New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-13
A STRONG PROTEST FROM THIS CITY.
ACTION BY THE EXCISE REFORM ASSOCIATION
AND THE CITY REFORM CLUB-AsSEM
BLYMAN HILDRETH EXPOSES THE
BILLS INIoUITIES.
BILLS INIoUITIEs.

A c,rcuIar was sent out yesterday by John Jay
Chapman secretary OF the Excise Reform Assocauoh'
and J. Noble Hayes, of the City Reform Cluo settlns
forth tbe dangers in the bill which was introduced IN
the Assembly on April substitute to the schaaH
rvc,se hill which was killed a short time ago. Inc
spbstitute bill has passed two readings, and is up
for the third reading this week The circular ooJec'S
IN this new act because it Is new IRON oegun'ns
ends and was not printed until after IL was iepoI'eu
hs no hearing has been allowed on 1t, ana as IL re
oulres considerable time to comprehend us many nc"
nrd radical innovations in excise egslatlon the En
80, t,etorcn Association and The City fsnf7rm oiuD
hovo takek Energetic means to bring 1t before puDno
notice as the friends of the bill say that 'ncy wn'
ordeavor to force 1t through the AssenoiS "i
sion The circular continues o .ssos That
eo,ton < of Chaapter $40 OF laws 1878 pro'"eS t nc
.i ,,ces licensed as aforesaid shall be cioseu u ~ ~
a" n.o ,he hours aforesaid and at all times When
80, ,uinc "a not authorized by law Ana IL s"1,t n, -
.he dutv Of every Sheriff. constable poieeH" - I mo
., noIlce 10 enforce the observance Oh inc 80, ro
in =, % r1s is the only law on the statute Ooo@s
'sonS' it,, saIoons TO be shut during prohioieeu
IL, Irnder the new bill the sale OF hauoIS '.,"'
hu,tod during certain hours. but :he doorS u '''' ~
looms will be open. 40, o,too officers are IN
hS - soloons during prohibited hours Du' lneS
w. -, ast for drinks I'm order 70 detect lioSai o ,,i
To do 90 is mlsdemeanor. Thus' an i1uO th,na can
~ ir ,u blast all Sunday and all nigh1 anu ,So
shu. them up. The law prohiOi" S
that the selling is going on ,,, an tbis hill
''~v W. now see why no hearing was allowed on us Ul @
INV f. was not allowed to be printed until tnee was
no time left TO examine IT, , . surdov omen.
Covernor Hill Is afraid to put 1or"aIu or,I,re ba
, nm The peope will not tolerate IT, -
"s - 49, bis hill in such way as to proVido III Spp o.,
noo for sunday closing. But the side door u 'i. t
A''o ao a. church gate. Repeal Section Oh 0i'p'.I
20 % the Laws OF 1873, and enact SPY se'''''
- have given the liquor dealers all they "e'i, , oooI
Sou , :, ,o hill Is q grand hOaX-a bllhu 10 coi0e'i
I' ,,vo little clauses. 1t required twentS-SM lollO
uaas 10 wrap up and involve these eiauScS 50 ont e,o
. noonle finding out what they he"''S .a,crous
,u, ors repealed in order to repeal IN an -, th
pis ,y lines Of Chapter 541, Laws OF 1919 III VI,
MAINE ma ro-nor hin viii say he never has couh'et'
do opeoinp. Such 4, Governor hil' i III.
Asremblyman D. Morgan Hdreth was seon az - In'
,o No 13 East sixty y-ffth-st.' last night oS
Ioer and he made the following coiniLlelu on III
uiio @ iot .t..o IN the Schaaf Excise bill: "Ihls ph
~ che into the Assembly on short notlce anu III
~ " v that I'm the ordinary course ol cFoA''
,,.,a a++ention could be paid to H. We "1'0 SH
~ ,obort however, and soon olsco'eioU
Vlo ..,noss NJ It. consider it far more III
s,ons than the schaaf bill. By its provision
ohaoueIv no law TO compel the saoonKeepets 70
80. ON SUNDAYS OF course it prohiDltS their
tiler w. .on on sunday but who IS going to show
@ -, oro selling Iauorl BY another provision
w ~ aSor or Commissioner of Excise, or Inspector
nno,rtad nv q board OF excise or any aSehO VI "ny
ocia+v who shall enter such SALOONS a' aH'
.i ,hop sales OF strong spirituouS liquors "lh0'
aIo or heer are forbidden by law to be made there'
d shall solicit or induce any person to sell or oher
- noso for sale or give away or otherwise dispose
u @ .onp or spritnous liquor, wine, ale or beer,
IN 10 cnuty OF a misdemeanor' Here, you see IL Is
.,oa,Iv made a misdemeanor to detecO hquor
paa,ons IN selling on Sundays, because VINO
49, hrt snch agents OF societies. inspectors etc''
would EXPOSE the violations OF the law
@This substitute bill epeals all the EXCISE Jaw
thai
Har.oons shall be closed and kept closed. Ihs ne"
hu merely saws that no liquor shall be sold OH sun
aar saving nothing about closing the liquor SHOPS
Then the lquor dealers are at perfect liberty 10 tOM
their doors wide open all Sunday for there Is 10 raw
10 preyent t. and have Just saown you phe Dlii
prohibits any inspector, agent OF any socie'y VI
from entering the saloon on Sunday or during hours
h,h,tod nv law so that IL Is impossible for any one
a. sbo,v that they are selling liquor without com
nting n rnlsdemeanOr. In other words, ths Dih
nrohbts the detection Of violations OF It's provisions
q Another vicious feature OF the bill is the inn
keepers license, by which drink can Do Sou oPony penn
a. anv time and can be drunk on the premises Ihis
No. A. naced at precisely the same figures as the
saloon license so what is TO prevent all saloons fom
,eLing ont lnn.keepers' licenses, which they can
legally do by tuckng away few cots III ther Oar-
room and calling the place an Inn
"Then. again, the bill prohibits the sale OF hquor
to any child under, the age Oh sixteen ,0
years nno"instg sI, stnovvineIy' leaves both the
h9e tnae . ,rrchsSer and ON the side Of the seller.
M Se conrse OIL sae tbe will plead that he did
not know that the child was under siAeen @ years am am
Mead that thew did not know that the child was under
the age Of sixteen. 49,. ala e. anotber
vide oophoe for the broadest eyasons OF te excise
laws III merely provides that at the tAne 'heIS % lnl
be on the premises tho necessary implements ana iae
ties for cooking preparing and serving fOod TOT guests
80 that even on the eating houso-keepers noensc
saloon. keeper NAV sell liquors ON exactly inc same
terms at me eating housekeeper, juss 20 long ~ Inc