The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-19

| 10 mo HunulnCtur6 OF Irnuuulen6 0Vl
dence. Day after day you printet
maps purportlng to show the plague spot
around the schools as established by tn,
Commissioners whom you wore editoriallJ
denouncing as brutcs and criminals. A,
this stage we took you in hand. Impuden
tissimus. We ascertained the dates Of the
licenses for which you were holding the
two Tammany members OF the present
Board responsible. os the original locators
| OF tho saloons In question. This in
quiry developed the somewhat i'm.
portant fact that In an overwhelming
majority OF tho cases specified. Mr.. Koch
| and Mr.. FITZPATRICK had no moro to dc
with tho location OF the saloons than you
had yourself. Out OF one batch Of eighty.
one saloons. for which you held these Com
mlssloners responsible, and on which you
rested your llbellous charges against them.
not less than scventy-six. or all but five,
wero licensed before the appointment oil
Mr.. Koch and Mr.. FITZPATRICK by Mayor
GRANT; and to revoke or withhold these
licenses. In the absence Of evidence showing
violation Of the Excise laws. or bad charac-
ter OF the persons holding the licences.
would subject the Board to mandamus
from the nearest court OF record.
The exposure OF your trick of map making
and your Wholesale suppression Of the dates
ofthelicenses which you specified in support
Of your editorial charges against the Com
misstoners. knocked your whole case fat. Il
destroyed tho entire fabric of fraudulent
evidence which you had been ingeniously
and laboriously rearlng for about q fort
night. No reader of the Post, however hos.
tile to Tammany Hall. and however inclined
to believe In your humbug sollcitude for the
school children. was so dull as not to SEQ
tho bearing OF this disclosure OF your meth
DDS. You admit 1t yourself. as squarely MS
you over admit any piece Of journalistic dis.
honesty in which you are caught. in the pas.
sngc quoted ut the beginning Of this article.
Abandoning all that you had alleged. in the
way Of proof up to the time In question. you
now calmly proceed to a now series of dis
closures and " revelations ;" on IN entirely
different plan from those which have been
demolished. Your perseverance in this re-
spect would remind us Of the ant, when its
hill Is kicked over. II your motive were as
respectable as that insects.
Your second series. Impudentlssimus, IL
as fraudulent rs was the other. Following
you patiently into details. and scrutinizing
your pretended lists OF now saloons licensed
since May 4. 1889. when the present Com.
missloners took office. we are more and
moro astonished at the recklessness Of your
mendacity. It is not easy to deal with 30
shifty and irresponsible o character, but we
shall not give you up Just yet.
The Evening Post is now publishing on
every possible opportunity the statement
that the present Board OF Excise has grant
ed not less than 2.O67 new licenses since It
came into existence. and that very large
percentage. fifty or sixty per cent. at least
OF this enormous accession to the liquor
power. has been distributed by the votes of
Mr.. KOCH and Mr.. FITZPATRICK in the "im-
mediate vicinity" Of public schools. It does
not publish, and probably dares not to
publish. the fact that the total Of licensed
places In New York at the present time is
247 less than when this Board began its
duties. Instead Of increasing the number
Of licenses in proportion to the growth OF
the city's population since May 4. 1859, the
" Tammany Commissioners" attacked by
the Post decreased it to that very consider.
able extent.
From day to day the Post ls printing lists
OF licenses granted by the present Board,
and alleged by the Post to be unlawfully"
near the schools. Its first batch of $50 new
licenses pretended to show 100 saloons in the
immediate vicinity" OF some educational
Its second batch OF 100 licenses
100 cases pronounced objections
BILE In that respect. In third batch Of 1lS
new licenses 1t pretends to discover lsl vio-
lations Of law by Mr.. KOCH and Mr.. Frrz-
PATRICK. It Is this third list. printed on
last. which we have subjected to
the test OF q careful and somewhat tiresome
We find that instead Of specifying the 1871
Objectionable places which it pretends to
have found In an examination Of 14S new
licenses. its list alleges only 100. But this
list OF 100 really contains only 70 items; for |
not less than II places are duplicated, being
made to do duty twice. while two places are |
used thrice to swell the exhibit. Further |
more. the Posts dishonest statistioian
Jumps as saloons" and "barrooms every |
place licensed. whatever the class and char |
acter its license. According to the method |
which 1t has adopted. the establishment |
Of AcKER. MERRALL 4 CoNpIT. for exam
pie, ut Fifty.seventh street and Sixth ave- |
nue.. holding grocery license for sale by
the bottle and In quantities.. not to be |
drunk on the premises. would figure as
, saloon menaclng the morals of the |
pupils of the Charlier Institute on Fifty |
ninth street; the students Of music In |
Mr. CARNEoEs building at Fifty.seventh |
'trest and Seventh avenue: tho Grammar
School No. GO In Ffty-fourth street. midway
between the Sixth and Seventh avenues: the
School in tho same street.
md several other institutions OF learning.
The sphere OF the evil influence Of AcKRR,
sERRALL h CONDIT's license would extend
eastward to Fifth avenue. northwnrd to the
Central Park. westward almost to Seventh
venue. and southwark nearly to Fifty
bird street. More than this. Messrs.
AoKER. MERnALL & CoNprr's grocery store
would figure in tho Posts statistics not
IS one saloon. but as four or more, consti-
utlng for mathematical purposes distinct
'aloon for every one OF the schools within