The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1892-05-31

suffrage for governor, that stood in thii
court house when the honorable and
honest citizens of the various political
parties of this county were trying to have
a law enacted touching the adjustment
of license from this county, that that man
to-day, sitting upon this throne of iniquity
and sending out and debating his mes
sages, has this state right by the throat
| say it without fear OF successful contra
diciton that the governor of this state and
the men he has placed in Office care no
more for the moral sentiment or for the
churches than you would care for 80 much
dirt.
when has the church of this state had
any recognition in the legislature? Did
it haye any recognition last week in the
courts of this county? 1t is for you to
go on and cringe and suffer the exist
ence of an iniquity like this
"What does the law say in this matter :?
1t provides that we can demonstrate.
When we do you say we can't do any
thing. In order that we might keep
within bounds, in order that we might
demonstrate to the honorable court that
we were not fanatical, we secured re-
monstrance against this man. Whom
was this remonstrance signed by? By
thugs and pot-house politicians? Who
did sign it? Why, they were some of our
best citizens. men holding honorable posi-
tons in the church, some that were not
IN 1.-THE church, honest. honorable men.
No man can gainsay that.
Against this remonstrance this man
comes into our court with list of names,
some men who were no intelligent enc1gh
to sign their names, but had to put their
mark.
But knowing that the courts are as
slippery as eels. we did more. By great
dlt1culty and great expense we secured
evidence to prove that the man was I'M
worthy to hold license, if there can be
such thing as being not sufficiently
worthy to hold license; that he was a
violator of the law. 1t was shown that he
had sold to minors, had sold on, the Sab
bath. had sold after his license had ex-
pired, and had sold by the small when
his license empowered him to sell in
quantities not less than quart. He also
kept disorderly house. This is the kind
of citizen to whom the court grants Ii
cense.
"Why was this granted? There is no
man with grain of common sense or a
grain of honesty who will say he received
his license because it will be conducive to
the public good. Men representing all
phases of society say nay. | will tell you
why. That man controls just so many
votes. That is the reason why. In the
first place one of the members of the court
said in the presence of gentleman, this
man has been promised this" What bust
ness has this license court to promise that
a man shall have license before the time
comes?
Another member of the court said, in
the presence of member of the Law and
nrla ~ to
Why doesn't he want to
hear arguments ?" Simply because he
had made his mind up that this fellow
should have license.
"The Law and Order Society was de-
rided by the very action of this member
of the court. He took newspaper in his
hands, twisted around in his chair, and |
read all through Mr.. Sooy's argument |
What do you think of it. a man drawing |
five dollars day for serving the county |
Il have in my possession letter in |
which it is stated that Judge said to a
certain gentleman of this town that he !
deals with, You can bet all you are mind |
to on Costigan, for he will get his license
This was before the case came off.
How long are you going to stand and |
live under the shadow ofthis throne of
iniquity? You say we have laws. What |
are they2 Bridgeton for years has re-
fused license. Millyille has not had
drinking place for twenty years. They
took advantage of all the laws to exclude
it from their city. What did the govern
ment of the state do? Why, a law
was enacted by which hundred men
can apply to the governor and have an
Excise Commission appointed, by which |
all this can be overcome. To meet that,
they took advantage of the Werts law at
and made the license fee ST 900.
What did the Excise Commission do2
Why, they just did away with the 81 900
license, and made it 5000 and $500.
"The governor of the state appointed |
the commission. He is the man that is |
calling upon you for your suffrage, that
has an eye on the Senatorial chair. Some
Of you will cringe and bow down to him
this fall"
In closing, Mr.. Boswell called all the
small boys of the audience. members of
the Try Company, some 20 or 80 in num-
Der, to the platform. Referring to them,
be said, "Not one of these boys is pro-
tected. If the liquor traffic is continued |
it must be done by some of these boys. |
| appeal to you to do all that is in your
power by prayer to save them. l appeal
to you with all the strength of my soul to
defend the boys"