The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-30
SAL0ONMEN OBSERVE. SUNDAY
THE RAINEs BILL GOES INTO EF-
feet IN NEW YORK.

Only Eleven Violations of the Law
in Gotham and 253 in brooklyn.
The swell Clubs and Restaurants
in the Same Category as the Sa-
looms SO Far as Drinking L. Con-
eerned-The Hip Pocket Flask
Very Much in Evidence, How
ever.
New York, March 29.-The last Sunday
under the old excise law passed peace
fully enough to-day. Already the saloon
keepers had begun to take strictest pre-
cautions in guarding theB Lenses and
the new era seemed to have dawned al
ready, when at night the police reports
showed that only eleven excise arrests
had been made throughout the whole city,
which was the lowest number Of arrests
made in a single Sunday since the excise
law has been enforced by the police de-
partment.
The unofficial warnings addressed by the
police captains TO the liquor dealers dur
ing the latter part Of the week with re-
gard to exposing the interior of their
stores, had not been without its effect, for
in the majority Of the precincts all the
N"AtNNN@ AANNNe
interior Of every saloon was visible from
the street.
The Union League Club was yesterday
placed by its control on a par with a
drinking saloon. Its bar was closed ana
no liquors were served in its restaurant or
IN any part of the building.
The excise law was observed as strict
ly as if the highest legal authority had
. u
stant Gov. Morton's signature was at
tached to the measure, and that clubs were
to be considered in the same category with
public drinking places on Sunday.
Brooklyn. N. Y, March 29.-After the
clocks had chimed the hour Of midnight
last night, the Raines liquor law was in
force in Brooklyn.
The mandate had gone forth from Po-
lice Ommssioner Welles and District
Attorney Foster l.. Backus that the law
would be strictly enforced and every sa.
loon keeper within the jurisdiction Of the
police was notified to comply with its
provisions to-day. That they did so was
apparent everywhere and saloons, side
doors and all, were closed tight and eV-
cry facility was given 10 the police TO oD-
serve that 1t was not a pretense, but a
positive fact Blinds were drawn in all
the liquor stores and in cases where the
glass panels obstructed the view Of the
open.
Never in its history as a city has Brook.
| lyn experienced such a dry Sunday The
restaurants and clubs were Just as dry as
| the saloons. People who were accustomed
| 10 visit favorite restaurant for theil
| Sunday dinner found the supply OF win,
| unexpectedly cut off. Not a cold bottI,
| was to be had anywhere, which was par
ticularly calling TO men whose liberty ir
| this respect had never before been inter.
| fered with. Their complaints were Ions
and loud, and will eventually reach tho
| legislature.
! Even in the outlying sections of tn,
| city, where 1t was thought an effori
| would be made to defy the law, the liquor
| dealers reluctantly obeyed There are
| over 1900 saloons in the city and nearly
! az OF them complied with the provisions
of the Raines bin.
| noticeable feature of the day was tn,
| number OF people who surreptitiously drew
| dark colored bottles from their pocket.
| and drank some of the contents. The DO
| lice found large number of these bottle.
| lying about empty. 1t was supposed tha
| the habbtual topers had made provision
| TO meet the coming emergency.
| Police superintendent William ]. McKil
| Vey SAID tonight that out of 1900 and ODD
| saloons there were only 273 violations ol
| the law reported and two arrests made
| Just what proportion of these actually solt
| Intoxicating drink he could not say II,
| believed that their failure to comply will
| the law in most cases was due TO tn,
| fact that they had not made the neces
| sary preparations toward that end. TIL,
actual number Of violations was very
| small.
Reports from all the precincts, speciall,
| called for by the superintendent, showed
that there was not a single arrest for in
| toXication to-day. This is Unprecedented
! in the history of this city