The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-03-12
JERSEY MEN SPEAK UP.
OPINIONS OF LEADING MEN ON TIE
NEW LIQUOR Law.

Of the high license local option combination
which Is now a law Of the State. 1t Is the bone
Of contention In every church. school house.
hotel. and barroom between Red Gate Farm In
Sussex. and the Inst life-saving station In Cape
May. New Jersey has two notable classes,
preachers and politicians: and while 1t Is true
that only n few OF tho politicians are preachers,
n good many OF tho preachers nre politicians.
and good ones, too. There is n distinction and
q difference between the two classes, but 1t is
very fine. Public men OF twenty-one counties
have spoken to tho SUN correspondent on the
subject OF the high license local option law.
Monmouth county is the birthplace OF the
local option end part OF the new law. James
A. Bradley. the father Of Asbury Park. has
paid moro money for the privilege OF printing
alleged libcls upon individuals in behalf OF
temperance than any ten men In the State.
His most recent draft upon his libel fund was
q $1,000 contribution. with costs. which means
another $1,000. This payment gave a young
lawyer n handsome start in business, and Mr..
Bradley closed tho fund. Being asked for his
opinion upon tho probable political effect Of
local option. Mr.. Bradley said:
Il voted for Fish for Governor on the Prohi-
bition ticket. l am with the Republicans now.
We arc going to give them u boost. They have
made friends Of the temperance men. and have
helped their party by that much"
Tn Rov. A.. L. Ballard has been married two
or three times. and still lives at Ocean Grove.
hale md hearty. bald and eagle-eyed.
There is probably more temperance ut Ocean
Grove In five minutes than there Is in any other
town In tho State in II mouth. particularly at
this season OF the year. He said:
Tho effect OF the local option law upon poll
tics must necessarily be OF advantage to the
Republicans. 1t will purify the political at
mosphere. and those who give the bill being
Metaphor is ms natural to Mr.. Ballard as
the numerical, strength of the benefits and
gentleman who, viii ,slt up Hl, nisht to bag a
liean party deaier than Capt. Kidd in Mon
mouth county. He didn't believe the Republic
cans would u d. dare e to nG;r E itt,tahs, to- tem nnar me,
that his work sighting Repu blicans would be
regretted this prospective change,
EY,ConErossmnn Knight OF Freehold thought
be losses und gains on both Sides.
.MiddleseX county. in the opinion Of Senator
he thought tho Democrats would hold their
own; Senator Chase isa small man with a big
sea.ie talsf bill little and thinks much about the
EX-Congressman Miles Ross was non-com-
initial. He didn't know much about local Oh;
every winter: and making it hot for Repub-
licans and Ills Democratic opponents Is his &C.
c%nIation the rest OF the year since he went out
d. Assembiyman Herbert. who bears a remote
resemblance to Andrew Juck son. thought the
election. Local option and high license were
popular yokefellows in Middlesex., $3.50.
The Hon. Robert Corson said: This law Is
a blow between the eyes. and tho Democrats
own the. eyes" Mr.. Corson is a dealer In col
lars and cuffs.
Republicans had captured u boomerang.
but bam if they were SS sd 3 he dTie an iu Sec Why Why
only a bench conn"ction With the bar. To-
Assemblymnn Matthews OF Elizabeth said
tho Inv would unite and .solidify the Demo-
party. Mr. Matthews enjoys the distinction OF
being the youngest member o. the House.
asdShe hostility to the an'bbiil bin. charlottesville 4 ,apss man
fore ], russell, He thesn THOUGHT it inJ"uiieloss
like TO succeed Mr.. Mcpherson in the United
Ex-Senator .stuinsby. who was probably the
most aggressive and ~ungrammatical senator
lave S slsf,fa dd In Nsw the 5srfEs spu 'fGHsht p ths NEW nv
Mr.. Stainsby is ono Of the shrewdest
in that hotbed of politics. -.
Newark. thinks the law is pernicious. and that
the Republicans will have to pay roundly for
=. The Hon. Gottfried Kruger. a large Newark
brewer. expressed his opinion of the law when
he said he would give 800 to the German Hos
OF the House, would come into the Thir-
teenth ward and let the people rotten egg him.
q ! hrMerer has u 4 strong arm and the front OF
the other wards in Newark ut present.
Ex-Judge Fort said the bill was unconstitu-
for his opinion. The Judge is a lawyer. and
owns stock IN a newspaper.
saaaf indo MeTts, en whS hss the eT TenStstiapn ,6 Of
opinion, two columns, in length. that. the bill
is unconstitutional. For this reason, il for no
other; the Democrats were opposed to 1t in
MAJOR ' Budd. who has two sabre and two bul-
Of anatomy. didn't think TfeH new a w would 'aiHdi
Probably the people would vote for license.
the Senate g sas % II t6 fhs;a' the S1H law %sf Is ' eoins to men hu RI
FIX F se haSe oar W NE wa az: a r Rlai sep pS9pls 9 Sad
Is as easy as 9 swivel chair with 2 high back
can make i. ONCE in a while he sits erect;
Goldsmith aud tho village schoolmaste sinful
D 1Snsoerls: in the lo ,Se n port ton % OF Bere nsIp b bne
Mr.. Harrington is nearly six feet In
Senator Mcbride. who is as bald as a Baldwin
apple, end the probable successor q Congress-
iLdH IIucock, hdlu ne uluu I tllDk DubB0X
county would vote for local option. Sussex u
he home OF Henry c. Kelsey and applejack.
.Assemblyman Bale echoed what Senator
said. and added that the increase Of
The license, fee would not make the number OF
hotels any less.
Ex-senator. Hobart said the law was In ac-
.2ordance with the progressive policy Of the
sRfs Rac,p part, IN II the respect pecn,i for popular
'eEard, for their rights they will endorse the
party. Mr.. Hobart Is the Chairman
IF the Republican State Executive Committee,
md Is one Of two men who have been Speaker
the House and President of the Senate. Ex-
Albeit is the other equally oistin-
gentleman. and entertains directly OPP
,osite views on the local option question.
Senator Griggs regarded the law as constitu-
nd against the Republicans. 1t remained to
seon whether they could afford to make u
trtct party contest against the local option
ssue. The Senator is a Republican ~favorite
Or Governor. and In his district for Congress-.
I VIM. Walter Phelps goes to the United States
enate the Republicans will do their best to
lace him In tho House.
Ex;Senator Hopper thought the Republicans
ould, have local option and the Democrats
;ould take the Offices. Mr.. Hopper Is short.
tout, and laconic,
Judge Jehiei Shipman. who won his legal
In the Hardin murder. case in Warren
ounty thirty years ago. and his Republican
onorS al about the same time by his ability to