New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-02
JOSEPH COOKS LAME DEFENCE.
ATTACKING SUNDAY NEWSPAPERS.

sxrpRrD ny THE MAYoH-ExCIsE COMMISSIONER
wOODMAN BRAGs LITTLE
large audience considering the severity q" the ssrn'
present yesterday afternoon at the meeting OF the
Manhattan Temp>rarse Association at Cooper Cnisn.
President Fusk read part Of the report Of the COM
nittee whs engaged In the work OF conpshhs 'ne
derclic officials to enforce the Sunday laws the IseW
ing extract interview by c. d. f. Ho1s OF INC
Voice with c. II. Wsodman, chairman OF the board Oh
Excise in which Mr.. wsodman said eli were the sole
csmm issousr of pslico 1 would step sunday selling
inside OF three months. 1 would have my men
understand that meant business. and any Policeman
who allowed the sale Of liquor On bis beat on SUNDAY
would be discharged. This would step the business
heartily agree with the point made by the Prohbitisaiss
against high license The Money you get from the
liquor traffic the harder it will be to convince
the Prohibition is the right thing There
is no doubt of that. say it fairly and squarely"
The speaker of the afternoon Joseph Cook OF Bss-
ton whose subject was SUNDAY, or the Saloon-Which
Must Go T. He advocated national prohibition organi-
zaion to fight tine liquor traffic. and condemned high
license as a snare and dsluseD In the course Of his
remarks he made attack upon the Sunday nswspa'
pers At the close of his speech the audience was invt-
ed to question hin. man seated near the 'front.' IN
mediatsly roso and asked Mr. Cock. As he seemed
to condemn Sunday newspapers as mere money
making scheues If he did consider fully az bad TO
held these political exhibition meetings every Suh'
day afternoon. Ills question was net plainly put and
MIR. failed to catch Its meaning: On being asked V
repeat 1t the launched fsrh with haransue' in
which he called Mr.. Cook hypecrite. and maintained
that the meetings held there every Sunday afternoon
were nothing but money making schemes, held TO ad-
vance the cause Of political party and consequently
just as wrsng Sunday newspapers. gentleman pe-
side attempted pull him down. and Kisses ana
cries Of Put him out" and He's crank" filled the
hall This angered the and he declared thas they
were and that they never dared TO hear the
truth told about themselves
Order having been restored, Mr.. Cock answered tho
question by saying that the meetings we're heid at
financial loss, while single column OF sunday news
paper brought in hundreds OF dOlars that sunday
newspaper always rich and powerful while TEN
psrance lecturers noted for their psverty. The
charge that meetings held to advance psliti
cal party he did not answer His question having been
answered, the man left the hall amid hissas William
Mex Gacheil secretary Of the union, then completed
the report Of the committee before mentioned by read
ing the following letter from Mayer Hewitt:
receipt of two letters enc enclosing sun.
violation OF the excise law which has oeon
regular tho Police Depart men
The other contains resolutions which evidently bavs cTsn
Mayof failed call the attention oil the 70.
lice Department " violations Of 'aw wb.oh nave been
brought to HI: notice oua no as> no ,h p1"'f unc
neither has he power to suspend the Conmssom
but he may remove them up'a charges after tra
The Mayer possession OF any facts which wonl1
warrant removal If you Will supply the evidence
OF duty their part winch III court OF -"
weud regarded sufficient Justification for removal t.e
the which the law 10 enforced have KEEP! my
self Informed the NUMBER OF arrests made and
and greater vigilance the part vi TIE
officers has certainly thus bsen secured