New-York tribune., 1903-03-23
DEATH TO LOCAL OPTION.
VALE BILL WOULD KILL IT
Rg Tts Provisions Hotels Could Not
Be Deprived of Licenses.

Arhsnx. March a CspeciaD.-Dr. Lyman Abbott
ratA IN Nev-York recently: "A bill has been intro
euce6 into the legislature Of this State for the
uraciieaI repeal Of the local option laws Dr. 40
eo4s uncueStionably referred bill introduced py
Assemhlyman Yale. of Putnam County which
when IL came Up for second reading. was laio aSioe
by request Of Nj Rogers. the Republican ieaoer III
the Assembly.
The bill is said to have the support Of the Hotei
Mems Association, an organization formed last
summer and said 70 have six thousand me1nOerS'
most of whom live in villages. Hotel men aFe
eoubtIess supporting it. but liquor dealers In no.
feense towns must also desire passage for II 1t
should become a Iaw. by Transforming their saloons
into hotels they defy voters 20 shut up their
Establishments. as the bill deprives towns OF the
right to stop the sale of liquor in hotels
Section IS of the Liquor Tax law has the foio~-
ing provisions:
In order to ascertain the will of the qualified
electors Of each town the following questions snan
alter held in any town in this State, provided the
electors ot the own to the nunoer @, ~ pe ec
Sior shall request such submission by written petit
Ea and DaSa Or osr oz
tsks & or not sEa tbsn t%ehy
days before such town meeting with the town clerk
Question l. Selling liquor TO be drunk on the
premises where sold.-Shall any corporation sssocl-
& n S apo3s q h. Of
] of Section II of the Liquor Tax law, namely; oy
soia! sSislRf n'o0f % o Z, ol- % ~ ,,. ~ -.
EsseS where sodshal any corporation
eiatiou copartnershp or person be eutnoriLeo 70
franc in liquors under the proytsons of ON
Z OF Section II Of tho Liquor Tax law, nanetyI py
SalilnG liquor not to he drunk on the premises "heS
Question s. Selling liquor AZ pharmacistt on a
physician's prescrirtfon-S any corporation as
ISOLATION copartnerehip person be authorized 70
trHc In liquors under the provisions OF snooiTsi6H on
selling liquor as pharmacist on phSsiciah p'e
Question g. Selling liquor by hotel keepers only
shall arv corporation association. copartaershp or
person be authorized TO trafhc In liquors unoer
.s nrI IN connection with the business Of Keeping
q hotel. II the majority OF the votes CAST on the
GTSt question submitted are In the negadVeE
hsseunhiynan YaIe's bill nodtfes Question by
excepting 'the keeper Of q MOTEL" Question = is
wholly emitted The bill further:
But IL the majority % the votes cast on either
the first or second question submitted are not IN
the sfrmative a LIQUOR tax certificate may never
theess be granted, under SuedivsioH OF cScuuIl I
Is 20 the keepers Of hotels who may trame IN
houor 10 be drunk in the hotel ana on the prem
ises.
Clause ] Of Section 81 of the Liquor Tax act
which makes it unlawful 10 sell liquor In town
in which liquor certificate is prohibited as
result Of the vote on Questions ana z is moolne9
80 as to make reference to Question l. and
direct authority is given to the keeper OF hotel
holding fouor tax certificate 10 traffic IN liquors
20 be drunk in the hotel ana on the premises. ~
SreEent II Question / is answered IL the negative
By the voters. liquor can be solo IN g. saiooii
or hofel in such & town unless Question 4 Is an.
evered In the Affirmative when liquor may be SOLD
one disastrous effect Of the passage of Assenbiy-
IN towns into hotels. That could be easily accom-,
plished Outside of incorporated village hoteI
porated villages II need haze only ten rooms
with land cheap as 10 is in towns. ana WITH IoW
priced building sisrss at hsn1 f the Fqs e .se
ef liquor could not be stopped