Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-28
News From NeWark's Busy Suburbs
mo BOSSES" SEEK
AID OF CHURCHES
Anti-SaIoon League Rallies to
Support of Republican
Faction.

Last minute appeals by the Anti
saloon League to support the No
Boss League featured church meet
ings last night in the Oranges. Cir
culars We're distributed at four gath
erings in East Orange and at a meet
ing in the chapel of the First Pres
byterian Church, Orange, where a
Mems Federation session was held.
In East Orange the voters took
little interest, il the Hawthorne Ave-
nue. Baptist Church gathering was
any criterion. Exactly a dozen men
gathered to hear the talks. The
speakers there were on hand at 5
| O'Clock, but the meeting was not
opened until 8:45, as it was thought
probable that by that time a SUM-
cient number of persons would at
tend.
Frank A. Fetridge, one Of the
speakers and a candidate for Assem-
bly, on the No-Boss ticket, expressed
himself forcibly on the lack of at
tendance at the meeting and the gem
eral apathy of church-goers concern
| ing vital questions In politics. II am
|, not a Christian when it comes to
going to church, as | never attend
any church, but IL this meeting is an
indication of the interest that the
church takes in the uplift of the
| two-three with my work" said Mr..
Fetridge.
He then drew a pamphlet from his
pocket, held it up in his left hand
and remarked that this was his plat
form. Before he explained the PAM
phlet he was interrupted by Harvey
MacCauley, of the Anti-Saloon
League, who whispered something to
him. Mr.. Fetridge did not explain
~ IL
hopes that a good vote will come out
tomorrow and vote quietly"
Mr.. Fetridge then stated that he
was sure of being selected at the pri-
mary and that if he was selected he
would use every effort to get the
liquor question settled and to do
certain work" to which he had
pledged himself.
Mr.. MaeCauley, the next speaker,
made a plea for more active interest
in politics by the silk stocking" ele-
ment. He said that there were more
people against the saloon than there
were for 1t, but these people do not
come out and vote, while the ma
chine vote is constant. Criticising
the newspapers for the lack of pub
licity given the anti-saloon party,
Mr. MacCauley said Last Sunday
sixty ministers announced that these
meetings were to be held and at least
thirty-flve had something to say
about the question, but the Newark
News printed only two-thirds of a
column about 1t. The reason for this
is that they are scared"
Mr.. MacCauley also said that after
the No-Boss ticket for Assembly had
been filed Mayor Raymond personal
ly approached members of the No
Boss faction and told them that If
they would remain unpledged to local
option the Anti-Dal faction would in
dorse them for Assembly. He stated
that this fact had been published,
and that no denial had been forth
coming from Mayor Raymond.
Arthur l.. Garrabrant declared that
the No-Boss League has been ac-
cused of injecting religion into pol
itics. "If the bosses had little
more religion injected into them
politics might be little better off
today" Rev. Daniel Clare, pastor of
the Hawthorne Avenue Baptist
Church, cited a case that had recent
ly come to his attention as the result
of drink. He characterized saloons
as terrible gauntlet which had to
be run by unfortunate men," and he
said that they were the cause of un-
happiness, degradation and crime.