New-York tribune., 1877-11-23
VIEWS OF HOTEL AND SALOON KEEPERS.

VIEWS OF HOTEL AID SALOON KEEPERS.
The opinions of several hotel propIietors and
Uouor dealers respecting the Excise question, were OBJ
famed Yesterday Oac of the Leland Brothers, Of the
sturteyant House said that hey dd NOT anticipate any
difficulty in supplying; the wants Of their guests or I'D
general IN conducting the house rs they chose TO con
duct it Their bar was closed sunday, % the public
but they Of course mad 10 furnish wines aud liquors 10
their guests Wacu demanded i just as necessary
for them do This as o. a ni % AMY other part oi TIER
business. 10 was often medicinal purpose that W2s
served Guests f~c4cnty needed a gllts or VINE OF
h1uor. and it was Gb,ud TO say that
must not be served 20 them. Mr LELAND he
neyed That the present movement woud not amount 10
mach, and said that Ee felt 40 anxiety whatever
Ii the first place would De very easy hnc 10 evade
The law II am attempt made 70 enforce H. Hotel
guests might easily secure on saturday the wines ana
liquors which they were expecting 10 use on the SlDooth
with reference to the CLOSING Of osshop the object Of
Dr Crosly's Society Mr.. Leland sli that was matter
which did not interest hotel proprctors except indl
rcctly lie thought it practically essential that
there should places where the poorer classes could ob
tain what they chose TO drink and it was Impossible to
prevent liquor being sold II the more respectable bars
were closed the only result would be that obscure and
low resorts would flourish an the II man could
not obtain openly at decent place what he wanted 70
drink lie would 70 in search Of il TO secret aud nde
cent place.
It was stated al the Hoffman House that apprehcn
sion there felt lest The business Of the hoei should
b. iuerfeIcd with. TIE bar closed to tine pub
&c on Sundays and il guests could not obtain wine
Ind liquor thai day. they must purchase on Saturday
Tie law could not be practically enforced.
The Fifth Avenue Hotel ban been closed for a
siderable time SUNDAYS. No uneasness was mani
regard the wishes OF their guests
M @ cd og %i iI b4 Mspdy G 's bsd AS0l S3rcd m
temperance work Tor the purpose of making htte
money in these dun uues lie could not see mat ut
tue sale Of liquor u the hotels OF established reputation
In the AstOr House liquor mad been sold ever since the
hotel was opened, ard hc had never allowed his hccnse
out. lie always applied for removal 3e'9re me
tenn Tor which il was issued Lao eh lieu. iie uu al
ways Kept his lar open every ddy ana suhlay
until last sunday, when IL wos closed Nhen asked
what he intended 10 do In regard 10 closing on
Sundays hereafter M Allen said nat he did hot know,
bat lie La1 10 h'Tn'Qh I vi .I-o."nS - f t0 sITy f m
anything wrong lie did not expect 9iI; Muud{ @ 70 I
tcrierc with lis business 80 all lie SOLD HluOr because
hs wanted H. but De diduot Keep hs oar open
made on tnat day. There vast dnercnce between
hotels IN SewYoik would tend to dive bushes:
away from the city, and business men would
n they could not obtain what tney wished here. IN
Panhod, \. j. IL was decided few years ago, he SAID
10 allow 10 liquor TO 0e sold The proprietor Of the
and tiat T0ud rum The place he did So and the keep
er Of smaller boei closed Lis bar Tic result that
the people living ia the surrounding country refused TO
carry ticr produce etc. Paiufcld but went to Rah
Wav instead and the business Of tae former place
nearly all destroyed. a similar condition OF things
would be brought about here in Mr. Aliens opinion If
all tie bars iu tins city were closed.
Charles PfaG. n West Twenty ty0Irth-st, Keeps hotel
OF Il very different from those before mentioned
Entering tile basement floor from Iweuty-fOurttst one
voild suuuOsc that 70 chiefly lager beer saloon
IN O winch lac had COME but above ls diungFOOu ana
there are sleeping apartments ID the upper stories.
Uoubtcss however, the beer custom contributes largely
10 the revenue OF the establishment. NJ. Plan was
found Yesterday IN excellent temper, thougl
u rfCctly convinced that nc had been 1lueatcd
b. fks Excise Commissioners hls Incense expired
on August on the previous day he pad
Tor license and received receipt NOW sad De,
why sloud not have rghtst can't get my IL
oense aud they say must not carry on my business
without il They might have law "a tney have ID
England that liquor should not be sold during TIE Aous
OF curen service Then they make their arrests mere ~
au Indecent way IN England man violates the sun
law, he receives BOuce 10 appear On the IOo"h
day. Here be Il arrested and locked up over nlgAt
don't want be arrested in that way had plenty "l
IL seventeen years ago, IN the days u the Ola BONO
pians." .
The proprietor OF a large and wellpatronized billiard
saOOn aud baTOOm, said yesterday that he dld not lear
difficulty from the efforts Of the men who were
endeavOlag to enforce the law OF 1917 That law was
plain enough IN It's language though II might perhaps,
b. said that could understand what was expected
of hun by the statute The Excise Commissioners were
not ia 50 bad position people thought, for III
his opinion the law left II 10 their discretion TO
decide what hotel This proprietor con
Huued: "An immense amount OF money has
been invested by hQuer dealers, relylng on the
Laws passed since 1857 and supposed TO be In
force vast deal Of money has been taken frOm them
Tor licenses and It - decided trat they have no
treatneus ;--.I do not tear mu0A Trouble, even