New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-25
RAINES LAW CRITICISED.
SCRAMBLE FOR THE DEPUTY COMMITS
SIONERSHIP.
soNF, OF THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF DR.
ABBOTT, DIR. c. C. HALL AND DR. BEh-
RENDs OF THE NEW MEASURE

SOME OF THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. VI Di''
ABBOTT. DIR. c. c. HALL AND DIR. BEH-
RENDs OF THE NEW MEASURE.
u-,,o tho vvorkinos of the Ranes law may be
matter of uncertainty II continues to arouse wide-
spread criticism In Brooklyn
At the local Board Of Excise 1t was given ou'
Yesterday morning by Commissioner hacker INA.
no more renewals Of licenses would be allowed u"'''
a decision had been received from JACOB brenner'
counsel to the Board Ali day yesterday saioohmen
from various parts OF the city continued 10 WISH
tho Commissioners to find out where they STOOD
They were principally men whose licenses expire
between now and April 80 They were forced 10
10 away in the same state Of uncertainty IN WHO"
they arrived
The question Of patronage Is now giving the pom
ticlans much concern. and already scramble mas
begun among them for the Deputy Commssionef
shin and the other places attached to the new oice.
Il was said yesterday that neither COMMISSIONS
Hacker nor Commissioner Gasco!ne "ouiu leiu'o
the office of deputy II he can get It, Among o'hei
candidates Is the former Excise Conmlssioie'
George 3. Forester Mr.. Forester and the TWO
officials just mentioned at present considereu "
have the best chance for the pace In BROOKLYN
Rut there are Others and their name Is legion. A
few of them are Colonel David p. Watkins. ex-As-
semblymen Frank Schulz and william II. friua''
John Kisse, John Tenant ard oscar H. i-ans'''
together with a number Of others who are yet III
promises to be merry one, as VIII also pe '"e
scramble for the minor Offices TO be given out
Among the brewers only denunciation Is heard iof
the bill william c. Kluch, or the C!auS Lpsiu.
Brewing Company said "Of course, the HaheS OH
is an outrageous measure, and you will hnd the
same opinion among the brewers. About nail OF inc
small saloons will be wiped out OF existence
AT the firm OF S. Lehman & Sons, one OF the
members said that the effect would be to cut aowh
their business considerably. He characterizeu tio
report OF Governor Morton as altogether wrong
The Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott is among Brooklyn
ministers who favor the bill. He said yesterday ,lat
he wrote a letter to Governor Morton recommending
him TO sign 1t, giving several reasons t9r Els "p
nrovaI Of the measure. 1T is not an ideal meas
IRE said DR. Abbott. THE machinery created TOT
It's execution may be used for partisan pufp'seS'
Nevertheless It is a great Improvement on the pres
ent system. 1t abolshes the excise boarus' Win
their politica and personal favoritism. 1t reduces
the number of saloons by raising the TAX upon
them In so far as 1t permits local option IL makes
possble local prohibition, the only prohibition tha'
ia either practicable or just II also gives a power
O, enforcing the TO individual compia'hah's anu
II makes Illegal selling more difficult ana uahsefouS
7 should say on the whole, II seems prooap'e "a'
tho personal influence and favoritsm "hcn w
s,ruc.s the enforcement Of the law now VIII oe
Iesseued and not increased by transferring ,s en-
forcement from local to state autn3rHy,
s' Tha Rsv Dr. Charles Cuthbert Hall. when asked
b,s oninIon. said II think the bill itself remark
able mixture Of good and evil. OF justice ana III,
iustice some OF It's provisions bring help 10 the
cause OF those who have been working ana are III
tending 10 continue TO work In brooklyn TOT me en-
torcement of law The Raines bill gives us whtt
We want in reference to side doors ana the
~ hars on Sunday. But, the other manu- the uiu
- on, a IRA ssei ty colossal unfairness ana view te
future under the Raines bill with more appreneiiSi
Than hone NV interest Is practically swept Ivy
In, nv Indignation at the course pursued IN cIoMu
ig the bill through the Legislature, ana my lisp
Ointment ia extreme in witnessing the signature Vi
tho Governor fixed to any measure tnat mas pee.
nassel in a manner that Is an insult to the people
large As a citizen OF New-fork state leel NJ
initiated and insulted by the conduct OF tne men WHO
h, hsen sent by the citizens OF the STATE 70 fePIe
nav, ,bair wishes feel that the time Is ripenihB
800 for such public uprising against the LeSS!atu
as u, produce a cleaning out there on Scdie pto
nor,iona,e with the cleaning out In NeW-foiN lily
1.-TWO years ago. ..,. -, tho Cantral Con-
Vocational church. said that ne cOhslnIr'u ei.e
n,ines b the best excise legislation mat me S.a,
hos over had He did not expect thai IL "ouIu
| rieose everybody and, OF course the hquor men
p',,iI M, he expected TO give their approval;
-, nm any fudge" he added III VIII nor DC very
| ,orr before there will be a law enacted mah'ng Il
nnc,a beer license one-half the rate charged LOT
| liuuor licenses $500. - ,oro,,o,
!rhe Doctor said Il seemed n matter or common
- ~ rim that the habits OF the Germans IN this
o''rtrv should be regarded. so long "a their peer
drinting Is done without drunken orgies ana iis-
tnrhoncrs He thought that some or MS PROMOTION
,rends would rot like his views in that respect Du'
| he aail he couldn't help IL.