Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-06-17
M|N|STERSA ASK
| TO HAVE SUNDAY
LAWS ENFORCED
Many cIergymen Sign ResoIu-
tons Calling Upon Mayor
! and Others to Act.
MENTION NO TRADE
OR OTHER BUSINESS
In a General Form Attention Is
Called to Sabbath Viola
+ tions for Gain.

The Ministers Association of New
ark, at conference held during the
week, took up the question of the en-
forcement of the laws bearing upon
the observance of Sunday in this
city, and adopted resolutions urging
the sheriff of the county, the mayor
police commissioners and chief of
police of Newark to exercise vigilance
in the enforcement of the laws.
A committee was appointed to wait
upon Mayor Thomas L. Raymond,
Sheriff Ralph B. Schmidt, Police CHIEF
Michael T. Long and the police COM
missioners, and to serve each with
copy of the resolutions.
No particular line of business,
trade or occupation Is mentioned in
the resolutions, which read as fol-
lows:
Whereas, We, the members of the
Ministers Association of Newark,
recognize the Christian Sabbath as
part of the priceless heritage which
we have received from our fathers,
and essential to the maintenance and
progress of our civilization; and
Whereas, We have observed with
sorrow and alarm the growing ten
dency on the part of many in our
community, for the sake of CONNER
cial gain and in violation of the law,
SO to misuse the day as to destroy
its character, to bring all govern
ment into contempt and to threaten
the existence of our dearly bought
liberties; therefore, be it,
Resolved, that we respectfully
but earnestly and urgently call
upon the mayor, the sheriff,
the commissioners of police ard
the chief of police of the city of
Newark, in accordance with their
duties of office and for the welfare
of the city, to exercise the utmost
vigilance in the enforcement of the
laws having to do with fthe observ-
ance of Sunday"
The names of fifty-two clergymen
and one layman, Don S. Gates, appear
as having signed the resolutions. The
signers are:
Rev John J. Moment, Rev. Joseph
II. Folso r. Rev. Dean Newton Dob
son. Rev. A. N. Stubblebine, Rev.
Andrew II. Nelly, Rev. Eugene c.
MakoslSy, Rev. T. Aird Moffat, Rev.
W. w. Newbury. Rev. Percival III.
Barker, Don S. Gates, Rev. Car
mine Pagano, Rev. Albert Foster.
Reimer Rev. George G.. Broening,
Rev. Lyman Whitney Allen, Rev. M.
s. Waters, Rev Davis w. Lusk, Rev.
Dorr f. Diefendorf, Rev. Ralph b.
Urmy, Rev. S. ID. Chambers, Rev.
Charles b. Condit, Rev. c. r. Bar
nard, Rev. j. j. Louderbough, Rev. E.
e. Davis, Rev. Alex MacGeorge, Rev.
Albertus T. Brock, Rev. Robert r.
Littell, Rev. NJ. Joseph Twomey. Rev.
John Humphreys, Rev. |. McCay
Knipe, Rev. George G. Vogel, Rev.
Pleasant Hunter Rev. Basil Kusiv,
Rev William j. Dawson, Rev. l.. B.
Hills, Rev. c. T. Brownell, Rev. o.
e. Wilson, Rev. George p. Dougherty,
Rev. o. M. Trousdale, Rev. Charles
II. Stewart, Rev. w. Y. Chapman,
Rev. George Walton King. Rev. H. G.
Harmon, Rev. Charles f. Stanley,
Rev. j. Clayton Howard, Rev. l.. c.
Muller, Rev ]. II. Macdonald, Rev.
Joseph Hunter Rev. Robert Scott
Inglis, Rev. II. Y. Murkland, Rev.
Henry H. Hadley and Rev. Freder-
lex Wicks.
The special committee consists OF
Revs. M. j. Twomey, Albertus 7.
Brock, Dorr f. Diefendorf, T. Arid
Moffat, Henry II. Hadley and John
J. Moment.
The committee called upon Mayor
Raymond this morning and submitted
signatures of the members of the as
sociation who signed.
There is no more direct reference to
Sunday liquor selling in the paper
submitted than there is to ice cream
saloons.
II was said after the committee
had left the mayors office that sun
dav moving picture performances and
certain forms of Sunday benefits are
among the features of Sabbath vlo-
tations that the clergymen object to.
When asked if he cared to give an
expression on the ministers resoiu-
lions, Mayor Raymond sent out word
to the reporters that he had nothing
to say.
The resolutions were first intro
duced at a meeting of ministers
to consider an invitation to Rev.
Billy A., Sunday to conduct evan
gelistic campaign in Newark. At
later meeting of the ministerial as
sociation, May 5, the resolutions were
adopted. The time since has been
occupied in getting signatures to the
resolutions