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rha sunday Liquor sermon Outbreak

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The sunday Liquor sermon Outbreak
The sermon of the Rev. Mr.. Allen, the
parson of the Bergen Baptist Church.
upon the Sunday liquor question, con-
tributes a spice of humor to the contro-
versy, which otherwise would be rather
dreary. OF course what Mr.. Allen says
goes. So distinguished a teacher of NOR
atty must be regarded as settling any
question as soon as he opens the recesses
of his inner consciousness and allows
light to exude upon the question.
The Rev. John L. Scudder and Mr..
Hathaway are old fighters in the cause.
and their expressions lack h spice of
novelty. The only thing that interests
us is the sudden revival of the subject at
this time. We should have thought that
with the Seeley dinner, the death of Duff
fy the boxer, and the Worlds" recent
discovery of prehistoric remains of a
water scandal, there would have been
sensational material enough available yes
terday for the New Preachers. without
falling back upon anything so nebulous
as Sunday liquor liberality in this State.
Just why Mr.. Scudder and Mr.. Hatha-
way should be so nervous about such
legislation at a time then the 6. o. P.
is in power. we confess puzzles us. Mr..
@-s --t%t l. IT, -L.111~.-r
fear of sin in any and all other persons
is quite to be expected. But the other
two gentlemen are 50 accustomed to re-
gard Republicanism as synonymous with
political and moral perfection, that their
present attitude amounts almost to an
abandonment of all their cherished
ideals.
The fact is there is unfortunately no
chance of a reasonable Sunday law being
passed this year,-not SO much a. one
chance in a thousand. We do not think
it is. it will be killed in committee. What
this State needs is a law authorizing
the opening of side doors of saloons from
two p. M. to seven p. NJ. and after ten
P. NJ. on sundays.-that is to say, some
thing like the English system. The pres
ent law Is not enforced; 1t should not be
enforced because it is oppressive; it cam
not be enforced because it is not support
ed by public opinion. It's continuance on
the statute book is an impairment to
morals because 1t is a piece of hypocrisy.
1t is contrary to public policy because its
existence brings government into public
hatred, and its non-enforcement brings
all law into contempt.
1t is wholly indefensfble on any ground
of religion, morals or sociology. 1t is
utterly bad.
Nevertheless. there is no present posi-
bility whatever of its amendment So
the, clerical faddists, who are clamoring
about it. may as web a v their breath.
THE "World" has taken up the Assem-
bly, Chamber pillar nonsense, and 1t is
trying to make a new scandal out of it.
There is absolutely nothing in it. The
pillars are not marble, they never looked
like marble. they were never intended to
be marble, they were never intended to
look like marble, nobody ever mistook
them for marble. They are plain stucco
columns. such as the style of the struc-
ture demands. and they were never in
tended to resemble anything else. i
The Tribune will hardly be suspected
of any foolish leniency regarding alleged
fraud in the construction of this cham
bers so its voice may be taken as final,
when it speaks as fonows-
A lot of foolish talk is in circulation
about an alleged discovery of fraud in
connection with the pillars in the Assem-
examined those pillars should magine
that they We're marble Is a puzzle. There
wa b aragd enough no ~ nd GOODNESS knows. IN
manufacturing or imagining additional
evidence.
ONE of the New York sensational
papers published. yesterday, the last re-
port fled by Angel bennett with the
Parkhurst Society. This is the opening
paragraph Of ft:-
The streets of New York City are in
Tested at the present time by throngs of
number has increased greatly in the last
few months, especially on Broadway, in
the vicinity of Thirty-fourth street, on
Third and Sixth avenues, and on Forty
second street. The increase is startling,
and from personal investigation I am
prepared to say that it can be attributed
almost entirely to the "Raines hotels"
Assuming hat bennett was still sane
when he wrote this, what a fearful con-
domination it is of the entire Parkhurst
crussdel
ADJUSTMENTS.