Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-11
BASEBALL AND
LOCAL OPTION HIT
BY MINISTERS
Newly Organs ed Association
Opens Campaign for Civic
Righteousness.

The Ministers Association of New
ark, organized yesterday with seventy
of the 100 Protestant clergymen of the
city attending the inaugural luncheon
IN Achtel-Stetter's today took it's first
action in the campaign for civic
righteousness it's members plan to
wage by sending to Senator Austen
Colgate a copy of resolution passed
yesterday protesting against bills
now pending which would legalize
Sunday baseball and remove some OF
the restrictions Of the present bishops
law.
The resolution, which was presented
by Rev. James A. Soandt, Of the
Anti-Saloon League, was adopted
unanimously The passage of this
measure and the rountine work of or
ganlzation practically consumed the
entire time of yesterdays gathering.
The new organization was formed
in order to permit the clergymen of
the city to speak and act as unit on
all public questions. Yesterday the
necessity for common action was
urged strongly by Rev. Dorr F.
Diefendorrf, pastor of the Roseville
M. E. Church, and Rev. Charles
Stewart, pastor of the North Re-
formed Church. Rev. M. Joseph
Twomey, new pastor Of the First
Baptist Peddie Memorial Church.
spoke of the new association as a
greratr civic need, and mentioned the
necessity of the c,ergymen of all
churches of the city handling ques-
tions of righteousness together.
The Newark Ministers Association
is an offspring of the Newark Min
isters' Union, or, rather, it is the
Newark Ministers Union reorganized.
Protestant clergymen of the city de-
cdied to organize about @ month ago,
and II was planned when the new Or
gani ation became an assured fact to
disp SO with regular meetings and
to hold three or four luncheons each
year, at which the business that arose
might be disposed of. Other meetings
will be held as necessity Demands,
at the call of the chairman.
All Protestant ministers Of the city
are eligible for membership in the
new association, and newly elected
officers said today it was likely all the
clergymen of Newark probably will
be enrolled in the association before
the next meeting, which will take
place in the fall.
Officers were elected as follows:
Rev. DR.. William J. Dawson,
pastor of the FIRST Presbyterian
Church, president; Rev. Dorr F.
Diefendorf, pastor of the Roseville
Methodist Episcopal Church, vice
president; Rev. Charles II. Stewart,
pastor of the North Reformed Church,
secretary, and S. Leroy Smith,
religious secretary of the Young
Mems Christian Association, treas
urer.
Rev. DR.. William Y. Chapman,
pastor of the Roseville Avenue Pres
byter.an Church, was chairman of
the nominating committee, and Rev.
L. H. Hills, assistant pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, was chair
man of the committee on arrange
ments. Rev. John Mcdowell, pastor
of the Park Presbyterian Church, was
made chairman of the social service
comm ttee.
All c,ergymen who attended yester-
days luncheon were urged to attend
the social conference. which will b.
held In the First Presbyterian Church
the first week in May. At this con-
ference labor problems. eugenics and
other present day questions will bo
discussed.