.. Dunn
did SO as gracefully as ne could.
Quiet being temporarily restored. little
DR.. j R. Bryan started another blaze by
an elaborate eulogy on the Republican
party and its attitude towards the liquor
question as exemplified in the Ralnes
bill
That's my view.s cried the Rev. DR..
S. L. Baldwin, 'tand 1 hope the Confer
enceA will all vote against any wniskey
ticket"
All this time the Rev. Solomon Parsons,
who was the Prohibition candidate for
| Governor against Governor Werts, four
years ago, was quietly smoothing his
silvery whiskers. He was on his feet in
an instant when the words .swhiskey
ticket were mentioned, and he plunged
into a vigorous and aggressive speech
against the Republican party, whose in
glorious career In tine Legislature. Mr..
Parsons said, was q disgrace to every
membe
Governor Griggs himself told me- he
said, that unless the Republican party
passed some legislation against the liquor
interest its days were doomed. The last
me that it was time his party was fnish-
ed m~onkeying with the rum question.
We can get nothing from that party,
brothers; they ignore US always, and We
must look to an independent party if we
wish for any relief. Democrats as well
| cannot be trusted"
This last shot was too much for the
Rev. John L. Hayes. a determined little
Democrat of the copper-fastened variety.
He sprang into the aisle with remarkable
agility despite his advanced years and
roared:-
Bishop, I want to know if this is a
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or a meeting to talk about Temperament,
These political illusions are out of or
der, because neither the words Repub-
leans nor Democrats are used in the
report said the Bishop, as amused as
the people in the gallery ait the turn of
| the debate.
Silence was again restored, to be again
broken by the Rev. Thomas c. Mayhem,
who growled ait the Traction company for
giving transfer tickets in Newark with
a brewers advertisement on the bach of
it, Whenever a ~onductor handed him
one, he said. he always held an indigna-
ton meeting of one.
It's the same in Jersey City" sang
out the Rev. Enoch Meacham of Grace
Church, Jersey City.
The Rev. c. f. Hull came next, and
succeeded in injecting some more poll
tics into the debate by reading the al
legged successful results of the Raines
bill and lauding the Republican Alder
men of Jersey City for refusing to grant
a License for Bamber Hall, 'once a Meth
odist Church and behind which lie the
Methodist lead"
Nov If we are going to say nice things
about politicians began the irrepressi-
bic Rev. John Z. Hayes, II want to say
something about Democrats (Roars
of laughter and cheers, which the Bishop
| sharply repressed.)
After a little fhaggling the report passed
and the Bishop requested the candidates
for admission on trial. to be reported on.
1.-The Rev. Solomon Parsons aslsed that tha