The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-10
The LIQUOR Dealers Resolutions.

The Lilo Or Dealers RESOLUTIONS.
The resolutions adopted by the Liquor
Dealers Association st its meeting Tuesday
night indicate purpose to obey the Sunday
closing law. If the law had bean obeyed
since Mayor McDonough announced his in
tention to enforce il there would have been
no occasion for passing the resolutions. As
for the statement in the preamble
of the resolutions that a mistaken
impression of the purpose Of the liquor deal
ers had got abroad through the misstate-
ments of a certain daily newspaper" it is
only necessary to say there is perhaps not
well-inforlned member Of the association
who does not know that whatever state,
ments have been published relative TO its
purpose cana from liquor dealers. They
themselves, therefore, are responsible for
whatever erroneous impressions may have
got abroad with respect 70 the intention Of
the association. The association should
discipline its members rather than complain
Of the press.
The effort to create the impression that
the liquor interest is not dealt with fairly
by the press. OF that there is decided
tendency to arouse public sentiment against
it, will fail, because there is no basis for it.
The liquor business is treated just as fairly
as any other legitimate business.
But if upholding the mayor in enforcing
the Sunday closing ordinance is construed
by liquor men as being hostile to their bust
ness then they are right in assuming that
the MORNING News is not on their side.
But as they declare in their resolutions that
they propose TO obey the Sunday closing
ordinance it is not easy to understand what
they complain of.
The truth is that the entire agitation
arises from the refusal of some of the
liquor men to obey the Sunday closing
ordinance. The mayor has told the liquor
men time and time again that he had no
hostility to them or their business, but that
he intended to enforce the Sunday closing
law. Aud it would be impossible for them
to point out wherein he has stepped aside
from the line of his legitimate duty to say
word against them or their business.
Neither has he done anything which they
can construe as being hostile TO them.
On the other hand there are those of
them who have evsded the Sunday closing
law. and he has reason to think that some of
them still do So II all of them had re-
spected the law there would not have been
a word about the liquor interest in the
council chamber or in the newspapers.
It is true that the great majority OF retail
liquor dealers obey the Sunday closing law
The few who persist in disregarding it are
the ones who cause all the trouble If the
the Liquor Dealers Association should use
its influence to get them to respect the law
it would accomplish more than it will by
resolutions complaining that it is misrep-
resented.
If we are rightly informed, there is an
element among the liquor dealers which the
association does not fairly represent. If 1t
represented all, there would be no charges
of violations of the Sunday closing law
brought before tbs mayor, and no publica-
tions bringing the liquor interest before the
public. But it is about as certain as any
thing can be that the mayor is going to en-
fOrOa tho Sunday olOaipo,