New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-05
FOR KEEPING THE S1BBA1H'
CHURCH AND TEMPERANCE PEOPLE
HEARD IN ALBANY.
THEY PROTEST AGAINST PERMITTING SALOONS
TO DE OPEN ON SUNDAY AND ALSO AGAINST

THEY PROTEST AGAINST PERMITTING SALOONS
TO DE OPEN ON SUNDAY AND ALSO AGAINST
LOCAL OPTION ON TIE QUESTION.
Albany. March 4-The Senate Committee on TAX
alton and Retrsnchment and the Assembly EXCISE
Committee gave joint hearing this afternoon ."
bills for the opening OF saloons Sunday ana inc
Sunday Opening Referendum bill The Rev. !. q
Tiffany Archdeacon of New-YorS. spoke against
Sunday opening and also against local optlo" vi
the question for the cities II the first class
The LEGISLATURE he said. had no right 10 SUD
nit TO local political considerations great
moral safeguard. Special privileges for tra''c II,
a dangerous and demorazing commodity WI" ie"'
to appeals for the extension OF the privilege 10 otheF
branches OF trade. Eighteen brewers In New o'A
City have openly boosted that they control ""V
votes and there is said 10 be fund of Sv'c"
raised to carry Sunday opening. II local option Il
granted. This will make 1t unsafe to grant local
option.
Colonel Benjamin +. Watson. chairman OF the
Legislative Committee OF the Church Temperance
Society. said he panied to hear no mention Oh
God and His commandment by the clerical geh'e
man who favored the bill The fourth command
ment Remember the Sabbath Day to keep IL
holy" had something to do with the Government.
he said. Colonel Watson attacked the integrity Oh
the big petition In favor of local option Were 'he
signatures obtained by free will or free dr'hNs' ne
asked. In wha; saloons the signatures 'p-
there is law for the poor and another law io'
the rich Shut up the club bars on Sunday ana the
law will be alike for poor and rich.
Robert Graham representing the Church rem
perance Society and the Committee OF Fifty OF New
York City churches. said 1t not possible TO get
free ballot and fair count in New-fork on local
option. Only eight years ago he found that eighteen
brewers held 400 chatel mortgages on saloon prop
erty. valued at nearly S00.0O0. This he salh.
rs enough to turn the tide OF election. Ihcse
brewers want an additional days sale every week
Then, too. there the Germans who are In favor
OF Sunday liquor selling. The Jews who keep sat
urday their Sunday would, OF course. he In faNor
OF continental Sunday. These elements would
make an unfair vote on the question OF sunday
opening.
DO yon wish to deprive man OF his proper en-
toyment?" asked Senator Foley.
Il have made Investigation in London. Liver.
pool. NewYork and Manchester and have found
that Saturday is pay night, drunk night and crime
night" continued Mr.. Graham. There Is more
drunkenness and crime on SATURDAY ana sunday
than on the other five days OF the week "
The Rev &. II. Mead and a. \. a Robbins. Of
New-York city. also spoke against the bills This
closed the hearing.
petition from the Woman's National Sabbath
Alliance against Sunday selling presented.
Committee to-day the Adler bill. which allows
restaurants to sell alcoholic beverages with meals
on sunday Those who appeared and argued for a
favorable report OF tho bin were Fred. G. Dottman.
Dr. John Friedrich and Henry Nichols. all OF New
York City. TIE delegation represented the German
American Reform Union and the United Society FOR
Liberal Sunday laws.