The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-28
NEWARK 0. \. ON
EXCISE, MAYOR
TELLS BOARD
Not Too Many Saloons Here and
Regulations Splendid, Hauss-
ling Says.
MANY VIOLATIONS. DESPITE
PROBING BY COMMISSION
No Attempt to Enforce Law in
Many Places, Judge Rice
Declares.
TFrom a Stan Correspondent. ]

president of the state Excise Commits
sion, In opening the hearing of the
commission in the State House today,
fully explained 4Ne object of the body
and why it was appointed. Mr.. Fisk
recited the conditions in New Jersey
and told of the peculiar makeup of
some of the cities, especially the shore
resorts. The chairman explained why
the same laws would not apply to all,
and said it was to make suggestions
looking to d practical solution of the
problem that Governor Fort appointed
the commission.
The commission will confer with Gov
ernor Fort tomorrow
In some places in the State Judge
Rice said they found that no attempt
was made to enforce the laws; that it
would be better not to have the laws
on the statute books than not have
them enforced In summer resorts and
cafes the law regulating the sale of
liquor to minors was habitually vio-
lated, the chairman asserted. In some
places officials make only a pretense
>
that in many places in the State the
law even now is being violated
The question of local option, the
speaker said, wag not connected at al
with Sunday selling. He next launched
into vigorous arraignment of some
druggists and patent medicines they
sold containing alcohol
"Ncwark spIcndidIy Regulated"
Mayor Haussiing, Of Newark, was the
first mayor called up to give his views
as to how his city should be regulated.
At first he wanted to know why. he
was called. This the president eX-
planned. Mayor Haussling said that in
six years Newark has reduced its sa-
looms from sixteen hundred to thirteen
hundred, and in his opinion did not
have too many now
While he did not think they were
scattered as some people would ike still
that was owing to the class of popula-
tion. He said he thought that Newark
was splendidy regulated for it's size.
In reply to Il question of Mr.. Backus,
Mayor Haussling said that Newark
would vote for an open Sunday, if given
an opportunity to vote on the question.
The working people went out of their
city and spent money which might stay
In their city, the Mayor said He be-
lieved that d closed Sunday harmed the
youth of the city because they drank
on Sunday just to beat the law.
President Fisk asked Newark's
Mayor for his idea as to where the
licensing power should be. Mayor
Hausslng said that any first class city
,.I,o na fa &c
board. He pointed out that the people
of the immediate vicinity knew better
whether or not licenses were needed.
Mayor Stoy, of Atlantic City. was
next called upon. President Fisk in
ouired where he thought license power
should be placed Mayor Stoy said It
is all right as it is. He had heard no
expression of opinion If the people
wanted more saloons. In regard to the
expressed wish OF the hotel men, who
wanted permission to sell theirFguests
on Sunday, Mayor Stoy said there
should be some arrangement made
whereby saloons and hotels should be
treated alike otherwise he said there
would be confusion
When pressed by Commissioner APP
pleby, Mayor Stoy said he did not
tflllk pToDOStAlOl u tiidt hihu Wohlu
meet with favor.
Mr.. Backes asked the Mayor what
would be the result If a vote were
taken ON an open Sunday and he re-
piled: ut would be fifty to one for an
open Sunday" He gave 1t as his opin-
ion that the saloons should be open
after church services.
President Fisk tried to get an ex-
preston of opinion as to the sentiment
regarding law lnat would allow a ho-
tel to sell liquor to bona fide guests on
Sunday and not the smaller saloons In
Atlantic City Mayor Stoy said the
hotel men would like it, but not the
small dealers. Mr.. Backes asked the
Mayor if he did not think the large
elaborate hotels could not pay more
than the small saloons.
lie answered that 1t had been tried
and found wanting
Want Open sunday. City Counsel Says.
Harry Wootten, city counsel of At
Iantic City. more fully explained the
peculiar conditions existing in the shore
resort. He said Atlantic City in the
past few years has grown from nothing
to an assessed valuation of over $751;
100000, and he defied any one to say
that the State had suffered by it's liquor
regulations. Mr.. Backes asked if an
excise commission appointed by the
Judge of the county would not take
politics out of the excise question
Mr.. Wootten said politics never en-
tered into the excise question there. He