The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-25
SUNDAY LOCAL OPTION
Temperance People Want
Municipalities to Decide
Observance Of the Day.

"The Church to the Rescue, or the Duty
of the Hour was the subject of lee
ture delivered in the First Baptist Church,
Hoboken last evening, by the Rev. Her
vey Wood, General Superintendent tor
New Jersey of the National Temperance
Societies Church and Cross League. The
lecture was held under the auspices OF the
Young Peoples Society of Christian En-
deavor, the members of which propose to
conduct temperance crusade IN Hopokep
shortly. In connection with the work the
society intends to organize movement
to bring about Sunday saloon closing.
The young people are very much IN
earnest with their labors They realize
the fact that to bring about strict OBJ
servance of the old Sabbath blue laws Is
no easy task. They will begin by endeav-
oring to interest the people of the town
in their work With this object in view
they intend to distribute tracts from
house to house. Meetings will be conduct
ed in the First Baptist Church, and an eff
fort will be made to have several open ar
revivals.
The speaker at the meeting last evening,
which was of preliminary signlncance
only, confined the greater portion oil ms
remarks to review of the work accom-
plished by temperance workers in TINS
State.
"Our society,"" he said, "is endeavorin6
to bring all churches, regardless OF de-
nominations, into one strong and genera
temnerance movement. 1t is striving TO
take in as members all men irrespective OF
their creed of politics. Democrats, tie
n,rblicans. Populists or Socialists-aH are
welcome to join it,
s.In New Jersey we have been partlcu-
larly active the past year. We nave not
been content with holding meetings ana
nreaching against the liquor cause put
have taken preliminary steps to curp the
vice by direct and practical measures.
Chief among these might mention the
local OPTION Bill to be presented at the
next session of the Legislature. The bill
has already been formulated and Is now
in the hands of constitutional lawyers
who have been engaged to review II Ior
possible technical flaws. We do not an
tend to leave any loopholes for the escape
of offenders once it is passed.
.The passage of the bill by the Leg1s-
lature will empower the people of the dlf-
ferent municipalities to govern SUNDAY
observance by the ballot If they want
the rum shops closed on that day their
votes at the polls will close them Ine
bill provides for the holding OF these eiec-
tions once in every three years.
saTha1s far we have succe eded in interest
ing a comparatively large number o1
societies in different parts of the State II
| the movement. The proposed crusace
which the society of this church has II
view meets with the hearty approval o.
our organization, it is needless for me e
| add. We will gladly cooperate with \
and render amy assistance in our power te
accomplish the contemplated end. IL VII
| certainly be a grand triumph for the
Young people of Hoboken if they can sue
| coed in closing saloons on Sunday. The
| community will not be long in realizing
| the good that goes with a strict Sa'ooatf
| observance and the reward will certainly
| be great one in itself"