New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-01
TEMPERANCE, ORDER, LAW.
BROOKLYN SPEAKS FOR HIGH LICENSE.

OF the Crosby Hgh-Lcense bill was made At areat
meeting held last evening in the Brooklya Acad
emy of Music. The call for the "a herring set forth
that 1t was for Temperance. Order and Law,b
and these words were the keynote Of the addressed
| The meeting was held under the auspices Of tine
Brooklyn Hlgh-LIcense Committee. of which
Thomas III. Rodman is chairman, ex-Cong ngressrnac
Darwin X. James secretary, and Ripley Ropct
treasurer. and which numbers among Its members
such men of worth and standing in the community
as Henry T.. Pierrepont, ex-Judge Jasper W. GiL
bert the Rev. Dr.. Charles II. Hall, the Rev. Father
| Sylvester Malone. Alexander Z. Orr William IL.
Williams, General J. V. MeseroIe William II. Male,
Hynes. Edward NJ Shepard, > NJ. Meskcr. David
A. 3oody. A. Augustus Low. Alfred I. " White, A. A.
Healy and General j. b. Woodward.
AN ATTRACTIVE LIST OF SPEAKERS
The announcement that ex-MayOr Low, Walter
Howe the Rev. DR.. A. J. f. Behrends, the Rev.
Father Joseph Fransoi and United States Dis
trct-Attorney WILDER would speak served to ii II
the spacious building Among the many
present were S. Y. Lowell, Henry W.. Wheeler.
L. 5. Burn aam. Hugh Boyd. Dr. A. II. Brock kway,
,: H. Mar;top;; A. ~ Woodwardy the Rsy, W .,o II.
Erothingham. j. Warren Green. james r. Taylor.
n MA aen p0'i David dsnrSM Morrison A Jones' rd fr'8S
TaT 4 FSg 10y r. S.s;s Guy VI bnrnbag 5ay0M MsF SE
.
Sem scnieven. n11 Guy ''' Du Val. joseph Beeve,
Is. +. seaver. and the Rev. Father Barry.
MR.. LOWS RINGING sPEECH
Before tho speech-makIng Contcrno's Band
played National airs. Thomas II. 6edman called
the meeting to order and named ex-Mavor Low rs
chairman. Mr.. Low was welcomed with app lauss
and said,
FELLow CITIZENS: At Saratoga ami the other
day at the Lincoln dinner declared myself unreservety in
favor OF High License tApplauseI 1t be objected
both Of those occasions spoke as partisan s
true, learned and hope never shall
learn to anything pstsan in which citizen
I do not believe lApplausc.l am here to'nght
therefore, as citizen In this meeting
OF citizens, Irrespective OF party. to adv%sts
the passage of the Hghcense bill which now pending
before the Legislature OF the State No effort has been
spared make bill. think that rs II stands 1t sa
all Of who believe In HIGH License earnestly
support
Why we believe in High Lcensel believe in it be
it reduces the number Of saloons, and
In doing lessons the evils flowing from
excessive drinking which Is AN incidene
insepsabe system believe in It because whiis
It does It for tho pabc treasury revenns
somewhat prOpOronate to the burdens which excessive
drinking lays upon the community. tAppausel know
that be tested by the rccor
police the number of arrests FOR drunken
dsorderly conduct bears no fixed ratio To the mum
ber Of saloons IN any given locality.
BEER AND DISTILLED LIQUORS.
While was Mayor an examination was made this
which showed that in police precinct chiefly occu
pied by Germans where presumably lagcr-beer was the
principal beverage the number Of arrests for druhkenness
given year only onoha OF per cent OF the popu
laon. that all OF the problem we need give our
but small concern about 1T, but ia
another precno, where distilled liquors were
principal beverages. the number Of arrests
for cent OF the entire popa
precinct although the number OF saloons to the
people smaller than In tbs former precinct.
difference
Tho average difference would not be But the incl
dent of the fact 1t stands Justides. &c seems 10
the claims that made that tho use Of
fermented liquors s IN no sense. so productive
of the OF distilled liquors Now the pending bill
recognizes and provides for fermentei liquors
meaning by ale beer and light winss for license
OF 500 800 AGAINST range Of from $500 10
81 900 distilled liquors Statistics which Will DO laid be-
fore Will show that In cities where tho
high license system has been n vogu, for sone
number OF arrests for drunkenness has decreased
number OF for selling liquor to minors
When London, year two ago, I enjoyed the
opportunity a conversation with Cardinal Manning Hs
returned from large temperance meeting at Man
chester In the course OF our talk lie told ms
what poor fellow, he described him. had said
him: 81 got by eight Of the saloons" the man
said. "Out the ninth one got me-" tlaughierI
one therefore, that because II 10 Impossible 70
abolish saloon system entirely that there any danger
in diminishing number OF saloons II only out OF
saloons had been closet th, man. at any
rate would have from the OF his
excesses.
SOME OF TUE ADVANTAGES or HIGH LICENSE.
Another good Of the high license system Is It's ten.
dency TO substitute substantial dealers FOR who aes
arc agents OF Others. Under low license system &c
believed wholesale dealers furnish the money 10
pav for many lconse holding the licensed entirely
within Under high license system that cannot
be done advantage because the same outlay OK
cy will 80 Large number OF licenses cons
quenty tendency Of The to supplant dealers wso
are OF oilers by those whose own capital
tNel IN The
IL is conducted in the htDis Of responsible men.
one other COOL tE that IL throws The interest of
tho lcon,ed side OF the law against
those WHO oi law. are attempting to sell wons
any license al al Neither re2ard 5 m ttsr Of
small moment brings into III public ireas-
my what pr'portonate to the * 'e'' when
excessive drinking ias upon the community.
such result II 1t followed from an ex-
tension OF system which increased dinn>ennss+
ght be open objection the ground of good pnbo
policy resnlr not from an enlargement Iut
from that system, can discover no grounds
on which il be objected 10. Appliance
very well the intensity OF feeling on Doth *
tremes this question. l understand 1t because
have in position 10 feel II. Whatever may Do
the case others recognize that theres 10
good and good citizens both extremes But never
thcess believe IN hgh license just and statesmanke
indeed way ye discovered OF dealing with this iht
question American communities Teisore iet
IOw.clizens hero tonight in favor OF this bill lAp
pause.l
VIGOROUS RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
The vice presidents of the meeting were tben
nominated and unanimously eiected- Inc
chairman next read the following resolutions.
which were adopted without u dissenting voice:
R>solred, l. That OF the citizens Of Brook
yn that only by the sh License Laws this
state In all and and the immediate relief
from the evils OF liquor traffic demanded by
sheraton o, morality and Justice
q That the High License before the Legislature
nxing The mnin liquor license at $500 and for
beer license SlO0 the fees at $1,000 aud
respecvely carefully drawn, uDobectonabss 10
all its parts and promising OF admirable results when
enacted that all friends Of temperance and all awsbdns
citizens should unite upon It.
g. That tho Legislature both Its branches and tho Gov
eruor therefore most earnestly requested to
hasten It's passage and enscImenti and
4 That for such be give
AMI of