New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10
THEREv. DIR. @. 3. SPALDING.
Pastor OF the First Presbyterian Church.
Syracuse.

the violation the laws r. Syracuse the subject %
personal investigation.
IT have not even suspicion that the laws
being enforced in city, said he. IT do noe
know in what one respect they being violated
than in another The city is wids open
Anybody with eyes can see that the saloons ara
seIing opeIIy on sunday. Lney usually nave SIDE
fore the bar. Sometimes even these precautions a-s
: IT have been clergyman here sixteen years
now. and from the knowledge have received thu
an annual I! roundup The proprietors pay what Is
FOR another year have understood that mess
cases are not tried IN open court but are heard IN
II know portions Of the city. IN which decent
people VINO can sell tnelr property are going away
as fast as they can because OF the spread OF this
trouble is due largely to 6oteaI c onfrs re-
police cannot enforce the law; il they do they
ment is hindered in the performances OF IT'S duty
depended upon finding these poodle and arrsstinS
them they would do 50 in short order. Now. they
good If they t did Anu @i'sr an "01a 90 no
Even a. man like Jerome could make no head
way here in Syracuse To begin with. a ike
Jerome could not get in Office here No who
hold Office in the city Of Syracuse
The only hopes GEMS to lie IN possible change
enforcement Of the law. As the laws stand now
they serve simply as a fertilization for the liquor
Il have seen no Improvement under the new sd-
from conditions under former administrations that
can see, and have a good chance to see.
mo, under present conditions. the only way Z
6Gw S OF to + put "a, stop to the persistent yostion
short OF that can stop it,"
Mrs. Cora D. Graham. county president OF tns
woman's Christian Temperance Union. said:
There can be question concerning the violation
OF the laws IN Syracuse. There are many places
In town styled places OF amusement. They ars
really than that and IN them the boys ana
girls are led astray. Repeated failures to securs
enforcement OF the law the part OF the officials
have served TO convince US that the only success
full way to improve things here Is to educate thu
children We have engaged IN organizing them
into legions and have carried our work into ths
AZ an illustration OF the attitude Of the eity Of
said that some time ago movement TO secure ths
enactment OF 4 c1rfew ordinance started ths
da She 70 Ss 9gns f5s on t Sso as,
signed by several hundred prominent persons. one
against the measure as to prevent IT'S considsra-
ton and TO bring about the complete failure ot
II hardly know" said Mrs Graham. whether
good or not We have had 50 many promses and
they have all been broken so often that have
E n. jerks. chairman OF the Prohibition city
Committee. was one OF those who spoke his mind
freely.
The Sunday closing law Is openly violated here
said Mr.. jerks Gambling and worse things ars
deeply rooted Why. there Is block within I.
stones throw OF Police Headquarters and the Cftvr
Hall where gambling is going continually. a
man who knows tells me this city is worse than
the old Five Points in New-York during its most
palmy days. pass saloons every Sunday whers
the law IS being violated. and never see police
man near. I think graft IS responsible for tn,
trouble. When seventy-fve or a hundred disorderiy
women walk into Police Headquarters and law
down their money IN so-called lines doesn't Il
look as Il there were graft somewhere
The Rev DR. George B. Spalding pastor OF tbs
First Presbyterian Church. when told that peopi,
IN Rochester declared that city 70 be better than
syracuse. remarked, Well that was what Sodonr
said OF GomOrrah.'