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

The Anti-Lightning Warriors on tho
Warpath-A Committee that Took q
Month To DO NOthing-A Grand Talk
i'm Newark Yestcrday-Mayor Ricord
To Stop the Sunday Tramc or BE Made
To Walk tho Plank.
New Jersey, like New York, has had her own
share OF trouble over the local option agitation IN
and out OF the Legislature. month ago the State
Temperance Alliance met and held fine public
meeting at which was present large and highly
respectable assemhage. The President OF
the Alliance, Mr.. George Shepherd Page,
made some startling statements about
the liquor traffic in Newark. There
were, he said, 1900 saloons In the city, or
one to every eighty seven persons. OF these hut
400 paid license. Newark beat, he said, Cork, Ire
land, and that was considered the most intemper-
ate city in the world. He had never seen as much
drunkenness there as in Newark, particularly on
Sunday. Newarkers, he continued, pay $4,000
yearly to support police force that would not be
needed were it not for rumselllng 1t costs about
$4,000 to support Migrants making 100000 that
the people are taxed to support the creatures OF
rum. There were arrested in that city by the
police last year l, 1856 boys under twenty years OF
age, 400 under thirteen years, AZ young girls and
156 persons over sixty years OF age. OF these 72
were butchers, l2s carpenters, PTS hatters SO har
nessmakers, 80 Jewellers, 1880 abOrers, LIS masons,
2ls who had no business, ITO prostitutes land that
in Newark, the City OF Churchesi) and only lO1
saloon Keepers; but, saddest of all, 4l4 bummers
the victims of rum, who would soon sink into
drunkards graves He closed by saying that most
OF the buildings in which rum was sold we're
MwH. si OWNED BY CHURCH MEMBERS.
who rented them to rumsellers because they got
good prices. sunday beer selling had been stopped
law HAD oeen carried out, He called upon the tenn.
perance men to compel the Mayor Of Newark to
do MS duty The following were then unanimously
Whereas the opponents of prohibtory legislation
na ae o % e am aor the The
fs p M n sps arg tor suffering
city a
sS Sc the sale o.
The committee was appointed as follows:-Dr. I.
Fmdlay, william d. RUSSELL Rev. A. L. Brce, Dr.
j. =. Wilson, Dane1 DOdd, s. r. w. Heath, Theo-
dore Macknet, Rev. J. S. Ostrander, J. M. Allen, J.
After this great deal more talk was INDUCED in
by divers and sundry persons, but that is all that
STRANGE AND SIGNIFICANT
to relate, the committee never 30 much as showed
their faces to Mayor Ricord or any other member
Committee met again in Newark to hear the report
OF the above committee, but, OF course, no re-
a. sens no aea Of to
was present, and il was probably thought he was
the committee ought not to be superseded By
another committee until they had had chance
to report. They should be Instructed to see the
Mayor forthwith and have him enforce the sunday
law. An enthusiastic member declared he would
give his right arm to have the saloons closed
Another member was applauded when he sug.
gested that
~ COMMITTEE OF ONE HUNDRED
leading citizens, representing all the churches, be
appointed to go to the Mayor and compel him to
do hts duty. The Mayor, the speaker said, was q
good enough man, but was controlled by
ms party politicians. The people had no
confidence, he said. in the temperance move
ment because 1t had failed everywhere.
Another speaker, clergyman, said II was not the
Mayors fault The Church did not take the lead
in the matter as 1t ought to- He believed the PEG.
pie were DESTROYS or doing right and would vote
for good order and peace and would put IN ONCE
q mayor who would enforce the laws II 1t was
found the present one would not do 1t. A Mr.
Bannister said the committee should tell the
Mayor that he had sworn solemn oath to obey
the law. II he did not do so, then he should be i'm
peached. No action was taken regarding the
big committee suggestion but, after agreeing
to give the old committee chance to gather to-
day and compel the Mayor to say yea or nay in
the matter, the meeting adjourned till Monday.
It is not improbable that when the committee
calls on His Honor IL will be found that he has
gone on fishing for o few days or on some other
business.