Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-18
LIQUOR DEALERS
IN ANNUAL FEAST
Mayor and Other City Officials
Among Guests of Newark
Organization.

More than 500 liquor dealers. prom
inent business men and city officials
attended the annual banquet of the
Newark Retail Liquor Dealers Asso-
citation last night at Kruger Audi
torium. The banquet eclipsed all eff
forts of former years.
Seated at the speakers table were
Judge Simon P. Hahn, Henry Hilfers.
secretary of the Essex Trades Coun-
Gil; George Grimme. president of
the German Central Verein; Alder
man Albert H. Biertuempfel, John E.
| Shuster, vice-president Of the local
organization: Mayor Haussling,
Thomas C. Hayes, treasurer of the
national association; Charles p. Gil
len, Democratic candidate for Board
| of Works: Michael F. Farley. presi-
dent of the national association; John
| Weichert, president of the State or
ganization, and Frederick Hochbaum.
Seventeen tables, tastefully decorated
and each accommodating sixteen per-
sons, were prepared for the guests
| lI6 Iltnu was III bCh OoAoN
Mayor Given Ovation.
Mayor Haussling was given an ova-
ton as he entered the hall. Napkins
were waved and the cheering was
spontaneous and prolonged. MT
Shuster, chairman of the arrange
ment committee, introduced the may
or. who said that Notwithstanding
the fact thai he had been in politics
six years he was still afraid to make
a speech.
MANY people are against the liquor
trade.' said the mayor, but some
| people in this country do not realize
that there are just al good people in
the business as in any other" lie
concluded by saying that''he stood
for liberal laws. with proper regula-
ton. and that he could see nothing
that would stand against him In MS
candidacy for reelection.
The POSTMASTER next
Alderman Biertuempfel, who was
also accorded a demonstration. MT.
Biertuempfel said he Endorsed Mr..
Haussling's views as to liberal laws.
He said: "why should these Jersey
farmers dictate to a city like New
ark? The thing to do" he said, rs To
create liberalism and a liberal gov
eminent for Newark in a business
and an educational way"
Judge Hahn spoke next and said
that during his entire career he has
! tried to be right and square and fol-
low principles and interpret h laws
literally. He concluded with con-
gratulations for the good showing the
liquor dealers made and hoped that
the people would reflect the best
Mayor Newark ever had-Mayor
Haussling."
President Farley, of the national
association, said that the States OF
the country were throwing off the
prohibition yoke and were coming to
be more like this city. He said that
there were some Mayors who would
have been afraid to do what Mayor
Haussling did-to attend q banquet
of liquor dealers.
John Mclaughlin. Republican can
didate for Alderman from the Fourth
Ward, also spoke and thanked the
members for honoring him as their
guest.
In addition to the wholesale liquor
dealers of the city who attended the
banquet last night were many other
trades of the city, representing brew
ers, bottlers, carpenters, painters,
hotel-keepers, grocers. butchers and
others. The committee in charge pro-
yided seating places for 200 more
guests than were originally expected.
The reception committee comprised
George Mausert, George Kaegi, Will
lam Rogge. John Mclaughlin,
Thomas C. Hayes, Rudolph Schretz-
man, Leon Harkaway, John d. Hayes,
Clements Sherer, Manuel w. Kaiser,
John Lukan and Joseph Eisen.
The officers Of the local organiza-
ton who did much to make the af-
fair a success are: Frederick Hoch-
baum, president; John e. Shuster,
first vice-president; John Lukan, sec