The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-13

Gay arises from lne common sense
counseIs and unsparing criticism Of The
agnosucs Of a past generation.
The sunday Open Door.
As might have been expected. the al
most startling views Of Mayor-eIect Seth
Low, and District Attorney-eIect Je-
rome, of New York. in favor Of the
opening Of saloons on Sunday, have ex-
cited not only comment but fierce an
tagonism in the metropolis and
throughout the Empire State. 1t is true
that clergymen of many denominations
approve the proposition. 1t is notable
that those who do mostly are of the
kind who have been personally active
IN the cause Of social reform. But the
idea is strongly opposed, and probably
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The leading organizations Of the
evangelical sort are extremely critical
Of the position taken by Messrs. Low
and Jerome. and yet it is not easy to
see why. From their viewpoint we
could readily see why they should de-
mand that no Intoxicating beverages
should be sold on Sunday. They do not
GrEAAllN any sAA II tiAA4AAAAt sHl4AAE A4AE
law is what il Is. we are justified in as
suming that they are willing that guests
in hotels and members Of clubs should
have all the bibUloUs facilities on the
first day Of the week that they enjoy
on the other six And here the injustice
of the thing appears. The poor man
who is not ten-doilar-a-day inhaJi-
tant Of a hotel, and who is not a club
man. must go dry from Saturday night
to Monday morning. As a matter Of
fact. he does not DO so, because he and
his friend the saloon keeper conjoin TO
violate and defy the law.
Seth Low is a man of affairs. In per
haps "a less degree. so is William Trav-
ers Jerome. Both of them know that
it is no more possible To keep people
who want their beer on Sunday from
getting it than it would be 90 dam Nj
aGara with shinsle. Is it not better
to let the masses have what they want
and are certain 10 have within the law,
than as vioIators Of it,
1t not infrequentIy happens that So
called party leaders are peculiarly blind
10 the trend Of public opinion Those
who taking the late elections as a cue,
imagine that the American people re
gard the Diugiey tariff as i1vioiable as
the Ten Commandments. may ere long
awaken from their dream with a jolt
similar to that which a man feels when
he falls out Of bed in his sleep. There is
literally nothing TO Justify or sustain
such view. Great numbers Of Rapub-
Leans at this time are firmly impressed
that the Dingley law should be essentially
modified. They are c!ingiug 10 the party
in the hope that IL viii do something
along that line. If it fail TO respond to
this hope. it is not in the least unlikely
that something may happen in "A political
way. and that before very long
It is one Of the mysteries OF the tariff
situation that American boot and shoe
manufacturers can MI Austria-Hungary
with alarm by the extent Of their sales
in Vienna. but cannot sell I'm the Ameri-
can market except under the protection
of duties SD high as virtually 10 exclude
foreign boots and shoes That is 20 say
IL would De a mystery If IL were true. but
as it is not true, It IS simply a fraudulent
pretenCe.
Ex-Governor Bradley, Of Kentucky, is
reported as saving that the attorneys uf
Caleb Powers believe they can get an
other trial for him on appeal Perhaps
they can. Certainly they can if the trial
was unfair, or marked by errors Of law
that were disadyautaseous to him. He
has already been granted one new trial
upon the ground Of error and there is no
reason TO doubt that the Supreme Court
Of Kentucky will deal with the case just
as fairly il would with any other. II
may be- that Ex-Governor Bradley is right
in his opinion that Powers Is not guilty.
but there Is a good deal OF evidence which
tends 10 prove that he is. and much Of
the evidence comes from his own partisan
friends. Whether guilty OF innocent. we
haze an abiding conviction that the APP
peliate court Will mete out To- him the
fullest measure Of Justice
II we may believe what the New York
papers say today, Richard Croker is TO
be- deposed from IL. leadership OF Tam
many by a process Of what the Hon Gro
Yer Cleveland would call 'Innocuous des-
uctude.' That Is. h. is 90 hold the u0mi-
nal control. but not 20 attempt the cxer-
else Of it. We do not fancy that the
terms Will bother the late boss much
with Devcry out Of office the commercial
aspect viii De darkeued.