New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-14
A PARCHING SUNDAY.
,o,1cE TO STOP THE SALE OF ALL DRINKS
IN SALOONS TO-DAY.
.s ROOSEVELT SAYS HE WILL ALLOW NOTHING
TO DIVERT HIS ATTENTION FROM THE
4. LIQUOR DEALERS - EVEN SODA WATER
DRINKERS MAY BE CON-
pEIIEn TO GO DRY
PEELED TO GO DRY.

DRINKERS MAY BE CON-
PEELED TO GO DRY.
I'VE will not allow our attention to be d.
,Arted from the liquor dealers who want to
,,oate the law by either open insidious efforts
IN their behaif!
president Theodore Roosevelt thus defined the
,os,tion Of the Police Commissioners yesterday
~ account Of the clamor which had been raised
50, rammany politicians and saloon keepers over
,h. decision Of Judge McAdam In the case Of
ou,nlan. the Park Row rumseller Quinlan
wanted to keep his place open on Sunday, de-
.,or,ng that on the first day Of the week he In
..rded to sell only soft stuff" and keep all in
.oricating liquors away from his bar. Some OF
che CITY Magistrates thought he could keep his
n,ace open on Sunday so long as he sold only
h.rmless beverages. The police said he must
tsep his shop closed on Sunday or they would
.reet him. knowing very we'll that liquor deal
ara would sell liquor to customers on Sunday II
thew were allowed to keep their places open on
,nat day under pretence Of selling only soda
.,d ginger ale. Qunan applied to Judge Nc
ADAM In the Superior Court for an injunction to
,e.train the police from interfering with his
sunday opening.
The result was the decision of Friday, In which
,udee McAdam quoted the Sabbath law and de-
dared that 1t forbade the sale Of soft stun
n any place on Sunday. Yesterday the Tam
many politicians and rumsellers Of the city,
..eer TO support the position taken by Senator
pulL and also to put the Police Board in a
Ao,e" were loud in their declarations that II
vas as much "agin the liw' to sell soda water
IN drug stores as in liquor stores on Sunday. ana
that II the police stopped the Sunday selling in
the saloons they must also stop 1t in the drug
stores.
THEY ARE NOT PANIC STRICKEN.
Mr. Roosevelt and the other Police Commits
.oners Yesterday did not show any disposition
to he manic stricken by the clamor. They un-
Ssrstood the meaning of II perfectly. and 1t was
evident that they were not going TO aoandon
their fight for the enforcement OF the Excise law
IN account OF the decision Of Judge McAdam.
They declared that they till held to their pur-
pose to enforce all laws fairly and eduitaoiy'
They we're not prepared to say just what In
structions would be given to the police regarding
the sale OF soda water in the drug stores They
may decide to make the police stop the sale OF
soda water everywhere in the city on Sunday, II
IL is clear that the law forbids such sale In spite
of the fact that the law has been dead letter
for many years. Their uurpose regarding the
closing Of the saloons on Sunday. however, Is
plain and unalterable. The orders to the pohce
are 10 make to-day a DRYER Sunday than any
previous Sunday has been. and to keep up the
aeh, until every liquor .eller in the city obeys
the law.
WHAT Mr. ROOSEVELT SAYS.
"The only part OF the question I have consid-
ered," said President Roosevelt yesterday morn
ing. .is that about soft drinks being sold In
saloons. was confident that the only decision
thst could be reached on that point was Judge
McAdam's. 7 am CAD of 1t. The police have
taken the position thet the sale OF soft drinks
in saloons on Sunday Is illegal. and we Will stop
II. Relative to the sale Of soda water, mineral
water and the like in places other than saloons
! shall have TO consult with my colleagues De-
fore | can say anything about H.
Commissioner Grant said: Whatever the law
Is. II must be enforced There are BAD laws on
the statute books, but we cannot change theih
Our duty is plain What orders we shail give
about the sale Of Sunday soda water In drug
stores and candy shops cannot say now now Pare me
sonally | say the law should be enforced no
matter what it is. Soda water is oad any
how"
Commissioners Roosevelt. Parker and Grant
had conference at Headquarters in the after
noon a, which the question OF Sunday soda
water In drug stores a'd candy shops was as
cussed. Acting Chief Conlin was called INTO INTO lns
After it over Commissioner
asked what the police would 40
In the matter Of enforcing the law against the
sale Of soft drinks in places other than saloons.
He said: Il shall have nothing to say on that
subject to-day except that the police Will en-
force all law so far as it is physically possible to
enforce It,
"Wil you still keep youreye on the saloons to-
morrow" he asked
Certainly" he replied. with much emphasis
"We will not allow our attention TO be diverted
from the liquor dealers VINO want to violate the
law BY either open irs.dious efforts In their
behalf
QUESTION OF SODA WATER.
Commissioner Parker said: 1T is violation
bf the Sunday law to sell soda water and the ike
In drug stores and candy shops. Judge Nc
Adams decision is not IN illumination Of
point that has been obscured. but simply the
declaration of a point always plain. There is
no doubt that it is a violation OF law to sell SOFT
drinks on Sunday. There never has beer any
doubt The Board will enforce the law so far as
physically possible. .
The Commissioner was asked whether any In
structions had been given to the ponce 10 pre-
vent the sale of soda water In drug stores To-
day. He replied that the statement that tne ponce
would enforce the law 80 far as physically posi-
Die covered everything. H., !, uus
Will the attention or the Poiice oe @"'e~
to the law" he was asked
The police ought 10 know the law. he re-
Piled
has been a dead letter for years as risidiy as
the Excise law" was asked
WHERE THE DIFFERENCE LAY.
Commissioner Roosevelt answered the question
BY saying: The difference between these TWO
laws Is that the one mas been DEAD ie'ter,
while the Excise has not. but was only enforced
against those who had no pull.
Although Commissioners Roosevelt az ne ne a
Grant would not say directly If the saIe oi soua
and mineral waters In drug stores, candy shUps ,,
and stands would be stopped TO-DAY, tne III ,',.
Preston prevailed that the Commissioners WEI
.: the opinion that the enforcement Oh treme ,ng @
Acting Chief Conln only said that he would en-,
force all laws the best way he could he wou.u ~
not say whether any discrimination wouio os
snown In the enforcement Of the EXCISE ""'
saooath laws $40 co,o-
Mr. Conlin after his conference with the Gom
Brooks and McCulIag Oh before him and gave thehi
Instructions what to do to-day regaroins ~
eIling OF soda water. The three Actins sip"ns lnsp
!0fs subsequently transmitted these 9s
. @@captains and precinct commanders IN the;, us ,hs
u,cts. Acting Inspector Cortright nad an .n .ne