New-York tribune., 1903-03-23
CALI. DRYNESS A RUSE.
DEVICE OF LIQUOR MEN.
Manu- Think Closing of Saloons n"
Attempt to Blind Public.

F,a cItv Yesterday Was dry IN parts. especially III
tbs Tenderloin. This condition was thoueht 10 oe
Que TO & desire of the various liquor dealers asso
Citations TO have their members obey to the letleT
the excise laws. in hope Of making the puoi'c ',N
that ssloonkeepers slowly being driven 10 Julie
ruptcy and that the passage of the bill TO increase
the license fee 20 per cent would result IN cIosiHe
nearly all their places. A man with sinail sum
invested the liquor dealers say. can take great
chances in selling Illegally but person with IaFe
sums at stake must be cautious 10 aFoio Nisi'0
fHrrn the police: and this extra vigilance IL INC
hIehsr license fee bill becomes Law, Will, accorolhs
q. ~. saloon men. make Sundays dry for the poor
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An ex-brewers' agent said yesterday: " men 'iie
Y,nuor license fee was raised some years ago many
.aIoonkeepers did get out of the liquor business
1.,, sfter they got out there were then apparently
4r.4 "a MANY persons in the business The ma
for1ty Of saloonkeepers could easily anoro 10 pa!
s. day liquor license. II the proposed olI De-
comes law it will result in the closing OF only
few saloons. .
A number of persons who are known as in
6ependeuts in politics yesterday asked Tor
their views on the higher liquor license Dill Ihey
all said they might have something TO say altef
Mayor Low had spoken on the subject he Is eH-
rec.ed TO make public to-day his answer TO the
s.Ioo, men who dehed him TO prove that they
have raised q corruption fund amounting to
1-0oo.oon
Regular customers had little difficulty in getting
into Ten6erloin saloons yesterday, but strangers
Captain O'Connor and his men were on the aIeIl
all dsy TO detect yioIators Of the liquor law Up
70 q lats hour they had made only two excise ar
rests
The Baymzrket the Berlin and the Cairo were
onen Yesterday morning In the Haymarket, at
Thirtieth-st. and Sixth-aye., between five hundred
and six hundred women and men danced until oay
break According TO printed cards they were at
tending the Gramercy Club Ball. No drinks were
served. There were also music and dancing al al
the Berlin and the Cairo. in Twenty-ninth-st untii
an early hour. Captain O'Connor said no drinks
were served. Detectives from the Tenderloin sta
ton visited these to that no violations
Of law. as they interpreted it. were committed
''I can't interfere with those people, said Cap
tain o'Connor. Il stop them from selling liquor
but they can dance. They have printed ball cards
with dances and long they don't violate the
excise law / don't see how can interfere There
ere cases pending against all three Of these places
and while they they can dance as long as
they like"
ed" Corey said ne was going to keep his place
open long he liked.
I'm going TO keep open every night sunday yh arQ
anybody thinks about it. / keep open. II Cap
tain oReilly were here now I'd keep open Just the
same, for I'm bound to do il now, as want to see
Just what the license 1 pay for is worth the
managers Of the Berlin aId Cair3 saio 5nat d. 'heS
When Police Commissioner Greene was seen al
hs ne% DeputH Gomissoner GheTardi Davis he
had gone over the East Side from the Battery to
going to Albany tomorrow on the invitation OF the
Committee Cities and would give his reasons FOR
opposing the three platoon system, which has been
added TO the police bill favored by him and the city
authorities
As to blackmaI paid by saloonkeepers to the
police the Commissioner had nothing to say;
John Christensen who was recently expelled from
the xxth District Liquor Dealers . Association
and who keeps saloon at No SS2 Eghth,avey TOLD
District Attorney jerome year at the trial OF
one Of his hartenders violating the law that he
paid month for police protection. and had made
az address a meeting OF the association protest
4ng Ggains: the paying OF blackmai to the police
Christensen yesterday was asked II he thought the
majority OF liquor dealers were still compelled to
pay biackmsil
Dwell the bIackmau money he said. was got
easily that don't think the persons into whose
pockets II fell would let the money get away from
them
Inspector Walsh happened TO be in the Tender
ioin station last night when Captain OConnor
gave instructions about Sunday thea tricel
performances. The inspector added little advice
For instance" he said. suppose No. on the
programme Is performing. Well say the performer
e singing the song. Throw Him Down. McClus-
The inspector was stopped by loud outlaws from
the He was bewildered for moment. and
then saw the point.
'No I don't refer 10 the inspector OF that name'
he said.