New-York tribune., 1888-03-23
NO LIQUOR ON SUNDAY,
THE ASSEMBLY DECIDES THAT THE 0R00s
SHOPS SHALL REMAIN CLOSED.

Nh ROBbCao BILL PRACTICALLY hBSkCSsO -
VOTE OF 81 TO 77-MR. Hustled TAKKs rHs
yLoeR AND TALKS FOR THE AMERICAN
sUNDAY-RErTz AGAIN A CANDI-
DATE FOR THE BLACK LIST.
fBY rELsoRArH 10 rue TxIBUNk1
ALBANY, March 22.-Thc opening Of nquof
stores on Sunday was advocated last fall openly
by tho members Of the Personal Liberty Party
and secretly by many members Of the Democratic
party The platforms Of these two parties were
almost precisely similar SO far as one plank was
concerned. So pleased were the members Of the
former with this declaration Of the Democratic
party that they adopted 1t as their own. It said,
We oppose all sumptuary laws necdlessly inter-
fering with the personal liberties and reasonable
izens.' In the political campaign that followed
the leaders Of the Personal Liberty party at
tempted to sStcrt pledge from s te can, candidates @
bill to open the saloons on Sunday. 1t was made
plain in the Assembly to-day what Assembymen
gave this pledge, for 80 Democrats ana one nrt .
upon a bill of Mr. Rocsch, of New-York to open
the liquor saloons on Sunday afternoons while
The Assembly Excise Committee, WHICH has
an able and courageous chairman In MT kimpall.
of st Lawrence County, made a general slaughter
of the various bills to break down the excise
laws and put before the Assembly in favorable
made favorable reports on Mr.. Platts bill limit
ing the number Of saloons in any city to one to
every 800 Of population. and upon Senator ved-
der's resolution asking Congress to remit liau0e
taxes to the States that oppose equal taxes. Then
Mr. kimhall presented an adverse report upon
Mr. Roesch's bill authorizing the sale S,n od nau0s
everywhere in the State on Sunday AFTERNOON
Mr.. Rocsch represents compact tenement
Bowery and Third-ave for its western boundary.
The streets are lined with liquor
stores MI Roesch hSwsSer eve sppsS'sd to
port upon his bill A rejection Of the bill would
be disrespectful treatment Of the $4,000 mem
bcrs Of the Personal Lbsry party ne . sa.d o. tgs
ocratic Mayors, namely: Mayor Hewitt, of New
York; Mayor Thacher, of Albany; ana Mayor
Whelan, of Troy, favcring the bill
MR. Hustled OK ThE AMERICAN SUNDAY.
Mr.. Hustled listened intently to Mr.. Roesch's
speech. and then asked his fellow-Assemblymen
to kill Mr. Roesch's bill Mr.. Hustled put his oppo-
sition to the bill far above the level Of partisan-
ship. He said:
Mr.. Speaker: think this bill is reDugnant
to the moral sense Of the whole community. ms
Legislature cannot afford either to pass such q
bill, nor can they afford to refuse to adopt the
adverse report made by the committee appeal
to the Unborn moral sense OF this House. Ins
American Sunday Is deep down in the heart and
soul Of every American citizen. The European
Sunday, thank God, has not been adopted IN the
United States, and although l am no professor
of religion and although | am not q professionai
temperance man, do take pride In the fact thae
the American Sunday has been halOwed for 25O
as trust it wilt pc ge lor IpO ,sOog yta o
the committee will be agreed TO, ana, nope w''n~
out dissentient vote"
WHO W. TED FOR AND AGAINST THE BILL
The Assembly then voted upon Mr.. Roesch's mo-
ton to reject the adverse report upon the Dill
Those who voted in the affirmative substantially
voted to open the saloons ON Sunday. while those
who voted in the negative voted against opening
liquor stores ON Sunday. The bulk Of
the support of the bill came from New-fork. In
deed, only two men representing rural districts
voted to open the saloons on Sunday These
were Weidner and OReilly Of Ulster County:
of course were all heartily for the measure and
every one that was present voted for t. Ih9
Ns~h for the erb bin were Banenha onncy Dalton
idse, l1s' ichn Ga1oSi MARTINI hoKsnss, oGopnor Ran
Thomas Smith, T. d. Sullivan, and Wissig. These
comprise about twenty OF the tWenty-1ne Demo-. mo-
cratic fSm Nfw aoR uaor
dealer; so it is plain where he would have stood
On this question Practically theryedoEc' csS ihs
unanimously favored opening the liquor stores
the other hand The th,ss RSspuOHsSn Hsmtas A
and Morgan-alI voted against The bill. Six out
Of Of the the eight Democratic Assemblymen from
nHstoS Hoekyn FsrEe FL Hassey T Insey
McCann. The two who were absent-McLaugh:
lin and Wafcr-the liquor dealers s, can ssSIS reeS,d
men Aspinall and Tallmadge, two of the four Re,
publican Assembymen from BroYklyn, lyr,. votsd
absent. Assemblyman Retz, Of Brooklyn, was
the only Republican who voted for the bill He
may be said to be uncompromi;sngly for tho
wondering SS Of what use Mr. Reit1 Is 70 the Re,
publican party The people q the State would .Sn;i
ACKNOWLEDGMENT favor opening the saloons on Sum-
day They voted in the affirmative upon Mr;
Roeh motion to reject the . adverse report thsy St
are Democrats marked thus'l: .c.u.uu
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asn:Hf @ 'tsaaa h:Ssssy sSss
:sns, 'JSSp .Ss. Map :oRev Moo:91 unoM Mefsss. ss
sisoesch. sRosenthai .Ryan. sShea, y: w. Smith.
.TRomas Smith, sullivan. r. A. sullivan. I. d.
'ws,Ssel SaSaaAeks1, w,''d Adams AnswsrsA. AspInsl
sBagfey Baucns, Beatty; Brown, BrownellL L Brun.
Burns ;Cassow Cheney stssSn Sssnsy
EoI, Crosby, DAVIS Davis, .Defendorf sDemasest DEWITT
P.ssss sssS Tos Ss. Tc FS:s aar %e,ye eoes sas
sGreens, sIaeer Grippin G ffoadley Hamilton Haskell.
HIGGINS HasIes % HY2ttns sgsted 5.mSs Ki%0sMIt H.
Maynard. MAayps Mc&dsm. McEvoy; Mckenzie. Needy:
MOs.n NswtOn. .sS.S0n SxGn Plat; s%I;. p%pe Rhfi Ts
SaxSss' maSss' fSompson. o TsdsIc, Van Gorder Swsed
Whipple. White Yates Youngman-77.
THERE was SOME d. DOING.
Several Of the Democrats, notably their leader
Mr. Shcchan, of Buffalo, and Mr. Wemple, Of
Montgomery. dodged voting on the measure. Tho
Assembly followed up this action by rejecting Mr.
Reitz's and Mr.. Wissigs bills for opening saloons
on Sunday. and Mr. Hornidges bill declaring that
no police magistrate shall entertain complaint
against liquor dealer for selling liquor on Sun:
a " the m adj
That is Mr. Hornidge would prevent the arrest
of any liquor dealer caught selling. liquor on
Sunday Hc must be arrested on Monday OF
such q law would permit the sale Of liquor all
day Sunday, for liquor dealers would take the
risk Of punishment by courts presided eyef BY
following forty Democrats and one Republican.
Reitz voted against receiving the adverse report