The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-20
JERSEY CITY'S SUNDAY RUN.
LTOUOR DEdLERs TIfREfTENIN0 TO
REJIyE 4 DEAD Law.


s're"m. cr lager beer Flowing Shall tho
Cars he stopped. the Livery stables Closed.
aud all Kinds of Business he Suspended
Little attention was paid to the Excise
law in Jersey City Yesterday The majority of
the liquor stores had their doors wide OPEN
and all sorts Of liquors were openly sold without
the least attempt at conccalmcnt. Taylor's
Hotel did thriving business and n few doors
above it the Exchange Sample Room" had its
doors invitngly open. On the opposite side OF
the street one of the largest saloons in the city
is kept 10y John C. Hopkin-,Jr. Tho proprietor
Is rotund. Jovial gentleman. who weighs about
three hundred pounds. He was seated outside
the door, in his shirt sleeves reading THE SUN
and tanning himself ndustrously. Falstaff
taking his case in his inn could not have been
more Indifferent than he to temperance socie-
ties and Sunday laws.
You are keeping open to-day az usual. Mr.
Hopkinsg"
Certainly. have been in this business in
this city for over 5 Xtccn years and in all that
time have been closed but three months. Dur
ing the past nine years have never been closed
for an hour have kept opnn day and night and
| don't see why should make change now"
But haven't the police been around or
warned you to close upon Sundgy-F
No, have received no such notice. and
haven't seen policeman to-day. They must
bc around somewhere Thought | guess they
A little further up on the same block otto
Meyers has bar and lunch room both II
which were open and doing Il good business;
and on the corner IN u. N'"gnan's saloon,
lager flowed in refreshing streams block
further up. the Mahnkrn Bros have a large sa-
loon. and not content with having both doors
thrown open 10 the widest extent. they had a
lnrg" sign fastened To a tr'r outside ON which
WIS painted two frogs. reclining under out
spread umbrellas. using tuad-tpul for u table,
were IN" words T,yn tis If Iin chnw.
tlpr MstI \t.kk i4t- tft,t..t mad
strangers improved the opportunity to re-
fresh themselves. Along Exchange place. Mont
gomery. street. and Newark avenue scarcely
any Of the saloons were closed.
At II ndcrson street and Newark avenue, Mr..
james Roche. who was fined 40 last week for
kcepng open on III" ple' ,ou7 sunday. has n
bar. He has not proiitud 10y hi- previous ex-
pcricncn. and il determined t. test his case
thoroughly he says It is rather odd that no
should bc the only man fined. His bar was open
again Yesterday; several liqunr sellers called
10 see him. They VIII all pull together. and
have abundant mems Mt their commund. which
they Will not hesitate To- nsr literally to protect
them IN their rights. said one Of them:
. II this thing : pushed too far W. shall Kick.
IL il not u citv ordinance under which they are
trying to cose rs up ON SUNDAYS but an old
stat" law which iorhil- any On" ir'm doing any
labor OF any Kind on the sabbath; remember
years ago. when Mr. Perry was Mayor. but tho
liquor dealers Insisted that If part " thu law
was enforced. all uf it must be- The street cars
must he stopped from running. livery stables
vented from driving lGc family to church.
AMI music dls"untiuu"d 40 places of public wpr-
snip. because the organ Blowers, poor devils.
need Sunday for a day Of post. Now. if these
temperance and religious fanatics crowd Il. too
close. W" shall insist that th. entire Jaw bc car
RED ont hero to the very letter. II Won walk
from her" 10 the ferry yod Will probably pass
hanging out IN the street and ench having ono
or more salesman on the sidewalk Whose husi
uo-~ II Is to nan paS-rre by and Undue" them 10
II We shut up they must