The sun., 1901-11-13
Sunday FIGHT IS ALREADY ON
ADVOCATES or MORE LIBERAL
LAWS HAVE HANDS FULL.
nut From the widespread Consideration
OF the subject There Comes Hope
OF Changes Suitable TO tho scnti-
mcnt and Conditions Existing Here.

uicnt and COnuiuoh fNistmB here.
No question Is more generally discussed
NOW. day by day, all over the city, than
the question. What. II any. modification Of
,hs Raines law there Is to be TO meet the
reeds OF New York city, or what measures
are 10 be taken under the present law to
,armit the Sunday sale Of drink and at the
..ms time prevent the police blackmsil
~ ssloonkeepers1 A modification Of the
l,r permitting certain open hours on Sum-
dnv Is wanted by this community. and no
one with practical experience as ground
work for his belief presumes even to inti-
mate that q tight closing Of saloons on
sunday In this city will again be attempted
by any administration hoping for future
success at tho polls.
I, was said yesterday that no leaders
Of recognized influence In the shaping OF
party policies have a. yet declared them
selves in favor Of suoh . hber aizing Of
the State excise law as the metropolitan
community demands. And IL was said
further that leaders OF the greatest power.
although silent now. were most likely to
come out eventually and take their stand
o.. the old conserv alive ground OF . closed
sunday unless the feelings Of the people
of the State were clearly demonstra ated to
them in favor Of granting the wishes OF this
community.
senator Plat, IL 10 said. has not spoken
vet upon the sub ject. Gov. Odell 10 credited
with a will to do what will best oonduco
TO the interests OF peace and order. II Is
thought that he would eign any bill passed
by the Legislature which he thought would
lie sat- sfactory to this community.
Senator Raines at Canand dgua said
yesterday:
Il stand for the declar alton Of recent
Republican State conventions In favor Of
maintaining the Sunday laws Of the State. :
At Binghamton Senator George Z.
Green said:
4 am strongly in favor Of protecting
ard upholding the American Sabbath.
more string gent legislation and excise regu-
latons to this end
Senator Nevada N. stranahan, chair
man Of tho Senate Cities Committee, has
expressed himself as In receptive mental
attitude, willing TO be convinced that some
.ary to conserve the best interests Of New
York city. Senator N. A. Elsberg Of that
committee said yesterday that he had
always felt that with certain well-defined
restrictions the excise law az applied TO
this city might well be considerably LIBERAL
ised, but beyond that he was not ready
10 commit himself. Senator Horace White
OF Syracuse, another member OF that COM
mittee. was unwilling TO declare himself
ofhAnd on the question He said, how
proposition the advocates OF liberal law
had to make and also what the sentiments
OF the citizens Of New York, clearly e1-
pressed, were.
liberalizins the law for large cities, but he
expressed his doubts yesterday as to
whether any law to that end could be passed
In the Legislature. owing to the long settled
policy Of both parties. which In turn was
founded upon the feeling in rural COM
munities that the wicked city saloons
should be compelled TO close on Sunday.
senator Davis for himself would favor the
most direct Of local options. he said He
thinks that just As the twenty-five towns
Of Erie county may vote for or against
license In Its own territory, but not upon
the question whether Its neighbor shall or
shall not have license, so each ward Of this
question for itself.
So from one part Of the State and another
come varying sentiments as 20 the excise
question In New York city. The question
l. being agtated everywhere. For this
reason there Is some hope in the minds
Of those forwarding the movement for
revision here that they may not appeal
IN vain when they ask the Legislature for
a changed law. The discussion and revela-
ton OF Tammany horrors and Devery In
deoency In the last campaign had "A WIDER,
moro prolonged exploitation throughout
the State than any previous city cam
paigning and IL " believed that there was
40 Awakening up the State which makes
the outlook more hopeful than ever before
One of the strongest claims made Tor tie
l.Aines law was that IL had taken the sa-
ioons ont of politics, but tbs revelations 81
four years 81 Tammany and Of the last cam
IAign showed how IL failed "a take the ga
hons out OF the power of polico blaokmAil
and bow II Contributed "a debauchery
under corrupt police protection
ihe reActionary opinion which the advo-
oates Of change Ia tho Law are bound %
meet waS well Indicated yesterday IA tbs
Tesult q this regular monthly meeting ~
,ha Executive Committee Of the Church
held in the Church Mission House ON Fourth
avenue III. Bishop ~ Delaware presided.
,snd among the msnlars present were the
lSy Dr p Parker Morgan. the Rev Ia.
LOWS Park and John u fsur. The
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