The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-19
CONSTITUTION Be D.
McKaig Says He Won't Re-
lease Sunday Ball Play
ers on Bail Next
Time. 4,
A RLINGTeNS ARRESTED AGAIN
Advised by Peshall They Played
Yesterday-Rey. Messrs. Barnes
and Kommers Talk.
lRLlNGTeNs ARRESTED AGAIN

unuer Dahl WIFI u cnaTSe aSatust tuSHt "
violating the blue laws by PLAYING ball
on Sunday. still unsettled, the members
of the Arlington Baseball Ciub openly
dcfied the police again yesterday and
were again arrested. 1t is the object OF
the ball players TO nave the constitutions
olity of the law which they are accused
of violating tested in the higher courts,
and it was in the hopes that they might
be convicted in the police court. or better
still. for the purposes Of the test, be sent
before the Grand Jury. that they courted
arrest yesterday. Captain McNaig was
willing TO accommodate them and when
he learned thai they proposed playing
he decided to witness the game When
he arrived at the grounds, at Phillip ana
Wilson streets, he found four of the nFe
men who were arrested last week playing
.~fun-goes." that is, one man was batting
the ball while the others endeavored 10
catch it. The fun went all right with the
Arlingtons. but il didn't "go" with Cap
tain McKaig. and he told them so through
Detective Hottie. who accompanied him.
The riingtons refused TO stop. their
play on advice of their counsel Lawyer
Charles Peshall, who was present, and SO
McKaig sent for the patrol wagon n
reserves OF the Cornmunipaw avenue
station. The wagon arrived with Patrot-
men Lewis, Gallagher. Pier and Kelly,
Amid hootings from the crowd each OF
the patrolmen arrested n of the four
players. The men arrested were;-Jonn
German of No. g. Atlantic street, John.
Mority of No. 72s Grand street, William
Holland of No. Il Atlantic street and
Daniel Driscoll of No. 525 Grand street.
They were taken TO the ConmunipaW
avenue station, where they were searched
and placed in a een.g-Lawyer Peshall
promptly secured D. P. Kiiroy, the under
taker, as bondsman and Justice Charles
Roe TO take BAH. Captain McKaig seemed
10th to- admit the men to bail, but he
did not iaterpose- any serious objection
to their being released. When they had
been bailed and were together before MIN
however, he shook his hand at them and
addressed them thus:-l
~ want to fell you men right here that
this thing hasrgot to stop. ! warn you
that if you are arrested next SUNDAY l
will refuse to. accept bail for you and will
lock you up until Monday morning. If it
had not been that. I did not want to ap-s
pear 100 harsh. / would have refused
: BAH today. The police are not here to be-:
made fools Of"
To a News reporter Captain McKaig
said:-.I wish l could have caught.
Peshall in the field with the players. I.
would have arrested him without any
hesitation. He is. the cause of all the
trouble. He It is who urges these young
fellows to violate the law. I'll arrest
them every time they play on Sunday,
The law is or the statute books and must
be enforced"
-.a D1.LzI1 49, 1or- - ~
noxious and ridiculous and declares that
he will win for his clients, who have to
work hard the other six days a week, the
privilege of enjoying themselves as they
please on Sunday. The ball players say
that if they lose their case they cannot
be worse on than they are at present. IT
is a shame. though,H~said Dan Driscoll,
that one club has got to stand for all
the players in the county, |
The present crusade against the ball |
playing was started by Captain McKaig |
at the institution Of the Rev. Charles
Barnes, pastor Of the Lafayette NJ. E.
Church, and the Rev. T.. ]. Kommers.
pastor of the Lafayette Reformed
Church. Both these gentlemen Were
seen last night by a reporter for The
News, to whom they defined their POI
sition III the matter. The Rev. Mr.
Barnes said:-.The position I take in
this matter. is. that the liberation
of anything that is contrary to the law of
lawlessness, and where the spirit of law /
l~essness is there freedom, Righteousness /
and the rights Of others are all in dan
ger. The upholding effmen In doing that /
which the law forbids is a bad object les-1
son for American young people. The1
church. the public school and other insti-
buttons teach men to obey the law and
respect their rulers, n If these young
people see all about them the breaking of
the law going unrebuked and unpunished,
they are apt to discard the teaching they |
have received Another season why I obi
5ect to Sunday. ball playing is hat the
announcement of the games draws to-
gether a large number of people who be-
come an annoyance If not an actual nuis-j
aEce The ball ground is not half a mile |
away, as has been said. Some of my
parishioners live within a few rods of it'll
Nultitudes pass to and from the games
and create a noise and confusion that is
out of keeping with the quiet our best
people like on the Sabbath day. 4
l am opposed to these things because
Judiciary and police burdens that areI
more than normal, and nat arise out OIL
qualification of selfishness. on the part
of the Individual. The collection of Target
crowds of idle people necessittt ties morej
labor and vigilance on the part Of the |
police than would otherwise be, necessary.
If a law is essentially bad, and is nj t conf
ducive to good order and does not sell
cure to the law abiding citizens thefri
rights under the constitution, the proper
course to pursue is agitation, looking
repeal. There are circumstances
under which an obnoxious law is better [
than broker" 4
AS the reporter was leaving the mini
summed the whole thing up in a nut I
shell when he said:-
1T is the general spirit of disorder that
/ object TO. Ladies walking through the
of Lafayette on Sunday are liablel
to meet a crowd of rough characters. l
they are lawless in other things. /
and likely as not flip out a word to the
The Rev. Mr.. Kommers said:-"All laws
should be enforced. Permitting people to |
violat ever Il portion Of the law leads to |
anarchy. There are two sides to be con-
sidered on the Sabbath day question: the
religious and the civil. The Lord knew |
what he was doing when he made the /
milkman instead Of a minister I wouIdsi
feel the same about enforcing the9Iaw..
Other Lafayette ministers who do notli
figure as complaiaants against the, ball |
players, were also Interviewed. The Rev. 1
Charles RabDow, pastor of Christ Evan 4
gclical Lutheran Church, safd.@Baseball |
is a healthfal exercise. and ! see no rea- T
themselves by indulgilg in 1t. OF Il
course the law prohibiting its being
on Sunday must be upheld, but I
the law is not up to date, and should be /
repealed While tt Is on the statute