New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-31
THE LIOUOR BILL TO-D DAY.

rs infamous pete Oh ltS'N'd'iOH ~ "'' ~"
brought forward al Albany sncc The days OF
Tweed is the special order in the Assembly THIS
afternoon. We refer. Of cOuS. ~ the Liquor
bill. Il is intoleiably bad. Il has been de-
ncunccd as such by every prominent organization
in the State which aims 10 promote practical re-
ro,m. lis ua.,age is asked for by nobody Wih
the exception If those constituting The rum power
men who are 20 selfish and 50 unscIupulcuN aN
70 desire the Legislature 10 boom their uad" III
the expense of the general welfare. Le' The bill
become a law and the most ncCc'sa! OF the le-
,tlanls now resting upon the liquor Traffic VIII
be- DESTROYED and great aid and comfort gwen
10 the force, which make for e'i-for n'cmper-
ancc. idlcne,> poverty, drodcr. crime.
The bill ha, been repeatedly analyzed in thcSe
columns. ~ that ON reader, ne familiar with
is rcpulsive and dangerous features. Ihat
legislator could be found ~ lost 10 all sense OF
what he owed TO the people Is T. be wiling 70
introduce il that the committee 10 which It was
referred did not promptly Kill u: that The MA
iority now ialk> Of passing it-ih'>c facts b!
themselves ought - satisfy intelligent men that
the present Legislature - absolutely m'ru''-
worthy Think + Senator'S and A>>emh lym'h
deliberately fayOing BILL which has BEEN un-
lc.oryediy condemned b! thousands Il me
worihc,t and most -IgiciOlt, people IN all parts
Of the Safe with NJ regard - patty lines, and
which numbers among IL supporter, not single
recognized champion Of morality ~ has nj
ready been int.na'oI, 10 d, not impossible that
the Democratic bJ,>c, by yigoiou, Use oi III
party whip may succeed IN inducing siNi!-hNc
Democratic Assembly men 10 vote Tor D.. But
suppose they fail in securing The nevc>'ai! mum
Der on their own side of The house, what then
That contingency has been thought u, and
Croker. Murphy and The rest Of the bosses have
been endeayorlng 10 provide l@lln>, r. Our u
bany correspondent tologlaph'd Tuesday n'gh'
that the president Of the state Liquor lea.-
ers' Association and the lawyer who has been
locking after The bill for the ASSOCIATION had
come - Albany and wcIo Diminishing for Re
publican vote, for the bill on The pea hat tat
measure J, more Of 4 Temperance one thln any
thing else" We assume chat these champions
Of The bill will shimi>h in vain among The r.
publcanS. Certainly the Republican Assembly
man who is asked o. regard his measure max
Ing for temperance has right t. feel that a
gro,, INSULT = Offered his intelligence. That no
Republican could vote FIR The measure without
The Dcme. rat who supports it will AZ cas hay"
the excuse that II j. on" f the measures 10 which
b, parry i, committed by The proluee campaign
promises which il has given the >aloonkcrpcis
But Il Republican voting for the bill would be
absolutely without justification OF any sort. For
not only +, il abhoncnt from the point Of view
Of the common good bu, it j, radically opposed
we need not Nay-to the policy of the Rcpub-
lean party Of NcN-Yolk On the liquor question, ~
plainly set forth in the pl1y platforms.
We can well believe that the Democratic
bosses would be delighted beyond measure if thcy
could >cduCc one or two Republican Assembly
men from then allegiance - the people and -
their party. Di,gllce loves company If the
Democratic majority can achieve the passage Of
the bill by the aid Of Republican votes 50 much
the better for the majority. But We have no
idea that the plot will succeed. We expect Re
pubIicanS generally throughout the State expect
that the party'S representatives at Albany will
present a solid front IN opposition - thl, scan
daous mcaSurc-One Of the worst jobs Of the
session