The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-02
Some days it Raines,
But not forever:
To stop such Raines
We will e~ndeavor."

To stop such Raines
We will e~ndeavor."
The Orange saloon men followed the
Elizabethians with about 100 men. Then
came small delegations from Camden,
Trenton, New Brunswick, Railway,
Greenville, Passaic and some of the in
terror towns and villages. Five hundred
men from Hohoken. headed by the
Seventh Regiment Band, and each man
carrying an American flag, brought up
the rear. behind them was a number of
wagons belonging to mineral water deal
ers, breweries and other industries con
nected with the liquor business.
AT the City Hall the procession was re-
viewed by Franklin Marx, President Of
the Excise Board; Commissioner Schwaz
and a number of Aldermen. Upon arriy-
ing at the Auditorium the paraders had
lunch, after which President Cavanaugh
| called the convention to order. He well
coined the delegates to Newark and said
he hoped that their stay in the city
would be an agreeable one. He intro
duced President Marx of the Excise
Board, who also welcomed the delegates.
| saying among other things:-
~ L. v Lie oPPSN
as the representative of the Mayor to
welcome you to the city of Newark. This
city has long exercised a liberal policy
| toward men of your order, and we wei
| come you to Newark with the wish that
| your visit may be pleasant, whether your
t be long or brief. You are welcome
to the city oftNewark, gentlemen.
Assemblyman James Robertson Of Pat
| erson, who lead the Republican majority
in the last House, was the next speaker.
| He declared that the association had
| never asked anything from the Leg1sla-
ture except h was fair and just. IN
that matter the association had mad the
annroyal of the conservative and orderly
elements of society. The association, ne
was happy to say, disapproved OF all
| places thai were a pest to the community.
and it was a fact that the liquor deater
| members of the association were sober
| and honorable men. Daniel Holland,
| President of the New York Liquor Deal
! ers' Association. spoke next. lie sa1d
| that what had been done affecting the
nuuor business in New York had not
killed the association, but had rather
| strengthened it. He predicted thai the
| association would increase IN numbers
and that the ground that had been lost
would soon be regained. If that was
not done entirely this coming winter he
Thought it surely would be the next
The only assurance of safety, he de-
| clared. was organization.
The convention burst into enthusiastic
cheers when Morris Tekulsky was next
introduced as s.the old war horse OF New
York He said that all men should or
ganize for mutual protection, whether
they were engaged as Wags-earhefs y
even in business for themselves.
The liquor dealers above all needed
protection. No other business was so
I liable to be attacked by adverse iegista-
tion. The Raines law had many. good
nosnts. he continued, as it protected the
man who conducted his business in an
orderly manner, from the crank and re.
former; who reforms everything eXeeps
that no man who is not Of a good moral
character should go into the liquor busl-
ness. Such moral men, the speaker de
| CARED. should be in the business, but nc
man ought to be required to go before ar
excise board n ask for a certificate 81
character.
Peter McGinn, First Vice President Of
the New York city association, the next
speaker. urged briefly the necessity OF
thorough organization in order that the
public might know that the liquor dealers
were honorable men. The saloonkeeper
did not want the trade of the drunkard,
but that of honest business men.
August Koehler then read his address,
of which this is a part
.sFor the twelfth time in the history OF
the Liquor Dealers Protective League of
New Jersey, we are assembled in convcn-
ton to again strengthen the bonds OF
! unity and friendship as a clAss OF puSlIeSs
men and to proclaim to the world that WI
are determined to assert our rights, the
rights of honest and free citizens guar
anteed TO every man under the Constitu-
ton of the greatest Government in ths
universe. We are gathered here from Al
parts of the State, showing the effects of
thorough organization, demanding nothing
more and nothing less than Justice
sWhen the Retail Liquor Dealers Pro-
tective League was founded on February
"a, 1887, at the convention in Elizabeth,
there were gathered the representatives
Of light liquor dealers organizations, with
a membership Of about 700.
ION September 10, 1887, the convention
was held in Newark. In the old Academy
OF Music. and a declaration of principles
was adopted, defining in a clear and pre-
else tone the objects of the league The
repeal of the obnoxious blue avs was
demanded from the legislature, and they
responded by giving the State the famous
High License Local Option bill.
THE strength OF the league was ridi-
euled. and not having a single association
in the southern parts Of The State, the