Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-10-11
ALL So. ORANGE
SALOONS MUST
CLOSE At ELEVEN
Ordinance Extending Time to
Midnight, Defeated by
Trustees.

In the absence of two members the
South Orange Village Board Of Trus-
tees sounded the death-knell last night
TO the proposed ordinance which, if
passed, would allow all saloons in the
village to be kept open until midnight
instead of closing at II o'clock, as at
present The measure had been in
abeyance for five months and was IN
troduced by Trustee Walter !, Mccoy,
who was unable to be present last
night. William Arthur Babson is the
other trustee who did not attend the
session Both are said to have IA
vored the passage of the ordinance
The Vote.
The vote resulted three against and
one for. Had Trustees Mccoy ana
Babson been present the result would
have been the same. 1t would be a
three to-three tie, and as 1t takes at
least four votes to pass an ordinance
the measure would have been killed.
Mr. Mccoy, who is candidate for Con-
gress from the Eighth district, 1t was
explained, was in attendance at a
Democratic mass meeting and Mr..
Babson has been under the care of a
physician since Wednesday and is con-
fined to his home.
Those who voted against the ordi-
nance were Trustees Frank ]. Hill, Os-
car Schoenhirr and John F. McDon-
ough. Charles II. Burke was the. lone
trustee to favor the passage of the
measure He referred TO an accusa-
tion made by the Rev. David De Forest
Ixyfn
rian Church, In a recent interview, as
published exclusively in the STAR, In
which the minister said that he (Mr'
Burke) had made himself unpopular,
"At the risk of making myself more
unpopular In the village than ] already
am IN the eyes of certain divine, l
vote aye" the trustee said when VII
lage Clerk NJ. A. F'itzsimmons called
for the vote.
Kin Announces Result.
President Ira A. Kip, jr., announced
that all of the bars in the village will
hereafter close at II o'clock, COM
munication having been received from
John Hart, manager OF the South Or
ange Hotel---which is not governed by
the ordlnance-to the effect that he
100 had decided TO close at the stated
time.
The Rev. Mr.. Burrell. one of the
leaders against the ordinance, and
members of the Interchurch Commit
tee, who also opposed the passage oil
the measure, together with many who
favored the additional hour, were on
hand expecting to voice their senti-
ments The quick action, however
prevented discussion. Several hundred
names of voters who were for and
against the ordinance were presented
Thank Trustees for Action.
George K. Badger. on behalf of the
Interchurch Committee, thanked the
trustees for their action and said that
the committee had decided to continue
In its fightsto do its best for the moral
welfare of the community. Benjamin
o. Comstock also thanked the trus-
tees.t Mr.. Badger announced that the
Interchurch Committee is purely non
political.
President Kip went on to state that
the Citizens party, of which he Is a
member. has always stood for the good
things done in the village, but said
that some people are never satisfied
1--WE are damned IL we don't do GER
tain things and we are damned If we
do do them. If there is anybody here
who thinks we are simply here to be
bosses and looking for control of af-
fairs In general he is crazy" he added
The president concluded by inviting all
to cooperate with him and the trustees
now and at election.