New-York tribune., 1901-11-13

be considered. The secretary would not give
the names of those present 1t was learned
however that John p. Faure former Comrnis-
sioner Of Charities, one of the men at the
meeting.
ROBERT GRAHAM'S VIEWS
M. Graham gaver his personal views on the
excise question to afyTribune reporter
u don't like the way Justice Jerome is treat
ing this question" he said. Il wish he had
+aben 2 little more time to consider it. He has
done us real service in this city in other oirec
lions and for that voted TOT hifii'
believe ne is a brilliant fellow, and agree WI"
him on most other questions. but not on the SUI
iect of saloons opening on Sundays. IL Is possi-
BILE that Mr.. JeroTnes real object is TO orl'e o'
houses of assignation and If that is So say
wa give him C;odspeed. Some people think be
rause saloons are permitted to remain open our
ing certain hours on Sundays in LONDON ties
ought to have the same privilege here Men
who know the CITY of New-York are not gong
TO talk that way. think
THE trouble is not with the Raines law, put
with the enforcement of its provisions IL Inc
police Of this city had enforced this law as theS
had a right TO do and It was their duty 10 oo'
the bogus hotels would not exist "ha' we
want is an enforcement of the law, which we
have never had and. which Theodore Roosevelt
aid his best TO give
unent to Albany is one of the best things that
s,,ar hannened Now YOU can get some in
formation When / first came here 1t meant
weeks of labor before / could get any statistlcs
touching saloons. Now L send TO Albany anu
they will tell me how many saloons there are III
any city or village in the State Things are
now in good shape so that a man gets what
ever data he requires.
When man abuses the Raines law and the
Excise Department, l don't agree with HIM
Holm C Sheehan of the Greater New-York
Democracy, says that the opening Of saloons VIII
no. do any harm, and. the other hand. viii
probably heighten respect for the law Under
the r,resent law" said he. the saloonkeepers
sell beer and liquor Sunday, in violation OF
the statute. This affords an opportunity for the
police who are SO disposed to blackmail the sa-
boon men, can't see any particular disaoVah-
taee IN having the saloons open on sunday uh-
Ger proper restrictions. in view of the fact that
the people seem determined to have their liquor
on Sunday. matter what the law says
Whether the upstate legislators will stand for
IN amendment like that is a different PROPOSE
ton II the Raines law is to be amended II
strikes me there ought to be a provision grad
mating the price of licenses. A small saloon IN
the middle of a block. for instance, unoeF lhe
present system pays as large license Zee DIS
the Fifth Avenue Hotel or the Waldorf-Astorla-
The hotels named probably do a business one
hundred times large For that reason II
seems to me that it is q hardship for the sfnai
dealer to be compelled to pay $500 for license
for doing only one-hundredth part Oh liie pu'i-
ness done by the big hotels
FATHER DOYLE OPPOSES SUNDAY OPEN
ING.
The Rev a p Doyle, of the Paulist
Fathers. in West Fffty-ninth-st-. yesterday ex-
pressed himself opposed to opening the
saloons on Sunday, saying in part;
am most positively and decidedly opposed
Sunday / think II would be a fatal error from
e moral point Ufview As to Its poltical sioe' Il
does not become to discuss that
What astonishes me most is to ma reputapie
ministers, sound so many social questlons'
doing their best to destroy the sanctty or the
Lords Day by declaring for the open Sunday
saloon, The reason given is TO prevent blach-
mali; but, in fndong one evil, why commit an.
other7 Moreover,-does any one suppose that IL
we ,open the saloon Sunday afternoon we can
keep 1t closed Sunday morning We all know
that ii is in the morning that the crlnkefs want
their 'srsg''i With law closing the saloon
during the morning hours there stili remains
the Occasion Of blackmaiL
The Tammany men are disgruntled over the
recent defeat that they hardly be induced to
talk about any matter. Richard Croker has is
sued instructions TO keep quiet An attempt to
get them to discuss the proposal TO change the
private conversation however, il was gathered
that nearly all of them favor leaving the ques-
ton of open saloons Sunday to the city MI
Croker when asked about the matter, said:
"Tammany has always stood for home rule
That has always been iIs battle. The matter
should be left the city"
The board of managers OF the American SAB
hath Union met yesterday afternoon in the
rooms of the Board of Trade and Transporta-
ton No 213 Broadway, chiefly to discuss the
proposed amendment of the excise laws, to per-
nit the opening of saloons during part of Sun
day DR. J. Elmendorf. pastor of the Harlem
Coliegiate Church, was made president pro tenn,
and The Rev. DR.. l. W. Hathaway was the see
retary- a On
committee appointed TO meet at Z;5o
N m Tomorrow TO prepare q statement express
siye of the objections of the union to the pro-
posed changes: The committee consists OF the
Rey DR. William T. Sabine, pastor Of the Re
formed Episcopal Church, in Madison ave; the
Rev DR.. David J. Burreli, pastor or the Marble
Collegiate Church; the Rev. Dr. Robert ;. Mac
Arthur pastor of Calvary Baptist Church; the
Rev DR.. l. W. Hathaway, general secretary or
the union: James Yereance and A A Robbins
After the meeting DR.. Hathaway SAID that ne
had no doubt that the union would favor
sacred Sabbath and a closed saloon
docs that mean that you VIII support the
Rafnes law2' he was asked
.No~ he replied, Il would not say that l am
only stating a general principle The details
we will discuss on Thursday.
The board also appointed Drs- ElmendorI ana
hathaway as q committee to follow Up the
formula of the statement as to the atctude OF
the union by taking such action as may be
laws In directions counter to those which the