Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-06
BERRY WOULD PUT
CLERGY IN POLITICS
Presiding Bishop Orders Meth
odists to Defeat wet" Can
didates at Primaries
CONFERENCE HITS EDWARDS


Special Dispatch TO the Epening Public Ledger
Atlantic CITY. March GA command
by Risbon Josenb n Berrv Of philn
delphin. nresidiny officer that ministers
entrr noIitics 10 defeat "wctJ condi
dates and The massage Of resolution
dcnouncinp Governor Edwards and the
state Legislature. featured today's ses-
sion of the New Jersey Methodist Epis-
copal conference.
fo D'snoP ,,fs,y berry warned 'Gn' ~. ,n' sI, msIh.
stages, ''''''" ""' ''
'fThe war furnished the psychologi.
cal pcriod TO make possible the eight
centh amendment :" he soid. ''It went
through on nAvove of notriotism. or in
nil human nrohabiiitv prohibition wouid
not have como for Years. The close Of
the wor hro,,ybt n necul;ar reaction.
"Jn Now Jersey tbe majority of the
nconlc arc Cbrist;ans Thc trouble was
| that they STAYED M home while the no
liticai devil wos nt work with his own
flock. If Won had voted Mt the pri-
marics Won would have had the privilege
of voting for Mr., Rupyon." >" This dec
laration was greeted with shouts.
"The Christian and temperance peo !,
pie allowed the politicians to put some :
| thing over on them" the bishop con
tinued. "If ANYBODY should feel badly
about it. il should be ourselves. We
have learned our lesson. We shall be
in the watch tower in the future. We
shall not be deceived. You go out at
| the primary, put the issues before your
congregations and demand prohibition
candidates.
"I blush for Mr.. Edwards on nv tour
Of the co,,ntry. but there win he an nc.
counting ~
.
commend 'Dry' Legislators
The prohibition resolution was offered
by the Rev. John Handey, of Long
Branch. It read in part:
That we look upon any man, or
group of men. who seek to destroy
or nullify that which has been nc-
compished, as the enemy of the home,
the church, the state and humanity.
-, That we look upon the action or
Ior;.Iot,,rn Sn as th;, statn i, ,osa;,,a n
law contrary to and in defiance of tho
federal law and ~, cnnstitntion nresum.
inc thereby to license that which thc
national government has declared to
be and wbicb every one who rcsnects
his Judgment must know to be in
toyicnting linuor. as being an en-
courapemcnt to tbe lnwlpss and
| bringing nn0n
tbc fair name of New Jersey
And that we highly commend the
patriotism Of those mempcrs of our
Assembly and Senate who voted
against the passage of the blu.
A copy of the resolution was sent Ia
members of the Legislature and the gov
erpor.
A substitute for the bill pending in
Trenton to make Ocean Grove n
borough is being prepared in the New
Jersey annual Methodist Episcopal
Conference here.
The new bill would grant the right
Of residents to vote. but asks for a
township government and assurances
chat the religious services and Sabbath
obscrvances . be preserved. Former
Governor T.. c. Stokes is chairman Of
the committee preparing the bill.
pravs sor Edwards
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inc hey. r ~. uc MuIIs' ii,n;o. i",,.;ot
superintendent u, ,ne IN, roJ "a,, ~ - .
nnu noW " c,.orn,. U,s Edunrds n.I;ng
PRAYER 1or uoHetnor r1um",u", , "'"''s
lot nis sontr.S,n e .tn so,.;aI nor,,;no oor,
,ncpoL,lus or ; 'nu nn ' industr;a, unrnst
mit'Is 'oIS"iaS AZ Sorouor |n ~ pb;IadoI'
.ht L; MY, .,o,n.od ~ ~ tho much of tho mnrest
pnlu' ni,, uecn%reu ,nnI roaotinn asainst farmer
MGH ;niHsticos G,.%t on Tho mart Of capital, 1--WE
nnno,nmord - h. said chat as n
cburch br, we sneak ont for such an cx
tonsion ] of democracy into the realm of
industry as will guarantee to every
citizen freedom from exploitation, such
as will bring all industrial relations
under the control of Christ's funda .,
mental laws of righteousness and
love.
'Thosc truths which. II applied
would solve all our national and inter -