The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-18
JEROME ATTACKS RAIEgS Ian
TELLS ROCHESTER, HAYSEEDS
HAVE RULED THE CITY.
TO John Raines CP~resent): n Man Moro
Hated Thar You. Except Myself"
-Law-Dred Blackmaii and F1y.Blown
s.pdwtches-Give Us Enforcea able Law

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ssndwtches-Give Us Enforceable Law
ROCHESTER,, n. Y, Dec. H.-Wnliar
Trayers Jerome, istrict-Attorney-elec o
New York city, spoke at the banquet OF tn
Rochester Chamber Of Commerce tonight
his subject being The Municipal p. blu
In New York as Affected by the Liquor Itu
Law
Many politicians OF State renown' inciud
irs the Hon. John Raines, heard the speech
George Raines. his brother. acted as toast
master. Judge jerome said: =,
Il am not here to try and NIL your miho'
with empty representations and unsai'
theories. / am here because my near
ia in n certain question, and because rec
Il vital to the people who have treateo n'
we'll. TO whom | am in n bound 10 oIs'
charge my obligation. We have got 10 ha,e
helm and we nave got 10 have help outside
of the city Of New York.
There 4. one thing which must STRIKE
everybody that pays any attention 10 puoh.
Affairs. and that is the enormous vote Oh
the municipalities in this country Tor some
wears. and their growth at the expense
of local districts, their growth az the eh.
pense Of the hayseed, II you please aho
while they have grown their interests
have by no means ruled.
In our city both machines are so funda-
mentally rotten hat there Is nothing 10
chose between them. Highly importans as
thew are. many municipal problems have
never been studied. Unless you approach
tham honestly you can never solve them
a. the city of New York because no ad-
ninistration can remain long enough IN
Once TO prapple with them IL VIII shorty
10 MT the tender mercy of Tammany Hall
and they will solve no problem honestly
Judge Jerome then took up the kalnes
law problem. He said;
eve have Il, 1000 saloons in the city OF
New York and We have at least To-Day
1000 saloons open every sunday desplIe
the austerity Of me om IA" s nt tbst vou have
in the city Of New York at least i4o,oo 0 voters
who every Sunday in the year go INTO a
saloon and take one or more drinks iney
cannot be made to believe that the onehce
Is a moral one or one involving MORA t u,
n ia a crime to go by the side door and
solicit another mai to commit a crime oy
selling to them. .
administration that e~ndeavors 10 ENFORCE
n ooes out at the end of its term. But 1
am told that those who make no honest
effort to enforce the law meet with no dras-
tic punishment. Except John halnes,
there Is no man that lives in the State OF
New York who is morn cordially hated than
am. | myself sent a widow woman who
had a family TO support to the penltentiary
for three months because she sold a glass
OF beer on Sunday. ! don't think that
question occupied over ten minutes. and
there was no help for IL, apparently 30 Tar
as the law courts could provide.
Judge Jerome said that he was not seek
inr to have any change made In this law
In regard to revenue funds. He looked for
a law that would not debauch the party
service: n that would not give from
Sioo. 600 to $4,000 a year blackmail to the
The Raines law had the fairest possible
test when there we're three men in control
OF the legal machinery OF New York, Iheo-
dore Roosevelt, Recorder Goh and him
self, who believed as sincerely in the law
o. did John Raines himself. =,
aThe result of this fair test OF the laws
said he, was to raise the amount OF black
mail from the IS a month levied on the
ealoonkeeper during former administra-
tons. TO $40 during ours. That test pro-
duced the world-famous fy-blOwn sand
wich that does duty all day long. and the
India rubber sandwich attached to the wall
that i displayed when a drink Is ordered.
anti allowed to snap back INTO me
wall when the drink is finished. We
look for. a law that We can
bangle blackmail Of thousands OF dollars
before the Police Department. a depart
ment made up OF men who were individually
physically and morally above the average
when they were appointed on INC force. put
who nave deterioTated under the influence
OF a system than which nothing could tie
better adapted 20 debauch men
Here followed a dramatic appeal In behalf
Of the people 81 the metropolis, In the course
Of which Justice Jerome Said;
suT. aanG AZ laaat hose who think rs
do on one single proposition, even II the
law directs all IN" revenue from ms year
90 paw debt. ~upcountry IL you please.
tax hay and sheep, COWS or COW barns.
we will nav all, II Il II necessary. DO not
debauch Ne. DO not make every effort
that we use for hotter influence futile Do
not throw W. back into the arms ~ Tam
many Hall, where women = r'Aame ~ rung
up on registers and traficAed IN with
brass checks We ask you 10 take from
us the conditions that are d"bauching our
public life
where IL has no more business Than tho
grocery or the dry goods business Tar
~ all you want. but Do not give w this
Law that lover ~ With shame. Change
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Law hotsls IT ths met ropplls
W want a chano" 10 deal With this
noral aus~tion ny moral nrAnE ~ SAIt
. chance Ia save Issppl" from lntsmp~r-
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