New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-19
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CASHMERE BOUQUET
Toilet Soap.
PROTEST OF THE MAYORS.
vANY OF THEM DENOUNCE THE
RAINES LIQUOR TAX BILL.

POINTS OUT ITS Observation-Disclosures
CHEF EXECUTIVE TELLS TIE COVER
NOR TO RE INDEPENDENT OF rIATT.
Albany. March IS (SpeciaD.-If Governor Morton
..a any doubts TO the gravity of the objections
- the Ranes Liquor Tax bill 50 freely put forward
T.. .verv part OF the State. those doubts must have
s.sn removed at the hearing he gave this morning
. the MAYORS o. the State The representatives Of
.,x,een cities spoke their minds TO the bill.
r,;r,een Of them attacked ii on constitutional
.,o,rds They argued that under il the State would
oh the cities Of excise funds which ought to be
W., in the city treasures Three o: the Mayors. all
having intimate relations WIN lhomas = fiA'''
snproved OF the bill.
The scene presented at 10 O'Clock this morning In
.h. Executive Chamber was interesting. Seated at
Ste desk was the Governor. AT his right were the
u.mbers OF the Statutory Revision Commission In
seri-circle about the Governor were sixteen
u,vors or their representatives,. Among the latter
we're Mayor Thacher, Of Albany: Mayor F. r.
I.~.,, of Buffalo: Mayor Tator. of Hudson: County
1uage Longley. OF Hudson: Mayor Maloy. OF Troy;
r A IIult. president of the jamestown common
council: Mayor Odell. of Newburg. and President
pobnson of the Newburg Common Council Mayor
pooks,avcr Of Dunkrk; Mayor Gibson. Of Ctca;
u.yor p ! Gleason OF Long Island c ty; Corpora
,on Counsel J. F. Cloonan. of Kingston; Mayor NC
cp;re of syracuse Mayor Greene. OF Bingham'oh'
Mavor Edward y. Smith. of WATERFOWL ana Arthur
schoelkopf of Niagara Fails. Among others pres
on, were Senator John Rlines the nominal author
a, the bill Senator Higgins. chairman OF the COM
mi,tee on Taxation and Retrenchment. which con-
.,3srsd ,he measure in the Senate; MIR Aids. chair
man Of the Assembly Excise Committee; Seth Low
rec,aent Of Columbia College; ST. Clair Mckeltay,
Of BROOKLYN General f. A. McAlpin OF the eoV-
srnor's staff and ex-Mayor Wilson. OF Albany
MAYOR TEACHERS SPEECH.
Navor Thatcher of Albany. made the first speech
T. was an able protest against the sign ng OF the
Raines bill by the Governor He said in part
While as Mayor of the city Of Albany. have no
s, right 70 demand that the local legislative body
and rvsef be heard before you upon this measure.
s.s eaai right under the Constitution TO demand
from the Senate. in which body II orislha,eu ~.
9Th az accepting or as no, accepting the said
ho.d sir that THIS Dill Is 1I Local an
This 81 is no, in accord with the Constitution;
iss n. Raines LIQUOR Tax bill. Ie.ates TO the prop
.r'y affairs and goveInmen' o., 5ant.r q Of the
laws q l7sS to the present time every sra,utr aiS
r nctjmate governmental function of city 1t
rvs, therefore. be either genera OF pprovisions
mus be common 10 each other to make II genera
law This not the case Not on.y nave S vac ~ tbs
Co. o. o1 t; one city differs from another city
in tae same application OF me ia sccord
ng ~ he nopulat;on and dec that cities haVhs
a popua ton Of $4,000 more shai consii,u'Sy re
frs,c,ass There. are three such ci''es->e"- 'V'"'
Brooklyn and Buffalo. - -. ,... III, the fa,-
The mporap' iSanre .: a fhf o and govern
men, of cities tia, Of the TAX ieved 10 ren
le2'fe c c,'. OF h II r !9S c IN cities having
popula,io Of looG, t or 1n Giles Of less tkan
oo and OF han ioo9l rtss bsTny
Tn-the tax certificate costs S" IN IN, wore than
nepSpntra:o for Instance tax certificate costs
ARE SOME sTOREKEEPERs EXEMPT?
IN subdivision of Section II OF the bliI, pro,
vision Is made for an excise tax io' u '"'0
uouors IN quantities less than hve gallons no p'''
~ witch shall be drunk on the premises ~
,,-,,r.,. Known as a s,orekeepe-'s license. ho-'
~ hp no s,orekeeper living in a cry o. Ell
than 100. inhaoa@sS cerncste or else no license
IS rsauired OF any storekeel,r IN Ei.f and Olear
isC b.vins less han co nhab,tan,s are to
have their sto-ek,epers sheI EMO ,n rocul,ar hard
sb1ns and Thy find themselves IN very 1wenfv
sItIi,cr- from those governing the o,her 10
eonalucni es ~ Of he third class. defined BY me
s, f,rs. i fixes license taxes Which are m,'
ntoTm on cities Of The same Class an Sno al citi,s
81 sf'G th third class and thsrefoe bel9nse 70 b
cas- rsiat. 10 singh city or to 'ess than
al; he cities OF class. c.or,er,,on in
acate that !, was the intention that all general avs MS
we're 70 apply alike TO cities OF ,ne in one or
that al ipec of class but not in all should be
referred the cities and o SIR ieen folowed The
r,asterfi vote in both Houses %ouid DC as 49, 49,
as s nd at t, 4f sna 10 o. the e'ft
,be various local authorities. as the DAY inc o'"
was passed
HOME RULE VIOLATED.
This bin violates the spirit Of home RUE inc
municipal corporation is created not only lot inc
"or,..n,cnc. of the people of the locality but for
of he "A which
N. dImcu,. and unnatural task OF governing IT,
TIL. local authorities are charged with the main
tenance of order IN the municipality ana the feeu
lation OF all kinds Of business ana trades whose
abuse is likely to produce DISORDER anu c,'l''
enable them 10 fully discharge these duties; they
have always been vested with the power ana au-
thor,,v Of determining who should be permitted 10
Another violation Of the spirit Of home rule is
that takes wren fGSn they the ' are Justly .n,.S
remember no public measure WHICH has g. 80 G, com
. deceived s Se Of 81 support
IL declared that II would reduce the number OF
Saf's Be- ss so but adP' cannot positively pssdc5eS
w lessen the NUMBER OF srmna s"o and
supeorsed 'a at pubic expense? viii It lessen the
wives or the pese 81 snd sn
bottles? II there should be only sixty saloons @
there were before 100 does Ieat there were before @
II the good people OF the state perlormeu ns' NJ
Ylsts iRey mig might discover method Of stopping the
use OF louor I do not know why the STATE snou
say to the poor widow who supports ssr week.
go away and become a charge on the county. un
less you can raise enough capital TO buy ana furhsn
and license a giided saloon. ., hox,o r,,. in
Another grave discrimination aga'ns, nome Iu In ~
small towns Is discovered in Section 49, wnsre To-
option is permitted the latter II IS prov,e r,aned
the will Of the qualified electors shall De asce' ,,, ~
Mr.. Ranes does care to ascertain ~. W ,be
qualified electors of the hr'y,seven cues sba 81 be
State. Nevertheless their Will some ga! sia' an
sscerta.ned The people not dumb Ihey ca"
speak. They will speak.
BUFFALOs REMONSTRANCE.
Mayor Jewett. OF Buffalo. presented one OF 'he
strongest protests that reached the Governor ID
DAY. His words viii undoubtedly receive Inc con-
liberation they deserve. coming. as they DO from
the Republican MAYOR ihr third city In pO'nt OF