The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-16
Law and Order League Dis
Cusses the Violation Of
the Sunday Law.
MINISTER'S WILL SEEK LEGISLATION
President Hathaway Pays a Left
Handed Compliment to the
Present Grand Jury.

Church last night. The Rev. I. w. Hath
away presided. There were present by
actual count twenty-six ladies and
twenty-five gentlemen, exclusive of the
iorganist, choir and ushers. Throw Out
the Life Line was sung and then fol-
lowed prayer by the Rev. DR.. Battin
of Ocean Grove.
In opening the meeting Mr.. Hathaway
said he did not propose to make speech
as the Revs. Wilding and Rowland were
to- be the speakers of the evening. He
said he desired to say, however, that
concerted talk and action in connection
with the undertaking of the League is
necessary. The League, he said, has been
in existence about nine months, but has
not as yet been able to accomplish much
particularly because the organization has
not been properly perfected. Public off,
cials are, he declared, controlled to some
extent by public voice and it is necessary
therefore, he said, to have such an or
ganization as the League, which is able
to move at the proper time and express
the sentiment of the people.
1t was through the influence of such
an organization, he asserted, that the
Government of the United States was in
duced to order the gates of the great
Worlds Exposition closed on Sunday IT
is only through such influence, he said
that the people of this community can
hope to attain the object the League has
in view, which isl
To unite all citizens, without regard to
party or creed in an earnest effort to
secure the enforcement of law.
To ensure the nomination and the cleo
ton of such candidates for political offices
as will be in sympathy with this purpose.
seem to be needed for the preservation OF
order, and especially for promoting the
observance of the first day of the week
commonly called Sunday.
To assist the authorities in obtaining
evidence against such as habitually vio-
late existing statutes.
To accomplish these things the CO.
operation of all good people is necessary
and he expressed the belief that such CO.
operation is forthcoming.
Rev. George Wilding, pastor of Hedding
Church, was next introduced
II feel perfectly at home in connection
ganization," he said. ''I have peculiar
interest in mingling with those who are
ehdeavoring to bring about much needed
reforms in this city. The reformer has
a hard time, but my sympathy is with
him. The average American is the hard
est man to be aroused. He simply wants
to be let alone, not disturbed, while an
Englishman, If things don't suit him,
finds fault and keeps on finding fault until
he gets what he wants. The Bible says;
Thou shalt not go with a multitude to
do good and we are not likely to find a
multitude going that way; therefore.
am delighted to find in any community
an organization to secure a better state
of affairs.
ut is necessary to have laws and all
should have love for laws, but do not
believe any government on earth mas a
right to make law legalizing saloons,
and the government passing such law
is doing a criminal act: We should moi
only know, respect and love all righteous
laws, but should see that they are en-
forced. Our boys and giris-helpless t
members of society-are victims of the
saloon influence, and therefore the most
diabolical act ever committed by any ma
ton was the legalizing of the saloon
traffic by the United States Government
a saloonkeeper has told me that men In
his business cannot make living by
abiding by the laws, but must violate
the law to make his business pay. Like
the old mans instruction to his son start
honestly if he can, but must make money
saThe authorities protect a saloon. Il
man through intoxication gets into
authorities take that man to hospital
and if he breaks glass they make MIN
pay for it. Every city that has a saloon
has need of a Law and Order League
forced. That is the object of this organi,
zation, and it is going to let in the ligh,i !,
more and more until its object is secured !
The Rev. e. O. Rowland, the next
psakecb cbrsan people was eoopssafe to
cure pure Sabbath and the enforcement
of law. All good people. should unite n
the furtherance Of that object; me city
who in the days of Samuel, although
good man and rebuked evil, was respon-
sible, for the sins Of his sens which m Were 1a
rulers, rulers they are responsible for violations
of the laws, and should heed the warn
ing of being held to strict accountable
ity Christian people should demand
that the laws be obeyed; o,...,
There are about one THOUSAND saloons
should not be. The moral people, should
shut down on these. violators of the law
The greatest calamity is to have judg-
duty. Saloon keepers, are austere in fheia
Interpretation of the law. and claim that
1t justifies their unlawful acts. They
fhey Fhss are ar dustified % in violating It's pro.
visions. So long as the saloon Interest Is
dominant in the rule of the city gov
60 org lis the e sas lew if w1 we da ns Y1o
little backbone or sand into the city
authorities that THE society may do some
thing to overcome the greatest evil thai
exists in our midst
Rev DR.. Hathaway at this point took
another opportunity to sail into the Wo,
lators Of the lay; THE g one j. thousane az,
| five Thousand men who dominate the. city
government. I had no conception of the
power of the saloons until became 9
| member of the League. There is not 8
politician or an off1ceholder in the city, be
Democrat or Republican, who dares take
stand against the saloon, because il
he did he would be defeated at the mex
| election. / hope to live long enough te
see the righteous people united agains
should get together in this one purpose
| they will sweep them from the land
There are in this country $500 PreSby.
| terrain churches, and the aggregate ex.
penSe of running them all is not as much
as is spent in the saloons. What a shame
| and disgrace it is that our school houses
| the erection of which ] favor, are sup
| ported by the money which comes from
the licensing Of saloons! The momen
than unrighteousness, the saloons are
| doomed Young men and women arr
ruined in them every might.
+ s'The Police Commissioners of our city
! were stirred up by the League, and for
| time they closed the saloons, but that
| did not last long. The League hired mer
| to secure evidence of violation of The
| Sunday law, on which many men weN
4 indicted, and then tt was found that wha1
| not evidence against the saloon keeper
Seeing them sell liquor through win
dow would not do The person giving
/ evidence must be On the saloon and tasff