New-York tribune., 1895-09-12

,,,oopor-s REPLY TO HILLS SPEECH on PER
sox.,. LIBERTY" ACCUSING HIM OF BEING
THE "APorOGIsT OF DISHONESTY AND
THE FOE OF HONESTY"
Ru0alo. Sept Il.-Poce Commissioner Iheouore
Roosevelt of New-York, delivered an auute
= r,oas.msetlng held in Music Hall tonight under
.. . a,,.,,ous ~ the Catholic Abstinence Union. lie
oo b,s ,bole attention 10 Senator HiiIs recent
,,,,c,snos OF hts method OF enforcing the Sunu"'
closing laws IN New-York. He said, In part
senator Hin has deliberately made himself We tne
psay reSret he should drag such an issue into
poltics; but, II we must choose; we o IL heIones 10
iSs iSSf fvpe OF so-caed practical poltcahs "n9
care nothing for principles; rnrs Dus and swarming
,,ouor sellers and the ignorant people who ioo"
them will outvote decent men Cor ,,s two chief
hanks the personal liberty OF the indiU.uu w ih,ic
Commit crime and the persona 6sbones,ly and cor
Justly He stands in favor Of the Srihai mn atber or
hand and Iis 0 tine SheR Se champions is
the kind which would allow the prTa.e s co bnv f.
sell his vote and the hr4 n the e police ocer to
blackmail the saloon keeper he champions 'tS 1Ss
af,Dtiarv hlru ~ He complains because have called
him the champion OF the awDreakel au ~ e aia,av,
tnrnev Of the criminal He Is both' as ne Always
The Senator says that we have discrminated @ Dy
not enforcing the law against soda-Waser Is .S Me
have enforced the law against liquor. n Inr
anS ws shall enforce al the laws, but IN the orasE
Of their importance The Sunday excise raw s% s1Ioo
IN IN no respect on a par with the law about socss
watsr The saloon keepers. backed py me u.r"S,ss s
nn,icaiiv the most powerful classes in New.n oax
as nobody knows better than Mr hiiL & tor n1s sa,h
chine has time and again pronted py theis ,nsv
ma ,bsiT nolltlcal influence We found that tney
Openly deied the law, and they were oacRea sne sne
most powerful and unscrupuous ponuciais VI ,s t,S
S,, fheaded by the United States senator himself
~, ~ hut we have conquered them We conquered
because Tss1ssd R to brsang bst up the big
barricade OF the lawbreakers we are hoe so,ns 70 70
arop oe ~ ne diverted from shutting up the saloon
hr ,ak about the soda-water fountain. 49,,
He stands as the apoiosiss o ressnt and the ad-
pas, % %, a return 70 the old system OF unutteraoe
soniness and corruption. lie prattles ABOUT our
s there we're over eight thousand arrests under
mis- law in New-York city, SO tnaI tney aNerased
apouu o Uil poses as the friend Of the poor man
senator IA ,sis agh he is the friend OF the drunkard
and me Or or'v rnost when laws enforced with cor
VINO sunlIt suuor,,slIty He advocates the dishonest en-
forcement OF the law ana d as arih To- ,he sse
he ano1f ,he Fugitive Slave act Il Is character.
istc OF whole mental ana moraf am appet
should stand plane with the hsht lot hu'T'i'
freeaHn frstsnce tc the law is justified only on ground
M, instines a revolution The doctrine that sena-
,nr Mi teaches is doctrine which can only resul,
ncIsIs OF the State lie deliberately puts himseif
ppI hs omen Zoe OF order. Senator Hlll takes this
stand because ne believes that ne forces OF evil
i,I attrac, from the opposite party more men who
are vicious tnan ne loses decent men from MS own
party -
who read the message uttered by the Third Plenary
counc 10 the Catholics OF the United States, d.
rected against the sale OF liquor on Sunday