New-York tribune., 1902-03-10

SMALL SALOONS CLOSED, BUT
RAINE'S HOTELS BUSY.
POLICE CAPTAINS UNCERTAIN WHAT TO
DO-THE SANDWICH \ LITTLE
MORE IN EVIDENCE.

The people who expected a dry sunday-a
return OF the drouth OF the Roosevelt regime
were pleased or displeased, according 10 their
particular tastes. yesterday. The city was
open. but there were distinctive circumstances
connected with this openness. 1t the little
fellows who suffered yesterday. They didn't
have either the courage the cash. and they
closed. The big fellow around the corner. whose
courage backed by a large bank account
stayed open and all the customers of the little
fellows dropped into his place and contributed
their mites TO swell his income.
A police captain in OF the districts where
good behavior is the price of incumbency
summed up the excise situation from the police
point OF view as follows
We don't know where we are at. Before cleo
tion the reform bunch were talking about liberal
enforcement. Jerome saying that the
liquor law not enforceable. Now there is a
"holler'' every Sunday about shutting things up.
and that they could make good. we'd do 1t; but
I, for one. don't know what in the world is
wanted.
This complaint was later repeated 10 District
Attorney Jerome who seen at the Union
Club.
Well" said ne with smile. Il haven't any
thing to say excise but you've GO Il good
story there Indicative of the situation. Person
ally. won't say a word about the thing"
NOT INTERESTED IN RAINEs HOTELS.
The district Attorney Their settled back in his
chair and listened TO the news collected by the
reporters. The thing that especially interested
him and called forth number of questions was
the saloon. The Raines law hotels did not seem
to interest him.
why. a piece of cheese an inch square covers
the law for the Raines law hotels" he said
But there are only . $50 of these hotels in the
city against II 900 saloons" The District At
torney was asked If he would say anything
about the relation between his office and Com
missioner Partridge in the enforcement of the
law He declined. He also refused 20 say
whether he had any men looking for violations
of the law. member of his staff, however
said that none OF the men were out
The testimony given by John Christensen
about the circumstances Of the raid on his place
at No, $50 Eghth-ave. has lent strength to the
attitude Of NJ. Jerome.
We can't stand for anything like that. and
don't propose to- said member OF the city
government to a Tribune reporter.
on the lower East Side a considerable number
of the smaller saloons which supply the
"grower' trade were shut up. This was par
ticularly true in the With Assembly District
where Raines law hotels like that kept by
Alderman Porges in Rivngton-st. profited large
Iy at the expense of the saloons. In that part of
the city the property" sandwich was an abso-
lutte necessity.
TRIED TO SELL BEER FROM WAGON
In the precinct in which Acting Captain
Churchill presdes entrance to a saloon was
denied to a reporter by one of the watchers at
the door. The proprietor came out and rebuked
the doorkeeper, who explained by way of apol-
Ogy that he did not know who the man was
Another incident in this precinct was the arrest
of an enterprisins pedlar who was selling beer
from a wagon and thus cutting the knot Of diff
cuties that surrounded the Sunday opening.
But l amt keeping nothing Open" he re-
monstrated Indignantly. when he uncere-
monously hustled off.
The saloon of John Christensen. who ap-
peared IN court last week and testified about
blackmail, doing thriving business yester-
day Hugh Dolan, who has a saloon at Thirty
siXth-st. and Eighth-ave. and is Yice-president
of the Wine and Liquor Dealers Association
did not fulfill his declaration that he going
to close his saloon and work for dry Sunday
The only concession he made to the situation
was the providing of sandwiches
Another saloonkeeper on the West Side had
an original scheme for doing business. In the
morning hours he contracted with several boot
blacks. He placed their stands in front OF the
bar. which carefully curtained off, and
opened his doors. The sign "Shine inside" lured
many passers If later there was some out
ward show of the shine the true lustre came
from within.
Policemen said that there was an unusual
amount of drunkenness in the streets. The ex-
planatiOn given by one of the patrolmen for this
circumstance follows
"A man with a Jag can't get into a saloon IL
any starts a rough house inside he gets
'trun' out quick. Barkeeps amt takin' no chance
OF a rurpus, an all the Weary Willies can plod
70 Harlem without gettin' a drink Yer have to
be sober 10 get drunk to-day"
Fritz Lindinger, president of the Liquor
Dealers Association. said:
Comparatively speaking this has been a quiet
Sunday. I know OF several saloonkeepers who