New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-07
ROOSEVELT SEES THE MAYOR
NEITHER OFFICIAL WILL TELL WHAT
THE OTHER SAID.

TIE ENFORCEMENT OF THE EXCISE LAW AMONG
THE TOPICS pIscUssEp-rHE AIprrMrx
WANT AN AMENDED LAW
vayor Strong and President Roosevelt. Of tho
Police Eoard had long talk together In the
MAYORS Office yesterday afternoon when they were
.,ose,ed together and nobody was allowed within
..rshot As neither official would tell later what
,nev had been talking about. except TO say thai
,sev had touched upon a great variety OF ton,cs
che cause Of the consultation remained n subject
Or s,rmse. When Mr.. Roosevelt appeared IN the
.,,e-room Of the Mayors Office he was asked nv n
newspaper man why he had come to see the Mayor
ard he replied that the Mayor had sent for him
no did not know why
Policeman Maher. one OF the two men who guard
,s MAYORS door. did not know Mr. Roosevelt
.,a was going to keep him out. never having seen
rim before. Policeman Kennel. the other guardian
AZ the portal FASTENED 70 pass the President of
The Police Board into the MAYORS presence Then
he said 10 Naher;
.rhat was Theodore Roosevelt"
sr1reat Scott. and l never as much as saluted
him. said Maher.
presiden, Roosevelt remained with the Mayor for
about an hour. When ne was leaving the City
Vail he was asked again about his visit to the
uayor and he said he could not talk about It
Nayor Strong said the talk about variety Of
.,hiects but there nothing TO be said about IT,
n
else law Sunday?' the Mayor asked
.'Oh yes; We talked about that and about a good
many other things" he replied.
A delegation OF liquor-dealers went to see the
MAYOR a few days ago and besought him to inter-
,e,e 10 prevent the Police Board from enforcing
,hs Excise law in the city vigorously. The
MAYOR advised them 10 go and see Mr.. Roosevelt
Later Mr.. Roosevelt said the lquor-dealers had
M, been him. but he going to keep on
sr,orcing the law Sundays. 1t reported
about the City Hall late in the afternoon that Mr.
Roosevelt had told Mayor Strong that he would
continue 10 keep IN the enforcement of the Ex-
else law so long he continued to be Police
Commissioner and that the Mayor had agreed with
him that the only right way was to continue to
enforce the law until the law was changed.
At the meeting Of the Board OF Aldermen In the
afternoon Alderman Goodman introduced the fol-
lowing resolutions:
Resolved. That the Excise Committee is hereby
Instructed TO examine and consider the provisions
and hear arguments for and against more liberal
statute, and TO receive suggestions OF means and
Methods by which the people OF this city may be
enabled through legislative action either to
themselves in the line of home rule by local option
or by such other enactments as Will conform to
he expressed views Of this board not in the
minutes of March IA. 1895, on pages 1863 and 2Ss Of
Resolved That said Excise Committee is fur
Their instructed TO confer with the Law Committee
ana prepare BILL subject to approval by the
It's sessions such act will meet the necessities
OF the city and comply with the apparent will Of
the citizens.
The resolutions were adopted without debate, and
II was evident that the Aldermen were In favor
OF more liberal Excise laws.