The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-21

4. ties with political prospects.
Justice Jerome, soon to be
district attorney. in n speech at Roch-
ester has made public more clearly
than hitherto his reasons for desiring
the Sunday opening of city saloons
"In New York city" he says, eve
have $1,000 saloons, and Of them 1000
are open on Sunday. 1t requires the
trade of twenty men to make this Sun
day opening profitable for a saloon and
there you have 100000 voters who want
i, drink on Sunday and who see no
harm in the violation of the law, and
lao, 900 voters are q host for politicians
to reckon with. These men do not real
ize that there is any moral turpitude
in their getting a drink on Sunday; in
their soliciting another man to sell
them drinks and thus lowering his
sef-respect and theirs. If you ell
deavor 70 enforce the Sunday closing
law you antagOnize this element and
it's supporters and the administration
that tries goes out at the end of the
term"
Sunday opening could not be enforced.
how even under Mayor StrOng's adj
ministration, when Theodore Roosevelt
was president of the police board and
every agency OF government was trying
it's hardest to enforce it. the net result
Of as honest, determined an effort as
could be made resulted simply in rails
ing from IS to $40 a month the black
mail price of exemption charged by
those policemen who We're ION the
make" Justice Jerome continues:
1--WE have had beautiful developments
from this law. which, in the city of
New York. we call the 'Raines law ho-
tells We have developed 2167 of them
where an India rubber sandwich is
chained to the wall and it is pulled out
when the drink is ordered and is al
lowed to 20 back. That law permits
2,167 places to sell rum on Sunday by
having a 'Hy-bloWn' sandwich which
does duty all day long. That is indeed
maintaining the sanctity of the Sab
bath in closing the saloons on Sunday
If that is the kind of hypocrisy that
the American people like, I misjudge
them. 1t is not the kind Of people to
whom l made my play in the cam
paign. played to that which was hon
est. which could look the truth in the
face: that which was loyal. and ran
1900 ahead Of my ticket
Nov. what those who feel as do
want. is but one thing. We are not
seeking to have any change made in
this law in regard to the revenue. We
look for a law that we can enforce.
We look for law that won't debauch
our public service: that won't dangle
from sG00.000 to SOC, 900 Il year black
mail before our police department.
These men are better when they are
appointed, better morally and physic-
ally, than the average man in the COM
munity But can you devise scheme
more admirable than this to debauch
the public service? Can you offer $780,
900 or $750.000 year in this form of
blackmail to the average man and cX-
pect him to resist it? Can you take q
police captain with 200 saloons in his
district and have $4,000 paid to man
in New Jersey. where you cannot trace
it, Just across the rivero Can YOU do
that and expect that the average man
on all the average men are going to re-
Sist il? II you think so, if you think
SO we'll of humanity. come down to
New York and we will show you diff
ferently
We want You to change this law go
that from o'clock on Sunday until 10
or IL O'Clock on Sunday night liquor
may be sold in the city of New York
IN other places than the a,167 Ranes
law hotels, Such law as / have in-