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Duffy Granted A License.
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morals in this Republic is Christian not
pagan, not Mohammedan, nor jewish"
Chancellor Kent, the unquestioned mead
of American Jurisprudence, in a decision
in the Supreme Court of New York,
said eve are a Christian people and
the morality of the country is deeply
engrafted upon Christianity, which is not
unknown to our law
Numerous Judges of States, also the
late Judges Wilson, Story and Brewer, of
the q. S. Supreme Court, all declared,
"This is a Christian nation and the
Christian religion is recognized as the
common law of the land and who ~reviles,
subverts or ridieules it may be prosecut-
ed at common law"
Would it not be wise, just and deserv-
ing for Squire Duffy, lawyer Davis and
Judge Washington to appear before the
bar and pay their fine or go to Jail?
We appeal to the Court of public
opinion and to the Highest Judge of All,
the Judge of the quick and the dead, for
their punishment.
A LICENSE NO NECESSITY
Since Judge Washington declared a
rum shop in Penns Grove is a necessity
and Lawyer Davis says a license shall be
given and both seem ignorant of the law
we refer them to Sec. 8 of the Werts' law
and Sec. 8 of the Bishops law which says
'The Judge may defer the application,
in his discretion, grant or refuse such ap-
plication for license"
WHO SAID SHALL?
The revoking of French's Hotel Ii
cense in compliance with Sec. 10 of the
Bishops law seems to have struck terror
to the organized liquor interests of the
State. Judge Waddington's term ex-
pires next April. If the wireless tele-
gram through political circles is to be
believed, then Bacchus demanded the of
fetal head of Judge Waddington unless
he reversed his policy on liquor license
at the earliest opportunity; that there
was a political e~xigency that needed riv-
citing, and the pocket-nerve seems to have
turned the head of the Judge, while. we
grant that his heart is still right. Who
said that rum shops shall be put in
Penns Grove, after a demonstration of
eighty days has fully convinced even those
who are not total abstainers nor prohi-
bitionists, that they are not needed and
are a great detriment to the personal,
social and industrial welfare of Penns
Grove and Upper Penns Neck township,
where 1000 persons now reside and 15,-
900 are engaged in the hazardous bust
ness of powder making? Did the order
come from Governor Fielder, or from the
a~eadquarters Of the N. ]. Federation of
Liquor Interests, S51 Broad street, New
ark? An answer through the Record
will be welcomed news from Attorney
Davis or Judge Washington. Who said
shall?
The bred Scott decision of Chief JUS
tice fancy, "That a negro had no rights
that a white had to respect created
a bloody war and a political revolution.
Is this decision of Judge Waddington
a bred Scott decision of the liquor in
terests of this State that Penns Grove
citizens and the great and hazardous in
terest of powder making have not rights
that the rum interest have to respect?
If it is, let the battle continue here and
now until New Jersey becomes a "dry"
State. The more rum shops Judge Wad-
dington rams down Penns Grove threats
the more anti-saloon and prohibition
votes will be made.
A RECORD CONTRAST
For several weeks previous to the clos
ing of the hotel bar the arrests for
drunkenness was from five to twenty-five
a day. Squire Duffy's time was taken up
nearly all some nights taking money from
the poor mental and moral detectives be-
cause they fell under the degrading in
fuence of alcoholic poison. The two-cell
lookup adjoining our editorial room would
not hold them. Since the sale of liquors
has ceased the prisoners drunk from IL
quors bought elsewhere have not been
three a week.
In the hazardous business of powder
making every man needs a clear brain,
a strong arm and a steady nerve to save
himself and protect his family. Alcohol
weakens, deteriorates, destroys all. Pro-
hibition has ceased to be a religious and
moral question. 1t has become an indus
trial necessity.
Gambrinus, the German god of beer,
Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, in pa
gan mythology, see a luscious feast and
riches in Penns Grove. If rum is forced
on Penns Grove by Judge Washington at
the next term of court it will be a Bel
shazzar feast. What citizen wants to go
back to the drunken condition three
months ago? Are they willing to sell
good order, sobriety, decency, morality
and happiness in homes for $1,000, or
$4,000 license fees?
Bacchus sees the handwriting on the
wall. Seven more States with a popula-
ton of S,253,993, went dry January 1,
making eighteen. Others will vote dry
this year.
There should be five hundred remon-
strants at court next April to protest
against the application of any license.
A judge who grants licenses to Penns
Grove under present conditions deserves
to be mobbed from the bench. No more
such morally rotten decisions should
be tolerated as that of last Friday, when
Attorney S. Rushing Leap fought a noble
battle with the cards stacked against
him. The battle will continue. Get up
courage to meet it. Let US all
Dare to be a Daniel.