Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-19
WARNS OFFICIALS
AGAINST ISSUING
SALOON LICENSES
Iryington Pastor in Sermon Also
C~riticizes PooIroOm Run
by Church.

That " , ptuple 81 hiNinhiPh w NV
want a high license, do not want n
aemmission to grant licenses. do not
want the granting OF II further
licenses by the Town Council, do mo-
want a pooiroom. even II In an annex
of a church, where hoyH II years old
ian play. do not want a Judge Ia the
local court who viii not give COM
plants ~againat sunday liquor selling.
and do not want tho %aaloona open on
sunday or ON election day were some
~ the emphatic declarations In a aen-
aationai sermon delivered last night In
the pulpit OF the Methodist Church of
~frvington by It's pastor. the Rev,
George Fountain.
The pastor was / seeeded Ia the pull
pit by q. Rowland Mnnroe, of this
city. who. as Il representative ~ tho
New Jersey Anti Saloon League. de-
iivered an ADDRESS on tho work accom-
nliahed BY the league IN the state dur
ing IN, aat I'VE years, He deplored
the fact that New Jersey was ono Of
the three states in the Union, inelud-
Ing Pennsylvania and Nevada, which
denied the people the right To say
whether the liquor traiie should be
regulated BY local option. which
method, he declared. was genuine home
rule,
sNa have hem hearing from the
eloquent lips OF tho preceding speaker
wha' local option has hen doing In
other e%itiea." said the Rev, Mr, Foun-
tam Let ua now eonsiser what can
ba done "a our town. | understand
they arc trying To bring high license
here say however. we ao nor want
htsb tieense Every license pald ont
III me iioue. ira mo hero odds iuat so
much 10 he destruction OF the com
mnnity
..fnnteaa ~ an increase IN he leense
Zee W. stand for no more grants or
,toior licenses Each elect
has signed an agreement that FOR the
newt two vaara ne Win not vote for the
granting az mora licenses ana will vote
"a revoke the license NJ any place In
which there "a a violation Of the law.
opposes license '"m"'ss'"h'
1T Ia understood tnat some OF the
members of the Town Council are ad-
voeating the creation of a license com
mission, We are opposed 10 such a
commission, We want 10 deal directly
with our eouneilmen, whom We elect.
in this matter. and when any applt-
eatlena for a license come before them
We want 10 SO In q body before the
Council and demand the rejection OF
tho application We do not want 10
deal with ANY commission, the mem
hers of which are not direct repre-
aentatives Of tho people,
Il understand, continued the speaker,
that a nice man. who Is putting up a
place on S~tnyvesant avenue, is coins
20 have an Interview with the incoming
Council With the object OF securing
promises for a license. We propose,
however. 10 hold the eonnetlmen-eleet
ntrietly to their pledge, and should they
violate that pledge we will expose them
90 the people.
Another thing that l have been told
by a most worthy member of my church
IL that there Is a peolreom in town
where boys Is wears old play pool, |
dc not care whether such peelroen,s
arc in the anReN OF a church or else
where. the law should be upheld, just
the am and according 20 the law no
hey under IS years of s Is permitted
u play in = peelroom
we further demand that ear honor
able Judge should give us a little Jus
tsee SEINE Of as Went 20 a saloon o.
Grove street on election day and got