The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-06-22
READY TOBE TALKED TO.
The License Trusts Re-
cruiting Committee Be-
gins Business.
RIDDLES PROMPTLY ANSWERED.
Complaints Will Be Received, and
Liquor Dealers Will Be Adj
mitted to Membership.

J. A. Bell and John Roche, with Secre-
tary John Hart, of the Liquor Dealers
Association, sat yesterday afternoon at
Roche's Hall as a committee of the or
ganization to receive applications for
membership and listen to complaints
against persons who are selling liquor
without proper license.
Two members of the association will
be appointed each day to attend to these
duties between the hours of two and
five p. nj.
Fifteen applications were reported to
have been received yesterday afternoon,
which means. fifteen times s13 more in
the associations treasury, as each ap-
plicant, in addition to paying $40 initia-
ton fee, paid in annual dues of $3. An
extra $40 will entitle the candidate to
something else-iust what, the secretary,
after consulting with Mr.. Bell, did not
deem it advisable to state.
( The committee also gives information
to enquirers concerning liquor licenses
and laws affecting the same.
Counsellor DAILY is supposed to be in at
tendance at each session. This enables
people who do not understand the
mysteries of the Werts law to have it ex-
planned to them without the expense of
paying lawyers fees
Several complaints were received orally
against men who were not conducting
legitimate saloon business, but the com
plainants were notified that no complaints
would be noticed unless made in writing
over several responsible signatures.
Counsellor DAILY, like the average
buffalo fireman, showed up only In
time to report Business engagements
Ylrn his h1If hto
services were not in especial demand, as
the appointment of such committee had
not been thoroughly advertised.
BUSINESS WAS SLACK.
Business was quite dull after the first
half-hour. Secretary Hart, in his shirt
sleeves, leaned back in his chair, drank
seltzer and mopped his face and neck
with handkerchief.
Mr. Bell stroked his handsome dark
mustache and gazed meditatiyely upon
the hills In front of him.
Mr.. Roche, whose genial countenance re-
minds his friends of a man on pretty good
terms with everybody, chatted in his
easy going fashion upon almost every
topic but that uppermost in the minds or
the committee.
A man who keeps grocery and liquor
store in the neighborhood of Fifteenth
and Henderson streets, wanted an inter
probation of the Werts Liquor bill in refer
ence to the number of licenses required to
sell liquor and allow it to be drunk on his
premises. He sat quietly at the table a
long time in meditation, and finally asked
solution of the conundrum why fifty
two days should be knocked off license
issued TO sell three hundred and sixty
Secretary Hart's reminder that the license
was issued subject to other laws was not
satisfactory to the visitor and ne took his
leave after awhile, stating that he did not
see that it was to his advantage to join
the association.
SECRETARY HART'S JOKE.
Mr.. Robert Blewitt, of No. 66S Commu-
nipaw avenue, stout gentleman in an
alpaca coat, entered and recognized his
friend Hart
''Wen, what are you trying to do nowes
he said, addressing the secretary
ooh, well, we're trying to make the
calling respectable; that's all" replied
Mr.. Hart.
''Is that a iokesn asked Mr. Blewitt. as
he clasped his hands over his portly abdo-
men, in ministerial fashion.
The secretary laughed and said:-
''You had better join u.s."
And Mr.. Blewitt handed over S13, and
replied:-'I always want to be on the
right side of the boys" and took his de-
parture.
A copy of THE. JERSEY CITY NEWS was
handed in.
"Great Scottr' Mr.. Hart exclaimed as
his eyes wandered to the announcement
of today's special feature. "What dropi
Yesterday it was Whisky Trust today
it's 'Waterp"
The good-natured secretary apparently
had not realized that The JERSEY CITY
NEWS covers everything that is news.
There are 1,050 licensed saloons in Jer-
sey City. The proprietors of 800 are mem
bers of the Liquor Dealers Association,
and the deal between the City Fathers
and the association will force all to seek
the latter's protection.