The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-19
Mr.. HALL SCORED.
Louis Dougherty Says Mr.
Scudder's Son-In-Law Has
Impeded a Settlement
Of Tabernacle
Troubles.
HIS STATEMENTS DENIED
The Pastor Has Injured the
Church, the Downtown
Committee Mem
Der Says.

Der Says.
| The downtown faction of the First Con-
gregational Church is anxious to consum-
mate plans whereby those who favor
| separation can gain the long sought free
| dom Ever since the Board of Trustees
| of the Hill church opened q. way for the
| downtown people by requesting the APP
pointment of a committee TO confer with
that Board the Tabernacle faction has
! gone ahead to complete plans to meet the
requirements of the Hill faction.
| The nominating committee of four met
| Sunday morning in the Tabernacle to
nominate a provisional Board of Trus-
| tees This Board will be formally Sc
/ lected at an open meeting, to be held to-
morrow night, at which, according to Mr..
Dougherty, only those who signed the
petition favoring a separation will be al
! lowed voice. The names of those nomi-
mated to constitute this board of seven
| trustees could not be learned This pro-
! yisional board win be vested with au-
| thority to meet the trustees of the church
and complete the necessary arrangements
whereby a permanent separation can be
/ erected
| 1t is understood that the provisional
| board will request an immediate audience
| with the trustees, so as to settle the exist
ing controversy without any further de-
lay of squabblng. This coming confer
| ence will be held on the Heights. Every
/ preeaution will be taken by the represent
| tatives of the downtown faction to pre-
| vent their being given the worst end of
the deal.
! The contents of the voluminous petition
to be discussed are kept a profound
secret Those interested in the plans,
| positively refuse to divulge any informa-
ton touching on this precious document.
! The nature of the concessions asked by
! the Tabernacle people is a matter of con-
lecture only The public knows nothing
of the clauses and conditions, under which
a separation is asked
Mr. Louis J. Dougherty, a member of
the committee recently selected to draft
plans for a provisional church, took ex-
ception to statement made by Trustee
Frank H Hall, on August 8. Mr.. Hall
stated that on the petition presented to
the Board of Trustees by the Tabernacle
faction, in May last were the names of
/ people residing out of town who knew
nothing Of the petition also the names Of
minors. This statement Mr.. Dougherty
denies
.On that petition" said Mr.. Dougher-
ty. there were but two names of people
residing out Of town. and these names
| were put down with the full consent of
the parties whose names appeared Re-
garding the names of minors there were
only two. and the word minor was
written after, each name.
'.Mr Hall has put every impediment IN
the way of a settlement of this contro-
versy. We have no separate treasury or
| treasurer as he stated. We have d
treasurer who is treasurer of the Sustain
ing Fund and he turns every cent of
money over to the treasurer of the
church. We know nothing of what is
done with the funds
HE says that we were granted power
to call any pastor we see fit. We can
hire no permanent pastor, but only what
we term stated supply. The pastors
who fill the Tabernacle pulpit do moth
ing But preach on Sundays. No visits
through the parish are made nor any OF
| the outside duties of pastor are attend
ed to by these temporary preachers.
..IIe adds, in his statement, that the
trustees would like to see the difficulty
settled without delay. He does not say
though. that the trustees held back our
netition for almost six weeks before it
was touched and then two of our mem
bers were forced to inquire whether the
document was to be considered
.aPreyious to the communication sent
down on July p, our people could take no
definite action. We knew not what dis
nosition would be made of our petition.
and Mr.. Hall wished to know why the
downtown branch did not make known
its plans
.sMr. Hall stated that there were great
many families who are opposed to
separation and that the trustees do not
feel that these people should be cast
aside. Well. there are not more than ten
: families opposed TO a separation, while
6ftv families desire it. The majority
should rule and those supposed to be
onposed should take the same steps as
the majority.
aMr Hail speaks of the trustees sus-
! gestfng the appointment of a committee
to meet the hill people for the purpose
Of ascertaining the views of the downtown
branch / might state that the downtown
,,eonle list no time in selecting this COM
mittee when they knew what action the
! trustees were going to take.
.a1,ba statement that the Peoples Palace
will lose most of its supporters unless the
Trustees agree to the plans Of the down
, town people. is not worth taking notice
Of. Those who contribute to the support
Of that Institution never let the contro-
. varsv between the two factions enter
their minds These people, believe,
would always support the work # they
r feels that it is being carried on success
I fully.
II have been told that since the contro-
versv arose over the dancing school in
augurated by Mr.. Scudder, the People $
palace has ieteriorated very much. The
Tabernacle people want nothing to do
, with the Peoples Palace, as that is an in
stitution by ITSELF
.vrhere have been rumors afloat that
DR. Amory Bradford was anxious g
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