New-York tribune., 1902-08-08

by the Rainss law, calls for no discussion at the
Judgment. both far Teaching. and salutary. The
I pas aaa e Of onda the w as ss sss
Importantly Changed. These Changes it is well to
a ssa Of 'hss S RsF @ a9d Sh upon the
duty Of the police in the administration OF the law.
The former excise law forbade all sales of liquor
on snndag AZ except keep IN hotels With meals and in
h enf , olf was stGey a construed; ed
sunday when served in hotels. with meals. pro-
law. in addition makes certain specifc Feauire il1es
% %ment as TO hotels and in othe- respects defines
hotel very muCn En- as II has zen defined by the
The law next proceeds TO forhd the a or oo
Sunday in other places than hotels: and in order
are not hotels the law provides that the doors Of
such saloons shall be kept locked during the pro- o.
hibited hours; that the screens shall be raised so
that the harroom shall be open to the street: and
that persons not members servants of the saloon
room on Sunday: and the like
Two results flow from these provisions of the
law First that in saloons which have qualified
hotels liquor can be lawfully sold on Sunday pro-
Nided II Is served with a meal and in some other
held that sandwich is a meal on June 20. 1902,
IN mere We're y 2S liquor tax certificates OF all kinds
were hotel certificates
RAINES LAW HOTELS.
When the Ranes law went into effect there we're
YORK Th m a f' ge anG Of PLACES
which to the ordinary sight, appear to be saloons
People unfamiliar with this fact, and not knowing
whether a given saloon has hotel license or not.
very apt 70 suppose that such places selling
liquor in violation of law, and that the police force
conseQuen ntly is fault
II must not be forgotten. therefore that approx
imateIy one saloon out Of every five in the city or
NvwYork at the present time has the legal right
to sell liquor Sunday.
This suEgests tive questions First, is 1t not pos
sble leaving all other aspects Of the question out
OF view. that the existing law. in its own way.
makes ample provision for the public demand for
the OF liquor Sunday" Second, what is the
duty of the police Sundays. TO the saloons
which have qualified hotels? Clearly the
police must that the doors Of such saloons are
kept locked: that the raised that there
is gathering of people in the harroorn, and the
like Beyond this. It does not seem TO me the duty
of the police to under ordinary conditions In
other words. the police are bound and VIII be ex-
pected- to enforce the specific requirements OF the
law 10 the closing Of saloons that not hotels,
the raising OF screens and the like: but they are
not bound. and neither viii they be expected. or
dina-ily. in the enforcement of this law. and Of
others like IL. beyond what they accom-
plsh in full uniform Anything less than this will
not be satisfactory; anything than this would
seem to me To be Of the police most unwise
in cosmopolitan city like New-York
Clear understanding the part of the people.
and rigid application Of these ideas on the part
Of the police ought 10 secure for the community
the quiet Sunday that it is determined TO have and
Il ought to break up the paying by saloonkeepers
of biackmail to the police