New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-13
GOV. HILLS LIQUOR MEN.
THEY MEET AND ELECT OFFICERS.
.,-,pprssEp INDIGNATION AGAINST THE
.rooHBAH" OF DENocRAcY-wHAr HAS
rEcoSc1LED THE MALcoNrENTsi

sp0oH-BAHS OF DENOCkAC1-NhAI HAS
prcoyc1LEp THE MALcoNTENTsi
=. .,.rs .r.r has been any doubt as to David b.
, proprietorship Of the liquordealers of this city
. ysht 20 be dspelled when the result OF yesteruaSs
.sting at No. 50 Union Square. OF the Cenuai
,,cror Dealers Association are made known. This
oc,ation Is composed Of the nquor-dealers OF this
Az and All along they have sworn by David b. Hill
- s This association which had drafted the original
$500 Iiouor bill. which introduced in the AS
v,hlv during the last session, by Adam schsah, OF
r-.or,~r This bill tore down absolutely all the
srS which the Legislatures OF previous years have
.,.,srd against them and their business.
rse LIQUOR dealers Of this city were extremely
that this bill should pass In the shape that IT
- in when originally introduced But the Senator
covsruor took the bill into the Executive Chamber
"a 40 amended it that the nQuordeaiers were far
s,r pleased with IL. From almost every part OF the
STATE complaints have arisen that Hill has played the
asskev men a big buncoS game. Even In TINS city,
vhose Hquor-dealers by him. there has been no
anal amount OF grumbling because Hill saw nj 10
XII practically the shaft BILL
n expected by some that yesterdays meeane OF
.na Central Liquor Dealers Association would be
lively one and that Hill would be vigorously oe-
rounced. The reverse was the case The local deai-
srs suddenly have become reconciled To the matreaE
ert which they say they have received, and they re-
1s.S 10 say anythiT mich might be construed as IN
WAY
however those present united in spirited attach
ro., The Wine and Spirit Gazette" This organ OF
,he liuuor men has not hesitated TO tell inc uun
.rar1ng Hills promises to them, and In the laSe ie"
seks IL has charged him repeatedly with treating then
nth the worst sort of bad faith The members also
,umued on The Innkeepers' Journal" and instructor
.he secretary 10 write protest against the publ
ca,ion of the articles m these papers against
nan aThe Journal committed the offence merely
- r.puhushtng articles of other papers TINS
Was a heinous crime TO Mr.. Hill, ana oruers
have been sent from Albany to all of his whiskey
A.ends 10 stop, possible, further criticism OF lis
course Notwithstanding these orders considerable
Yesterdays melting
ubie +he members OF the association were kept
aon nv their officers and prohibited from making any
omen demonstration. yet whenever HIPS name was
used there were Kissing and grumbng which c0ud not
be suppressed.
The chairman of the Legislative Committee Morris
Tekulslzy, sent IN long report which related MS
experiences in Albany during the last session Oh ue
legislature Mr. Tekulsky, who is high in the ranks
~ The uouordeaIers made an extremely mild report
II did not convey his feelings as 10 how his asso-
ria-es have been treated by the Democratic Assembly
He wanted the Sunday liquor selling Dill passed.
and when the country Democrats told HiH that
they would not vote for IL and. therefore, IL
was withdrawn he shook the dust OF Albany
Mr. Tekulsky's report was accepted with thanks
While this meeting was being held members of the
State Wholesale Liquar- Dealers Association we're in
session at the Office Of The Vino and Spirit Gazette
These men are not controlled absolutely by Hl and
they were outspoken in their condemnation OF AN
and his ickery. The ostensiole object OF TINS meeuhg
was the election Of officers of the association After
the election had been held there was liberal dis
cusson Of affairs at Albany du.ing the last session
Mr. Hfu,s ears must have burned. and especially so
when letter from George G.. Campbell, the president
OF the state Association, was read TINS letter ue
clared in terse and unmstaable tones two thng-hat
Hill had promised pass the original hQuoroealers
BILL and also after the Senate deadlock began to can
an extra session and name excise legislation as one OF
the reasons for the call This letter is merely an mdca
ton of the feeling among the whskey men, and the
following editorial which appears to-day in The WINE
and spirit Gazette shows without any colorng Just
how they stand on HIPS treatment Of them:
The statement published in The Tribune and Times
~ the 80 inst that lquordealers were disguised with
,h,r former allies Tamnany Hall and Governor Hill,
whom they held responsible for the failure OF the remou
eed schaa Excise bill. has brought out an answer from
Mr. George G. Campbell the president OF the STATE AS
ISOLATION in which he create the impression that
~ opodeaers didn't care much the passage Of the
hill This attempted defence Of the powers Iha0 Dc u
course wholly variance with the conclusion " a S
recent events lead. The strenuous efforts NIUE ny inc
dealers To have the passed, the labor ana money sp'
g. a. nccss contradict the theory Of their disiDterest-
ednes and stand as good evidence that this BILL II en-
,sd would have solved excise question In Just ana
liberal spirit. 49,,
Reforming 70 Governor HILL Mr. Campbell says that the
Governor did not 20 use his influence IN putting
,hrouoh the BILL" The history Of the Sehaan Excise Dill
has not been written. When that is done IL Will ap~
,- that the bill drawn under and with the ADVICE
~ Governor Hill every provision OF 10 was eareuiy
considered bv the Governor and that the amendments maze
a., tbe text OF the bill the last hour In the Assembly
were ureuared IN the Executive chamber ms oelhB
t.et are the louordeaers be blamed for assuming hae
the Governor would sufficient interest to see the OH
through the Legislature and not allow the deadlock IN te
sooa,e ~ stand in the way Of its consideration by the Sch
stei Is it to b. wondered at that the Illustration OF al
their efforts TO have the bill passed has dspeaseo ana
vexed the lquor-dealers and that there Is dspouon 10
Law the responsibility their defeat at the door OF the
Governor whose the question OF excise regu
latons according to Mr. Campbell, embodied In the
Dill
At the meeting of Tire Wholesale Liquor Dealers
Association the following officers were elected: Prss-
aent John Keresey first president Justus Oester-
lein second president, Peter McQuade treasurer
william A. Tyler: secretary, F. BOegler' Trustees
ID m Koenler Louis Isenburger, George Duval Chares
Mur ~ Bernard Reilly, Franklin Walden and Leon
Rein:arom.
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