The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
SUNDAY QUESTION
UP TO EACH CITY,
STATES RAYMOND
Gives His Views on Liquor Mat.
ter at East Orange
Meeting.
TELLS WHY HE STANDS
BY THE BISHOPS LAW
LET the Several Cities Regulate
Themselves" Is Gist of
His Statement.

Following the unfurling of a big BAN
her by the Taft and Sherman Club of
East Orange, at Central avenue and
Thomas L. Raymond spoke. He dealt
with SEVERAL subjects of Importance
in the campaign, including the excise
question, which was peculiarly peril
nent on o OF the statement Mr..
Raymond made in response to a chal-
saloon League.
The candidate declared he was in the
field unbacked by any special influence,
but simply because he had for years
been DESTROYS of being the Senator, and
thought he saw an opportunity this
year when he could be of service to the
people. He declared for regulation Of
public utility corporations and the safe
guarding of the employees and the
public.
On the excise question he said:
THE only way to meet the present
excise conditions is to give each mu-
~nicipality the right to regulate itself.
! have tried to state where l stood In
this matter. l think that the State as
a State will v entirely embrace
prohibition. Mr.. Colby stands for local
option. don't think the people are
prepared for prohibition, and I don't
think they want it. I believe that the
present legislation is sufficient. The
present Sunday selling law has, in fact,
been in the statutes for some time, and
the Bishops law is only a supplement
to tho old Werts law. Its purpose is
TO do away with the back rooms, and
the screens, and I am opposed to its
amendment or repeal.
Conditions have lately arisen which
throw light on the subject and prove
that it is not good to throw contempt
IN the law. The people of Atlantic
City claim that their business is the
entertainment of guests and that the
surrender of what they deem their right
TO sell liquor on Sunday would be
their ruin. They defied the Governor
and all the officers of the law. The
Governor has at last succeeded in corn
pelling the enforcement OF the law
there. Cities like East Orange, Orange,
Montclair and others will never want
an open Sunday. Newark may: Jersey
City may; in fact, they have it there
already, I am told.
Let the several cities regulate them
selves. That is where l stand, and |
don't think Senator Colby knows where
he stands, and I am sure | don't, as I
have not heard his latest announce
lnent. and when he MAKES it. how long
will he stand by it? Until the pri-
marieS.'
4s1,t,> ,1nyx- lsrnft taNtt IN a ~ Ia m y no Eni6
was passed for the purpose of allowing
the people to choose their own candi-
dates and to abolish the old system of
caucuses, and SO on. The present law
invites competition and allows for as
many candidates as want to enter the
fight. A friend suggested to me some
time ago that I enter the arena, and
as ! had desired to do SO for some time,
L embraced the opportunity. No soon
err had ! done so than question after
question was hurled at me. The main
one was. how could ] afford 1t? There
were many others, pertinent n i'm
pertinent. some of which 1 answered
and some of which will go down to OBJ
livion unanswered.
Zone charge against me was that l
must have some mysterious backing,
because / am not a rich man. The
only backing l have is that which the
Regulars have polled at the last three
elections"
TO rate regulation. the candidate re-
.erred as follows:
Another thing I believe in is the reg
ulation of the public utilities companies.
There should be a commission which
should be given full power to regulate
them and to give safety to the servants
Of the companies and to the public.
zone of tn most dangerous things in
his campaign is that there are so many
workingmen unemployed. They may
blame 1t on the Republican party, vet I
don't see how they can get anything
better or nearly as good under a Bryan
regime.
"If I am defeated in the primaries /
will do all In my power to secure the
,lection Of Senator Colby. and l want
you all to help me out, whichever way
he or;r,ayiec decide"