New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-29
MUST RECKON WITH BLACK.
THE MAN Mr. LAUTERBACH IS CONTEND
ING AGAINST.
AS THEY PROMISE A RICH REVENUE. THE COVER
NOR Is DETERMINED THAT THE RA1NEs

AS THEY PROMISE A RICH REVENUE THE GoNEK-
NOR is DETERMINED THAT THE RA1NEs
LAW AMENDMENTS SHALL PASS.
,rooy sr,rr CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
Albany. March 2S-It takes long time appar-
only for Edward Lauterbach. Frederick S.
Gibbs. Jacob Worth and other politicians In the
c,ties ~ New-york and Brooklyn TO discover that
=, majority OF the Republican members OF the
LEGISLATURE favor amendments 10 the Raines Ii
amor Tax law which will make the evasion of that
law no longer an easy matter Therefore. when
Mr. Iauterbach and Mr.. Gibbs call their followers
around them in New-York, as they did on Friday
,irht and boldly announce that they intend TO
defeat any amendments to the Raines law which
will destroy fake" clubs and fake" hotels they
are inviting a defeat decisive that to which
they had 10 submit when they attempted to pass
the Lauterbach Police bill.
one fact perhaps Mr. Lauterbach. Mr.. Gibbs
and Ny Worth do not perceive, and that is that
T. is Governor Black and Henry II. Lyman, the
Sta.a Excise Commissioner who are pushing
those amendments 70 the Liquor Tax law The
name of Senator Raines is in the amendatory BILL
snd he supports it, but the men who chiefly
rasn,nslble for it are Mr.. Black and Mr.. Lyman
Among those who are sustaining Mr. Black and
Mr. LYMAN are such leading Republicans as Sem
Senators Stranahan. MuIlin. Higgins. Humphrey
Krum Bracket and White. and Speaker
O'Grady and Assemblyman Nixon. Austin and
Aids
Excise Commissioner Lyman has informed
Governor Black that unless amendments are
made to the law which will drive the fake" clubs
put OF existence a large number Of liquor dealers
~ill sell liquor as clubs without paying any tax
10 the State.
The extent of the evasion Of the Liquor Tax
law" said Mr.. Lyman yesterday. becomes APP
parent from the fact shown in my annual
port. that whereas only $40 so-called clubs were
chartered by the Secretary of State from May !,
1895, 10 May l. 1896 there were $3.50 such clubs
chartered from May l. 1896, TO November ~.
1886. and 3. Ill TO January 10. Many persons, as
l have already pointed out. who paid for tax
certificates have surrendered them and organized
ana Incorporated so-called social clubs Of which
a former certIfcate-hOlder or his empoye 10 usu-
ally the president, treasurer and steward. The
number Of places so changed together with new
places OF that character established within the
last six months, as shown by the records Of the
Secretary OF States Office is over 1000. Most of
them are in the irst-class cities. where the liquor
tax is largest"
Mr. Lauterbach lost all influence with the up
State Republicans when. at the Saratoga Con-
ventiOn Of 1894 he favored a plank which could
have been interpreted as meaning that the Re
publican party would not interfere with the sale
OF liquor On sunday. His efforts TO have such
a plank adopted were defeated. il will be remen-
bered by the adoption OF Warner Mler's plank
pledging the Republican party 10 uphold the Sun
day laws in the interest Of labor and morality"
Mr. Lauterbach then returned TO New-York and
caused the adoption Of plank by the Republican
County Convention which virtually repudated
the plank adopted by the State Convention.
Mr. LauterbaChs policy Of opposing any effect
I've amendments to the Liquor Tax law is es-
pecially offensive TO the rural Republicans be-
cause the fake" clubs are beginning to spring up
IN the no-license towns OF 127 towns in the in
terror Of the State which have held their local
elections. oil have voted for license In some form
while 20 have voted no license.
Governor Black is interested in the Liquor Tax
law as revenue measure II put So. 500 900
into the state Treasury last year. and kept down
the state tax rate. II NJ Lymans fears that
the law VIII become a nullity unless the fake
clubs are destroyed should be realized. big in
crease Of the state tax rate would follow