New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-23
SUNDAY LIQUOR SELLING.
THE LAW AS IT WAS IN GOVERNOR FEN
TONS TINE.
,,rop errovc.s STATEMENT AS TO ITS rRAcTI-
CAL WORKING CORRECTED Bf TIE
SABBATH COMMITTEE.


CAL WORKING CORRECTED ia lhE
SABBATH COMMITTEE.
To the Editor of The Tribune. -,.,. .,
Civ. II is the plain duty Of all good citizens 10
sre,ain Mavor Strong In his efforts to enforce az"
improve our laws Doubtless there are % 49,,
dlGlcuties to he encountered IN 'he init 80
excise laws. and especially with reference - ~
Sunday sale Of liquors. We are sure ''"' ,,
Mayor will welcome light on TINS queSuo" it''"
ha,avor source He is reported 10 nave sad u
o,o ~ the delegations which recently visited MN
that during Governor Fentons time the 'un'''
Ian was strictly enforced bat win an lherrd'e VI
dr,rkenne.s and crime. Now. accept the Mayor 5
testimony TO the .act that during the perioi re-
ferred TO the Sunday law was enforced But the
other Part of the Alleged statement Is very i1r
from being correct as we have the means OF snow
ing incontestably.
Governor Fenton was Governor Of the state from
1866 10 1862 The Metropolitan Excise law. passed
I'm APRIL 1866 after being in suspense for seVerai
months through adverse litigation, until sustained
by the Court Of App.als into effect At the close
Of that wear 1t continued IN operation Tor htue
more than three years un:il il was repeater ny 'ne
LEGISLATURE Of which Tweed was the ruins spirit
early in 1870 As to the effects OF thls law III 'he
matter Of Sunday drunkenness ana disorder the
annual reports Of the Board OF Excise during these
wears give rs the following facts. No ono familiar
with the high character Of the mon composing me
board will question their statements Inc report
for 1867 says that the number OF places a; which
liquors are publicly reailed in Network ana Brook
lyn has been reduced from 9.2O on May l. 1866, to
GSi5 on December !. 1861. reduction Of 2421 dram
shops which SIN left one TO very III OF the
population Of this city. The hours during
which liquors publicly exposed Tor sac
have been reduced from 1% PER week Ghe
whole number to los. or eighteen hours eAch
secular day. leaving Sundays and the hours
between midnight and sunrise Of other days. with
Election DAYS. entirely exempt from liquor traffic;
that open violations OF the law are rare ana
promptly corrected. whereas the act which IT super
sedes was habiiually ana oston,atous.y dtied ana
set AT nausht: that the effects Of the law are
evinced in signal dlmnut.on OF arrests for dis
order and crime by the police, which formerly
made more bu; now MAKE fewer. on Sundays than
on any other day: that for thirteen months during
which the law has been enforced the sunday ar
rests were 25li. while the Tuesday arrests for the
same months WEE Gc2 or more than doahle those
on the corresponding sundays: that the dispropor-
ton il who.v new 10 our cy's experience. rs
under other laws here more arrests on sun
day than on any other day II The week. These
facts" continues the report. "b,Sr their own com
ment. Argument woull DE lost on those "hom they
fail 10 impress WITH The ut.ity aa1 beaclcerce 81
the Law" The report is signed by Jackson :
schultz president. ana Emm1ns Clark. secretary.
The report for 1865 says: THE law was not enact
ed and IL has not been administered, on any theory
OF coorcive persona. morality. nor on any assump-
n V.
drink a . beverage. but solely on the theory ot
providing reasonable and wholesome regulations Joy
,.,,,f. - .nge r.rui,rv .i.h.. % abuse. ana
" quinn 49,, .. ...,..,, .-,,,,I
there cannot. il l. b'.'cN'l '' my St'''"' - '''
for doubt cat least. the cNiei.cnc" oi tnls .t"'
~. s.. .,,..t.- 80 ... f.h~fsfftr Sabbath from
7 ma 500 N''' -, , .,. 1911 - 49,.
tins udfh'. anu th' f''"'l''" ~ "' - ''
pubic pursuit from twcnty-ilgT % eighteen hpif-
,.cr Ian, AMI from lss % los hours per week. hIa
] 49,. ia 90 ,...r ,.f
zone Md'h - ii'''''' we" ass
women desire and little TO foster "hat any F'''
ma, r ,,,,,,, can r.prst" It. tables Tor ;he year
. ehov. .n a..ra.. of 80 arrests SuuIfF hAi IT.
80, Tuf't,y ffk,n nd An ayerage weekday. and
"n ' .,,,t'.,- .,...h fh. 4..u.- OF terror
slF ,,.n,,ir .,. '. ,f,... fr,,.i ...h arrests.
az, 49,, M 'f,rn f'.v m to.icc with OBJ, noisy
tr"tr-atr o. ne station nous. on sunday Viii filly
| auprcc.a,c how much Is gained for deccncy am
! ~ 'r "a. ,hbtfh hy removing ~. cause 90
| ona,iv 50. such sad exhibitions In the crowded
h..-,s,,,', - - 10, rrr,f clio. signed. j. :
t,ns.otth n-csti.nf' Emm1ns CLARK secretary
i' 81 u. w. - ~ ts., 80 = ,,. i,v. ..fftt 80 , re-
Inc iys'', , o uibj 5r.,r h,s boon pro-
SUI, ~ ~ @ 80 49,, tnt.s ~ MON, NV.
ne, ga,,' an mn, ~ IN, v-. 'or,s ~ ni5s
n'.l ,'' III IL, ,, t.., ''.-oi All ..a-i.fy ana
1,',i,' "in .i,. 49,, t.,.n IA ,ra,f.r lt.f.,-. 500
",,H a." -, ,i,,intr. ri.b re.'l.,4 the ? sh's or
/ iusf rrlyi,.se- ~ none nave been flkru away nr
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