The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-13

The DalIiance Alliance Mem Again in
CounCiI-H0w They Were Clcverly
Hoodwinked by Ncwark's Cautious
MayOr-AskinS for the Substance but
Receiving Only the Shadow-What

Hoodwinked by Ncwarh's Cautious
Mayor-Asking Tor the substan nee but
Receiving Only the Shadow-Whal
Was Said About IL Yesterday.
Yesterday Rev. Messrs. McIlvaine, A. l.. Brice
and TWO other members OF the New Jersey State
Temperance Alliance special committee, appointed
five or six weeks ago to wait upon Mayor RECORD.
OF Newark, and request that officer TO enforce
the law which requires that all liquor and beer
saloons shall be closed on Sundays, piucSed M
courage and waited upon His Honor. prior to the
holding in the afternoon OF public meeting 10 re-
ccive and consider their report. The Mayor re-
ceived them courteously, and after listening to
what they had TO say, told them he would reply in
a written communication in time for their NEE ting.
At four O'Clock the meeting was held in the lee
ture room Of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton. There were present about forty persons in
Guiding clergymen and press represtn tatives-a
very slender gathering in view OF the generous
manner in which the meeting had been announced.
EX-Assemblyman c. c. Latnrop was called to the
chair Rev. DR.. McIvaine, chairman of The COM
mlttee which visited the Mayor, was called on to
report. He responded and said that since the
last meeting he and the other memb OF the CON-
mittee had been charged with want OF dilie ence
and he considered an explanation necessary. lie
had been placed on the committee instead or hay
ing been consulted, and he did not feel bound to
u
sured but he thought the Mayor so far had per-
formed his duty. He thought the people them
selves should take up the temperance matter, ana
not wait Tor the Mayor TO act He read
THE MAYORS REPLY,
which consisted OF SIX short paragraphs. The
first aludes to the morning interview and It's OBJ
Ject; the second IS beautiful bit Of barney, in
which the Mayor assumes to thank the committee,
in behalf oil the entire people, ..for the interest
which you take in the maintenance OF good order
and the preservation OF the public peace,n and as
surfing them that their efforts that direction
fail IN ~ I'M htr.1
there are many laws OF the State and city which
ii cannot be denied dead letter laws the fourth
tells Gospel truth in saying that certain sections or
"vIcE AND IMMoRALrrIEsn LAW
have become dead letters, and especially one
designated No. 20; the fifth admits that because a
law Is dead letter. that Is no reason against Its
revival, and the sixth furnishes the mix in the
Mayors cocoanut document as fOlIows:-
The people Of Newark not a law-defying people
They will sustain It's authorities In the enforcement OF all
na are sgsreved When the af 1s oatsd to make
specific charges against the voator and you may rest
may be required Of me.
When this last and final paragraph was read the
clerics ana others looked at each other IN amaze
presented with o stone. They had, in word been
completely hoodwinked by the astute head OF the
city government. SO dumbfOunded were they that
when motion was made TO accept the report it
was carried by an almost silent vote. Rev. Mr..
SOME PRETTY SHARP ALLusroSs
to the Mayor and Others. He aid not believe, he
said, that there was such lack of public sympathy
in the temperance cause as had been set forth by
o former speaker. For years the friends Of tenn
perance had been confronted by the Executive
power. They had fought hard, but had not been
successful. Mayor Kicard had said long before
that the law was dead-letter one: but 1t was not
for him to say which was and which was not dead
letter. but 1t was his sworn duty 10 enforce all the
laws alike. He moved, however that the Mayors
proposition be met on Monday morning by long
string Of names OF persons who had violated the
law. Mr.. Graves remarks were warmly applauded
II should here be stated that the Mayors idea I'M
doubleday IS to throw all the responsibility OF max
ing specific complaints and following up prosecu-
tons on the temperance men.
Mr.. j. II. Price SAID the only way to reach these
men who would not enforce the laws was through
the ballot box. Men who we're false to their trusts
should be voted down. Applausc.)
THE AUTHORITIES AND CLERGYMES.
Rev. Mr.. DE Vende asked what the character Of
the law was bearing on vice and immortality and
wit:-Wny Is It that no penalty was exacted from
those gamblers whose places had been broken up
some time ago2 The venerable Mr.. Ripley also rose
and asked what the ministers expected TO DO
when so many Of their number smoked cigars and
squirted tobacco Juice along Broad street. (Sensa-
ton and subdued laughter among laymen and
reporters.
motion 10 appoint committee TO select 100
influential citizens, representing all DENOMINATIONS
matter over and over again, drew out more dis
cusson, some thinking II would help and others
that 1t would hurt the cause. IL was carried at
last and, after difficulty in finding men who would
serve, the following were appointed and accepted -
Mcssrs. Enoch Boiies, Banister, Carney, Price, La
throp and Rey. Mr., Adams. The meeting then
adlOurQed.