The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-06-25
MANHATHAN'S SLOF CAN
DR.. Seudder's New Name for
Hudson County-Gotham'S
Crooks Floeking Here.

The Rev. John l.. Scudder in the Taber-
nacle last night made a stirring appeal to
Chief of Police Murphy to close up the dens,
designated as music halls. which in fest the
lower section of the city. He also called
upon the Chief to enforce the closing of
saloons on Sunday. He attacked the vices
which exist throughout the city in this
wise:-
ssThis town is suffering from an epidemic
of vice. Part of this iniquity comes from
the other side of the Hudson and part Is III
digenous. Recent moral earthquakes IN New
York have caused an emigration OF shady
characters, and Jersey City, being convent
entity near at hand, has become a refuge
and hunting ground for disorderlles and
crooks. At present the social evil IS
unusually glaring and defiant. Solicta-
ton upon the street is a common occurrence
and a number of saloons are blossoming out
into low-lived concert halls, where women
sing ribald songs and young men are led
astray. These infamous resorts make one
feel as if Coney Island had moved over to
the lower portion of Jersey City. These
dens are feeders of disorderly houses, and
have the impudence to faunt the names OF
their female dancers and singers upon the
sidewalk.
A sLoP CAN FOR MANHATTAN.
"Never have l seen such undisguised and
self-advertising nuisances in this city be-
fore. These sinks of iniquity have become
common talk. Everybody sees them and
understands their business, L attribute
their recent efioreScence to the present dis
comfiture of vicious characters in New
York City. Here, apparently, they can ply
their trade without fear OF moiestatlon.
Under the peculiar circumstances across the
river this city has become q sort of moral
slop can for Manhattan Island. Now, L
hope the Police Department will break up
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and performers to move on Jersey City
has enough .evildoers of her own. She has
| no occasion to open her doors to the deprav-
id classes of New York.
ANOTHER REA EVIL. y9af
Last week we inyeighed against certain
| poker joints in this vicinity, but these cons
cert saloons are much worse than gambling
bells, for only carefully recommended per-
| sons can secure an entrance into the latter;
but a combination dive and dance house is
thrown open to anyone who can afford TO
pay for one glass of beer. 1t is a perpetual
| source of temptation to inquisitive youths,
an attractive recruiting station for houses OF
ill-repute to. arDd
Another evil to which1 would draw the
| attention of the Police Department is the
opening of the average saloon on Sunday
contrary to law. Not onlyis the side door
| ajar III almost every ginrnill in town on the
Sabbath day; latterly in some of them the
IIOnJ QOOT las dlSO Dceu OpeH dIu PiooOo.
sions of pitchers and cans were visible to all
but the policemen. This is a scandal to the
present so-called reform administration, and
it ought to be r~ectitied instantly.
And while the police are waking up |
think it would be advisable to establish a
society for the prevention OF vice IN Jersey
City. We want all the modern improve
ments here, and this is one of them. The
| giant evils of municipal life must be OPP
| posed by some permanent and potent organi-
| cation. During the past week have had
enough work laid out for me by individuals
to keep such an organization busy six
months. | have been asked to attack and
demolish all manner of Ubiquitous resorts
from UnionaHill to Bergen Point. Not
being omn~ipotentand omnipresent, and not
having the RESOURCES Of a millionaire, l nave
not been able to fulfil their requests. One
tzev Ia as sad tltlasf e co,5ssgn i, bresentgs to seen,,e
| the conviction ofarthe -four gamblers who
were arrested last week, and am informed
bby Prosecutor Winfield that these cases viii
I comeiibefore the Grand Jury during the
I early part of this week. ~ q