Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-04-06

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opinion found ready expression in heat.
ed debate yesterday ut the afternoon
session of the Newark Methodist Con-
ference. The term Copperhead,' re-
viving train of bitter "reminiscences
of civil war days, hurled by an impul-
sive member at those opposing his
views, precipitated a lively tilt among
the delegates For the better part Of an
hour personalities few back and forth.
The trouble was caused by resfll,-,.
tion to change the name .eaSS. .3rs.ss1
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the Anti-Saloon Society g y the nlsss' -
said and done, the meties & Q. - t1lss,ar
sage.
Later in the afternoon the eonfers
enee decided to change the name Of the
lsociety, after all. resolution, with
this as its object, was adopted. The
society was renamed the Temperance
Society of the Newark Conference
Anyone who opposes any move by
which the liquor traffic can be fought
is worse than the Cupperhead Demo.
Gratis Of the Civil War period. was the
comment of Rev. DR.. Daniel Halleron
The meeting was given up almost
entirely to the discussion of the excise
question. 1t was presided over by Rev.
DR. Albert B. Richardson, of Dover,
who occupied the place Of Bishop NeeiY
while he was busy with his cabinet ar
ranging the appointments for the COM
ing year During the discussion sew
eral of the clergymen INDUCED in con-
siderable singing sarcasm. descended
TO personalities and were more or less
ironical in their statements.<z--
During the evening session, whiea1
was celebration of the anniversary Of
the society, discussed at both the morn
ing and afternoon sessions, Rev Dir.
Charles s. Woodruff, who presided,
touched briefly on the need Of addition
al excise legislation and then intro
duced William II. Anderson, legislative
superintendent Of the Anti-Saloon
League in Washington, d. c., who De.
livered an address.
At the morning session the motion to
change the name of the Total Abstin-
ence and Prohibition Society TO the
lAnti-Saloon Society was referred to the
temperance committee, after lively
debate. When the matter came before
the convention in the afternoon the com.
mittee reported against changing the
name.
In ringing speech Rev. Warren B.
Nef, of this city, who had introduced
the original motion, defended it and
said that the matter had been referred
TO the conference only in courtesy, as ID
had precedent for changing the name
without bringing it to the attention Of
the conference. He said the church
should use the best means to put the
liquor traffic out Of business and for
that reason he wanted the name Of tbs
society changed.
Dr. Wilding in Discussion.
Rev DR.. George G. Wilding, pastor
of Simpson church, Of Perth AmboY
said;
"The cowardly dodge on the part Of s
congress in taking the tariff off beer,
whiskey and barley and putting it on
tea and coffee should make Us very
careful about changing the name of our
society"
Revs. Drs. Landon, Mead, Coultas,
Mayham and Aylsworth leaped to their
feet and moved the previous question,
but the other clergymen would not lis
ten to the chair and calls of Netfl
Nefl" resounded through the house.
In the din the rapping Of the chair
man s gavel could not be heard.
When Rev. DR. Daniel Halleron hnal-
ly obtained recognition he likened tho
opposition to the movement to the
northern democrats in the time Of tho
civil war and said they were worse than
the Copperheads of that period.
Dr. Wilding countered this by say
ing that he was not for Temperatures
that he did not believe in halfway
measures, and that he wanted total
prohibition.
a. stand for total prohibition, said
DR. Wilding, in the street, in business,
in the home and In social life. Tenn
perance Is too weak q word for me-.
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