Bridgeton pioneer., 1888-06-14
A NEW SCHEME.
Ex-Governor Albeit to go to
the Senate.


tion to ascertain what is the option of
its citizens in reference to the sale of
liquor. These are Warren, Gloucester,
Cumberland, Salem and Cape May.
The general feeling throughout the
State is that the opportunities which
the Local Option law passed last Win
ter affords have not been embraced.
The Prohibitionists who hoped TO
have been gamers by the law are
much displeased. The liquor people,
who have been exceedingly aggressive,
have prevented elections being held in
Mercer, Burlington and Camden
counties.
The temperance people now charge
that the law was not good one, and
was passed mainly to hoodwink the
Prohibitionists and capture their votes.
Senator W. Carter, of Burlington, who
is also minister and the temperance
leader of the upper House, said: ''Be-
cause the liquor men have beaten our
people in several instances they now
charge the Republican party with
having framed a bad law It seems
strange that they can not be brought
to understand that the bill was not
made by the Republican party. 1t
was constructed by the Church Tenn
perance Association. It had the bene-
fit of such penetrating minds as DR..
Ballard and Mrs s. J. G. Downs
The liquor men of the State are
thoroughly organized into county
leagues. In the upper part of the
State they care nothing for the local
option clause of the bill, but seek to
make the Sunday closing feature the
main bone of contention. They will
endeavor to prevent the election of
any Republican assenblymen next
Fall, and they are quietly preparing
crusade against dealers who do business
on Sunday. They will take advantage
of some of the dead-letter blue la ws.
THE STATE LIQUOR LEAGUE.
TIE State Leagne intends to test the
coDstitutionalitsy' 81 the local Ubtf6}Hh
law in the Supreme Court. The test
will be Burlington County. The hear
ing there has not been concluded, but
it has been sufficiently delayed to in
sure no local option election this year.
Ex-Governor Albeit is conducting the
case and is making haste slowly. In
Camden the temperance men were de-
feated by a similar delay. The mem
bers of the State League now claim
that che liquor men made mistake by
opposing the petition so vigorously.
The raction came by the excise com.
missioners, several of whom are Pro-
hibitionists, making the license for
both wholesale and retail dealers $1,000
1t is generally regarded there that if
the matters had come to vote, Cam
den would have gone for license.
Newark is the liquor dealers Mecca.
They turn their faces to its many tall
brewery towers. Here are the oracles,
and those that consult them say that
watts and tuns of money will be used
this Fall to secure Democratic Legis-
latpre or any kind of Legislature
pleAs,,ed to repeal the High License
LocG Option law. 1t is claimed that
many of the Republican saloon men
throughout the state will cooperate
with Newark breweries, who are virss
tually the State League, to secure this
end. They will have the hearty CO.
operation of the Democratic Executive
Committee. A United States Senator
will be elected this year. The LIQUOR
mems leading counsel, Leon Albeit, is
anxious to wear the senatorial purple
Those who know say he will not labor
in vain. He also hopes to secure a
favoroble decision from the Supreme
Court on the unconstitutionality of
OF the law. This will furnish the next
with. motive for using
the repeater.
The Prohibitionists will be unusually
active during the Summer. The
National Executive Committee has ap-
pointed r. A. Weelock and Daniel Nc
Govern to stump the State in the in
terest of the Cold-water party.
How A BOROUGH COUNCIL WAS OUT
WITTED.
Down in Gloucester County there is
the temperance town of Clayton. 1t
has been dry" for some time, but it
went wet the other day in decided
ly curious way. Charles A. Davis ap-
piled to the borough council for
license to keep a boarding house.
The councilmen thought it rather
strange that he should ask for "a license
for such a purpose, but granted it all
the same. The next day they dis
covered that liquor could at last be
sold in Clayton. The law passed last
Winter gives licensed boarding. houses
the right to sell liquors by the quart.
This law WAC doSiopad to moat q do