New-York tribune., 1901-11-14
LAW MAKERS DISCUSS II.
LOCAL OPTION ON SUNDAY OPENING
DEMANDED.


Whether or not this city Will be permitted
through an act of the legislature to decide the
question of open saloons here on Sunday Is a
subject which is discussed with an apparently
ever increasing interest The oeoaees "iii0ii
will be held in the halls Of the state Capi'oi
next winter are anticipated by many legislators
in their discussions now. Some or rhefi INV
taken the pains to write to The Tribune e1-
pressing their views.
Josiah T. Newcomb, Assemblyn1an-eiect iioiii
the XXIIId Assembly District. said yesterday
in a letter 10 The Tribune:
The evils of the Raines law hotel must be up
rooted before they become worse even l,, nat nats
the mistake of rendering the liquor and sanoas ers
laws stringent, thus furnishing lne, ~ the law
1n Doing S aWaS With the Raines hotel there
honest substitSte would be law frankly permit.
ting the opening OF saloons at CERTAIN '' VA
Sunday.
Assemblyman Victor j. Dowling introduced at
the last session of the legislature Dill aneho
ing the excise law In speaking of the subject
he said yesterday:
saloons are embodied in the bill introduced by me
a. the last sessGn Of sq 5hs ate ef @ and
ductory number of 056. This bill was referred 70
the commtee on IsNdoh Ia ii aan am in favor Of local
option on the question of SUNDAY openng ang ties o
aoWns and villages Of the state the question
whether not the saloons shall be opehe1 op hours
shall be designated the submission to me peole-
NV owh opnon about the matter being that the
opening shoulG oe at such aoGrs as NV wi denomina
ton The hours suggested by me for exan1pSH e. 1be
between and in the afternoon ana an he arru nronositor
to my mind is that of local option whcn IS n5 onS
~aeeoo VIC the privilege given TO sections 10
upon the questions OF license 9[ b ne extent Of
allowing them 10 vote upon the question OF eI!nel
modified or complete sHnGay aay 1aws Conforming to
ideas and habits Of the aJoriy oa nfnrced and
win be cheerfully obeyed-
Senator Thomas F Donnelly, Of the AAth
Senate District. said that he believed the pres
emf discussion would avail little, for the leaso4'
that he did not think Republican leelsia'ule
would permit any liberalization OF 'he
law Senator Donnelly was the acIl's
of the Tammany minority in the upper HouS
the legislature last winter during the
of Senator Grady. lfr. Donneliy continueu
terday:
You cannot legiaate into heave1; es Des law
Saei 6a ss been i thing Of evolution In most in
stances the ten rooms were me ng'fT n 70 comply with
the PROVISIONS OF the law but the Increased ,ehs
snd and the ds est @.hont Utilizing in the
dining room and the ten rooms REQUIRED ioSIateS nS
ha Ah SO IN bonnS @ to occur under the provisions Of
the law because there is no meth9a s OF TSe THs only
rpestrcto under the provisions of the existing law
to obtaining Incense 1iess 70 the person is
victed feon. no matter how PAD MS c"a'A '
Local ns Is option IS not sucent far
morals & Of the there 5 b Is ocs and
Sca rsg9aon seF nS state ihe Fe,nd feKnson and
Know from experience that it does supe1viss
and i does not & regWa5ed god be impossbie
Another mooted question & IS the PTop5eeg pro beeg great
deal Of nonsense and great deal OF cant pu6lshed
on this question. and it seems to me siaa snaa into
be scnasion It is impossible get all sections
of the State agree on this question; you HtsHe ss
oss as wen en- rgan Tnder our form Of
S IN With the ies shG5 IS made
he is delegate of his constituents and must rse- re
s teT from rural
nit political suicide if he voted to permit direety
tEe city or yo, suso fo4 pe4s Teqd es be
aassssn ssy the s1oeT'g oon sues.ion es any
on the contrary. l respect IT. To me tne cues
ton like card PLAYING waiting or nih bssena scb paS po
g; iifx IS nsi deeide for Itself and il any locality
considers ISL eb 1t ha1d paqticulaG oeaty can
no harm in 1t, why then that locality shouio De
ne iocaIipys however. should NOT be permitted 70
coerce another locality. especially in relation to It's
This being be readily seen that ns.t,ds i is
SO as TO satisfy all sections OF the State by genera
State legislation. The Democratic party re6oe,
rized this fact some time ago, and endeavored 10
solve the question by giving to each local legis-
latfye body the right to legslate on the queston
for its own particular locality. Such system
would give our Board of Aldermen and our Mayor
the power to regulate the Sunday saloon question
and the boards of supervisors would have eauaI Ia
Countries And in this way each locality could reg
Mate the matter suit itself without encroachlns
,pon the personal liberties of the residents or any
other locality -. 49,
oneetion and can only be availed of when we have
Democrats legislature and Governor