Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-04-29

Gov. Hoffman of New York has vetoed the
various bills granting State aid to five differ
ent railroads, which have been passed by the
n. Y. Legislature. Among these is a grant
of 100000, from the State treasury, to
the Adirondack r. R., and one to the Platts
burg and Whitehall R. r. Co., which, IN
dismayed by the fact that Governor Hoffman
vetoed its little State aid bill last year, was
again an applicant for assistance and
had again secured the passage of an act
granting to it $500 600 from the State treas
ury. The veto message, dated the Doth, ap-
plies in terms to the Adirondack bill, but the
Governor says his reasons apply equally to
the others. In fact he considers them as
substantially one measure, and he declines
to give his approval to any Of them. His
reasons are that the bills call for 81 600 600,
which he believes is more than the people are
willing to be taxed to pay; that they were
logrolled through the Legislature by COM
binatiOn Of the friends Of the different pro-
jects and that the most Just way to secure
contributions from the State treasury in aid
of such enterprises, is to submit the question
to the people for their decision. The Assem-
bly, sustained the vetves of each Of the
bills. by heavy maioIities, the vote on
the Plattsburgh and Whitehall bill being 10
to II.
Gov. Hoffman will of course be bitterly de-
nounced by the friends of each road for not
discriminating in favor of their pet project
but probably he knows what he Is about and
is satisfied of the approval Of the mass of the |
people Of the State.
The citizens Of New York are taking their
first full experience of - free rum" under .
the New Excise law There has been a
good deal Of uncertainty whether it permits
or forbids the Sunday traffic, and the Attor-
ney General Of the State has given an
elaborate opinion in which he sustains the
view that the Sunday clause is still in force,
and declares that the only important change
is in yesting the authority to grant licenses
in town, village and city boards. instead of
County Commissioners as Heretofore. But
this has had no practical ef';t The law is
very lame in provisions to secure its own en-
lOrcement. 1t was meant as democratic
sop to the great interests Of liquor sellers
and liquor dealers, and has been interpreted
by them, in its spirit, as a practical removal
Of all restrictions. Hundreds of bars were
open in New York city on Sunday last
The consequence was four murder0us assaults
each one ending in death or likely SO to
for that single day, in each Of
which whiskey was the exciting cause and
the number of arrests made by the police for
various ohenses was far beyond anything
known on any Sunday for years past
The Tr,'lue says. - The citizens Of New
York must now look forward to the realiza-
ion Of al the evils of an unrestrainel liquor ]
bar-rooms, uproarious night
Genes on the streets, drunken sundays, and +
great increase Of crime, disorder, and in {
lectncy on every night of the week, but es- a
'etially on the sacred day. L
And even the Herald says " If this {
laughter (the murder of O'Day) and the J
hree less desperate cases associated with it :
n the reports for Sunday, are any indications q
# what Sunday is to be in the new state Of a
lw, the result in the minds of good citizens d
7ill not be favorable to this democratic Il
honge." II