New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-16
1IeroR PRoHIB1rIos IN SEw-YoaIl.

below Mr. DEWEY and d. p WOOD the dissenting
minority Of the Committee, gave notice Of Minority
Report, which they will submit hereafter. The Re-
port Of the majority viii be found direct, sensible and
forcible aud We trust it will be promptly followed by
decisive action in 10th Houses.
The bill Herewith submitted we do not print entire
since it is substantially identical with that of last SeS
sion, which has already appeared in our columns 1t
differs mainly in proposing imprisonment as we'll as fine
as penalty of Liquor selling after the first Oaense
The following the fret two and most important sec
tons of the bill as row reported
AN LCT FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF rNrEMPERANCE
ThFe o. he STAT Of Nee Yr rpreae4 "a Senate aHd iie-
srcTos Livery Persou who $. all sell sesP for sale with
inert 20 e either personally or oy bis psr.se eeis sen, or
prtene intoxicating lgoT Of lind name except
saS i o 81 aaoI. owned By h
Addition shall be pqsshed as follow;
The oasnss y less than fteen dollars
Fer the second md every oaen fine than
twenty dollars than three hundred dollars ssd by i'm
Upon the convection any person provided By
fSi5 So si al h @ al t S6T 81 him
and shall he forever disqualified en selling liquor with1 t se
upon subsequent eonson he shah be punished as
Upon eyST conviction the defend shall also DO req tired 20 pay
all ss ICES and expenses ncaess a counsel fee 20 the com
parant be fixed BY the Court less shsn i've than
In dei, sry such fne COST. fees and
paid not ees day for each dollar ihe sPoa unpaid
u
Of the which he int; nds se intoxicating hlaor
herenr provided ard who not pedaler tbs keeper Of Or
store any baroorn iouery other place Of
sste other place pubis amusement keep oT AID
eebap chemical medicinal purposes and pure wine for
provided he shall within year previous have lied
sr lsrk Of The ey who is hereby authorized to take
such osh affirmation setting fosth the ward which he
lerd fe ch liquor and decang that he Il eecio OF such
/ not and during the shall such liquor will BE
pdder the keeper Of nor Interested in n tavern bolr
@ ofheT pises Of tGbH enTtslnen nor tie kespef
ri az n sny theate museum or other pac. public
amusement aud will not Vioie any the provisions Of this act
See 81 of last years BILL which provides for the
prosecution of the sureties under section as it fOr
uerly stood, in case of judgement for violation Of
their engagement not to sell for tipping purposes is
stricken out OF the new bill, the requirement Of sure
ties having been already stricken out as above
for what good reason we cannot perceive. We. fear
hole is here left open Under which unprincipled men
who care nothing for perjury will to some extent
stealthily perpetuate the evils now resulting from
licensed dram shops. We know it is said that AlcO
holc Liquors necessary for other than drinking
purposes and that dealers therein will not give the
bonds required by the old bill; but we demur to the
necessity and believe man would be found in each
city or considerable village who wouI be willing to
give the required bond and conform to its conditions
However, do not insist this point but the right
to sell under this section should be rgdy restricted to
ore apartment premises specified in the OATH copy
of which should be conspcuOusly posted in said apart
ment.
But we regret to see the radical weakness OF
the old bill reained-that of limiting the penalty in
CURED by first oensc against the inhibition of liquor
selling to $780, and practically to Sl5 for that will be
Il 49, -
Now there are many tipplsg-haunts which actually
make for their owners more than SIS per day
and these viii mainly be kept going in defiance of the
law, with the calculation that days will elapse
before complaint is made, when the seller may plead
guilty pay bis SIS and go clear, having made hand
some speculation out of his cOntumacy BOnaparte's
rule for suppressng mObs applies in spirit to this
Fire grape shot first and blank cartridges afterward
TIE penalty for first ofense should be not less than
$780, and then the awbreakers should be required to
swear that he would break it no more, or Kept in
state Of innocence until he roud do so. To think of
stopping the Liquor-Trafic by fine of SO is worse
than boiling door with boiled carrot.
But here is the Committees Report:
REPORT
ts sut jet Of Iisrptrqnee the et Iataag
Mr. C. LEIGH, from the majority Of the Committee,
would respectfully report that they with the Cover
nor in his Message that the Constitution invests the Legs
lnse with the power and imposes upon them the duty Of
adopting promote Education, restrain Vice,
TO punish Crime protect the ghts Of persons and prop
eriy ard to advance the welfare Of this great common
wealth composed Of than Three Millions Of citizens
They with His EIeeency in the remark that Intern
peranoe is justly regarded fruitful of misery,
destuton and crime and its effects forced in power
ul manner upon the attention Of those who required to
execute the laws and that in egislaDg upon the subject
should be taken no; to conflict with the well settled
principles OF legislation with the rights OF our citizens
The Committee have felt deeply impressed with the
weight cfresponEblfy resting upon them, and, after a
careful examination Of the whole subject clearly Of the
opinion that the sale Of Intoxicating Liquors as beverage
reards Education and encourages Vice that it trampes
upon the rights Of persons and property criminal ex
tent and that Is the duty OF this Legislature to pass
Prohbiory Law the only means Lett to remove tie evils
complained Of
Your COMMITTEE are Of opinion that the sale Of Intoxica
Ing Drinks is the drtct OF more Pazperia Grim
DetoreeTy aid Jrgbt earqites than all other things
put together.
Your Committee OF opinion the, such liquor il poi
sen and should be declared and treated producing
species Of insanity which deadeRs the moral powers and in
flames the passions causing the unprovoked commission Of
crimes on the innocent and unofcndng of an enorny IN.
pareleCd in the civilized world crimes that even barba
rams would fhudder at and Humanity in is WORT forms
could not commit una;ded by the demon that is ever pres
ent il the drunkards cup
Your Committee Of opinion that this poison causes
reckless disregard Of property in those who use it that it
Is he sgent in the desruson of more property By fire.
shpWreeks railroad disasters and bankruptcies than al