New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-23
Mr.. DEPEW ON THE EXCISE,


the Sabbath day ann in Sohoit' . v troub,e
morning 10 their work Not macn seyepal
about their personal liberty. There are se ss
thousand less IN the hospitals na and their heads
sewcd up and their eyes painted oa"sh.e r worT
are their homes on SUNDAY and , at aaet of pSr
sonal liberty The pnoprietors of the saloons s may
enjoy sunday. and while 1t may be TO them an eH
pense 1t Is not infringement oil 'he'r peiso"''
When Governor Hill uttered his battie,cry 'n nSa
Sunday should be as free as any o'ner uas ~ sole
as any other commodity we all supposed that the
Democratic Convention when y ms sr,ops Of nnen
saloons on sunday at Syracuse they , hs4
heard from the churches Of all non fames and
they rushed panicstrcken into the presence OF her
leader and said III you pu, into tnS xour Speeches
the Democratic party viii be wiped Out ~. 1I eS aro
,n favor of the law which absolutely prohibits the
sale OF liquor Sunday. but we are asa, hesors
enforcement" said old SQUIRE ScnneqH was irving
a case: "The Ten Commandments are iust rase
s tSr When faint Election Day and the and
the boys an't looking on give me 'e'''p'''''" ""N
plenty OF it." cloud iaughterJ
WHAT TAMMANY WOULD DO.
As the battle is placed before us to-day the only
reason advanced why our city government. sho"'o ~
hack 10 conditions that made IT a byword and re-
proach: why we should so back to the old police
methods with all the results exhibited by the Lexow
Comm,se ana all ahs OF accounts is that
Tammany win not repeal the closed saloon law on
SUNDAY DG5 T n9' When the ynchers left the
road agent hanging to the telegraph pole; ana me
crowd around TO see this curiosity and terror Of the
community. the coroner yelled at the top OF ms
voice: Stand back. gentlemen; stand PACK anu
give the corpse chance to breathe Prolonged
The Republican party is not responsible for this
excise law IL was passed by a Democratic Legs
iature and Governor and it was approved by the he
HQuor dealers of the State. 1T was worth @WV
votes in this city to the Democratic party on ore
corner of the block would be Democratic saloon
iican saloonkeeper. The Democratic saloon,
keeper If his Democracy was OF the right stripe ana
saloon all day Sunday while the Republican, or anti
Tammany or State Democrat or Grace Dem mora,
and If ne sold glass of whiskey his home Tor the
next thirty days was Backwslls Island R W@s no
lcan saloonkeeper.
TAKE IT OUT OF POLITICS
There should be such legislation upon the excise
question will remove this matter OF lquor-sehhs
from politics. 1t has been done in Ohio and 1t can
be done In New-York. do not share in the fears
OF those who are afraid of local option. saw local
option work twenty odd years ago. and -its opera
ton in the towns of the state was enlinenty sats
factory Let the principle of home rule have perfect
SWAY: let the people be the judges themselves oil
these questions which so nearly affect the soorle's
and the law and the order of their communities: l
would like TO see an excise law framed upon proper
principles submitted to the people OF NeW-norh,i, =
would like TO see question OF free lquorsellng
and modified liquor-selling and no quor-selins on
Sunday submitted to the people OF tn,s Town; ,ho
direction. Let that vote come at a time when the
minds of the citizens are free from me aga.o aa
discussion and decision OF the questions wniSn uIvu a.,
the great parties Of the country You would see N
this city such campaign of education ana en T,
as has not been known since the Civil war th err,
would be such union of creeds and faiths oil ,he
Catholics and Of the Protestants ana OF 'h henv
brews that the foreigner In our must ToHu nions
that the millennium had wnen would hold their
mass-meetings the mothers and the wives ana the
sisters and the sweethearts ana tHe wy w" M
nhatic and astonishing verdicts ever rendered In
great community 1t would be magninceht geIiio,-
STATED 81 1os Of he See that the
iations Of great cities are not eapao'e Oh
themselves. (Applause)
AS AMERICANS, NOT FOREIGNERS
W. haar ON this question and on all local ques-
.,o,s too much OF German-Americans, and irish
Americana and Italan-Americans and sweoish-
Americans and French Americans. The one thng
which makes the immgrants WnO pseious liberty
entitled the day they are our 10 constion
which Is accorded 10 the man whose ancestors have
been here for three hundred years Is that Wnen ne
is naturalized he TO be of airy other natoh.
Of any other government or allegiance. except that
of America (Applause) On all these questions
Thsh sn rs Of 9o b sa aea and Of the Ration we
not voting as Europeans out . we az ase Amerisans
we can consider for a moment what Is this much-
abused American Sunday. We are told that s.anHs
denial to the citizen Of his liberty and his rights
Liberty is the granting Of such prvneges 70 t w
rights of his feow-citizens There is no country IN
the world where the Sunday is freer It's rational en-
erous than in America except in the open ana CON
tinulng sale OF whisky all day long NY la hoi5
and grandfathers and great grandia'ners on pooii
sides were the products Of American sundays: ann
by herediy and training AMI am a and ne M
with sourness, or mental or moral or physcai uys-
pepss If any al 6snT Fun na there SG9u out Of the
world and 20 help his fellow-ctzen5 get al tne iun
they can out of the world sg "Tfdy eg drop out Of
nv NE everything which contributes to IL man 10
lose from Nts, the AoS have Born and brought
p In the country and have come 10 the city 10 earn
living and make your F1d5 awe YEARS old
TO fourteen had DISTINCT dislike 70 the c Amel
Sunday as % 20 tx cSnreb and sit in the
Nigh ba ok ed pew and have my ear pinched by Dea-
sermon by some frvolity with the little girl who sat
beside me Oaughter) and 10 add 10 TINS oisconlioI
was 'n o the 5e ad Of the hymn had
10 be committed 10 memory. But mucE that nave
that is worth saving was que 10 'ha' "a""'s anu
that influence.
WHEN IDEAS CHANGE.
From fourteen TO twenty-five l looked forward
TO Sunday as a day of superb delight. After 'he
services all the pretty girls were in the vesuon'e
and walked home with them TO DISCUSS me ETA
mon In the afternoon We were among ihe VIII
flowers In the fslds in the shade of the WOODS
stu. discussing the sermon-or someihhs. sbSe,
in me church or Of music In the house. we con-
tinued to discuss something else ana the sermon
make career. Sunday was the sunbeam OF .he
week. Then from the tolls OF the great cry 'ne
old homestead opened wide It's hospltable doors 10
the returning boy The MONDAY dinner with the
brothers and sisters and the aunts and me uncies
eli around in its earnest discussions in Its anec-
dotes and variations of incidents and adventures,
in its hllarty AID merry companlonship. Wa a
Moons the free air Of the country gave the ozone
for the battle Of life again in the city; ana IN NE
to- No o1F .r1 he
piano with the old familiar songs and hymns win
which the house hSd resounded for generations;
(Applause) Having passed the zenith and reached
the mellower period so back stlll on sunday TO
the village and first to the cemetery to VISIT my
nothing which is sad or grtwsome Prattiing enid
hood 70 vigorous manhood and beneflcent Old age
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