Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-06-16
NUTLEY COUNCIL
HEARS PROTESTS
AGAINST SALOONS
Clergymefl and Others Take Ad-
vantage of Annual Opportuni-
ty to Make Objections.

Objections were heard at a special
meeting of the Nutley Town Council
last night against the granting OF
licenses for inns, %taverns and saloons.
The meeting-room in the Town Hall
was crowded, and among the speakers
We're the Rev. Herbert Dunbar Cone,
rector of Grace Episcopal Church; the
Rev. Henry Jay Condit, pastor of st.
Paul's Congregational Church; the Rev.
w. L. Hoagland, pastor of the Vincent
Methodist Episcopal Church; A. r.
Taylor, president Of the Second Ward
Association, and Mrs. L. H. Rowan, of
the w. G. T. U. A petition, signed by
140 residents Of the First ward. was
read asking that a saloon license be
granted to Sabine Chiardi, of Bloom
field avenue.
The Lincoln Club of the First ward,
in It's communication recommending a
license for Chiardi, said the First ward
only has three saloons, while the other
two wards have five each. The club,
according to the letter, said that a
saloon is needed in Chiardi's locality,
and the rejection of license applica-
lions provoked home drinking and
drunkenness and is against good order.
The Rev. Mr.. Cone spoke OF the task
before the Council. He stood for a
growing population. he said, and ad-
vocated no saloons. There is a growing
opinion that saloons should be closed.
IL the town Is to keep its prestige as a
suburban community, he said. MI.
Cone also spoke of the wholesale
licenses. and said that If one applica-
ton was granted all should be given
the same opportunity. you may think
these TRANCE words from a clergy
man." MI. Cone said, but If you grant
only one, 1t thus creates a monopoly,
and / want TO see fair play"
The Rev. Mr.. Condit, the next speak
er, said that as a newcomer he could
not be expected to know a great deal
about the affairs of the town. He had
made himself acquainted, however,
with the conditions existing in refer
ence to the liquor question in Nutley,
and he was heartily in favor OF re-
ducing the number of saloons. The
number of arrests in the town last
year, he said, was only twenty-eignt,
but eighteen of these could be traced
directly or indirectly to the use OF
LIQUOR. He hoped for a better condi-
tion next year.
IN q similar strain spoke the Rev.
DR.. Hoagland. Not only are all the
churches against h granting OF
liquor licenses. he said, but a majority
of the voters would be glad OF an OPP
portunity to express themselves on the
question at the polls. A. r. Taylor,
president Of the Second Ward Asso-
citation, read a resolution passed by
that body. favoring only one license to
every 1000 people, and suggesting a
license fee Of $500. He also spoke
against the increase In the number of
wholesale licenses. The Republicans.
he said, have a good working majority
in town, and are responsible for what
ever action Is taken.
Y William J. Kinsley n Mrs. L. II.
Rowan also i. spoke against licenses.
William C.. Simons said the people
were watching the councilmen. and
when election time rolls around they
can look out for themselves. Thomas
H. Clements spoke IN the same strain