The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-04-28
Our New York Letter.
Regular correspondence of ADVOCATE.
New YORK, April "a, 1883.

n llionaires by being forced to save
What we earn, it is not the fault of the
Police Commissioners who now are apx-
GUS to execute the laws with Spartan
igor in order to be upheld as models of
excellence, until they have been appoin.
ed. With every gambling house closed,
avery policy shop raided, every public
resort of disreputable womanhood and
harassed into state of quie-
Lude, it was put fair to expect that last
Sunday the sensational preachers would |
get up and thank God for the fact that
the Police Board had knocked the evil
one out in this town of Gotham. But
the pachas of the blue coated forces went
even further than that. Last Sunday
wac a miserable bleak and dreary day.
The rain came down In steadY down.
pour and there was misery astride for
those who had nothing to do but lock
out of the windows. Walking was out OF
the question. Iu the afternoon pater-
famllias who works steadily all the week
thought perhaps that he would send out
for pitcher of beer to relieve the mono
tony. when to his surprise he was inform
ed that no beer was to be had, aud that
the proprietor of the saloon in the neigh
borhood who had been dispensing 'hook"
in blissful confidsnce had heen arrested.
Late on Saturday night the C Commission
ers issued au order to the Superinten-
dent, and he communicated it to the
Inspectors and Captains, commanding
iu the strictest terms that no beer or any
other beverages must be sold on Sunday.
These worthless saw at once that the or
der meant business, d'earried it out to
the letter, The result was that those OF
the New Yorkers who are not rich enough
to keep stock of something to drink in
the house w ere compelled TO forego even
the innocent relreshmcnt of a glass OF
ieer. Thus it comes to pass that when
the wrath of the gods at Police Head
quarters is aroused the good must suffer
equally with the bad.
The prime movers at the bottom of this
hue and cry are the half dozen or so socie-
ties who have set themselves the mission
of making this city a sort of lions camp.
Every law, be it ever so absurd is dragged
out from the must and dust OF oblivion
and its execution forced. When the dog
lay in the manger so that the horse could
not get his food, it annoyed the horse
very much and although the dog got
nothing particularly for his labors his
position gave him a great deal of salts
faction.
There is another movement on foot
now, which viii! prove even more harm
iul, A number of clergymen are serious
ly agitating the question of suppressing
the publication of Sunday newspapers.
They hoped that under the new penal
code the issuing of them would stop Of
itself. When they found hat this would
not work they applied to the Police Gem
missioners, and Police Justices, who
very fatty refused to further the wishe;
of these bigots. understand now4hat
| |. society is to be formed to attain the
desired object. The alleged ministers oi
the Lord who are at the head of this
movement claim that Sunday newspapers
keep people-away frolD religion and the
churches. The religion which they
teach and their services must be very
poor indeed if so slight cause can in
duce people to stay away from them
Talk about the tyranny of autocracy in
most OF the countries of Europe. The
religious tyranny which th h-se srmies o.
narrow-minded, small-hearted bigoti
banded together, would exercise is ter
times worse. ..., ,-..r
Wall Street last Thursday morning
was shocked by the announcement tina
Mr.. Hatch, of the famous banking firm
of Fisk K Hatch in Nassau Street, haC
committed suicide. He bad come dow
10 bis Office, looked himself in, and blowi
his brains out. Everybody rushed t.
the Office to find out, but no one coul'
ascertain anything. Then eveTybo6.
waited for the afternoon papers but the.
did not coutain line. The moTnin
papers likewise did not have woT
about the affair, The matter Was entire
> ly aud completely suppressed. The As
sociated Press and all the bureaus of tn
, ont of-town papers together with the X
cal newspaper offices were visited by
representative of the family, and th
story was made as dead as the man whol
i. il most intimately concerned. Later
n the day it was asserted that it was M
y the Hatch, the partner of Mr.. Fisk. WI
n had ended his life, but relative of hi
A who had been victim to insane melal
n choly for some time This of cour
quieted people who had funds depositt
with the banking house. About the d
tails, however, nothing was RscertalnAol
= As story of how news may be su
pressed, however, the foregoing is wor
knowing.
was speaking with a we'll know
- author and literary critic the other d
:, about the pr, sent condition Of the boz
i, market, which, despite all appearance
IN is very bad, docs the publication
in tie Franklin Square Library, and 9th
cheap editions of books pay the Har
h. erlP asked, II think not" repli
bo he. 'Iu fact l think they must bri
n. out every one at a loss. In the fl
on place this hue OF books has entirely d,
be treysd The sale Of i've old time series