New-York tribune., 1903-03-21
MAYOR LOW HAS HOT SHOT
HE WILL REPLY TO-DAY.
His Information about Corruption
Fu1sd Came From Liquor Men.

Mayor Low has some hot shot for the Liquor
Dealers Association If by further blundering
tactics It presses him into a controversy 1t VIII
be likely to get a broadside that will be MEM
orable
The Mayor will this forenoon send to the
LIQUOR Dealers Association a letter in answer 10
one it sent him late Thursday night asking
for proof that its members were liberal con-
trtbutors to a fund which might be used for
questionable purposes.
Not only has the Mayor ample proof that the
LIQUOR dealers still contribute to the police and
here and there a district leader in Tammany
Hail. but he got the proof largely from the
liquor dealers themselves.
A city official in position to know said
yesterday:
Mayor Low did write his pointed p95e @ to the the
Woui5 be angry about it and would try to get
Back at him Lindnger and his friends called at at
Know @ the MayoF SONG 6s With 1sR them Ret in
Tended Of the fact that many liquor dealers in
this city continued the old custom Of paying y Ger Ger
tain of their precinct and they were asked why
Mayor May qua and 9G5 1iseFsct Attorney cutom
They said that tasK Tbt n9e petrn 10
early day and that as soon as Tanmany ef came n5
ac5 1ao5 taTs sheg sh' WITH the Ss old gang They that
If they honest men they would neip 70 p1eaa ra
nP nP tRf %lns Rs sa hsF Part hardy
meet confederation,
presumnon FOR IIndinger and his friends to try to
put the Mayor in hole
It was learned, further, that the Mayor Is IN
possession of the facts concerning the methods
used by the big brewers in conducting their
saloons. The Tribune's informant an ex-saloon-
keeper, said last night:
the Mayor and he called their blutf. odell Is on to
them They vent to odf early o1 be @ Bart Of the
Governor or his friends. and told him a tnat tneg @
satisfied M wh b the Way Rngs d o k Ren
to oppose him Their act was entirely Dd y9uPtaks bras
f Faith. iei He was too sharp for them. In fact he
they vs to net oer s9d did
Oden, and they came pretty near dolng H. t4ss o.
6ows W fn9Ws fust how At the Saloons of this town
The big ga the pfsy 6rex OF this city
worth upward of $5OO,OOo each. .. ,,,.s~.a
dG4E s9 Rg sseP 5 Wess IN he ss Of to ps1
LEFT II thsres & @ny Dd the the 9eb deeeF and m
the other expenses. Usually the dealer loses what It
@ ne Pq5 hod m Of anoher with 800 or 500
ambition to be big liquor deasg Tn the Fets
to point where he can pay ne is tnroWn Out Ien IL
MIL keepers Would ike to see OdeiI go these big
fellows with an axe
When the Mayor was asked yesterday about
further correspondence with the liquor dealers
he said:
II did not receive the letter from the uQuoT
dealers calling on me to produce certain proor
Of what they thought I was ready to charge
them with until too late on Thursday night to
consider it. l have been too busy to-day to
attend to the matter shall prepare something
tonight, however and have 1t ready for to-
morrow morning..
When seen last night by Tribune reporter
Fritz Lindinger said that his organization was
waiting to hear Mayor Lows reply to Gminder's 9
letter. He added:
You can say for me personally and in behalf Of
our association that do not beHeye IN pSckIndlI
that the Mayor can produce pnoeEsIaho 1rItf 1Hg
Mayor will reply to our letter OF 1nuFsuaS Cii1i
then no no further n 6 af5od that saoonkepers pay IS
u,aek toward a fund. The only money they pay
is in the form Of dues: GEMS a5S atopneVs fees
because every now and then have to fight a
case in court Out OF 12GS f saIoons IN -He" hofA
7' 'WbfIe the MAYOR indirectly charges with brib-
ing the police, believe his charge vas mots t, N
he is too level headed to make such charges unless
based on fact. We prove our innocence: Ill,
he dafeated having heard favorable reports from
Upstate II the object is to increase revenue II
BUSINESS Of many dealers will offset any Increased
amount raised from those who can exist.
The District Attorney said yesterday that he
was not going to take any cognizance OF the
letter sent by the Mayor to the liquor dealers
at this time
"F7ut" he added this matter will be inves-
+ipatad in conjunction with another matter now
IN nv office and as soon as 1 can get around
IN If I will begin John Doe proceedings and
will investigate the assertion that saloonkeepers
are having police protection money"