The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-10-03
FOR temp FRANCE.
White Ribboners Holding
County Convention In
Bayonne.
REV. WOODRUFFS WELCOME
Various Unions Make Reports
of Work Being Done Mrs.
Coupland Presides.


Tha .pou n wooar,,ff welcomed tne
Hudson cof,ntv Temperance Women this
morn;ne at their fourteanth annual con-
venti,,n ii the First NJ. "a. Church Of Bay
onne this morning. He made stirring
address ON temperance. in which he said
in nart.-
.sYour strength is not represented by
tbe b,nareds ana thousands of women
wearing tbe white ribbon. but bv your
influence in your homes and by the men
with whom you come in contact. The
fight is on and I am glad ii is. dom t
want to be misunderstood. see some
young men in the room and If they are
reporters hope they Will not misinterpret
me- / yield to no man in respect to our
rulers. / want to say that in the great
sorrow that has come to this nation God
is moving in His great mysterious way
He is moving in the temperance question.
He is giving us to understand that If we
want the poor Anarchists to be respec-
ers of law we also with increasing ear
nestness should demand similar respect Of
law from the man engaged in the liquor
traffic, and indeed from all people no
matter how high in place or power No
clubbing or eauivocation should satisfy
US for the non respect Of the law. Gcu
is working as you and do not realize. On
this great hard, dry earth Of our nation
it was almost impossible to make an l1i-
preston God has softened it with 9
shower of tears. Out of these mysteries
we cannot understand God is making tne
Ill ,f1
The Rev. c. S. woodward then went on
to describe the Pan-Amerlcan as II M
pressed him.
1.-THE Midway" concluded he, was the
tail that wagged the dog. Here, there,
everywhere it was beer, beer, beer. Here
in the great exposition OF our natlor.
Beer to the right of us: beer to the left OF
us, filling the place with its stencil
Then returning to the Presidents death;
s.Out of the dark gloom that came TO
the nation when the assassns Duiiet
killed our President. believe rays Of
light are coming to illumine the world.
To this Mrs. Coupland, of Union Hill,
who presided in place of Mrs. Story, the
county president, who is still abroad, re-
sponded. Then the meeting was regularly
called to order and committees appointed
on credentials, courtesy resoiutioAs aiu
nages. The presidents of the fourteen
different unions composing the county
union then gave three minute reports
from which it appears that Arlington mas
a, union of thirty-nine members who nave
done good work in circulating anti-Saloon
petitions. 1t has held ten regular and.
two public meetings
-, 1x.<~ - ~ u xx-r, members and
seven honorary members. 1t has heio
eight regular meetings and erected
fountain on the Boulevard.
Harrison and Kearny has twenty-one
members and one honorary member, mas
held twelve regular and sixty-four public
meetings
Jersey City Union No. has twenty-five
members, four honorary; mas heiu sevsn
regular meetings and given three Bible
readings. It is active in mission and jail
work.
Jersey City Heights Union has forty
eight members, seven honorary, has held
two public and eighteen regular meetings.
Scientific instruction and Bible reading Is
its especial work.
West Side has held sixteen regular ana
two public meetings and has an L. 2. 7.
Society.
willard Union has thirteen members,
three honorary; has held four pubic ana
nineteen regular meetings and is engaged
in mission work
Highland Willard Union has held six
teen regular meetings
The Helping Hand Union (colored) has
thirty-eight members, nine honorary; has
u, xs..1 ner,41o r meetings and has