The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-09-27
HORACE GREELEY,S MEMORY DIS
UONORED.
Tho Tall Tower Gin Mill of Jay Gould and
Wbitelaw Reid.

DefYiug the rcmonstrauccs of the oldest
and hes, friends Of the NclU ipfh 1rLUHc-ihe
Christian men and women, abniltiousts and tee
totalcrs-Who stood by the late SIR. Horace Gree
Icy from the das that he "tOundeI" that
Journal, the present proprietors Of tho PAGER
and It's "yoing editor" In the tall tower /"
not content WITH having gin mill IN the base
ment on week days, have had il also run on
SUNDAYS, IA o2en defiance Of The laws Of tAe
In Houston street and the surrounding thor
ought fares Keep ~ their shutters on sunday and
nave thc is'ht dcor crossed COM business IN
SIDE quicti' aud " ON tne nlv. There Is even
some ,ittle marx OF respect Tor the laws OF Now
YORK state and public opinion in this course,
pursued even Dy foreign German pouulhtl n,
who were never accustomed 90 decent ObscrN-
ance Of SUNDAY IN th,ir native land.
Bat the IfUutc gin mill his not even conde-
matter. The llace has now been IN "flll
swing ever, sunday for several weeks I'm tue
leading thorunghl.re Of \ ~ York. 'ihc very
lowest diunkou "l0 .fors' ma r1uFhs of that
city have freely and opc1ir commented upon
tn" ncon sis'encY OF tho iriauuie in having sucn
concern run in the bn'iding devoted to the
printing ana punll7mih- OF the journal " founded
There Is no anin In even the $1,000 a yoar
rent received Tor that basement I'm mill. Re
spectacle gentlemen viii not rent tho other
no'rs OF the gree' ten stories high concern. 50
long A. the esancnt - 2 low ia-er peer saloon.
ar. james Gord pa Bennett II the .N,ic I1Tk
H,Ttd SHOWING thi-, would not allow any
rect: and the r. ,it Is that he mas spectacle
lHu"tt~ aud merchants N the basement and
lawyer IA imost every office upon every door
OF the elihcc. but the "ypuue editor" tho
lte.i cn- of the wine and brandy drinking
" iotu-' CLUB, r.ulu not SEQ beyond tic mere
$1,000 offered hiW f'r tho basement; and i-1w
thr contents at that basement viii assIiciIy
blow ~ the cuur. o-,aGii .hment-tall tower
The N,t loIh Times az Aug. IS gave scec-
lions ir"n the opinions az the urcss' all over
the country upon the subject, Including as the
Itumlrcut article. one from the COmm0uuCc an
of july q. entitled. lhhkins with Gin Alill
Ia the Basement" AsaCuuscquence II all these
b. - y
IT. roo. iuou and status amongst he public jour
ral- # the lnltDd States aud IT, innGcuc- now
+ not "a tltle Of what n was when fuuulcd uuou
the sterling honesty nj uprisntncss ana indie
tenNcnce Of Horace Greeley aud not upon a
gin mlll in tne basement.
We observe there is iuinor that several lead
Ing temperance men IN y " York. old friends
Of hr. Greeley, are about 10 put forth tneir IN
fl lence TO gei the IFtAUnt Association to
clear ont the E,n mill TINS Il unGise policy
on the part Of the temperance men, We trust
they do, that they shall not succeed. If thai
Gin mia IL unlN continued Ii will kill the Tribune
night out; ana that will bo one OF the IN st
forcille temperlnce and prohibition lectures,
for the other daily Jour- els, that has ever been
delivered In the United states. We do
the TTutHc saved from the deserved cousc-
quenres OF their own folly 10y any temperance
Interference, advice or counsel. We prefer that
the young editor, Who sc rccly allowed Mr.
Grecey's corr D. De cold. ~ hc tegdn t. sneer
at Temperance and utohlhliouwo should reap
the tull reward of his doinss. The lesson would
not b. lost upon others. IL would teach, all the
world over. That as long as the IfbUlc support ed
mogal and social reforms, tue people OF America
sust Line d it, as the greatest ~ AmcrlrHn jour-
nals uut so soon ds 1t deserted these principles
and took &C. running q dcmoraiiliug ain MA in
the has'in cnt ~ Us premises the American poo
Vie Withdrew their suup RI from II :ant, built as
u then w.s upon a lager bier saloon only, IL fell,
aud great VAS the i,l thereof"
len thousand Chrlsiln men and women who
have been euI-crlpclo for the ITAlpic can now
IN Ike their influence for good powerfully felt, 10y
withdrawing tirr nulnos as subs 'rilcr- duriui.
the next month, aud thus let IL bc seen that the
$1,000 year rent from the gin niii viii cost the
IitauItC $4,000 loss ut suh-cl lpUunS IA the urs {
year alone and nothing will SO Ctiectually teach
Mr.. Wh.tehw Reid that the supporters Of the
tribune decline 20 upnold IL on gln uili basis.