The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17
TEE JOURNAL" SCORED
Alderman Heavey Shows
That 1t 0Vercharged the
City s484.3o for ADJ
vertising Liquor
Licenses.
A CLEAR STATEMENT OF FACTS
The Law and the Figures on File
in the City Clerks Office
Demonstrate Its Guilt.
A CLEAR STATEMENT OF FACTS

At the meeting of the Board Of Alder
men last night Alderman Heavey am
swered the attack of the Evening" Jour
Ilai' upon him. in which ne was called
reckless sianderer because he asked
for information concerning that papers
charges for publishing the applications
for liquor licenses. Rising to question
OF privilege he made the following state
ment:-
At the last meeting of this Board.
neld June 9, 1896. l offered a resolution
requesting the Corporation Counsel to
ascertain if the charges of the Jersey
CITY Journal for advertising the names
OF applicants for liquor licenses, were
correct during the year ending May l.
1870 My reason for so doing was owing
70 an article which appeared in The Jer-.
sey City News, stating that the Jour
naI charged more than the legal rates.
LOT 5 omering m this resolution it has been
charged by the Journal: That l either
did not know what I was asserting or
knew was lying, and that in any case
| was a reckless slanderer.'
IN the resolution offered by me I fail
TO md one single word that would Justify
the journal in using ssuch outrageous
language. The Journal is fond OF find-
ing fault with our public officials for
not performing their duties; it may be
on account of not performing them in
accord with those who control the Jour
nal'
Mr. President propose to perform my
duties as an Alderman to the best Of nv
ability and criticism by the sJournals viii
not deter me from performing them in
the manner conceive to be for the best
interests of the people I was elected. to
represent
Mr.. President, by referring to the
liquor license applicants find the fol-
lowing:-
Laws of 1892, Chapter 75, section j.
Be It enacted, etc, and such publication
Sec. 2. Provides that the cost of pub
fishing should not exceed the sum OF
80 cents per applicant for each insertion.
and the sum of so cents for proof of pub
lication for each applicant
This Act of 1895 was amended by Sec
ton l, Chapter II, Laws of 1895 Be il
enacted, etc. That Section of the act
to which this is an ame.idatory act shall
enacted, etc. Provided, That the costs
of the insertion of the publication re-.
quired as aforesaid in any such daily
newspaper. including the cost of proof
OF such publication. shall not exceed the
sum Of 10 cents per applicant for each
of said Insertions -
Mr.. President. this is the law and has
been since February A. 1895
AS to who is the slanderer, by an
examination of the books in the city
names have been advertised. which- af
10 cents a name for each Insertion. each
name being advertised five times, amounts
to s60s, and the Journals charges fer
tnis work are Sl,142.30, being an over
of 1895.
mo doubt the Journal could have
charged more legally up tosFebruary "A,
1872 under the Act of 1892, for which we
should be thankful, but my resolutions
mad no reference to what the Journal
might have done previous to the Act of
1898, and no person knew that better than
the editor of the Journal when he
wrote:-'When Alderman Heavey made
the above charge he either did not know
what he, was asserting or he knew he
was lying; In either case he is a reck-
less slanderer'
II would remind the editor of the
Journal thatsin his youth he was taught
Thou shalt netsbear false witness against
thy neighbour .