Evening star., 1907-11-10
Lively temperance Debate
Some Prominent Englishmen Get Into Public
Controversy Church Is Involved.

bring forward on a public platform tho
most sacred and solemn center Of our
worship, calling forth laughter-(the re-
mainder of the sentence was lost in inter
ruptionsl He entirely believed the bishops
were right. and Judge Rentoul was wrong.
(Cheers and cries OF dissentD At the Last
Supper our Lord used fermented wine.
Ono. no. and Interruptions That was
his opinion. but he really was shy tn
speak at all as one Of the men against
whom Judge Rentoul had hurled such op-
probrious epithets. The Church of Eng
land seemed to be the great object of his
honor's wrath As small Circumstance
to be placed against Judge Rentoul's
figures. the master quoted the diocese Of
Brisbane, which. though very poor re
linquished an income, 500 year. which
came from a hotel.
Eventually a on-contentious resolution
was carried, but before the meeting CON
cluded the chairman, the Rev. Canon Har-
grove, spoke regretfully of the fact that
contentious matter had been introduced
when there was so much in temperanCa
upon which they could all agree.
Later. at meeting of the court OF com
mon council. his honor Judge Rentoul was
sharply rebuked for his remarks at the
temperance meeting al Cambridge Sir
Horatio Davies asked the lord mayor IL
the report which had appeared Of a speech
made by one of the officers of the corpora
tion-a learned judge OF the city of Lon
don court-was correct in which ne stated
that a certain quantity of wine was used
at a Mansion House banquet given by the
lord mayor to the archbishops, the bishops
and leading clergy. He desired to ask the
lord mayor whether the learned judge had
his lordshIp's authority for making that
statement.
The Lord Mayor-The statement TO which
the alderman has referred was made by
Judge Rentoul He alleged that at the
lord mayors banquet at the Mansion
House to bishops, archbishop and leading
clergy 5000 worth of champagne was
drunk. I was very much astonished to
read such a statement, which is absolute
" faise-(cheers)-but Independently Of its
falsity, it is to be regretted that a man in
the position Of Judge Rentoul should have
thought fit to make such an absurd. mis-
leading statement, and one in such bad
taste. (Cheers)
Deputy Wallace asked whether Sir Ho-
ratio Davies had called the attention of
the Judge to the statement. and as to Its
correctness.
Sir Horatio Davies-I have not done so,
but I read the statement in the public
press.
Deputy Wallace--I think the Judge
should be asked whether the statement
was correct, as that is the usual course
adopted by public men in such cases.
The Lord Mayor-It appears in a paper
of large circulation. and / want TO take
the earliest opportunity of saying that 1t
is untrue.
Deputy Millar Wilkinson-1t was the
essence of bad taste on the part of the
Judge to make such statement. Do you
think 1t necessary or advisable that there
should be some resolution come to on the
subject? Cries of "No.')
Deputy Wallace-As some one has as
sumed that the judges statement is cor
rect. think the question should be re-
ferred to the privilege committee of the
court of aldermen. We cannot pass it as
it is. If the judge is In the city of London
court will send for him sharp. Laugh-
ter) I move that he be sent for
The subject was then dropped.