The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1923-05-18
DAYLIGHT TIME
PASSED AGAIN

The Lambertville city commission
ers, by vote of to /, at meetin,
held on Tuesday night, decided to ad
vance standard time" one hour--or
in other words, adopt daylight saw
ing.
Two weeks before, at a publ,
meeting between the commissioner
and the people the former announce,
that they would determine the issu,
purely upon the number of petition
ers, for and against, as might b,
submitted to them. The petitions
were to contain only the names o.
qualified voters, and were to be ac
corded the same standing as voters
petitions. which are filed arount
election time.
The ants filed petitions which City
Clerk Smith said contained $40 sig,
natures, while the daylight savers
filed none. After lengthy argu.
ment, in which Harry J.. Callan and
Harold Dilley spoke for the daylight,
saving measure, and Nelson iWhited
and Theodore G. Kitchin spoke
against it. Commissioners Moonar
and Malloy voted for the measure
and Commissioner Muirheid voted
against it. The measure becomes
effective next Sundaya
Theodore G.. Kitchin, who led the
fight for the maintainance of stand.
ard time, says;
I'VE have been called odd fogies,
'ignoramuses, and even names that
would not look well in a family paper
but we contend that every Ameri-
can citizen has right to express his
views in lawful manner. We have
the endorsement of the governmnt of
the United States, of most of the in
dividual statss, of numerous courts,
and even by reputable citizens, that
Standard Time is lawful. Daylight
Saving time has no legal status,
anywhere, as all municipal ordin-
ances relative thereto are without
standing.
The city commissioners of Lam.
bertville laid down definite rules for
the contest, which could have as
easily been won by one side as the
other. but was met only by the an
It's. Commissioner Muirheid Is bit
old-fashiored and believed that a
promise is promise, but Commits.
sioners Moonan and Malloy smilingly
announced that they had changed
their minds since April 9th. Their
wisdom cannot be questioned. how
ever, because we are told that "a wise
man often changeth his mind. I'm.
less we have missed count or two,
these gentlemen have changed their
minds three times in six weeks, on
the daylight saving issue.
commissioner MaIloy stated the
other night that outside knowledge
tended to regulate his views. One of
his friends says that there are 1855
people in Lambertville opposed to
standard time which had great
weight with the commissioners.
These are interesting figures to the
arts. Eliminating the petitions
that the commissioners did not see.
and those that they wouldn't receive,
this leaves something ike 400 resi-
dents of Mount HOPE and st. Johns
cemeteries in the count. If these
two commissioners received spirit
messages from this number Of de.
parted Lambertvilians urg' ing day
light saving, we can readily under.
stand their apparent indecison. We
only hope that the day-old babies and
three-year dead folks of Lambert
vile will not vote at next falls cleo
tion, nor for ever after.
"The efforts of Commissioners
Mooran and Malloy to uplift the old
fogies' of Lambertvile. and raise
them to the Trenton standard of cul-
ture will be watched with much in
terest. Those of us who are too old
fashioned and archaic to assimilate
readily can easily park ourselves on
the top of Goat Hill or the Delaware
Township end of the Alexauken
bridge until the storm blows over
anybody can start something, but
it's often oroblcm to stop that
which is once set in motion. The
prophecy that daylight saving will
remain in the archives of the City OF
Lambertville as long as the world
shall stand. is yet too young to take
its place in the classics Of time.
"Any future movement Of us 'old
fogies' will be tempered by the adj
vance knowledge that no matter how
radical it may appear TO the pro
gressives, it will be conducted along
lawful and respectful lines, such as
are duly prescribed by either The
state or the United States, or ths
courts thereof. Nor will it b.
'broadcasted' from Stockton street
Trenton, but rather from Bridge
street, Lambertville-- much mor'
convenient poirt for those Of US whit
seem doomed to worry along with th'
meagre civilization afforded US b!
rural Hunterdon.