New-York tribune., 1891-01-29
STADLER'S BILL ADVANCED.
ORDERED TO THIRD READING By THE
DEMOCRATS II THE ASSEMBLY,
STRICT PARTY voTE-VGOROUs REPUBLICAN
PRoTEsTs-No AMENDMENTS ADDED
THE COURSE OF MEsSRs. LAW

IrnoM HE nKeu1An COMPLEMENTARY OF rHE 1nInrsEa


fFRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE TRIBI'NES
Albany, Jan Ex-senator StadeTs BAD blu per
mtting the notorious Board II Excise " New \ trk,
which Is completely In the control OF the quordecrs,
% grant special licenses good for one year 20 the
Of halls. assembly rooms, banquet halls and
other places Of public festival and entertainment
which means dance. .houscs-to sell liquor all night
long. from sunday to sunday, opposed unani-
mOusly in the Assembly to-day by the Republican
Assemblymen, and as unanimously supported by the
Democratic Asscmblymcn. Then the Democrats
ordered the bill 10 a third reading.
Yesterday as reported In today's Tribune. con
vinclnc against the passage Of this bill were
given to the Assembly Excise Committee by Bishop
Doane and Father WalwOrth, OF Albany aud by rcprr
scntatves Of the Excise Reform Association and the
society for the Prevention Of Crime Of New York.
This morning John Jay Chapman the secretary Of
the Excise Reform Association, submitted amendments
10 the Excise Committee. providing that such licenses
should not be issued tO the owners Of halls but merely
to the societies which desired 10 give balls, and that
such licenses should be good for only twenty four
hour. The Excise Committee summarily rejected
these amendments, and this morning reported the bin
fayorlby to the Assembly, the Republican members
dissenting. The bill reported inst AS it came
from tie senate. 1t Is follows:
section /. 1he Board of Excise in any city Of over
900 inhabitants shall have power Ia grant special
license, to licensed Keepers Of public halls, assembly
rooms. banquet halls, and other places Of public fc
therein after the hour Of a. (sundays excepted
wine ale and beer 10 and for the of member, and
guests of any social charitable other reputable
ISOLATION who may engage such public halls. assembly
rooms banquet halls Of ballroom, for the purpose ~
guct, dinner, or soclables. The Board of Excise
Shall receive a fee Of not less than $lOO nor more than
200 for each and every special license issued In
cOriancc with this section.
Sec >. Special licenses provided for in the foregoing
Of their issuance they shall not he granted until
the applicant therefor shall have complied VIII such
Board Of Excise
sec. 3. This act shall take effect Immediately
The bill up on the order Of second read
ing; when the Republicans carefully explained 10 tho
Assembly ts dangerous provisions. Mr.. lIldrcth Of
New York. snid that the bill overthrew the present
excise system Of NewYork. The Board Of Excise
could grant license to any Ownor OF hall to soil
lquor throughout all the hours Of the day and night
except on sundays. The word hail. Of course. would
mean any room little larger than bedroom and
the word soclablc," wOud cover any kind of enter.
tanmeut, from disrcputablc dance t. drunken
carous,l. senator SJdcr had pretended that he Wa
passing the solely 10 accommodate such societies
as the Arion and the LcdcrkrInz. which would need
a license Cor one night lie had drawn up, however,
a far broader measure. 1t included every Kind Of
" sociable1; and the license for year. such a
license ought 10 be limited 70 night, and II should
he issued . the club giving the ball. and not o the
owner Of the hall Mr. Hldrcth in conclusion offered
an amendment providing, that the license should be
good night should be Issued 10 societies giving
the ball and that il should expire at a. m
The Democrats, under the lead Of Assemblyman
Blumcntlal OF Ncw-l York, rejected the amendment by
a vote Of % 10 81.
Assemblymnn Fish called the attention Of the Demo.
Gratis TO the fact that men Of such high characer as
Bishop Doane ard Father Walworth. Dorman b. Eaton
ard william H. ArnOux, were protesting with profound
earaesness against the passage Of the bill. Mr. Fish
predcted that if the bill became a law most Of the
leading liquordealers OF Newlork would sell liquor
under this special license They would not have 10
nav ANYTHING for II than for the present license