Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-11
Would Vest Full Regulation and
Control Of Service Corpo-
rations in Board.
SAYS SELFISH INTEREST
ONLY is OPPOSED TO PLAN
Departments Of Motor Vehicles 1
and Collateral Inheritance
Taxes Needed.

~ HfH ltAT
that lin nc case should it be less in
any municipality than that at which Ii y
censes are now granted in such muuic- ~
ipality, and each application for a IL O.
cense should be advertised once, for at 8
least ten days, before action Is taken f
thereon, that objection may be made
thereto and heard.
~ The number of licensed places MI
lowed should be limited to not exceed -
ing one for at least each 500 people; pro- -
vided, that no greater number of IL q
censes should be granted in any place, VI
where the present percentage is great n
er than this, than the present licensed =
places bear to the population. g
CD A simple and definite form of pro- 3
cedure to revoke a license for the vio- q
iation of the law, with a provision *
that a license shall be ipso facto re-
voked IN conviction of any crime or -
on a plea of guilty or non vult. -
"a No license should be granted 10 =
any person not a native or naturalized s,
citizen of the, United states. -,
90 No license should be granted to q I
person who has been. convicted OF any
crime which would d~isfranchise him /,
under our State Constitution. al
60 All right to transfer q license Z
from one. place to another should be q
prohibited. hi n
10 All licensed places should be d
closed from IL O'Clock midnight until r
6 a. III. "a
Law Enforcement-Power of Removal, )
The enforcement Of law. is a duty =
cast upon every public official. Dis :
obedience to that duty shows a lack of
loyalty to the State. In a republic the :.
laws made by the majority of the q
people, speaking through the Legisla-aps
ture. must be lobeyed by all citizens
embraced within the territory to bed
covered by their operation. One part /.
of the State cannot refuse to obey a =
law because of local conditions, and l,
other parts permit them to do SO with,
out producing Statewide disrespect for i,
law. =
In II of the counties of his Stale n,
the laws as to excise matters are openly n
and VIGOROUSLY violated. and a dirct re
fusal to enforce them asserted. Grand ~
juries ignore their oat1s; sheriffs, polics I
magistrates and other officials fail to
arrest, and a fragrant violation of. and
even open hostility to, the laws of the /,
State exist there on every hand. This !
has continued SO long that one class Of q
violators threaten another, and each
allows the other to escape, fearing mu- Al
tual recrimination. s.
such conditions exist is shocking
to the conscience and patriotism of al, 81
r~ight-thinking citizens. Yet, under. cx- b
listing law, there is, apparently. no REM "a
| edys5 The Estate seems powerless. Local y
Cn,n.n 49, -
declaration that they will not enforce
sie Aa" ~ ~ ~ seAoiu, @
$3.50, oNe p
anu u u laws u oHo
e ho1sa mn ~ one. ~ Gu
iorce the law the local oilclais sui re- p
= anu spu'i4se ~ olute ~ :
avs ~ ieiieu upon rs sralo jury TO-
fcluse y ihoict. NOT 10 there any ?
power ol lnpeachineht ol u local hiu-s
hicipai oiiciai.
IS tnis conu.ioh . continue III Jul
stat IL - d releceion upon our Z
civilization that such nullihcation off'
law can exist ana the state De power
less to act.
Q Wnat Is all TINS permitted ~
simply for the hithy gain that comes :
from .he open vloiation OF Inc law. me
Of the ballot. the virtne Of wanans the
protection OF life itself, all seem in-s
consequential when weighed in he
scale against the Illicit sale OF LIQUORS.
The situation here depicted is not ins
the least oyerstated. 1t is constantly
before the executive. 1t is humiiiating,
to have a local official defy every law
he may please to consider Objectionable.
and the State be unable to punish or,
compel enforcement.
a community that openly and inten-
: tionally violates the law. against tho
demand Of the Governor, the instruc-
lions of the courts, the notice Of tho
Encouragement and the moral sense.
of the people of the State is in a con-
dition Of ~antagonisIn that is a~narchis-
tic in form and effect. s@sis IS
. The Legislature must assume respon-
! sibility for the further continuance of
!, the conditions here described. 1t can
I prevent it by a simple statute con-
ferring the power of removal upon
either the Governor or the courts. 1t
matters not where the power is placed.
1t is vital to the people of the State
= that it should be placed somewhere. 4
what was said in my first annual
} ,,,.ssapa unon ire mower of removal 10