New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-24
PART II.
PAGES II TO IA.
FEWER SUNDAY "DRUNKS."
,rpoRrs FROM CITY MAGISTRATES. AND
HOSPITALS.
.r,,-vcry NJ pEPEw's STATEMENTS IN HIS CAR
srotr HALL SPEECH sUBsTANTIArED
BY RECORDS AND OFFICIAL
OBSERVATIONS

OBSERVATIONS.
The howl for personal liberty" which has gone
-. from the CARGO camp and which. when trans
,.,si into plain honest English means: I'VE
~, Sunday beer" was drowned on Tuesday
light by the applause and cheers Of approval
~,ich greeted Chauncey NJ. Depews words on
hat score at Carnegie Music Hall Mr.. Depew
aid: There are several thousand fewer men
,ho are arrested and locked up in jail on Sunday
A., being drunk who are now with their families
,,oving in 4 reasonable manner the Sabbath
a.v and in a condition on Monday morning TO
resume their work.
Mr. Depew also called attention to the fact that
there are several thousand fewer persons in the
hospitals having their faces criss-crossed with
c.rt-plaster and thei. he ads sewed up and their
ewes painted. who are at home on Sunday and at
work Monday morning and enjoying the benefits
NJ personal liberty"
II Is only natural that the saloonkeepers should
complain at the enforcement of law which cur
tails their profits, but Mr.. Depew called attention
N the fact that even these people could. under
existing conditions, find time enjoy their Sun
days.
That Mr. Depew was right in his assertion as
IA the decrease in Sunday crime and Sunday
hrawls may be seen from the statistics obtained
Yesterday on that subject.
WHAT MAGISTRATE CRANE SAYS.
Magistrate Leroy 3. Crare was seen yesterday
at Essex Market Court by Tribune reporter i'll
regard to he difference. if any. between the
number Of cases arising from drunkenness COM
ing up in court this year and Of those last year
ye sad: The greatest difference is noticed at
the Tombs Court. where it is enormous. There
or Monday mornings have had from five to ten
hafOr for heiu intoxicated.
course ! was not at the court as a magistrate
last wear but ihe officers Of the court who were
there tell me that then there were from seventy
Ave 10 one hundred and twenty-five cases every
Monday morning.
"The cases Of assault and disorderly conduct,
wife beating and others arising from excessive
drinking have also materiell? decreased
woman was before me few days ago VINO saio
that she had ST. and some cents In the oahk-
the first time she had had any savings Tor years
Che gave as the reason Tor this the fact thal her
husband could no longer stay In the saloons all
dsv Sunday and spend his earnings. banker
recently told me that the amount OF savings al
nresent on deposit at savings banks In New
York City was over 100000 greater than before
,or several wears and he thought this was largely
due 10 the enforcement of the excise law
AT THE HARLEM COURT
phuin Rloch chief clerk at the Harlem court,
u.,.o az, a few statistics yesterday which he has
complied from the court books. he SAID; Las
or tho sverase number Of children committed
% charitable institutions was about 2I6 week
This wear since the first Of July the average mas
been about l4O The average number or persons
arrested during 1894 for violation or the excise
law was seventy-fve week. Since july l. 1880
the average has been about forty-two week.
The cases that have come up in this court TOT
drunkenness and disorderly conduct stree July
are about q per cent less than the NUMBER during
the same time last year. and the decrease IN
.,sss for assault. usually arising from intoxica-
.ion. for the same time is between 80 and 40 per
cent.
NOW women. instead Of coming to ask for the
.o,r,,,,,ent of their children to charitable insti-
.,,.,ors IN account Of their husbands drunken
habits and consequent inability TO provide for
.hs,o are coming TO us 10 ask for the release OF
their children A woman applied at this court
last week for the discharge Of her four chlloreh'
She said that now her husband spent sunday
q. home and was thus able to bring nome
enough money to care for the little ones
u Magistrate Joseph NJ. Deuel.. at Harlem court.
said Yesterday that there was a marked de-
crease in the number Of drunk and disorderiy
persons who were brought before MN on Moh-
day mornings at the courts where ne mas pr
sided In looking over the list or cases prousHt
before the Harlem court and selecting two days
at random IL was found that on Monday Octo-
Der S 1894 there were 80 prisoners before t.e
court Among these were 3 arrested Tor lh'oAi-
carton - for disorderly conduct and for as
sault On Monday, October H. 1880 theTe "ele
only 81 prisoners of which number were az
rested for ntOxcatiOn, u for dlsofoerIy cOi'uuI
and / for assault on Wednesday, OCTOBER H.
1894 there were 80 prisoners-6 for druhKeh"e 80
20 for disorderly conduct and Tor assauit, 90 90
the corresponding Wednesday In 1872 Oc.opei 20 20
there we're Is prisoners-5 for drunkenness IL
Tor disordery conduct. and for assault
The house surgeon at the Harlem HosplIdl
could not be seen yesterday, but the heao nui se
said. I'm looking over the number Of emergency
cases attended to by the hospital. find tnat tne
number this year is about the same as iass
] cannot give YOU the exact statistics reia'iiie
10 the cases arising from drinking, but DC
know that all of have remarked no" .iuc -.
fewer the number Of such cases seen " 70 =.
this year than last. II has been hhdttei "a "a
common talk among US and the decrease Is
probably the result Of the Sunday law enforce
ment"
DR. FISHER . COMPILATIONS
Charles E Talbot the assistant superin'eh
dent Of the Presbyterian Hospital ParK-aNe
and Seventieth-st.. said in reply to inquiries
"Dr Fisher. our superintendent. week or '"'
ago compiled a record in response TO reaueS
from some official source. which empo nv
statistics Of the number Of cases brought hel'
directly attributable to drink since the ehlo,e.
ment OF the excise act. and OF CORRESPOND.
period when there were restrictions upon sh
saloons Or. Fisher is not here to-day anu
am therefore unable - give you any 49, 80,
information concerning those hgures' pu'
know that they demonstrated pretty cie , =
that since the law began TO be adhereu ~ 80
has been a marked and steady u~'nuii"e1 -
the number OF admissions TO this hospl'1i -, -
people suffering from alcoholism ana Vi !"
1uries tracea bic to that cause.
GREAT DECREASE. SAYS MIR BkANN'
Magistrate Brann when seen yesterday whi'
sitting in the WITH District Police Court ha'
Fifty-seyenth-st.. said:
"Chauncey NJ Depew's remarks last hsh