The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-12
HEARING ON TIE EXCISE BfEL
The Clergy. the W. c. T. u, ana the C1ts
Rerorm Club Oppose II.

eAor" S'uU opposc IT.
ALBANY. Feb. 1.-THE Assemly Exciso Com
mittee opened tho hearing upon tho Liquor
Dealers License bill this afternoon. Every
seat in the Assembly chamber was taken. and
| there was large attendance OF women repre-
senting tho Women's Christian Temperance
| Union. The Albany district Methodist minis
| tiers had delegation present, as did the City
| Reform Club Of New York. the Church Tenn
! peranco Society, the Society for the Prevention
| OF Crime. and the New York and Albany Law
| and Order League.
Father Wnlworth OF Albany opened tho dis
cusslon. He said that the bill as posed was
| too shameless. to gross too over pass. He did
not see how anybody could think Il would
pass. The people OF the country were not so
| dcadened to shame IA to think OF putting such
naked law on the statute books OF this State.
He was q Democrat, but fhe had to be chained
down and be told. what to do. and compelled to
do it despite his conscience. he would 70.
longer. q all barriers against drunk ennsss
a% 70 e. Een away sneh HSd help thg
provide Mhsrs many
nut the useless officers Of the law. The liquor
ssaGrs did MT come ,a a. they used t. They
norant 10 come themselves. T he time Is Dom.
swept away or else reduced to deconoy By
:sss$ ssss: u! yaFt eli.
Thought It Vas about the ioosest law he ever
saw. It allowed; for instance. in one clause
ca" Te' t%o Tho clause fnS asWlnr the
saloons to keep open every morning from to
THO s repeal oIfhe civil fS da@aso
wGnd NEST state q nf
ssa s%fsE i;SsS sS;ssS f. s1s
msSn I., Of this bin but for the killing 81 It
Mary T. Burt. Presdsnnt o. tho women Girls:
ily. and therefore touched the woman: The
She rerr r i sigoo Women Who rssed
their voices against the liquor dealer. There
viii f aaor aeas os dd sSsrs
would be such an uprising in this country as
9 eIs Rev rAS sfs
last speaker q tho Opposition. He sa!d that
his city and thousands Of Cathoiic eiersymen
in New York. The law was for the protection
OF the saloon keeper against the public. They
morsi' and thsy hoped that no such opea and
easily violated law would pass,
s!19ss y. 7: xndsssss q NV yeIE sitg: H.
nSs na and t b.
needed some better law. 1t was not, to his
aa% such law as 9qS1 v d Hs hwua
that the clause IN regard to eating. houses Was
more strict than IT present. for II did not all9w
cooking paraphernalia and go into REGULAR
saloon keeping, The majority q provisions Of
the Rev. pr. Crosby and q, CommI ssion. He
best bill ever presented to tho Legis-
Iature., AS to the Sunday. selling clause.
Should hs 90 consIdsyed ~" as moral q rel liz
tous. 1t was and Ind always been considered
as q purely police regulation. The clergy
were aware. as well as he. that prohibition
worth had spoken Of high license Billy. Mo-
Glory. Tom Gould. the most despicahle char
acters in New York. were advocates OF high
license; because they could have a, monopoly:
was not unlawful to do that on the Sabbath
day that was lawful on the week day. In coun-
tries where amusements and drinking were
allowed on Sunday the percentage OF drunk
enncsS was less than in any prohihitory, coun-
the sale to night workers.
Mr.. job n l. Rocner Of Syracuse thought It
best TO hnvo law on the statute books that
could be obeyed. and not one that WAS evaded.
officers to be corrupted He was. heartily IN
would remedy these evils.
Ex-senator Boyd OF New York also apoke in
qRhe sGT n
efficient. and there was demand for new
law. He thought that the bill simplifled the
laws and made them much more comprehen-
sive. He quoted long list OF Scriptural texts
to prove that liquor was not forbidden by the
Scriptures
next Thursday at O'Clock.