The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-04-05
BARRYS HEADQUARTERS.
The Fearful 0dor Of Bad Whiskey
and Political Treason.

About eleven O'clock last night was
passing the liquor store OF William NJ.
Barry, when heard loud voices wit hin,
turned out to be nothing out of the ordin-
ary
The place is on Henderson street the
second door from Eleventh street. When
| entered was greeted with the fouiest
smell 1t has ever been my misfortune
to meet In any groggery In this
or any other city It was understandable.
Perhaps it may have been the odor OF
treason. The room was filed with to-
bacco smoke that eliminated from score
or more OF clay pipes that were
being industri0usly pulled by men
who stood three deep in front Of
the greasy bar waiting impatiently to
be served with schooners of beer: sick
ening odor came from the floor, which in
Dictated a long accumulation Of CONCEALED
beer and tobacco juice.
On top of dozen barrels were seven or
eight men of q decidedly tramp-like APP
pearance. Some were asleep and snored
industriously, while others amused the M
selves squirting tobacco juice at the
feet OF the slumbering ones.
Those who were aw85e talked
the language generally found in such low
groggeries, and looked wistfully at eve ry
man who bought a schooner. Some of
Jue IIteIf, particularly ble u0Zc1 VINO mao
cans with them TO take beer home, looked
hard working men. They got their beer
and went out.
IN THE BACK ROOM.
AT the end OF the greasy bar a screen
door opened 10 the back part of the bar
room. Here not stove was surrounded
by motley gang Some were playing
cards for drinks. others were asleep n
whiskey barrels and others were wait
ing to be asked.
Behind the bar, Billy Barry, a tall.
broad shouldered. thin faced man, who
wore short hair, and strapping, big
fighting-looking bartender were very
busy waiting on customers The fero-
cious aspect of this individual Nigh t
have inundated me into buying rink
didn't want, but my desire for fres air
had now become SO strong that es capped
without ceremony.
A little ordinary atmosphere did me
much good, and then pondered / tried
to solve the mystery why such good re-
publican and advocate of temperance as
Humphrey w. Carr should have voted
as Republican delegate to nominate a
propritor'of such q low groggery for can
didate for member of the Board Of Alder
men.
/ wondered still further how partisan
Republicans like doc" lowering and
Joe Locke could have nominated this
mana Democrat who was a traitor TO
his Darty-to uphold Republican princi-
pies, particularly those on the liquor
question.
THE REASON WHY
have not found out yet why 1t was
done, but have found out why Barry is
traitor to the Democratic party. 1t is be-
cause he wanted to appoint TO the Police
and Fire Departments, the buns and
heelers thgt saw in his or oggery, and
because the Democratic leaders would
not permit such a disgraceful thing.
When Barry became convinced
of this hes impaired the sad information
to the buns and can workers who squan-
dered their pennies for his vile beverage,
and they held council OF war They
agreed to run him as an independents
Democratic candidate, If he could receive
the Republican nomination.
This he got without trouble ThesRe-
publicans were only too glad TO get him
and spread dissatisfaction If possible in
the Democratic ranks In that
district. The traitor Democrat
will be so badly beaten election day that
he will content himself with selling rum
and let politics alone for long
time to come, but how good
Christian gentleman like Mr.. Carr
could have been made party to the nom
ination of this traitor and grog shop
keeper, who is the indirect cause or many
a hungry child and tenement house wife
beating episode. | failed to learn