The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-09-08
EARLY AGAIN IN THE Tolls.
The Grand Jury See Dittenhoefer'S
Point and Reindict His Client.
WHAT RESPECTABLE HOTEL MEN HAVE TO SAY
Great Jubilee Among the Liquor
Dealers, High and Low.

Immediately after the adjournment of the Court Of
ssnar.l sessions on Friday afternoon District Attor
new Phelps sent for Meeker, the witness IN the case
of Andrew Early charged with "seliing liquor on
sunday and TOOK sent him before the Grand Jury
"what forS" asked the quidnuncs.
No one knew.
But IL has since turned out that the Dittenhoefsr
poipL elaborately disclosed In yesterdays HERALD,
20 pressed the District Attorney that in anticpa-
lion oil Judge suherands decision he determined to
rsindct andrew Early and TO have incorporated In
the Indictment the language Of the statute 'seing
liquor on Sunday as a beverage"
This grants the whole case.
II Earys Indictment falls TO the ground, the whole
500 fall with IL
Meeker was the witness before and Meeker is the
witness now
now SPREAD
Good news as well bad spreads rapidly.
and the second indictment OF Early was soon noised
abroad He was, OF course, notified, and in great
dismay visited his counsel, Judge Dntenhoeter But
60 lar as the individual OF this or tina; man is
concerned there is, OF course, but little interest
The principle involved Is all, and thai is, as the
HERALD OF yesterday explained that now the keeper
Of any licensed nn tavern hotel or other person
perfect right 10 sell or give away all the liquor and
wine pleases long he does not sell or give II
away a beverage.
In order that the public might understand Its prac
tcaI bearing, HERALD reporters were sent TO talk
with the hes, grades OF Dealers and their reports
show remarkable unan Unity Of feeling. In the hrst
place. reputable dealers recognize the necessity Of
. good license law They all willing to pay the
requisite fee and agree 10 support an equitable law
In the next place they recognize the absurdy OF tho
present statute and Join the universal haw haw raised
w Judge Dutenhoefcr's discovery.
VIEWS OF DEALERS
Starting IRON the extreme upper point reporter
called on Mr.. Radord, proprietor of the Hotel Mount
81. Vincent In Central Park. This is the nightly re-
sort oil Commissioners Nichols Conover and Lane,
Mayor Ely, Chamberlain Tappan, Colonel Long john
Mathews, shepherd Knapp and others OF equal local
prominence. Mr.. Radord had boen entertaining Mr..
Fanderbilt and expressed his willingness 10 talk on
all engrOssing topic. "Lke everybody else, said
be- 81 have been disguised with the absurdty Of the
Albany people We all want good law and for that
matter stringent law, but DON'T want TO be treated
ike babies. / pay a big license fee-for what? l
don't TO play The tomfool and pretend TO be sell.
ing medicine when | am really selling liquor sell
yood liquor good people This device Of Judge
btenhoeisr is of the most ingenious ideas ever
heard OF aud it shows what internal fools the temper
ince fanatics mako OF themselves. Why, the law
suggested last winter twice stringent II
absolutely forbade tue sale OF liquor under any pre-
'teDce on Sunday. Now We can do as we please. The
HERALD is doing a good work in showing th,s matter
up aud nope will keep NJ It. The reputable dealers
back the HERALD. We don't want nonsense, but We
do want sense.n
sIf this point is accepted by the Court opens all
.'ol course Bill snooks can soil his ro,gut just
well as we can sell pure liquor"
s.And he'll do II, tco."
Lower down there two head centres where
brokers and club men conercgats in great numbers
and heavy transactions take place every night. In
The Brunswick, II Is said, thousands oil shares are
bought ana sold night AFTER night Mr.. McCartv. Of
In Rrun nc Cd l.
MAS great surprise TO US all. but. on looking
carefully At NE poia,' IL was seen that no
heard OF Earys roindctmont That means, OF course,
That the Districl Attorney throws up the sponge.
lawyer he the iorce OF Judge Dtenhoeters point
aud he means, SO lar as Early is concerned. to get
feuarc win him by this reindctmenI OF course the
point Is 'wnat effect will 1t all have other deal
erss' can see IL all easiy enough and the temper
nnce people have got themselves IN hole by Their
own stupidity"
2 "How sof"
"why last winter we were all willing to support
law thai forbade sunday selling altogether but no, they
were satisfied with this, and now This is "a humbug."
"w hat practical result with this have?"
sway, this. suppose a stranger goes Into u bar
room sunday and asks Tor drink. Tho oarkceper
says We don't sell beverages But want 1t tor a
headache' Then he geis H. Can ne complain or
testify ne got II as a bevcrags2 Not unless he per-
What special difference will it make in the Hotel
ION, Wa don't mind II, one way or another. We
keep n hotel. We understand just what We can do,
an ugly disturbance this point and decision
would naturally bs OF service The difficulty Is that
the temperance people are Incorporate In their de-
mands. They are temperate IN their conduct
their name. The best allies they could have are
the hotel people, but they DOM or won't see II, ana
rather guess IFS WON'T"
Mr. pELMoxIco ON TosIos.
Mr.. Delmonico was smoking a cigarette, reading
abe Telegram and enjoying lie IN his spacious restau
rant pleasantly acceded to the HURALDs request
tor an opinion. $50 well as can make II out
our temperance friends" said he. ''are hoist by
thcr own petard lney refused all amcable
overtures last winter. They rode their high
horse fney declined all alliances Win the wicked OF
the eartn ana where be they now9 TINS poiut OF
Judge Dlttenhoeiers can't he laughed down. Al
reaay the poor fellow Early mas bcen ctcd In
other words, the officials the apsurdity oil their
position. OF course, no responsible house cares TO
dolly a law, even II tue law Is oppressive We have
never done Our bar IL closed 1t great loss 10 US
Sn Sundays This, OF course, permits us 10 open H. "
''Bul you can't sell drinks, can your
mo, drinks, or TO use the 1orid Language OF
the learned lawyers, not as beverages but We can
sell II as anyth hing else. | don't know now We shall
ACT In Inc matter put mat s neither nero nor mere
II we choose wo can avail ourselves OF this svasion
TINS techncahy. Ana, whether we do or not, Others
Will, aud even If shey dd not the fact remains that
they eau n they WISH"
as your sunday trade large in the restaurant"
Every. There are many who dine with us every
day, some who come only Oh sunday, Others who pa
uonze US twice week, ana so on. sunday rs always
agood Gay with Delmonico. Naturally the bar would
participate IN the hood OF custom, but we cose II up.
This new reading would permit us to Keep open Tor
the accommodation OF our patrons. aud tho diseases
they would necessarily have would doubtless sstonish
tneir fanny doctors
''But do you not sell novfN
''N0t 10 strangers.n
"But # perfect stranger should apply under tho
now ruling, what then Y"
swell, We would say, sir, wo cannot sell you any
liquor. but am ti, have q headache ana / want
ntonic' Ihen We could sell him tonic and he could
never say he had beverage"
Demonico incn laughed, Int fresh cigarette, picked
the Telegram anu sIghcd over the yellow lever
ports
GiLhORE's GARDEN.
Probably Gmorc's Garden BAT has been the objec.
live point OF more police raids than any places
New York comDiDed fhe proprietors have FELT par
ticusry grieved because they have paid all the
ucmuu dea and wanted only sucn privileges THEFT
license entitled them to- Mr.. Edward h. Gilmore
Mr. sheridan shocks partner, was on the popt o.
starting Tor The Park when he was hailed by III,
HgHALD reporter, who conveyed TO him the news oil
Eaiyr's reindctment.
.'Why, SAID he, "thnt settles the whole question
doesn't NJ OF course, though, Phelps couldn't d,
anything else. saw tho result Ne soon as saw tins
HgRALDs report Of Dittenhocfcr's point It's deuce
queer no one ever saw that before however, pov