New-York tribune., 1896-02-03
THEY WILL NoT TAKE \ 'BLrrF."
rrounlrIo>IsTs DISCUSS THE FAILURE To IN
FORCE THE EXCfSE Law.


rrounlrIoNIsrs Discuss THE FAILURE To IN
FORCE THE EXc'sE Law.
The Brooklyn Prohibition Lcaegc hold is usual
meeting yesterday afternoon at 30 - FIlton-st
The atteudanc' wa somewhat better than n pre-
vous meetings. a number % delegates from IN"
Different churches In town were on hand 10 ad
the society In It's work report from the agent
Of the league who had been on, during the morn
ing to see how many side doors they could Ind open
was read and commented upon. During few hours
work the agents found more saloons wide open than
on last Sunday when order had been issued
The Rev Dr. Funk. president Of the league. COM
menting upon the report. said that the authorities
must not consider that they add insult to injury
They must not" said ne. pretend to enforce the
law. and then have no intention OF 50 doing We do
want to he deceived II they do want to
comply with the wishes Of the better element OF this
city let them say So otherwise they must 20
ahead and enforce the la rgidly ana honestly. as
becomes reputable officials"
a report from the agents delegated to investigate
the subject of the 00 postal cards by the
Citizens I.eaguc OF Brooklyn to Mayor Wurstor
begging as liberal an Interpretation Of the law as
was exercised during Mayog Scheren's administra-
ton crca ted some amusement we'll deep indig-
nation. When the idea OF sending out the postal
car was proposed II given out by President
Edward Schleuter and other officers OF the league.
that The cards should not be sgnei by any one con-
nected with representing the liquor interests o.
by any man known to be an excessive drinkcr The
idea was that the postal cards should be nn express
sion Of opinion held by the citizens at large. pro-
testing against curtailment Of their liberties. The
agent who made the investigation held mp the pack
age of about seventy-hve cards, and said that he
had found them In the different saloons He had
not found n single card In a cigar store office
or any other place OF business. lie added that a
barkeeper had told him that the brewers had paid
hc nf rd and piX
out among the diffcrcnt saloons fast ~ possible
Strangely enough. the agent said. he went into
one saloon Broadway where the barkecpcr had
not heard OF the cards but he thought 1t was only
a question OF time when he would receive n supply
There were many expressions OF disgust when the
agent concluded his report DR. Funk characterized
the leagues postal card idea 'ou,ra geous
bluR"
collected from the saloons Mayor Wurster with
an explanatory letter, telling how they secured
compare the names and addresses Of the postal
cards already received with the names IN the city
directory. In order TO prove the alleged fraud
carried unanimously.
MR. GRAHAM SPEAKS FOR THE MAYOR
Robert Graham. secretary OF the New-York Tenn
perance Society. then addressed the meeting lie
referred TO the bill for home rule in New York He
considered II dangerous bill. simply because the
foreign element in New-York would prevail The
hight. he said. the temperance question and home
rule must be in Albany. He had great faith In the
"hayseed" Legislators. and TO them he looked for
prevention OF the passage OF the apparently simple
home rule bill. Among the objections which he
cited was that OF the immense power of the brewers
for controlling votes He said that seven years
ago the brewers held 41lo chatte mortgages,
amounting TO N,sls,Ooo. Last year. ten brewing
firms In the city OF Newyork held 2.l32 mortg ses
amounting TO A.95g.O 900
In closing. Mr.. Graham said DO make the
mistake OF unnecessarily abusing Mayor Wurster.
Give him a fair chanc" 10 carry out this law for he
has more difficulties confronting him than You have
any idea Of. Put say 10 him. Mr. Mayor. II law IL IL
W. % l., emf force
that law. Now. also put fairly before him that thu
people who the most adversely affected by an
open sunday are the poor people, and that IL is the
duty OF himself and his administration to protect
them from themselves"
Mrs. Newton. superintendent OF "A branch OF the
Women's Christian Temperance Union, having In
ohaI .e the Ainsworth law. also sooks