New-York tribune., 1896-01-08

r II. wooDMAN. JOSEPH MURRAY.
JULIUS HARBURGEH.
saloons IN the city and to increase the license
fees in some cases, while the Excise Commit
Tee Of the Chamber Of Commerce gave its ap-
proval to a prepared bill for submitting to the
voters Of the city the question Of opening all
OF the saloons on Sunday.
A. the same time there was meeting of the
Church Temperance Society, at which resoiu-
.;oos were passed in favor of keeping the sa-
looms closed on Sunday limiting the number or
the saloons and increasing the license fees.
A. ,ha meeting Of the Excise Board Com
missioner Hamburger opposed the plans for
decreasing the number of the saloons and in
creaslng the fees but he was outvoted by hia
colleagues Mr.. Woodman first offered set
Of resolutions declaring that $3.50 licensed sd
looms I'm the city We're too many Tor hlSh
degree of public morality and safety, that
there was increasing pressure further 10 IN
crease the number of saloons and that most
of the inmates of charitable institutions recelN-
ing excise money were sent to those institu-
,ions as a direct or indirect result OF iniem-
perance. and concluding as follows:
Resolved. That in order to further regulate the the
revenues from which the poor ana unlGr'unale III
our Institutions largely supported the ICES ,ds 0
ID
made after this date-January l&;-be and the
same % are hTsSy oSya y ss nama G @n Nea al ~ ~
iIr HGtel hssnss ,aaor license >
saloon ale and beer license. o $50
assi,s,nai i,cense 15o.................. 10
TTsrsfer or assignment 2o................ 80
Provided that the license fee for a restaurant
where strong or spruouS qnors riT nne5 ih de liz IL
censed premises wien served a; table with 1000.
now shall be fixed al $50
TO DECREASE THE NUMBER
FOR the purpose Of decreasing the number Of Il
censed saloons and inficing as little injury as pos
sible 10 property Interests. Mr.. Woodman also Of
fered this resolution which he and Mr. Murray
passed:
Resolved That application for lice nse iSr a
new place for the sac hee OF 20 So"s be Trunk on The II
censed premises. made after thls cate Idn@uafS @ =
~ G rrpa,ted ana license ISSUED. upon The
rlosng Of Two existing places and the surrender Of
u ,ne sbSTn hat the new place viii be public
venience or that the majority OF ne pirp.tt.I, t,
consent. in writing. thereto ,,, -, .e,.ol.od
No place The license on whisn shaH nr S tsr
after this date upon hearing by ms board shoH
be relcensed except upon me cosing 0t ~ 49,. -
thereof,
Another resolution, offered 10y Mr.. Woodnan
and passed. directed the counsel Of tn Excise
Board to cue for the recovery Of tpe penalties
on bonds In al! cases in which breach 81 The
conditions Of said bonds has occurred since
February %. 1885, shall hereafter occur.
Mr. Murray made the announcement that he
was preparing a bill to be introduced in the
Legislature making it possible for the Excise
Board TO go much further. Mr.. Murrays bin
nroyides for the reduction Of the number Of sa-
looms in the city TO $500 making the limit cf
the number of saloons ! 10 every 400 innab-
itants and giving TO the Excise Board power
10 revoke licenses where there have been two
convictions in the Court of Special Sessions for
violations Of the excise law in a saloon by
either the proprietor bartender. The pres
en-, law makes it necessary for the proprietor 10
n. twice convicted before his license can bc
ro,.oLed The bill also would give power to the
,7xc,sa BOARD 10 place the following fees on
licenses:
Hotel now $500 5000 10 $50 ho
Si5 KEN :ss 'F:s S%:r 'ss ,s:s $50 g 3
Druggists 500 ''''''''''''''
Tho hin also includes the increasing OF IL
censee,s bonds from 500 to $500 and Now
At THE CHAMBER OF COMMnKCE.
The meeting Of the Excise Committee OF the
cha,ohe- NJ commerce. was attended by Charles
Stewart Smith John Harsen Rhoades. Seth
Low, p Fulton Cutting, George L. Rives Johh
Y Pine and Thomas f. Fulton. The KEY p''
Parknurst and Carl Schurz. the other men"
bers Of the committee were absent. III ap
proving bill 10 submit 10 the voter 'ne 49, -
ton of opening the saloons on 1uua. 49,
committee passed resolutions uecidi,ie
",he provisions Of the present excise iaM' pr
hibiting the opening Of the saloons on ou'1o; ti
operates 10 debar great numbers oi toi, oui CO.
l0w-citiZens from the enjoyment OF CeI I'ain %, %
cjal privileges the demand for whlch Is nc''no'
reprehensb. nor unreasonable. ana whlch p.a, p,
leees freely enjoyed by guess a. aroan ~
and members of clubs and other slhiii"i :. go
jzafions" and that however deslrabic IT. niaN
Ne to discriminate between the sale oi spiil.uoV9 70
Uouors and the sale Of wine. ale ana peer; II
is deemed impracticabie under ihe '"'"''"" ~"
to make such distinction .,,o oo,,
Mr. Cutting was the only member "i 'he con"
mittee present who dissented from tne '%S. ~
proposition but he also voted 10 dpP'''' 80"
bill, which begins thus:
Section J. \ special election shall be he'd IN ne eac9
city Of the FIRST class on TUESDAY; me ~
and such election there snail nr s%unn',e' % We fo
the duly qualified eaeciors IN eacn Snen ry zine ale
and beer be sold on Sunday between the hourS o' J
!. and 10 p M?
other sections Of The bin provide for the bal
lots n be used at the special election for count
ing the vote and filing the statement of the
count and IN the third section comes this dec
aration
II it shall appear from sucn statement SO hiSd
that thee IS 1ay a OF s,S ahS p2opoSn II or aGs
tion il Shall thereafter be lawful in such city ior
pg aay psrsIn ,he sole OF OF spruous quor wine
beer Or any Of them. TO be drunk on on or 2n nd ,nd
beer on Sunday between the hours of p. m ana ~
subject TO all the sfoVsions ors OF hs ale
or beer al other times
AGAINST SUNDAY OPENING.
MANY prominent people attended the four
teenth animal meeting Of the Church Tenn