The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-04-13
POLICIES DILEMMA
The Rev. Or. Seudder Says That
the Liquor Law Must Be
Strictly Enforced.

me Kew. John L. Scudder in the Taber-
nacle last evening, also pitched into the
ANaines bill as It affects Jersey City. He
said:-
Last Sabbath the enforcement Of the
Raines law in New York developed d
tremendous nuisance in Jersey CITY.
which was intensely displeasing a M
better class of citizens. Thirty Thousand
drinkers swarmed across the Hudson ana
held high carnival on Jersey soil. They
crowded the saloons along the water
front, and SO great was the crush in lower
Jersey City that they were compelled TO
rail- in line and take their turn ii reaching
the bar. Before the day was over, many
We're intoxicated, and disturbed the public
peace. Some were quarrelsome. others
bolsterous. and still others inclined to
slumber on the pavement. AS a result of
this vicious importation from New York
the Sabbath was made a day of reyelry.
saioon-keepers openly defied the law,
and even located drummers at the ferries
to inform the bibulous mob where they
could be quickly served; Sunday afternoon
ana evening the police were busy dragging
ne 70 the lookup, and Monday morning
our courts We're filled with a variety oil
disorderly characters, whose normal
abode is the lower part of New York. This
turning our peaceful city into a Sunday
saloon for New York is deeply resented
py our churches, and calls for prompt
vigorous action by our authorities. Jer-
sey City values It's good na1ne too highly
70 supmlt to any such widespread de-
moralization. We used to think orr
selves aggrieved when the race tracks
We're open and Hudson county was over
Of New York, but this sudden eruption is
iar worse, in that it turns the Sabbath
INTO a pandemonium.
AT present the Sabbath is fairly well
quiet, the people orderly. and although
now and then a man slips through the
sldeuoor or a saloon, one may travel ANY,
Wnere without fear of molestation or in
conditions we cannot allow New York to
dump her drinking population upon us IN
MS wholesale fashion. We want no
mamnlotn Sabnatical carousal on this side
81 the river. This evil so appalling in
its magnitude and so certain to bring dis
grace upon our city, If not promptly
ehecked that rumor already .declares
tnat the saloons, will be closed today. l
sincerely hop the rumor is true, and
mat New Workers. prospecting in Jersey
City for alcoholic drinks will return as dry
as they came.
Where is only one way to get rid of
this nuisance, and that lis to enforce the
present law. which make the sale of in
toxlcatlng liquors upon the Sabbath Day
q SiiAiS II iQuOr is sold here on SUBJ
and cannot be had in New York.
naoitual drinkers will cross the river by
the thousands, and many will imbibe t.
excess n endanger the welfare of the
community It will be impossible to
keep them away. We cannot tie up the
~ferrypoats or quarantine those who have
an appetite for ardent spirits. If Honor
is to be had in Jersey City. come they
unerring instinct they viii make for the
saloons and get what they want. If money
can buy it. To prevent this freshet Of
thirsty humanity, we must absolutely lock
up the saloons. Of course, such a 'profi-
bition on Sunday will be a novel feature
in Jersey City, something we have never
had under Republican or Democratic adj
ministrations. but nothing less than this
can avert the pending evil and public
sentiment imperiously demands its sup
preston.
"uuder these circumstances the
are in a bad way,
and have an unpleasant task to per-
form. They are situated between the
devil and the deep sea, SO to speak, and
have our sympathy. They must choose
between bona fde prohibition or submit
the city to an unprecedented deluge of
drunkenness and debauchery. We are
waiting curiously to see on which horn Of
the dilemma they will impale themselves.
1t looks as if the third party would oc-
cupy the saddle. at least on Sundays.
And IL last weeks impetuous migration
will really result in closing the saloons of
Jersey City upon the. Sabbath Day, multi
tudes of Christian people will bless the
Raines law and return thanks to Almighty