The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-04
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AsBURY PARK sAsBA1H DnsncRAnON FonaDi GOVERNOR
Stokes AND ExTRADmoN WARRANTS.
Those Sabbath desecraters in Asbury Park reckoned with
out their host when they attempted to indulge in Sunday
afternoon bathing. The Beach Commissioner, who thought it a
pity to keep out of the ocean hundreds of persons who were
waiting in line when the clock struck the noon hour, and who
authorized the bathing to continue, was properly rebuked by
Mayor Atkins when he heard of the scandalous affair As the
Mayor we'll said, Asbuy Park is a religious town and he
couldn't stand for anything like that No indeed. And : his
prompt and stern action saved religion from an awful stain.
But what shall we say of the moral obHduity of those
who shamelesdy requested permission to enter the ocean after
noon on sundaya Or of those officials who condoned and
encouraged their crime2 They may plead ignorance, but that
saying that they don't see any difference between bathing be-
fore and bathing after the noon hour. It should be enough
for them that the God-fearing people of Asbmy Park have de-
creed that there is a distinction.
Which recalls, by the way, an incident that occurred when
Founder" Bradley was in the State Senate. It was PROPOSED
to stop the running of trolley cars on Sunday in the Park and
Senator Bradley enthusiastically Endorsed the proposition.
All right, . said an irreligious fellow. 'Iets stop every
thing, including the Sunday morning bathing" That was a
mean thrust because the Senator owned the lighthouses. He
subsidized.
Oh, there's no mistaking the fact that Abury Park is a
religious town. You can get there all the religion that you
want. in variety to suit any taste. And the professors of it
take s. seriously TO heart IQeH teacn1ng d you COULDN'T per
suade one of them to do a mean thing for any consideration.
They wouldn't overcharge or be guilty of extorion. or take
in the slightest degree of innocent or ignorant per-
sons. They bear the municipal burdens all by themselves, and
in trying to make the city safe and beautiful CONSIDER only
their guests and visitors. It is a bissfu1 place and the only
with the benefciaries is that they hate to accept such
generous hospitality without being able to make some adequate
return for it.
Yes, Asbury Park is a religious town. Still, it might be
we'll to watch out that it doesn't get an overdose.
One 'Albin Smith wants to be the Republican candidate for
Mayor of Paterson. In announcing his platform he says that
the Silk City 'tobeys the laws and we have undisturbed week
and silent Sundays and that the people are content If
he means thereby that the laws against Sunday liquor-selling
are obeyed he says something that he knows to be at variance
the facts. Paterson, Jersey City, Hoboken and Atlantic
City are the towns where those laws are VIGOROUSLY violated.
No, gentle reader, the Trenton Asylum managers haven't
resigned yet. They are waiting to be evicted with all the reg
ular melodrama efects-red fire, brass band and police escort
Due notice will be given SO that the sympahizers may attend
the ceremonies. For the latter one stage coach will be
provided.
Up in Passaic County they are talking about a neat trick
that George L. Record tried o turn during Senator coby's
absence in Europe. Record wanted all along to get on the
Fort band wagon SO as to down Sam Dickinson, who had
hoisted the Collins banner. But George was too smart to break
away from the Colbytes elsewhere in such a way as to lose
their support and confidence. So he had prepared a cable
message to Senator Colby saying that unless he consented to
run for Governor it would be better to come out for Fort.
The intention was to have this signed by Record representing
Hudson, Blauvet for Passaic, whitbeck for Bergen and Som
mer for Essex. The fact that sommer had formally been
adopted as the candidate of the Essex Cobyites and that it
was little less than an insult to ask him to sign such a docu-
ment counted for nothing. The cable message wasn't sent-at
least not in the original shape.
There is something not right about the manner in which
one c. B. Thompson was kidnapped from New Monmouth and