The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-08-22
FARLHY'S Vile DEN.
Sunday Scenes in the
Wou1d-be Assembly
mans Saloon.
FILTH, SQUALOR, RUIN
A Little Girl Begging for Gin for
Her Mother-Drunken
Laboring Men.

Rum selling Sunday law breaking
Alderman Farley's First street den was
open yesterday and there was enough
drunken men and disgusting scenes in
the neighborhood to make person stand
aghast at the presumption of Farley to
assume to become q candidate for any
other office besides the one he now holds.
II the authorities only knew the
character of the den the fellow operates
they could not well afford to close their
eyes to it.
A JERSEY CITY NEWS reporter visited
the den yesterday. To call the place a
saloon would be extreme f1attery. 1t is
nothing more or less than a den. the like
of which is net equalled in filth or any
thing else by any of the stale beer dives
in New York City.
1t is dirty beyond description. When
the NEWS reporter went there yesterday
two drunken men were reelIng down tue
delapidated stoop in front of the place.
The men appeared to b9 of the ordinary
class of workingmen, who no doubt had
families to support and had spent their
last penny for liquor in ''de Alderman's"
saloon. They were in fit condition to go
home and beat their wives.
FILTH AND WRETCHEDNEss.
When the NEWS man entered the hall
way (the front door WAS not open) he was
compelled to draw back for breath. The
fumes of stale beer and liquor were stiff
ing, The hallway looked as if 1t had not
been swept in a year. Down through the
narrow passRgeway the NEWS man ven-
tured until door was reached. This
door opened into rear room.
This room was the acme OF disorder and
filth. 1t might have been pool room at
one time. There were the remnants of
two cheap pool tables in the room, There
were three cues, two of which had been
broken in one of the many fight, that oc-
Cured in the place. Several old tin cans
and cigar stumps were scattered on the
dusty floor. In one corner was a heap of
rubbish, including several soda water
bottles in which Farley puts up five
cents worth of liquor for his family
trade" and in another corner were sew
eral young chickens which had flown
i'll through the open window from the
back yard. Altogeth er the room was
one of the dirtiest places conceivable.
THE FAMILY TRADE.
While the reporter was standing in open
mouthed wonder at the filth of this room,
the hallway door opened, aud little girl
she could not have been over six years
old-entered. She went into the front,
and this was the conversation
Me mamma wants to know if you will
give u6F leu cents WOrLH OF gin on Trust,
said the child in a piping voice.
Get out of here" replied the bartender.
The child retreated. In a little while
she came back again.
me mudder says dat me fadder leaves
enough money in dis place." said she.
ME fadder gifts paid on de first of de
month, and you can git de money den."
IAN right" said the bartender, "but be
sure and don't let her forget it." and he
handed out the gin.
Wien l entered the bar room and called
for a drink. the bartender looked at me
in such manner that l involuntarilv
clutched the pocket in which l carried
watch and some money. AS for the
drink, taste was enough and when the
bartender's head was turned dumped it
on the floor wnere it would never be no
ticed.
A couple Of young toughs sauntered in
presently and decided not to tarry. In
the hallway l met two drunken men
reeling in. Outside on the stoop were
couple of boys.
Say" said one to the other, ''do you
want cheap drunk. Just walk through
FarIey's hallway and back room and you
will come out drunk"
Such is Farley's place. And this is the
man that has the colossal nerve to repre-
sent an Intelligent community, even in
the Board of Aldermen.
This is the man who wants to go to the
Assembly and make laws for the people.