The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-05-05
Board OF Excise.


combe, Jr., called the meeting to order,
and proceeded to call the roll. All the
members answered to their names, as
follows: John Il. Black, John Cronce,
Thomas @. Horn, @. Van Doren Liver
ton, Levi Reynolds.
The Clerk announced the FIRST business
in order to be the election Of President,
when Levi Reynolds was nominated and
received the unanimous vote Of the
Board.
On taking the chair, President Rey-
nolds returned thanks for the honor con-
ferred upon him, and hoped pleasant
feeling would exist among the members
n the performance of their unpleasant
duties. He then extended an invitation
to any citizen who might desire to make
any remarks. to step forward and do so
previous to the Board taking action on
applications for license.
Rev. Father Brady, of st. Johns R.
O. Church, accepted this invitation. and
stepping to the centre OF the room, made
telling aud forcible address. He spoke
for about fifteen minutes and was list
ened to with close attention by the men,
bers of the Board and the large audience
assembled. He spoke in substance as
| follows
He said he did not come here to tell
| the members of the Board what they
should do nor what they should not do ;
he did not come to tell them they must
not grant license. The citizens OF Lam
bertville had voted on that question, and
the fiat had gone forth, license. But he
knew they could regulate the license to
great extent, and it was their duty to
| regulate it. The citizens were not 80
much opposed to license, as the abuse of
license. A great responsibility rested
| with this Board the Mayor and Com.
mon Council looked after the financial
and other important interests of the
city, but with this Board Of Excise rest
| ed q still greater responsibility than
that Of any other officer in the city--the
welfare of the individual citizen, and es-
pecially Of the youth. He came here as
minister and as q citizen, asking this
Board to be careful how they acted. He
was not an enemy to the landlord as o
minister of the Gospel he was friend
to everybody If he followed the teach
ings of his Church he must be friend
to everybody. He desired to speak of
two great evils. The concert saloons
they ought not be called concert--he
wished he could find another word by
which to call them, but for the want OF
another word in the vocabulary he would
call them concert-these concert saloons,
he believed, to be q great injury to the
boys and young men of our city. Drawn
to these places by the music therein,
the youth Of our city had been and are
still being ruined. He believed the con-
cert saloon should be abolished. But
what he believed to be q still greater
evil, was that of selling liquor on Sun
day. In this Christian city, with its
many Churches, and where the catechism
Of each denomination teaches that Sun
day is the Lords day, day for prayer
and meditation, Intoxicating drinks are
sold and young men and boys could be
seen intoxicated, reeling through the
streets, every Sunday. A few Sundays
ago, on the corner of Bridge and Main
streets, a crowd of drunken men lounged
and insulted people going to and from
| one Of our most respectable Churches on
Bridge street. On Church street-a
street which had been nicknamed during
the past year-ministers of the Gospel
had been insulted by drunken men on
the Sabbath. He had never seen any
one buy whiskey on Sunday, but he was
satisfied they had done so, for he was
sure from the character of those whom
he knew that they could not buy it on
Saturday night and have it on Sunday
afternoon. The passion is so great that
they could not sleep so long as they had
a drop OF rum in their possession. He
had resided here about two years, and
during that time he had witnessed more
disgraceful scenes enacted from the ef-
fects of strong drink, on the Sabbath
day, than he had ever witnessed any
where before. He again appealed to
the members to regulate the license SO
as to do away with the concert saloon
and selling liquor on Sunday, and after
thanking the Board for the courtesy ex-
tended in allowing him to make these
remarks, he politely Withdrew.
On motion of Mr.. Liverton, applica-
tions for license were taken up,
The following were granted William
W. Williamson & Son, Nos. 20 and %
Bridge street, hotel Johu X. Zeigler,
Nos. 80, 81 and SO Bridge street, hotel
Alex. Ashton, northeast corner of Union
and Church streets, saloon.
The three applications were granted
by the following vote
Yeas-Cronce, Liverton, Reynolds--3.
Nays-Black, Horn-2.
The following applications were laid
over until the next meeting Of the Board,
remonstrances having been presented in
each case: Peter Smith, Jr., Nos. 16
and Is Church street, hotel; Henry G.
Savage, northwest corner Of Church and
Main streets, hotel Albert L. Closson,
northeast corner Of York and North
Main streets, hotel.
A bond in tho sum of $500 was pre-
sented by each applicant who re eived
license, as follows On bond of William
w. Williamson & Son William w. Will
hanson, George w. Williamson, Harri-
son Carver. Bond Of John X. Zeigler--
John X. Zeigler, 8. +. Martindell, Geo.
Banchoff. Bond OF Alex Ashton-Alex.
Ashton, Samuel Goldman, J. J. Warman.
| On motion Of Mr.. Liyerton. approved
and accepted.
On motion Of Mr.. Cronce. the license
fee for the two hotels was fixed OF $40
each.
Mr.. Liverton moved that the license
fee for the saloon be fixed at 800.
Mr.. Horn moved to amend, to- make
the fee $50. Amendment lost.
Mr. Liverton's motion was adopted.
On motion OF Mr.. Cronce, ID was or
dered that when the Board adjourn, 1t
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