Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-04
PUa|EIC OPINION.
Editor Event g News:
Under daf of November 20. !

(Which, in fact, is n renewaD for a
saloon at 10p Washington street, to
Fred Schlatet, a local representative
or collector OF a brewing company,
and | am anxious as to the outcome
of it, and it is my humble opinion
that if the board confines itself to
the law points involved and is actu-
ated solely by the desire to do what
is proper under the circumstances
that said application for such license
will be refused.
| append below the five reasons for
the protest as forwarded to the
board:
J.. That the granting of such Ii
cense would not be in the spirit of
the late law governing such cases, in
that the signer of said petition, the
local representative or collector of a
brewing company, who does not in
tend to personally conduct said sa-
loon business.
2. That the present occupant, now
conducting said business under a Ii
cense granted said Fred Schlater, is
not Il citizen of the city Of Perth Am
boy, and perhaps not of the State
of New Jersey, or of the United States
Gas in accordance with Section 5 of
Excise Ordinances of 1000, and that
the granting of a license to the petit
toner would be an evasion of law.
3. That the excise ordinance in
relation to the sale of beer and
liquors to minors is being constantly
violated by the present occupant of
the saloon, who now seeks license
through the representative of a brew
ing company.
4. That the excise ordinance in re-
lation to Sunday selling is being most
outrageously violated every Sunday.
5. That a saloon, such as now be-
ing conducted by the present incum-
bent, is neither needed nor desired in
the locality mentioned, and hat it is,
instead of being conducive to the pub
lie good, rather a malignant factor to
evil.
The above are the few points to
be decided by the board, and it re-
mains to be seen which is weighter
with the members thereof-the word
of a l%aw-abiding citizen or that of a
being of no standing whatever, ex-
cepting it be through the perhaps
powerful, though undoubtedly ques-
tionable, influence of a brewery To-
Gated in a distant town.
Most fragrant violations of the eX-
else laws come to the notice of the
common mortal daily, and it is eX-
tremely unfortunate that the chances
of securing a conviction in any of
these cases are Il meagre as they are
under the present laws-to ecu
which, one must actually see liquor
or beer sold, and taste it as well, and
be able to provide by substantial and
reliable witnesses proof hat the ac-
cuser is not a liar himself or a Con
spirator,' in order to capture the
guilty one.
The place in question has most
openly and daringly violated pretty
nearly every section of the excise or
dinance; small children between the
ages of eight and eleven years have
been seer daily running their errands
after pals of beer, and even bottles
of whiskey tucked away under their
little blouses-a glaring violation,
not only of the excise laws, but more
so of the moral laws of humanity.
But Sundays, when devout folks
endeavor to bow humbly before their
Creator and have sober thoughts on
their mind-then it is apparently
when business is most promising, a
constant and steady stream enters
the side door-always open-and
what do you think they visit the place
for?
The law says that in order to con-
Wet them you must find conclusive
proof-in fact, You must catch 'em
at it! If that were easy (%literally
speaking) we would have plenty on
victions; but, as the law is 10Y being
construed, it is a horrible farce, pure
and simple!
Circumstantial evidence of viola
tons of the excise laws may be found
in plenty if one would care to inves-
tigate the bulky parcels containing
the inevitable Sunday GROWER" for
no further effort to hide this violation
of law is made than to it with
cheap paper, mostly of the fashy
variety.
Or, would you rather take a silent.
but more comprehensive Whit of
those just coming out of that conve-
nient side door on Sundays? Surely,
while not visible, it certainly should
prove tangible evidence that the Sun
day law is being violated to satisfy
his satanic majesty himself. Some
might possibly advance the theory
that this great and good Samaritan
is giving away the goods he deals in;
ever then he would be "A yiolator of
the law. as Section 20 Of Excise Or
dinance distinctly states that if he so
does he shall be fined $40 for each
and every offense. If the city were
fortunate enough to secure a convic-
ton for every such violation, we
could have a better station house and