New-York tribune., 1884-02-02
LIOUOR-DEALERS AROUSED.
pENorJNcING THE HIGH LICENSE BILL.
A COMMITTEE TO GO TO ALBANY-PdITIcAL CON-
RINATIoNs THAT MAY DE FORMED.


BINATIoxs THAT MAY BE FORMED.
The Wine Liouor and Beer Dealers Central AZ.
sociaton held meeting at Germania Hail. no. iSt
Thirdaye., yesterday aftern1 1on. The eonsttnil9; ~;
and bylaws were finally adopted, ana TWO auu-
tional trustees and finance committee were eieGi-
ed. A long discussion was had over the fieh AZ ~.
cense bill introduced In the Assembly Py ~, M. q
Roosevelt The secretary stated that nc naa scn.
letter to Mr. Roosevelt, suggesting tnat lhsieau u
taking the recommendations OF MINISTERS, pioor %
dents of prohbtionary ASSOCIATIONS Ne Sn mH iiouor
have but little knowledge of the wants OF lhe lluu
trade, as to what kind OF law nes wohia ond be
the sanction of the reputable hquor dealers ana oe
practicable it would be Ue1ef o long Experience in
tie liquor trade might be termed experts anu ahi
fully listen to their counsels, which w99iu n on" the
the committee to frame law that %ouu oununaailitv
qualifications of equity, justice and pracu
Of enforcement.D Tie letter urged as reason
against the High License bill that u woud do;n5
small business who now pay the license fee. ana
Substitute for them 25,000 VINO would ueai @ uuU
tho stuff from cellars, garrets ana PACK Ioos SS S
from the supervision of the police, Ill dehance OF the
:" 4 committee was appointed TO go to Albany and
"enSeayor to counteract any adverse Legislation,
and if possible to urge the. adoption p,Io ao OF
on excise law that will give us Justice" The COM
mittee consists of NJ. Hertzberg Chairman; har a:
and p. Mallon. 1t was voted that the committee
should not be given any money 0nt iis thns sbonid
be borne by the individual members. A draft OF q
bill was presented to the meeting ana referred 10
this committee, providing Tor SUBMISSION "a 'n9 %
question of license no license" to the voters OF
fbe respective municipal or township divisions OF
the state and reegating to the governing bodies OF
such divisions the passage q o orGlaaicoS oman
ing the traffic when " license Is yoted. 100,
To TRIBUNE reporter one OF the leading NELL
bers of the Central Committee said;
The origin OF this organization was In the late persecu
ton Of tnc police authorities We are determined to nave
Justice We Will have organization that can po1i
100000 voies will take the three halls combined
up the 600 yotes In the first place there are lOooo
retail saloons this city, 5000 OF which are @ ncensea,
who earn their living BY manufacturing cigars and
tho employers Of these men sell 10 US ms m'tors ,bos
S oe tSe wholesale LIQUOR dealers the brewers the
sodawater men, our tenants and ne eced 70 ac
with u. from motives Of sefinterest we can raise
81 100000 in few days Necessary IN m Kentneny
and elsewhere and the cigar IN
the latter US on se aSS eOSEs viii Op the
viii Employ legal talent tale in 5.ySSSniA. SswY0rf a Il
6e various shade. Of S.nsr,R OY0n are among willing Rs
~ ns sr.e tG law WSeh shall compel us to close sun
days but the Germans are not This tnelr gre. n d
tbsv don't eaTe about this one way or another We win
have to leave the Sunday question out
ST @ IN Coss me s the Ss dives and ccnne he
respectable dealers. John Kelly s making great mls
TAKE Si He ,6ss scfn ha the ne viii capture
edged vote But he won't doit That class OF people
assumed virtue. . o,...g gp.
tive Union was held at No. 2o9 Beecker-st., al
which committee of one from each election pre-
cinct of the district was appointed 10 make
thorough canvass of his territory ana nduce every
liquor dealer within it to join the district organi-
zation
THE BOARD OF EXCISE AND THE POLICE.
The Excise Commissioners yesterday showed their
appreciation of the Grand Jury's presentment by
receding from their former position In regard 10
the licenses of liquor dealers who have been con-
yicted of violating the Excise law. They SAID tnat
they had followed the advice of their counsel, MI
Creamer and if they had done wrong they thought
the public would consider that they had erIeu
through ignorance of the law. On motion OF MI
Norris the board passed the following resolution; ;
Rcsolred That the Board of Police COmms sioners be
requested TO direct the captains OF the several police pre-
cjncts in the city forward to the Board or Excise
through the Superintendent OF Police, report OF inc
conviction any court OF any person for violation OF
the Excise law when the convicted claims 10 nave
license from the Board Of Excise within twenty-lour
hours after conviction, in order that inc B0aro OF
Excise may inform such persons that their licenses nave
been revoked
Superintendent Walling said that while he was
willing to assist the Excise commissioners he
thought that the duty of informing them OF snch
convictions rested with the clerks Of the several
courts He was unwilling that the Excise Board
shonld be permitted to place unnecessary reSpons-
bility OIL the Police Department.