New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-31
AGAINST THE NEW EXCISE BILL.
VIGOROUS ARGUMENTS BEFORE THE Ae-
sEMBLY EXCISE COMMITTEE.
WARNER MIILER's EMPHATIo LETTEh-foiNAe
MADE BY THE VARIOUS sPEAKERs--AN
OTHER HEARING PROBABLE.
rnY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRtDusE.I


OTHER HEARING PROBABLE.
rsY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrDusE.I
Albany. Jan. 30-Ihe bill Of the Excise commlS
sion in regard to the sale Of liquor was savasey 40
sailed tonight before tho Assembly Excise Coini'o0
BIZ representatives of the Antisaloon Republicans
ProhbitIonsts, by a leading Republican Clergy nis -
Albany and finally, by liquor dealers 10 cap '.''
climax of the bills bad fortune, Assembynlan oanSp
OF onondaga County who was present. e1hao'eu .uo
following letter from ex-senator Warner hllor' ~.
Republican candidate for Governor last year, ae-
ronncno the measure Mr. Miller wrote his letter
IN response TO a letter from Assemblyman Gallup, ea
pressing wish to learn tho formers views aDou' 'o
Excise Commission bill, in view Of the hish-ncenso
campaign waged by Mr. Miller last fall MI hiii0'
interesting letter is given below;
Fifth Avenue Hotel, NewYork. jan 20, 1852;
To the Hon. w ii. Gallup; ns,dar
NV Dear Sir: have yours OF yesterday cons.a.t
| the Excise bill before the Legislature $50
mistake. our party consents 70 ra% Z. % dstcated
We must keep our pledges made in the late campaign
II would hold the respect ana SUPPL. NJ III
/ perance people NAiN'i-N '" -,
nent Republican cergmen in the city, pastor Oh mo
second PRESBYTERIAN Church. without being aware Of
H. followed Mr. MlllePs lead in attacking the EXCISE
| oomm,sson's bin. IL may be remarked that mr.
Ecob came hene few years ago from Portland, Mo''
where ne was the pastor OF James @. Blaine Mr.
Ecob sad
arbIs bill, as we would say Maine. is full OF rat
holes II saws that the families of habituai oru'h
also shall warn in writing the hquor-"'a'o,S
against selling liquor 10 them ma"
.,1, =, along street drinking at place after place
would you have poor washerWomsn' tut 'rs ""s
Give this written notice to all these places PernapS
| sba could mot write Your Sunday law merely says
ina, louor shall not be sold on Sunday. have DC
onged 10 a Law Order League here In Aioany.
We have failed to convict about loo peopie ~ 'nl'
city who sold LIQUOR Sunday, because we couu po'
prove that sold Intoxicating LIQUORS Inc neuo
sellers went into court and that it was colo YEA
~ am against this bill also because the moral seht-
rept NJ the state Is against this BILL you pass TINS
bin Won wifi check for ten years the healthiui asis
| ton which is now in progress In this state against
Hquor-serng My party, the Republican party saso
me pledge that High License bill wouid DC passo'
| We temperance men have taken solemn covenant
that we viii not have any more dily-dsiiying upon
this subject Look at the minimum license fees Ihey
are far too low
Frank Moss Of New-York, secretary OF the re
publlcan Ant-saloon League, also opposed the Dill
] lie pointed out that by the proposed Ia" hquor-
seller could sell all night. section OF inc Diii
permitted bartenders TO sell liQaor when it foroaoo
| the owner OF tho saloon 20 do Another section
clearly permitted the sale Of liquor to minors hp-
parently tho proposed law had been shaped 70
destroy certain valuable features of present excise
laws Boards OF Excise had discretion In granting
licenses: they should have discretion In rcvoKng
licenses. The Excise Commission provided tnat
there should be nquor store 30 every 500 OK
population but they provided thar tho present nun"
! her shall not be reduced
Henry Parsons Of the same Anu-saloon kepuohcah
Committee pointed out other defects IN the measure
at is full of ambiguous phrases" said he, ana
,he English Language can be classified sufficiently
for distinct phrases to be used
William d. Garrison, proprietor OF the oranu
rrD,ou Hotel OF New-York said he came TO Albany
10 support the bill =,
the Evcise Commission said that he would nke 10
state that the civil Damage law should have oeen
! included IN the act He had drawn up an smenu-
ment to the Civil Damage act.
Fx.surrogate Daniel u. Rollins, Of Ncw-Y York, an
other mcmher Of the Excise Commission, followed
/ ri,h am elaborate speech IN favor Of the bill lie
saId that the Commission not authorized to Tx
The excise license fees. That duty the Legislature
reserved TO ITSELF lie satisfied that 10 bring
TO the front In the work Of the Commission the
question Of High License would have the oiect OIL
driving from tho consideration OF the pli a
large proportion Of the members OF the
commission The question Of license could
have been left blank, 20 far as he was concerned
The hill could yet DO passed in that form II the mem
hers Of the Legislature desired to do So ana then
biehlIcense bill could be introduced ana passed AS
m tho rate Of license, they would remember eha' pi'
Crosby had called attention TO the fact thai the iae
~ licenses IN the twentyseyen cities of the state was
Increased from nfty 10 900 per cent. He then DO
tended the bill on the points on which u naa oeen
sssaled Most Of the points made ssanse ,ho o'' 10
'll,oS ,rsr. actually points against the law as IL
exists to-day. v-.,.. cor,-
MFR. Gallup asked Mr. Rollins why the Excise com,
,,ss,on had not provided for gradual reduction OF
tho number of licenses, until in all cities the mum,
her Of lIouorsOres was not larger than tho rauo oil
one 10 every 300 of the population 49,,
Mr. Rolllns-I might have gone as Tar a. 'u~. vu
doubted II the majority Of the members Vi '"0
Mn rollins ridiculed tho idea that LIQUOR s'ores
would be converted into sham restaurants W soi
qsDeeehes against the bill were also MADE " Ks
cor3er Hessbcrg, of Albany ana y o%,h,t,or nartS
o. staIe Treasurer In 1887. Another nearing VII
,,rohably be held next week