The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-28

SALOON MEN fall OUT
The Hoboken Innkeepers
Protective Association
Going to Pieces.
FOUNDER LOUIS SCHLATTE RESIGNS
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lie Believes the Proceedings of the
Association Should Be Made
Public.
FOUNDER LOUIS SCHLATTE RESIGNS

There is trouble in the Hoboken Inn
keepers Protective Association. The
founder of the organization sent in his
resignation to President Hugo Ochs, this
morning, and it is said on good author
ty that others will follow in short or
der. The meeting of the association held
Yesterday afternoon, at headquarters,
Washington and Newark streets, was a
very exciting one. After considerable
routine business had been attended to,
thirteen names were dropped from the
roll for non-payment of dues. 1t was
claimed that members We're backward IN
the payment of their dues because they
had heard predictions of disruption.
Landlord Rau of Hudson and Second
streets took the floor. Mr. Rau was re-
Gently arrested on a charge of keeping
disorderly house-unjustly, as ne
claims He rebuked the police ofi1clals
for the arrest and said he would ana
could disprove the charge. He also crltl-
cised the action of the members Tor CIV
ing out facts in connection with the
meetings of the association to the press
He asserted that it had been stated III
connection with his case that the organ
ization would at yesterdays S meeting. re-
fuse to support members who, like him;
had been accused of dereliction. he sald
that he had always maintained a fespecli-
able place and while ne M ala r,ra NO. ,,iz So
ton he desired the sympathy OF ms LEI
low members.
President Ochs limited that some mem
ber had "1eaked." He said that no mem
Der Should divulge facts concerning any
meeting of proposed meeting. IhaI was
the business of the President and Secre-
tary. They alone were authorized 10 Tain
10
Julius Schiatter objected to this power
being usurped by any off1cer OF lne ", ~
ganization. He said that eve every ant mehiue5 and
of the association was a free agent anu
he objected to being muzzled
He informed the. members present .srIsa Jmae !
he had given the reporter IoF nr l,.
two ago and that they We're true IN every
respect, and he would stand by them.
Action was deferred on the Rau case,
and then another frebrands was thrown
into camp. 6
A member asserted that in violation of
the ordinances and of the rules OF the or,
ganization aliens had been permitted
to obtain licenses to conduct saloons III
this city.
Another member said that he knew OF
at least four such who held licenses.
men who had not been natural1zed. rms
caused considerable discussion. com
mittee was appointed to wait upon City
Clerk McDermott to ascertain If such
were the case.
The comm1t1ee- reported =-lndL Oiel =
McDermott knew of no such cases ana
that if any licenses had been issued to
aliens they must have been so issued
during his absence from the office.
Shortly before noon today President
Ochs received Mr. Schlatter's resignation,
giving theseas his reasons for SO DOING
First do not believe in your new
rule that no reporter Of the public press
shall be admitted to our meetings.
Second, I do not believe that it is just
that no member shall have the right to
inform the public press of any of the
transactions at our meetirgs-with the ex-
ception of the president and secretary OF
the association.
Third / will not, as a citizen tax
payer or saloonkeeper, bind myself to
rules by which the real and honest in
terests of the association shall be in
jured by keeping the most interest
ing part of the proceedings secret, for
the purpose of assisting the business of
those in our branch of trade who are en-
titled to such assistance, or licenses, ex-
cept as according to law, and which may
bring discredit to legitimate saloon and
hotel keepers.