New-York tribune., 1903-02-25
JEROME RAPS LOW.
SAYS HE is "PR4TILING.
District attorney 4rgues TOR Sun
dag Opening Bill
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Albany Feb A-The Senate Chamber was
crowded with men and women this afternoon, VINO
had assembled hear District Attorney Jerome OF
Nev-york Mr. Jerome was scheduled to appear in
support of his bill authorizing the sale OF liquor
in New-York City Sunday from O'Clock IN the
afternoon to II O'Clock in the evening Inc Dill was
presented to the legislature this year by Senator
Foley Democrat and Assemblyman Howard Conk-
ling. Republican
Mr. Jerome was frank in expressing his support
Of the bill He declared that there were 16oro men
in New-York ready to go into saloon on sunday
and ask for liquor, and that they saw no noral
harm in doing so He condemned the Raines law
hotels and said the evils they fostered wouo pre-
vail until the legislature changed the liquor tax
law. 1t said that the American sannath must must
be upheld. There were thousands OF Gerrnan-AIlef-
leans that thought it morally harmful or evil TO
drink liquor Sunday
NeV-York next to Berlin. he said, was the
greatest German city. He did not wish TO drag
politics into such matter. but he would say ihat
Germans were naturally Republicans and were only
held In the Democratic party by the attltuos o.
the Republican party on the liquor auesuon- ne
believed there would be an abatement Oh the III
auence of the liquor stores instead OF an increase
of il If the act should DC passed pfoFldhs Aot ee
Sunday sale of liquor.
The bill was incorrectly described. he said, as
one to open the saloons They were open now
The measure ought TO be- considered as an act TO
close the salons in the morning. The closing OF
the saloons could be enforced II tne a% %ss S -a e
SON to have regard for him. AS police magistrate
he had passed severe sentences upon thefn ieL nc
%id not Wish their families harmed The liquor
tax law now affected class Of human beings IN
The District Attorney read letters from Bishop .9
dent Of the Long Island Railroad; the Rev. DR..
Ransford and Nicholas Murray Butler. president s
9orsed his position and favored his bill Bishop
Psr e9eF g thank o mT for your letter Of the list
am IN hearty sympathy with Tnat you naSe aSe,d II
greatly wish that might be little & wider II scope
1T is gbeaty M TO soFkng 9t for the true interests Of
temperance should so often afford an opportgnisy UNITY
educational work is going on among us which VII VII
at last bring peGpi@e @ tP the Whole matter and that
is, just Development Of the sense OF personal
Dr Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia
t hs long been nv opinion that provision
of this Kind would promote the temperanSe m moral f
ty and good order d 45 % tis HSre 10 You my approval
Of the principle of the measure M which yeu nave
VI The Rev Dr. Ransford wrote in his letter:
thought 9nvf 10 i9h the study Of the liquor problem
city and convinced that the present law Gan IN
sure that under its provisions there is no prospect
delivering the m tTade not result in amy increase Of
drunkenness and will result in decrease Oh law
Brewers and liquor dealers associations sent rep
resentatives, and they promised strict observance vance
ed into law The American Sabbath Union. the
sr6 bsr ers and chTtian Enc
deavor associations had delegations to oppose the
George &. Christman representing the s Real ; rs;
tate Dealers Association OF Now Herk City; Sad S
received a letter from Or. Parkhurst favoring the
toned in the Jerome bill The Rev Dr. SchesreT s,s
Dr. Parkhurst belonged. said he would like to hear
DIR. Parkhursts letter. for he mad heard that the
Views. Mr.. Christman promised to send copy
of DR.. Parkhurst's letter TO the Senate Com
The District Attorney created something, of
sensation h lSfep when ne TOOK hns at Mayor
And we have a man at the head of the city
government who certainly would not be selected
as a type Of low citizenship. and We find him
Were S Win the Toom g for LIBERAL
foreement when the law says a door shall be
Whoever tries to enforce the law in the city OF
comes around and when he feels this he WON'T be
or eager about enforcing the laws but Will
drew that law knew his lob. and it doesn't require
any Interpretation to know what 1t MEANS liberal
From time to time effort has been made Ito TO
going 10 enforce its law when he knows by. so
doing he will lose his official head; City officials
men are going to enforce Il Law that defeats their
own ambition. then your experience has been diI-
-.ESamine The records of arrests arrests from from year TO
down down from iiOO in ises to so in 1902 and for
''There are in the city. Of New-YOrk to-day 12.S6
licensed places Careful inquiry has satisfied mo
every sanda and E doing s,b ~ bo am m Sc
none of them could afford to keep open unless
; at least twenty different would have TO
drink i'm these saloons i'm order enable them
to keep open a profit That makes about
leo 600 men who go into saloons In NewYOrk on
Sunday and take drink, and don't believe it is
far wrong
Mr. Jerome told OF case In the Twentieth Pre-
cinct where all the saloonkeepers paid s. month
to keep open Sunday, and this meant SicoO 60 the
keeper named ChrIstausen who said the Mayor
had issued proclamation against blackmail and
advised the dealers I'm that precinct to pay any
more money to open Sundays. Christiansen was
arrested some days after. He then related how
Captain Foody had been brought ep on charges
and had been rcrrinlandcd.
IT. said Mr. Jerome, "this 10 the runlshmsns