The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-17
The New Hav
TEMPERANCE IN BROOKLYN.
The Good Work and It's Progress-Tm-
portant Cases To BE Tried Before the
Excise Commissioners To-day.

portant Cases To BE Tried Before the
Excise Commissioners To-day.
The cause OF temperance is progressing slowly
but steadily the City OF Churches, which boasts
5000 liquor shops and lager beer saloons Meet
ings Of the Women's Temperance Association are
held regularly, and each Sabbath evening wit
nesses a number OF vIsitations Of prayer to the
houses Of recreant dealers In alcoholic and malt
stimulants. President Jourdan, of the Police Com.
mission stated the other day In conversation with
a delegation OF the Union League Temperance
Band, that q benencent influence was already
apparent in this campaign against strong drink.
A few months ago it was not uncommon, ne said
to have bummers' battalion OF as many as
400 men and women marched from the several
station houses to the court rooms OF the civil and
police Justices of the city on Monday morning. or
late the number of intoxicated individuals picked
up in thirty-six hours from Saturday night until
Monday morning) does not exceed, on an average,
more than 1fty persons This he considered o
wonderful falling OF in the recruits OF the ranks OF
intemperance. He also assured the League tnat
the Board Of Excise would do all In tneiI power W
CURTAIL THE NUMBER OF LICENSES
by revokng those which had been or may DC vlo-
lated IN the future TINS o 10 the sprt and
the letter OF the law at an naaaiu ,a,.b ny ~
COMMISSIONERS OF Excise have no boa saita dea ~
ers Il, beer and Bourbon who approach the
nravtno hands with "tearS In their eyes ana
beg OF them to come to their saloons anu pray , on
the Sabbath day. They regard such repentant dis
pensers Of the ardent as hyPocrltes whose sole Cd
ectis to obtain dead-head notoriety, get 9 crowu
in the house and reap pecuniaIy penent over
the bar These uncharttabie opinions are paseu
upon which give coog e 20 ere 90 can q.
late mas returned to business ON last sunday
evening the praying ladies visited four places on
FuIron avenue upon invitation OF the pr0priet0rs,
and while they we're praying in the sitting rooms
With great spirit, great quantity OF spirits was
being retaied over the bars to the thirsty souls
" ho came there TO see chow the thing worked.n
Captain Joel Smith, OF the First precinct had his
detectives on the scene, and they have lodged lor-
COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE DELINQUENT DEALERS
IN strong drink. SIX oil the gin selling fraternity
will be tried before Excise commissioners Jour-
dan, Jensen and Briggs, at Police Headquarters,
corner OF Court anu Livingston streets, to-day,
and II found guilty their licenses Will be suulma.
ry revoked and their stores closed The saloons
oil three liquor dealers were closed In the Ninth
precinct yesterday by the police, the prOprtet0rs
having failed TO come forward, though repeatedly
Intendent John >. FOLK stated TO HERALD repre-.
sentative yesterday that II they were prop.
ery sustained by the courts In enforcing
the Excise law he would guarantee that all Sun.
day liquor selling IN the city OF Brooklyn would be
suspended in the short space OF thirty days from
this date. He contended that policemen can get
the Information 10 convict II they Will only De per-
United to do so, and that they have equally as
good right to obtain an entrance to saloon 70
obtain evidence as civilian who may enter "a
violate the law. II burglar Is seen in the act OF
entering dOmicile by coal shute surely police
offlcer would not De blamed for following him. inen
why, he asks should he be denounced for follow.
ing man into saloon to learn whether ne "
bent upon a violation Of the law or not Consld'
cradle interest Ia ielt Ia the result OF the lras pe
fnrA tho COMMISSIONERS to-daI.