The evening world., 1895-07-29

| tempted To contrOvcrt the truth OF
what he says. lie shows that the law
was left in Its present condition as re-
CARDS Sunday opening after a full dis
cuss.on ny Senator Hll and his allies.
lie shows futthorm)re that the law as
| 1t was framed and as II now stands
was used for blackmailing purposes,
| with the full knowledge and approval
| of Tdmmany ami OF the Tammany Po-
| lice Board. AMI that the blackmaiiiag
! was stopped only when the liquor-sell-
| crs agreed that II saoull be stopped in
| consideration of their rendering un-
| questioned adherence TO the advocates
| OF Tammdny Hall
Whenever the liquor sellers failed to
! render such adherence to Tammany
Han the police captain of his district
| promptly neeced HIM until he was only
too glad to sue for peace and put on
again the yoke that he had for tie mo-
ment cast OFF Every honest man in
the liquor trade should be glad to be
freed from this degrading homage.
Social Improvement.
To" much thought cannot be given to
the import of the letter sent to the
Police Commissioners couple OF days
ago by the various clergymen and
priests. Protestant and Catholic, OF all
denominations, who work among the
people OF toe over-populated east side
districts, and who know the needs and
the lie Of the people in those districts
as they are not known and never will he
known by the demago2ues VINO nave
shrieked against our enforcement OF the
Excise law. These clerCymen in their
letter dwelt especially upon the enor-
nous Improvement in. the condition OF
the poor brought about by the honest
enforcement of tn, Excise law.
Tho men who formerly spent Sunday
In deha hauchery and who consequently
too often brought up at the police
courts on Monday morning. thereby los
ing their work for a time. II not losing
1t altogether. now. in a good many
cases. either put their money away or
take their wives and children for a days
outilg in the ncighborhood OF New
York. Perhaps where they go they drink
their beer Just the same. but even II
so they are drinking it under condi-
tions that are not likely to lead to the
same results as " they drank It stand
ing hour after hour at the bar OF some
darkened. foui-smelling. ill-ventilated
barroom.
The arrests for drunkenness and for
dscrderly conduct resulting from
drunkenness have decreased nearly one
halt since the Excise laws were hon
estly enforced. The work of the sur
,oa,,, t., 49, ,a.-,,a,, ~, n,o,sa, -,
ICONS III 'ne "osr'.a's o,' No''uas morn
ings dressing the wounds or those who
get into drunken brawls and fights has
corr.snondinc,v decreased I, 10 s,,oh
learn and 10 kee1 right in their minds.
AFTER Meh win runs.
Our o,no,er,s b,ve boon d,s,o,o., l.,
wa 'fpo"'''' ""'' ''''' "'""ohes' III
many or their arguments, but In none
| more SO than in their plea that in en-
forcing this law ve bave d,scr,mina,od
forcing .h'S Ia" we nave u,scr'rh'ha'ed
against the poor man. On the contrary.
the men we have Disseminated against
have been the r,cn.n,,n Who b,ve bse,
| corrupt.+ The lfoor sa,oon-keeper who
had no Influence and no nonev alwavs
has g., ,,.::,s ~, ,Ha ~
i'au 10 Keep ms place smut on sundays
| and after hours. Under Tammany he
was tust as m,rh shut as he il to-d,v.
| but now We shut no a.so the wealthy
man with n mil tn., man ,yh,n, 70 ~
many Han polic. "ilcinis never darea
to attack.
| old Tamna ~ rule more arrests were
maze on a sunday Tor violations of the
| Excise law than have been made on any
| Sunday under the lresent Roard uf
| Police Commissioners; but under Tam
many the arrests were all of men who
| had not IA pull, while out arrests have
| been made of all men caught violating
| the law, but especially have we aimed
| to reach the violsiprs whose offenses
were nsast consp!cuSiis.
Tamniany Hail was quite as ruthless
| In enforcing the Excis. law. but il was
a ruthcssncss directed against some
| criminals and moi against ali The Iir
| ference has not been one Of seyeritv
but one Of honest intent
| II ia rather nmI,siup tn look h,cL ,,d
see how many peoplc told rs that wa
| could not rnf1rc'. no Exrisa law 'rh"v
were nil agreed that we cmuld NO, A. i,
| no matter how hard W, ,ri.a ~ ~ au y,
| called our attcutiNn tn ,ha Too, ~,
| Mnvor Heuitt haa trt,d 4, - ,t3 ny
an1 maj Sunt Rvrpns y, - trh rt.,hi ia'i,,
fniIod 81 ,bny ss,tI 81 ,'' a.. - ' i aii,
| Wcii ve ha,,n triea it " ,a ~ h ,i,,
| succoni,I W. o,, -, - 1917 nd ~, ~ law law
ana Wa or, g,tma 70 90 ~ ~ "a W W /.
1hn iou, s,aaiI,S op ~ i,,,, o,,, v,iS
rhanra s,,,a IL, H., r'o,ia,, r -, "iIA
in~ &c. W. "a st,rl 81. si,i ,,ou u, M tas
ni., rnr,,, ho,os' ,,r,,nE r'r,,,E 'i"t' tn'
r tnroa,ant ~ ~, ", "'.'ri' y u, non
- -. Ion. ~ " taM' anu our or
49, n aWs h'aS S'tk 10
n9uss M lssu., r'uts s.hnu III iaNnr
Vi INC "'s"on's' enforcement OF law
No Doubt of thc RrsuIt
1t is remarkable how. as the issue has
been clarified since this agitation be-