New-York tribune., 1892-11-27
LIQUOR DEALERS IN BOSTON PoLlii'o
DAVID HALL RICE POINTS OUT DAN"hh ~
coon GOVERNMENT IN TIE BAY STATE

DAvID HALL RICE POINTS OUT \ DAN"r" ~
cooD GOVERNMENT IN TIE BAY STATE
Boston. Nov. GO special,.-The first dinner by 'ne
Norfolk club since the election occurred 'h's 'i,'
noon The principal speakers wore p"N" i,",
p,ce e,Concressman Gre"nhalge. Congrc'smah'eIeo'
Cenjamin Draper and Charies D. N'S0''
Rire In the course OF bis speech sald
.xo,o ,h. less though their sole remaining aoVF
a,ol bold upon the Government OF our state Is '"e
Democratic Governor, the Democratic poh"''' NAM"
GERS are ! believe. even now plalhhe u .'"," w.,
70 grasp Massachusetts In an embrace "''" WI"
o., hcvond our day and generation NIo" NV "
no,ot, vou a moment while | indicate the roao
thev have mapped out 20 reach that Eoa'' "'' '
road Of free.tradc tariff theory taught by the
Nucvump hut the road travelled BY the ward h'e''r
rh,ch loads through the liquor saloons oi bo''""
His Accidency Governor Russell aui"'t p"'.' ''
that ne IS wOuld have rs believe 'ha' he S''"' W.
round out his third term OF once bv c'Pos'nt '
Commissioner osborne. on secret lhi'r"''O''' w
,na, ~. whole question between them resolves
itself into personal one lie womb "a'V ,"' ,a1
boieve that the technical interference win Ms Ne'u
nor.rs as Governor 10y a Republican council mon"
,r,or,orss with his declared intention To remove 'N'
police Comm 'siohef' -, ,,io, which he
.ar,orsIx keeps turned away from the pnhhc ea|e-
that f. the side Of good morals ana pure Po"''s J."
Mns.ochusctts for wears to come. Under the law
a..
licensed nquor dealers In Bost N is hml''u I" ''''
rbot Imitation fXod by law, males cach one "i ''''
uc.nses monopoly IN the absolute GIT ana VI
poc Rcard of three members and these ho'op Wv
worth ON the average, say S3Uoo apiece '"'' -
,,. n,rscnt result Of the effort {" promote temper
opce hv licisation In this dty. The danger III ''c
loss NJ nj. monopoly makes every dealer uhu'r "l'
effective Police Board obey the law win 'he S'''''
est rcctitudc. II" closes HIS s"'"'' "' 7 49,
an thc prescribed minnie. lie keeps II 'I'''u Oh
sunday without dodsing the law by any size oi D''N
door entrance and he careful to preserve >n'h "in
and deccucy and political qGctud" about h' pace
~ shall not bring him to the notice of ~" ponce
onpoInted by this same board That Is the way ms
law works now I'm Boston. and the administration ol
IFS license system and It's freedom from pohi'A III
eucnce IS probably unsurpassed in any cltv OF equal
size in thr country largely because the Police h"ad
Is Repnhlican and The saloon keepers arc mostly
Democratic In politics.
But potent rs this law /, for good wien inns
administered its very mouopol ilc features "ould
make Il potcnt 10 debauch the elective franchise ana
no,icay 10 seize tl- state by the throat II ~ ad
mnistration falls into other political hands snpp0N '"r
example that "A Democratic Police Poard should be
given this power and this machine on Democratic
Marty methods Each Of these 800 licenses could
then be made 10 voluntarily subscribe. on the aver
age $3.50 year to the Democratic campaign inhd
That would amOunt to S22j0O0 yearly"