Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-03-27

OF CHe liquor question Ill HIS HoHie
county last fall and that he did not
believe the people he represented de-
sired local option. He said that if the
bill was passed it would mean that
liquor in bottles and beer in cases
would be taken into tenement houses.
"You cannot by legislation tell a
man that he must not drink" said
Mr.. Wolf. "You must teach him not
to drink"
Mr.. Pilgrim, of Essex, followed Mr..
Wolf. He said he did not believe in
legislation of this kind.
II do not believe in prohibition and
| shall not vote for this bill because
believe it is prohibition measure"
said Mr.. Pilgrim. "The bill provides
that this question may be brought up
every two years, and l am sure thai
these Jealous people who are backing
this bill would not miss chance to
bring it up. l believe l am going to
vote on this bill the way the people
of Newark want me to VOTE"
Iobst Fights for Bill
Mr.. Iobst, of Hunterdon, was the
next speaker, taking up the fight in
favor of the passage of the bill. He
said he thought the people should
have the right to decide all questions
pertaining to the good of the people.
He said that wherever the tendrills Of
the liquor traffic reach out they emit
poison.
1t was at this point that Mr.. Iobst
attempted to quote Secretary Bryan,
and the scene during which Majority
Leader Runyon, seconded by Minority
Leader Martin, gave his warning oc-
Cured.
"The saloon demoralizes," said Mr..
Iobst, ut nerves the murderer, it
cocks the pistol and it breeds illegiti-
mate children. l have been threat
ened because Of my attitude on this
bill, and he who threatens is coward.
A saloonkeeper threatened me. l
venture to predict that in five years
from now the Stars and Stripes will
wave everywhere in this great nation
over prohibition"
Mr.. Ostrom, of Hudson, succeeded
Mr.. Iobst,, speaking against the bill.
He said that in States where prohi-
bition is in effect subterfuges are re-
sorted to, and that it is not difficult
to procure drink if it is desired. Con-
tinuing, he said he had travelled
through Germany, and that he had
never seen an intoxicated man there.
Mr.. Ostrom said that in Jersey City
there are between 900 and 1000 sa-
looms and that he understood that only
about fifty of these pay real profit.
Hammond for Measure
Mr.. Hammond, Of Mercer, followed
Mr.. Ostrom. He spoke for the bill.
He said he had been told that in sup
porting the bill he was singing his
swan-song, that he was going to his
political death, "but if am" said Mr..
Hammond, 81 want to tell you it is
glorious death. Let's give the peo-
pie of New Jersey that for which they
are fighting"
Mr.. Dolan, of Hudson, was the next
speaker. He said he believed that the
bill was presented in spirit of
hypocrisy and that the real object
was to bring about prohibition. He
said he would not vote for bill that
placed the decision of moral ques-
ton on geographical lines.
Mr.. Crosby, of Essex, said that reg
ulation and administration and not
Legislation, are the solution of the
liquor question. He said that if there
was real regulation there would be no
more of the spasmodic regulation
Hudson County is witnessing now.
Majority Leader Runyon said he
considered it only fair to allow the
people to decide whether or not they
wanted the sale of liquor in their
communities, and that he proposed to
act as his conscience dictated and vote
for the bill.
Mr.. Sullivan, of Hudson, said he
was perfectly willing to stand up and
be counted as against the local option
bill.
Mr.. La Pointe, of Hudson, said he
was opposed to prohibition, and for
that reason he was against the Gaunt
bill as it was one phase of prohibit
ton.
Mr.. Singer, of Hudson, said that in
Jersey City, there are 995 licenses,
and the income from these is required
to conduct it's government and institu-
tions.
The vote on the bill was then taken.