New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-10
GETTING AROUND THE LAW.
s.I,ooNKEEpERs FINDING WAYS TO
KEEP THEIR PLACES OPEN.

TIVE RECENT RAINEs AMENDMENTS APPARENT
LY NO oBsrACLr-CLUBs sPRINoINa UP
EvERywHERE-Nor DRY SUNDAY.
The saoonkeeper Of Gotham 10 rapidly Demon
strating that he has the virtue OF adaptaoiii'!'
He Is fertile in resource. keen OF percep"oh'
elusive. wary and persistent. AS fast as the law
makers UP the State frame bills to accomplish
his destruction he tears hole in them big
enough 70 crawl through Every blow aimed at
him seems TO come with stunning force but he
hobs up smiling-just out OF reach
Yesterday was the second Sunday under the
newly amended Raines law. From Mulberry-st'
and the various police precinct headquarters
came ominous growls all day Saturday the
police appeared determined that the law should
be inforced to the letter and with the soiemhi'!
and earnestness of Lord High EXecutioner an
nounced that no guilty man should escape. win
this determination and with corrugated pro"
the police sauntered forth yesterday. seeking
whom they might devour. They rouno 'hat
within a night the enemy had deserted the ola
Businesses which had been made Vulnerable by
legislation. and were safely encamped wi'hih
new and ihvincible Notifications
The first Sunday under the Raines law amend
ments was somewhat dry. The saloon men hao
not found time TO dissect the new law ana cioseo
up. This was not total surrenoer' ho"eNe'
and in the week they were busy exercising inns
virtue of adaptability. Yesterday was far from
q dry Sunday. IL there was any perceptbie
change from the Sundays of last year II was IN
the closing of some of the few and smaller no
tels' that sprang up when the original Ranes
law was enacted. The larger notes. WHICH
had been able 10 secure the requisite cruz ci,al
ters, appeared 10 be doing the usual oHiO"i'' Va
business all day long.
The proprietor of one of the rake holels Wno
had been told by the police that ne mus closc
up because his bedrooms did not rum tHe plu,
visions of the law. said yesterday that ne Wouiu
make the necessary alterations ana reopen o,i
Sunday as usual The Newmarket dahce na a
az Sixtb- ave and Thirtieth-st., where a rdlu was
made bv the police some weeks ago. appeared III
a new guise yesterday as club. Ihese mush-
room clubs will doubtless gain ana hoid lne IaiIe
az "Rajnes clubs as the new notes eaiilcu tno
uaroa 90 ..Paines hotels" The Gramercy CluD Is
the name of the organization when secured a
license allowing il to sell liquor at any hour Oh
the day or the night and took possession Vi IA.
Nnwmsrket II started in fresh Saturday night
with 800 members. and II was announced !eStel
dav that the membership had run up TO almost
9 600 The police were poWerlesS. as the cluu -
reguIarlv organized and has a charter ana TAX
certificate Without permit from tlc go.
EXCISE Commissioner the police cannon tlite M,
,he Mace Apparently the club can remain
onan NOW with more impunity than ever Eo-
ward Corey the former reputed proprietor vi nne
dance hall. told Captain Chapil-an tli1 erv
the intention Of the club TO give receptluH cNe,
,jobt "if il feels like it," The meihoers' lie
added had the same right to give .ladles rTTeP
lions" as the Manhattan and other cIup ~: =,
he n,an Of the organization to charge - cents
for a hat check Members have the prlvlieHIEs .,
bringing friends Of either sex with theiil' ,,an
nnn[mcmber apply for admission TO the a nan
g., saws that the doorkeeper, being an oiilcer'
can quickly make him bona -hae h'ehioei III
good and res uar standinS' - ,,o o,,bs
$50 .sfoksr hotels blossomed out INTO ciups
,,eeterdav The places which could not pay TN, the
yyeouisite tax or accomplish the TRANSFORMATION
into clubs closed up. .uos.s Yesterday
was seventy-nine Last Sunday there were Sixty
six.