The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-17
NEW YORK LIQUOR SELLING.
LICENSES THAT THE EyCTsE BOIRD
WILL GRJNT rms D.fY
Front Doors Closed on sunday, hut the Ordi-
nnry side Door Business Done for Regular
CmstOMers-A lIerxN mnn on the knIds.

Customers-A Clergy man on the ksids.
Tho aspect Of the liquor business was not
altered yesterday. Front doors and shutters Of
barrooms were closed fast. but regular custom
ers could got In through side doors. and even
strangers could in most places get what they
wanted to drink. The police detected violations
Of the Sunday law here and there. and arrested
the offenders.
Excise Commissioner Murphy says that he
expects action by the Legislature very soon
after It meets He tavors n law that will make
the prices Of licenses from $50 to $3.50, and
provide forthe severe punishment Of unlicensed
dealers. There are. he estimates. 10000 bar
rooms in New York-a larger number than is
generally supposed-and one-third Of these he
thinks might be closed 10y a simple. compre-
henslve. AMI comprehensive enactment
know" he says. that many would regard an
increase Of the price Of licenses IA a measure
for the rich dealers against the poor ones; but
the trade. as well IA the public In general.
would be better of II there were one-third
fewer saloons Tho business ought 10 be made
respectable by driving disreputable dealers out
81 it. A proper law would enable the Excise
The Commissioners have decided TO give
licensee to-day TO the following named persons
to sell ale and lager beer only
Charles Buhlcr Theresa Hermann Christian Matzen.
william G1gass rls.nck Msyer hEasH Pu,srsSSn
Knarns,. r Benernann. William Enecll John BrenHt
ya9sh;ssn Daniel psnsl n,nny William ksss.,gs9, Gs.fss
n. psRbssp nR Mo- & A"dsr, Fs,n. S".f daSh
Rrcis t.kopg Mary 4 Nlnsr Eiward Scilon, Major
" TricnRcn fredsri' r6ocnc Henry f5ciicf joseph
laeter Ms S onu "bsse whS% h ,Ss u' jod" % NefSer
;9n Albert GariGer = J. Monahan, A u kesel
ioS Bsrs s"I uso GS Ss,. D. conne W.rtn RrunSs
sss mo'f%4 kjenaan h2T csr Ys ss aaa Sac
noaIsop Anton Sch2o , hrssen prodhsr. Lent
busch Treicrek Van ASie, Henry Telsheier. charles
ssSr.hF ssr fS 5qs shM & KNIT bond sr SSs ,%Ss Su%
Adam Nun. jacob hemcr. Daniei Galn.ler ,h,rIc'
coprai se4TsrX Herman Ewsld Le2 kgisSr J9eob S,,.
sT Emil bca; S5- ''s Kseaes 1 o seo1 Wcgr fTS.,
iofm"nn. James Linden Jane. N.i,,oln A hamigrs'
nn. kiwn KLEIN wrnam kssle, Anthony k.n<sG.
Mari Nsn Elwari Mailer charles M,imas Gp,.a,e
poNel John uurfs'1 II 'hsrlys S,hoffm. mn, Z sgu,
s'6a'Di, ani1' 'i,"a william VI" k"saa.t Ietn ESSg
| Wecsmslr. + W,im,r. john =. Nahnken. ii Lambert
Arthur Linoht ,'us Bisthor James Shelan Muna Hon
%1 maj SsrSia! 1 " NGrS,I SI Wam% % spsy % Bsr6srs
wetisran Thona. Rripi. VI Darlins Jeremiah Nur.
p, "sofss :, hsnrS Srs1, Jyin M,ienyy y riet M
% a,S, ",ncI ' 'n wau lbeSteer Ssnn 81 "a
"ald, . Heriori iacs6 r.lcr' wi'nam blown. Pnllp
cul rrie. Antnon, fechan. stephen polan, stewart n
AiS Biacf1sn1 l. aiJ a. H,.l a1is'e Sci,iin. Nh
|
sor freicri,k >tumili frsnei. Il ippcrt Rnenmeier
u,grg. roheL rau fhcrnari. john Us't Jacob rro's
| joseph Hnrsroi. Joseph rri.cnnann, Henry Leitner
| y fauihaher an knnU, jgAn II runle ,Josspl
Adelpn RerVsg. August kreher Frederick Mink, kAla
CLsre, ,i Bos6,rs. frcierics Bain' '''~
The recent police rading was not hardship
| In the ease Oi some of tho liqupr dealers who
despite the receipts that they held from III,
| Excise Board were arrested. The Board gav,
its receipts for money that lts officers recelved
ssedea @ % ths . Boards @ abi,y to V invesiisate % III,
char ter Of the applicants for license. Inv ,sti
smu wh"neysr % an 4 wss found to- ko"i
su'h place rs the Bourd could not counte-
AWAITED ava he orl"r. fnt many my deaier. , ~ who hae
been found wanting. having hcrn told that TIA,
| police wouldr '~peci the Excise ards receipt.
i.clined e. glys ~ The receipts that they held
| fnncyiug that thus they might be able To- con
tinus the sale Of LIQUOR in places that both th'
Law and Order Society and the Excise BoarC
| had SCI their faces against.
The Rev. Mr. Hatfield. IN the Eighteenth Stree
Methodist Church. last evening. took for his sub
Ject. Ought the Excise law to be enforce,
against a divided public sentiment p Ii,
asserted that the voice of the people was not OIL
ways the voice OF God and that IN this cnse th'
only course was TO abide strictly by the law. He
read the Excise law previous TO 1901 together
the latter OF which forbade the sale of liquor OF
| sundays. election days. or between the hours o
| l and on every morning of the week. The late
| sudden action on the part Of the Police Commits
| sioners. he said. was owing 10 complaint t'
| the Grand Jury that they were not carrying on
| the law and consequently were violating the if
| oath OF Office. and rendering themselves hahl'
| 10 charge OF misdemeanor. II seemed unfair
| that liquor dealers who had paid the necessar'
fees 10 the Excise Commissioners as prelm
| mary to obtaining licenses should be arreste,
for max ing sales after doing all in their powe
to comply with the law. but Il was better that !
few hundred Of such men should su1er tuai
vhat thousands Of families should be reduced L
want through drunk kenness.
| The pollc" mAle l3l arrests yesterday FOL
| violations Of the Excise law