The sun., 1902-01-28
MAYORFOR LOCAL OPTIONLAN
THINKS BOROUGHS WOULD BE
THE SMALLEST SAFE UNITS


col Willis l.. Ogden, the Rev. DIR, Lyman
Abbott. Wheeler H. Peckham and William
corwine of the Citizens Excise Law
conference presented to Mayor Low yes
,erday the provisos agreed upon by the
oonference for amending the Excise law
They we're as follows:
Tho Raines law should he so amended
,. 20 nrovide for the sale Of liauor in res
,aurant, IA in hotels and under IKE con.
Ga win 6o,e Sf Would dSh fss bs displaced SSSe and @
reruliar abuses stamped out. A.
|'s uSnac'al election should be held In the
grnr At which smd% ,me peopIs bppsnnS S" OF saloons
be, veen the hours of !? noon and 10 O'CLOCK
I'm the evening.
Mr. packham said that those interested
1, ,he prcsent movement held different
,io,ys and their chief aim had been to find
a ,olcy upon which they could agree.
Ths, had been found In the plan submitted.
lie did not believe that any one minor
oues,ion should he permitted to come to
,he front in this city in a way to swamp
oll other questions Of public interest The
rrcsant administration was elected not
iron the excise question, but upon the
oreater and broader proposition OF honest, +,
The voters should now have an opportu-
pity To express their wishes on the excise
question in order that in the ..HVt election
the question may be relegated to the rear
and that contest hinge alone upon the
character Of the administration. situa-
ton should not be created under which
certain element Of the community might
he able to say that their rights and opinion
Ind not been respected.
Dr LYMAN Abbott said that he was op-
rosed 10 going TO the Legislature to ask
that body to pass law 20 open saloons
in his city ON sunday. That would no
contrary To the spirit Of home rule, more
so than the law closing saloons on sunday;
He was not sure that any legislation could
he obtained but he strongly favored the
rronosed referendum. OF the plan 70
ailolv linuor sold in restaurants, he said
that the thousands Of persons IN TINS cty
who constantly obtain their meals in such
rlaces we're as much entitled as the Mayor
or himself 10 say what beverage they should
drink with their food. The regulation OF
the sale Of liquor in this city was purely
a local question and must in the end be
solved by the people here, because they
understand il better than the people OF
the rural sections of,the state Dr. ABB
ho,t compimented the Mayor and Col.
Partridge on the way that they have en-
forced the Excise law. He said that law
and order should be synonymous and that
such enforcement Of Sunday laws rs Sc
cured an orderly Sunday should I've salts
factory to all classes Of citizens; Under
the present administration Sunday had
been an orderly dav.
Dr.. Felix Adler, who IL member OF the
committee. was absent, bat Col Ogden
assured the Mayor that Or Adler approved
the plan submitted
In reply TO the committee the MAYOR
said.
GENTtFNrS-I have listened with interest
10 the report you have made of the action
Of the committee which you represent W
this pha~e Of the excise question u Stand
again JuSt where | did in my letter OF accept
snce In that letter ! pointed out the evils
growing out OF certain & eIanSns ss pi ,or ,ne csre
nj consideration OF the Legislators but !
entered into no engagement TO agltate ior
change of the law. because J did not then
nor do ! now, conceive that that Is the duty
of the Mayor II public opinion we're more
united upon the subject the case "ouin %.
different, but divided as y =, the nInt - oi
the Mayor function IL 20 point out. ~ general
terU- vhnt seems TO him the pathway bE
which improvement may be haa a.. o.,,.
IT, some form or another ! THINK me CIV
itself must he allowed 30 work out IL own
salvation nobody j. 80 much concerned
A. our own people, and u T. inhhlie-tly rra-
sonable 20 ak that We b" allowed 10 settle
the matter. ~ ~ local aspect. iOr ourselves
] much prefer local option TO referendum
] fancy that ~ the popular discussion these
tVo term- have been often used Interchange
ably But there j.. or may be. great di-
ference bet weeu them referendum -one-
time a. merely Hn expression Of opinion
IN suth Il case, n would settle nothing either
here or NJ Albany Local option, on the
other hand r. - w"ll-known pro'r-- ~ which
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