The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-18
NO PARTY POLITICS.
Convention Of Liquor Dealers
Announces It's Platform
Annual Election.
sDcc:al to the Jersey City Nercs.


PATERSON. Sept II, 1Ss5-The liquor
dealers met yesterday at Turn Hall in
annual convention. President Richard
Paterson. of the Pennsylvania Associa-
ton. sounded the keynote when he de-
clared:-
ANY party that does not stand firm
on the liquor question cannot live long.
A party must be for or against us We
want no such platform as the Republic
cans of New York have given us. We
want to know where they stand. The
man in the liquor business should stick
to no party that will not protect his in
terests. We have been too much de-
ceived by politicians. Make up your
minds to guard your interests and take
them out of the hands of the polite
ians.''
The liquor men realize that they are
becoming more powerful every year. A
year ago there were but nine organiza-
tions. Now there are twenty-six con-
nected with the association, and they
were represented today by nearly sou
delegates. Hudson County sending the
largest delegation.
Ex-senator Hinchliff welcomed the
delegates an State Senator W.. D. DAILY
made an address at the outset of the
convention. He said that the party to
which he belongs had always acceded
to the Just demands of the liquor deal-
ers and treated them with the same con-
sideration as others engaged in a leg1tl-
mate business.
sThere is no more reason" he SAID,
"why prohibition should be placed on
your business than on any other busl-
ness recognized by law, and the law
ought to protect you from the unjust
criticism which is occasionally heaped
upon you Today the great liquor in
terests pay the largest share OF the
taxes in the municipalities and town
ships
POWERS OF THE WERTS LAW.
President Koehler. in his annual ad-
dress. reviewing the hard work at TIen-
ton by which he claimed much leg1sla-
ton had been headed off and the un-
availing efforts made to find sponsors
for bills it was desired to introduce in
the interest of the liquor dealers.
''At the suggestion of the Monmouth
County Association" he continued "an
application has been made to the Su-
preme Court to test the constitution
ality of the Werts law in regard to the
| local OpLlOn features, dS we llidl
the law was formed to regulate but
not prohibit the liquor traffic. The
associations of the League were man
fully used in defeating the adoption of
the so-called Short law in Bloomfield,
one of the most injurious and unjust
enactments of modern legislation. My
attention has been repeatedly called to
continual violations of the law regard
~. 4at1s of mol ncn Ia iffJ1O
stores and groceries, as well as the sale
of whiskey in drug stores without a
prescription and under a government Ii
cense only. The law is very explicit, and
measures should be adopted to have it
enforced and bring the offenders to JUS
tice. l also call your attention to the
Increasing adulteration of beer, whiskies
and eordials. The Legislature should be
required to create food and dairy com
mission whose duties should be among
others to analyze beer and liquors.
Look out for those legislators and Off
GERS that have been instrumental IN
passing high license and local option
laws. no matter what party they belong
to- Drop politics and fight for your busi-
ness interests, for the interests OF your
1HoNORING THE PRESIDENT.
can and a candidate for reelection, was
present as a delegate from Passaic City.
He took exception to the reference mace
by the President to the saloon-keeepers
ways prepared to introduce measures in
the interest of the liquor business. when
he deemed it wise to. do 50, but he did
to introduce the meas,sEes spoken of by
the President. Mr.. Kings explanation
was ordered tackled to the ,President'ss
fhe convention was taken up Senator
Daly, on behalf of the Liquor Dealers
Association of Hobolxen. which seemed
to be the most active body In the con-