Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-23

and conservative uttcrance. asserted
II was within his knowledge that IN.
politician in question receives n reg
uiar 'rakc-off" OF S. n case for every
shipment OF contraban1 drink lrriv-
ing at the shore The rake on
takos tho form OF a systematic as
s"ssmcut Ia return for which tho
political boss guarantees. according
20 senator White. complete "protec-
i!on" all along tho line.
Whether the liquor arrives from
tho seaside by boat or airplano or
b. some overland route IN railroad
trains. by automobile oil in trucks. Ii
is slipped into Atlantic City unruo-
l"sted. Prohibition enforcement Off
cials. state cons;abuiary and local
police officers arc all Fixed"
IL a cog slips somewhere and some
body ~ arrested. the Arrangement
hands OF judges prosecutors and
jurles. Tho s5-pcr-case rate is sahl
to cover everything. You pay the
money. tho politician does tho rest.
Atlantic CitE's booze supply runs into
hundreds OF cases n week. The gross
proceeds OF III" alleged graft system
arc In corresponding ratio.
Senator White has been summoned
before tn. Atlantic County Grand jury
;u suhstantlntc his grave accusation.
Ills friends are confident he can and
determination 20 20 through with the
thing to tho bitter end. no matter
where it leads. Suggestions are cur
rent that il Will lead to unexpected
inartcrs ami disclose amazing RANT
h"ations in circles "hiRhcr IN" no;
only in Jersey. hut perhaps even in
WASHINGTON.
III" idcntity or tho poil,icai leader
rIilorisd hy Senator whi,. ~ nu open
'c"ret. lie obviously is - li"pUblicau.
for Atlantic cou:ty i" securely in thu
Republican grip. 80 politicians not
identified MIA the party In power
Senator White alludcS. Tho senator
expressed motive is Il place responsl-
billy for bookkeeping in Jersey
where II belongs-not on the Shout
icrs o; minor operators, but on cN-
altch principals above them.
While the sensational charge a.
! Atlantic City is apparently aimed at
n Republican politician and his Re-
publican heNchmen, Il is notorious
that corrupt politicians OF both
parties in New Jersey work hand-in
glove where bookkeeping is concerned
| The conditions arc no; iissimilar
! from those in New York state There
/ tho Federal and state prohibition ad-
| miuistratious are in Rcpublicn n
hands. but Greater Nrw York. tho
| hOutleC paradise. IS controlled ny
| Democrats.
| Ia New Jersey tho Federal prohibit
| ;!on system is Republican manned
hut tho state is Dcmouratic- governed
by an ayowedly soppiuE-wet machine.
az which Governor Edwards ia tho
titul..r head and Mayur Franl, Hague.
pf Jersey city. tho actual boss.
A. against the common charge tina:
Ii" Democratic state machines cntn =
raiEn funds are supplied. for the most
part. ny the hcotlceGcr fraternity
YOU Will encounter the equally com
mon allegation tina; Republican lead.
"rS HAY" flied up tho Federal en-
torcomcnt service with crooks and
vets. Tho not result-wherevc tho
primary blame rests--is that prohlbi-
ton in New Jersey is manifes,ly in
sorry Way. with bookkeeping ram
pant on every hand.
1850 Saloons I'm Hudson County.
In Hudson County--Jersey City and
tI"hokcn--arc said 10 be no fewer
than l.5o0 saloons Systematically en-
gagged in dispensing liquor In con :
| travention of the Nolstead act. I'm
| mense quantities of smuggled goods
are believed to he landed there reg
| uiarly. Newark, which calls itself
| the metropolis Of the state. is vir-
| tually Hs wet In other upstate and
| down state counties sometimes called
degenerate" because OF additionally
| had political hahits--thc districts
| around Atlantic City. New Brunswick.
| Perth Ambuy. Paterson and rassaic---
| liquor law lcsEncss is as prevalent
and fragrant "a In Jersey city. TO-
hcken and Newark. which nrc tho
worst offenders
jerseys alien population, especially
in the river counties. is enormous
~ that circumstance, no doubt. Is
attributable in wide degree tho de-
plorabie prohibition situation exist
cut in the state At large
Tho bookkeeping fraternity in Jcr-
sCy is organized on perhaps even
more systematic lines than In New
York. with which 1t maintains close
intcrlocking relations. II contains
scores %: men who have amassed