New-York tribune., 1891-03-06


bIs should be DONE lie ended his speech by saying
that he did not care whether you put 1t upon the
tauc-books OF this State or upon tho statutebooKS
If the Union, you can't regulate the saie OK hqnu oy
statute This sentiment was greeted with applause
from the liquor-dealers present.
The Rev Mr. Waworth followed the senator In an
exceedingly warm speech against the bill. He said
. h rorresor,ed the voice Of morality and the voice
q, cod when he appcarcd against this Dill; and he
added: ~ know OF no place, whethc II be IN the
church or the Assembly hall, where the voice OF God
has not a right to be heard. The people nave spoken
against this measure. and they nave SPOKEN against
the unrestricted sale Of liquors. Thcy are not IN
the mist regarding these things. for many long
vca,s have their voices been heard against
int such measures as this ! have heard great
deal about the dongs OF the Germans, who meet and
drink their beer, and that 1t docs not ahect them.
That is false / have been among them at those
lines and | declare that it is not So Nheh men
.taCger and talk fooliShly they are drunk Years
AGO when the question came up as to whether or not
ale and beer were Intoxicating, 1t was referred TO
the Court of Errors, which declared that they were
Intoxicating.
Wiat is the voice that is now asking for this added
authority Is it the voice OF the people OF the state
Of Ncw-York, who are the true constituents OF the
members of tho senate and the Assembly : No, 1t
r the fearful power of the 10000 liquor dealers, who
now hold the whip over the political parties Of the
countrv. and tell them to do just they ask. The
Excise Association, which l represent, docs not want
this bill amended-does not want the bill at all 1t
is vicious and misunderstanding measure
Tho next speaker was Andrew II. Smith, for the
Church Temperance Society, who directed his argu-
ments mainly to the section which allows children
and babies TO buy rum. He asked If there were
not enough temptations already for children, without
adding more to them.
The Rev. DR.. Mcleod was the next speaker He
attacked the provisions preventing arrests being made
in saloons which open at other than the regular
hours and declared that this section was intended
as protection to crime. Every new point In the
bill was bad one. The friends OF the bill,
he continued, were stropg band, and welded a
mighty power. 1t odd to hear the liquor
lcacrs say that they were under a restraint lie
hear such complaints from men engaged In other
trades "Why do they want liberty ," he asked.
To make mon and women worse To wreck homes
70 make wives worse than widows. and children worse
,han orphans To ruin young men ana women Won, ~ oo
Of our citizens are asking forp
When Dr. Mcleod had ended his speech, Assembly,
man Endres asked him in what particular he wanted
bury it," he replied al suggest that you give II
10 the sadducees who say there is resurrection
Mr.. Graham, for the Church Temperance society
also made few forcible remarks against ga the Dill Gl
themselves and that In New-YOrk there were In the
Distrct-Attorney's once 3,705 unadjudcacd cases OF
which ninety per cent were those OF Hquordealers
which would never be adiudcatcd. ..,
When he had closed his address it was expected
that the friends OF thc bill Nouiu lif,
their saw but none OF them were ready Ia
90 on and il was plainly shown that they had
succeeded in drawing the fire OF The opposition, whcl
was al that they after this time, and w0u'
send in their argument for the bill later. Recorder
Hes berg is TO have opportunity u present III
argument for Asscmblymau schaaH at meeting
the date OF which has not Vet been announced.
John j. Chapman spoke against the bill aitcr II nae
been decided that none of IT. friends would appear
10 day. IL was his original intention to sp'ak last
and answer them. lie said tha, people ~, ~,
official organ of the quordeacrs long before 1t had
been presented at Albany. Meeting, of the liquor
dealers Interested in passing IL had been hcld ana TIC
measure had been dawn 10 conform to their wishes
When the bill had been completed. IL had been gone
over and declared to be absolutely perfect measure
Tif. LiIl va. what they called Justice. This Tho
first bin ever introduced TO protect the breaking of tt
law All the new features Of the measure werc Inc
results Of the running Of the quOr dealers against the
law This bill ought 10 be called the liquor
dealers dream. he added.
I Noble Uavcs Of the Reform Club spoke acalns'
the bill on legal grounds, aud the hearing was dc
clarcd closed.