New-York tribune., 1896-11-24
PRICE THREE CENTS
STILL BAD, SAYS RAINES.
SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST THE NEW.
YORK POLICE.
HE AND ANOTHER SENATOR SAY THERE ARE
THOUSANDS CT UNLICENSED SALOONS IN
THIS cITY-A sTosi ABOUT POLICE


THIS crrY-A STORY ABOUT POLICE
CAPTAINS LEyYING TRIBUTE
Albany Nov. 23.-"There are between 1000
and o.oCO places W: gin radius Of ten miles Of
the New-York City Hall tha. are ceiling liqucr
without State license In violation Of the State
Liquor Tax law presumably under police or
some other protection" This astonishing state
ment was made by Serr n John Ranes OF Can.
andalgua at to-day's meeting OF the Special Ex-
cise ommittee of the Senate. Senator Raines
IS the author Of the pre- I excise law, w ~,
has raised over 81 100000 in revenue He has
investigated the subject
Iris remarkable statement Of Senator Raines
Immediately brought that veteran Tammanv
legislator Senator Samuel J. Foley TO his feet
He said: Senator Raines do you mean to say
that tf're are that number of places in New
York City that are receiving police protection IN
their violations Of the Ranes law?"
Ses replied Senator Ranes Undoubtedly
'ney are receiving police or Sc protection. for
the violations In many cases openly exist"
Right here mother Senator who was present
at the meeting. but who refused TO he quoted
publicly. said: There IS no doubt OF the truth
OF Senator Raness statement 7 have II unon
the authority Of ere Of the best known saIoc,.
the police levyirC tribute upon the saIoonkeep.
ers Is again in vogue. He told me that the citv
had been divided into districts as formerly. and
that they were again paying tribute to the Do
lice captains"
The committee Of which Senator Raines is
chairman was appointed by the last Senate .,
inquire into the workings OF the Raines LIQUOR
Tax law. and Is to propose amendments to the
coming Legislature
Senator Folev raised a disturbance at the be-
ginning Of the meeting by remarkIne that II
seemed strange to him that the committee had
dallied along all through the summer without
doing anything. He thoug' It remarkable ex-
ample official nefficiency. To Senator Folcyss
surprise. Senator Raines quickly rejoned:
When this committee vas appointed II was
stated that its prr- was to conduct it's work
just previous to e'e ion time nd thus hold club
over the brewers and saloonkeepers. To avoid
such construction be e placed upon the COM
mittees acts. l thought it best that we should
no. - our work until after election
Senator Ford thought that the comm tee
should get TO work with all diligence lie wanted
to have a thorough invest ration Of the "Raines
law hot, and "Raines law sandwich" viola
tions of the excise law In New-York City. This
was ma which should be speedily remedied
Another question to consider we to secure a
provision of law that would prohibit the manu-
facture If impure Ger. He had receiv letters
T. all over the State. especially from hop d
barley growers. protesting against the use Of
substitutes in the manufacture Of lager GER md
he was satisfied that the people of the & =, de-
manded action along this line. Senator I'll: 3
said that he contemplated looking into this ques-
tion and calling the principal brewers OF ths
State before the committee
Senator Raines explained that many Of the
places in New-York am 90 or parts Of the State.
to the number Of about 1000, including the clubs.
which were operating in violation { the excise
law. had United States revenue licenses for
which they paid so each. Houses Of iil-fame
as rule simply sold 'Inder Government lice $.
A resolution adopted ~equesting State Ex-
else Commissioner Lyman to furnish the coll
mittee with 1t of ali svch places.
Senator Ranes said that much statistic"' in
formation had been collected in the summer,
which would be of - tie committee y IS
work. 1t decided that the committee should
meet at .he office of the Deputy of the state Ex
else Commiss. 1ner in NewYork City at 10 o'clock
next Monday Jrning. The committee will con-
duct Its Investigations there during all OF next
week. a-.d will then visit the cities Of Bufalo.
Rochester Syracuse and Utica following various
lines of inquiry in each place.
Police captains and sergeants In this city who
heard last evenin, that Senator Raines had sale
there 5000 unlicensed liquor places in or nea'
New-York expressed surprise that he should max
such a statement They were not inclined to tai:
the subject. brt said they thought the Excise
law had never been we'll enforced In this city
as 1t had been since the Raines law went into ef-
feet One official said that talk about protection
of lquo- dealers nonsense. as the liquor-deal-
had never been independent as they were
now. Unlicensed places. with the exception Of the
regular clubs. could not exist under the law he
said. and the courts held that the clubs did not re-
Quire any licenses.
Reporters OF The Tribune who tried TO got inter
views the subject with Chief OF Police Conlin.
Commissioners Roosevelt and Parker. and George
Hilliard. the Deputyc Commissioners OF Excise In
4 la 81 unable