The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-16
PRINCETON INN LICENSE.
HoHIBITIOSISTS THEREASD ELSE
THERE AROUSED.
Eho Petitios AiEned by Stcn,peru Of the Fnrnity
as well ne by the most Dis'ingnishrd OF tho
Hecout Additions to tho Towns Population.

Inn as u place for the sale OF LIQUORS mas rcacheu
q point, in tho estimation ~ certain mchhcrs OF
the faculty and other eminent RESIDENTS III
Princeton, where it Is no longer Il matter Tor
mild amusement. 1t has become irritating.
Tho Princeton Inn, ever since lis establishment
for tho convenience Of the undergraduates ana
alumni OF Princeton several years ago, hhs nj
ways had a liquor license. \ number Of mem
hers NJ the faculty have each year signed tho
pctition for the license. There arc six or seven
other places IN town which arc licensed, most
OF which are nearer the Irinccton campus than
the Inn. But this year the formally OF taxing
out n license for tho Princeton Inn gained I'M
usual prominence through n succession OF CO.
incidcnccs. At the tino for potitioning tho
Council for n renewal Of tho Inns license, n
number OF the usua, slgnnrs Of tho petition wero
out OF the country: among them Prof. w. NJ.
Sloane. who has written 50 much about Ma
polcon. Tho law requires that the request OF
twelve property holders on the same street on
which the saloon is situated Is necessary be-
fore the place can ho licensed. Tho Inn nc.
tually fronts on stockton street. There were
MOI enough property holders on that street to
furnish the required number of names and
so the Interpretation OF the law was stretched
to include Bayard avenue, the nearest cross
street. For ono reason or another. the pctt-
ton was not presented mt the time the last
years license for tho Inn had expired. \ spc-
cial license was issued by the Mayor to give the
manager OF the Inn a little more time to get
up his petition. Tho most notable addition TO
the number Of Princcton's residents lived on
Bayard avenue. In tho course of events he
was asked to sign the petition. As he was an
occasional patron of The Inn the request seemed
reasonable. He signed the petition.
These slight innovations were enough to at
tract the attention Of one or two persons in
Princeton who have views decidedly favoring
the total prohibition OF the liquor traffic. They
were aroused to call the attention OF III, IOice.
the organ of the Prohibition party, to Princeton
University, Its Inn, the gentlemen OF the faculty
The IOicc oiened fire. 1t denounced Prince
ton, the town, the University, the faculty. and
missing themselves with tho trade in rum.
Since then four other articles OF the same gen.
At first. the gentlemen at whom the attacks
were directed were amused by them. But as
people all over the county who read the Ioice
matter ceased to be OF an altogether humorous
nature, Princeton University was founded by
Seminary is intimately connected with the uni
versity. In Thursdays SCN there was a
the Presbyterian synod Of Indiana had memo.
rialized the General Assembly OF the Prcsby-
terrain Church OF the United States in these
"Inasmuch ms 1t has become common fame,
report and accusation that our generated Mes
COTldn INSTITUTION Vi learning, PRINCETON | nj
versity. has become complicated with and COM
promised measIrably to the rum traffic by
patronizing or tolerating n beer or light wine
Inn or room in which a certain class of students
are afforded opportunity and subjected to the
temptation. of forming the drink habit TO the
ruin OF their souls as well as 10 the compromis-
ing Of our beloved Church's influence on the
question. the Synod OF Indiana hereby most
respectfully. ovcrturcs the General Assembly
to take such actions in the premises and make
such a deiiverancc as may be sufficient to vindi.
cate and free our Church MT large from the
D. aryn - p,,,t unf los - nr,-t t,a.
ing or in amy. way being compromised with the
horrible criminality Of insemperance."
tons adopted by - the New jersey eT'' W9 prScr"',
Christian Temperance Association at Trenton.
These resolutions deplored that while the fac
ulttcs and authorities OF other colleges showed
a disposition TO help the carse OF temperance.
Princeton University alone tolerated a strong.
hold in. the rum power that bore the name of
ity's official sanction. Still moro they de-
pllored that the degeneration Of Princeton was
aided by the direct gift of the use of his name
by a former President of the United States.
The authorities of the university do not care
reporter asked President Patton what he
thought OF the action Of the Indiana Synod.
and smiled and rubbed his chin dubiously.
Il don't believe he said, that ! really have
anything to say about that. I really don't see
ton and Princeton University have been mis-
represcnted-shaInefully misrepresentcd. will
talk about anything csc you suggest, but not
about that. if you please
The residents OF Princeton who are not con.
nected with the university showed reluctance
to allow their views on the matter to go into
print. Too much has been printed already,
they said. Only one was found who would talk.
She was q woman OF mature years and much
II am the last one" she said. ito lift up my
positions Of authority; 1t Is our duty. to sub
init ourselves in all things to those who have
been placed over us"
W. have been taught TO regard WA re-
>Bpect the Office of president Of the United
States. DO you realize, young, man. what an
awful thing 1t is to have it said Of this country
that the name OF a President of the United
States has been, signed TO a request that n
r me. t in%R a"T I know me Pe there arc 10 offers PS 9De who DO DO
not agree with me, il seems worse than If his
name were printed In g!ittering gold letters
dive. For tho man who keeps n rum shop is
not always a man who allows the vile stutr
liquor. cask be tappcd-what is her Young
man, he Is one who creates IA demand for the
yvickedest of all wicked %trafics. Only one
thing could have made such Il state OF affairs
worse. that was the dragging of the name Of
Princeton University. the foremost Prcsbytc-
nfrnir. But not only is the most prominent
signcr of this petition the recipient OF an hon.
place Itself has been built by princeton gradu:
atcs, its principal stakeholder il a trustee CT
d dfe tho Hn dY;ly Il. an" az 1o !, IS men an Mftlv 2, q adjnmrt
Y ihi5 place for the beiterins OF their lives and
h"l HIDul " .IHcHlUcIS OI INC faculty
who signed the pctitionl' asked the reporter.
"Ah. me- she said, when an ex. Prcsidcnt
leads The way, what independent action is TO he
expected Of those who have buried them.
selves in their studies and are lost to the great
living questions OF life ! ! am thankful that
we have at least one good man like Prof. Lib.
hey, who has had, the courage to set his face
against the thing"
Prof. William Libbcy is the explorer OF the
Enchanted Mesa. lie lives in a house that has
O back vcrnnda overlooking the back OF the inn.
and IL less than 200 feet away from ii. 1t IL
understood that he refused to sign the petition
for II license on tho ground that the peace of his
bac; porch has been seriously disturbed, once
or twice, by the hilarity of the undergraduates
who gather in the back looms of the inn. He il
also said to believe that students in an Ameri.
can university have no time to Haste in drink.
Ing, and that IL is no; proper for him to assist
them 10 u means Of wasting time. However
this may be, Prof. Lihhcy would not talk about
the license except 20 say:
when DIR. McCosli and q number OF good
men OF the faculty determined, several Year,
ago. to make this n prohibition town, they
asked me TO join in the attempt. 1 refused. I
am no fhn9tiG. have wine on my own tahiti
At tho inn It was said that the list OF sIgnor,
20 tho licensing petition included three mem
Scrs of the faculty and that two more wcr,