The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-04
JEROMECORNERS THEPARSONS
Continued from First Page.

enforce all moral laws with criminal
statutes
Mr. Jerome said that he did not believe
that the law was uncomfortable, except in
the sense that no officers locally elected
would enforce IL when they knew that the
result OF such enforcement would be 10
turn them out OF Office. He WIS for law
which public sentiment would permit
locally elected officers TO enforce with
Saiety--a law permitting saloon opening
Oh Sundays after church hours
DEMoRALIzATIoS or SETH Low.
Mr. Jerome said that the present law
had demuralined even 20 good Il man IA
Seth Low Mild giggles. Mr. Lows
case showed how great was the pressure
to be eAerted on a we'll meaning and good
man, for AIr Low was really very good
man.
The statute say, clearly continued
MIR. Jerome, that the saloon door must
be locked and kept locked in prohibited
hours and must be opened only To admit
the proprietor or his servants. just by
what Mysterious process OF the intellect
man Of Alr Lows Intelligence. once Mayor
of Brooklyn, president Of a great uniyer-
-ity and Mayor of New York. could Ia the
face of that provision talk about liberal
enforcement of the law have never made
out Now II you can get that sort OF thing
from truly good man. what sort Of thing
are you apt to get from the ayerag e Mayor
Police Commissioner or District Attorney
who Is elected IN this city,
ONE QUAKER READY TO ACT.
Il " Wilbur OF the Society OF Fri nds
said he didn't sec what the conference
had Ia do with the District Attorneys opin-
ions about sunday sailing II" had asked
hem to aid HIM as r,iIen- in enforcing the
law a. Il stood on the statute books and had
said that If il werr enforced SUNDAY selling
would stop. Mr.. Wilbur was for getting
out and making he fight back Of the District
Attorney in deadly earnest If for no other
reason than 10 prove that the District At
torney was wrong Nhen he accused the
ministers and Others of beng gutter,
and takers instead Of men of action.
The Rev DR., Thomas said he thought the
District Attorney was the man 10 lead the
fight in taking the rum devils intrench-
ment= in this city. which DR.. Thomas called
the rum devils Port Arthur
pr Cortland Myers saId lac guessed IT
wouldn't do any good 10 go to the Com
missioner or the Mavor or anybody They
would all say Yes, yes All right, and
wouldn't do a thing
But there were no audible votes against
the resolutions when they came - . vote.
The committee will toe appointed later.
ASrT-sALooN LEAoUE OFFS Busy.
The Anti-Saloon League held what il
called Legislative luncheon ar the Hotel
Chelsea Yesterday 10 decide how 90 kill
the Raines law Nearly every society
for the prevention 81 crime or enforcement
societies Of every kind They adopted this
declaration
" demand Tie abolition OF the so.called
hHineE ltN hotels ana a~ q m'nSIr" Ud +pfrI
to that end "" approve ~" proposed nm"rd-
ileut I" Che eAtis. hN requiring tnni c'T
t,iics.ter from ~" Fire. Health and Building
departments be obtained py applicants Ior
D hotel licensr before such license can Ice
issued
Lawrence WELLER. secretary II The Citv
CLUB. told the League tliHt itS meinhers
must gel together. drop nj! nonsense about
Sunday opening OF INCORPORATING of saloons
and fight the RAiue- iaw MOTEL aud nothing
else He aleo advised them that 10 get
proper legislation they must get next"
~ he political leaders and bosses and not
pin their faith 10 individual ts~enhlymcn.
MIR WELLER more than limited that the league
was injured by he presence IA IT. ranks
OF too many ministers and women.
A committee Of fifteen 20 be increased
TO fifty, will bH appointed to-day 10 act "A
a legislative advisory committee. from
which a capitol committee 81 i've will be
appointed 10 represent IT at Albany
BLAST FRoH or. rAEKHrKsr
The Rev DR. Charles II Parkhur-i before
setting out on an early spring visit 10 Lake
wood. yesterday. took his pen 10 hand,
a. president OF the Society for the Preven-
ton OF Crime and composed long epistle
on the shortcomings OF the Poli"e Depart
ment which ho sent to Commissioner
=
who Hlso supplied copies 10 the newspapers. /
Mr. McA doc announced before reading II. /
that he you'd make no reply 70 Or. Park I
hurst and after reading that be had found
in II no reason 10 make him change his mind. I
there being really nothing 10 reply 10.
In the letter DR.. PaTkluist chides Mr.. 1
McAdoo with surprise not unmngled |
with conformation for having referred 1
IN eulogistio terms TO the force under his (
command.
-N,u IA "a ouOtad cave rhe latter sas
saving that during the past year the num-
her Of daily complaints received az your I
Office had dropped from POO to G. and ont /,
OF what looks 70 be the unsnepiciousness /.
Of your nature you apparently conclude /,
that that reduction in complaints Indicates /
a rise OF ~ per cent in municipal virtue. |
Let us see.
Then it tells about policeman who was /
sent 10 certain hall to keep email boys l
from rappJng on the windows and who |
spent five minutes on the corner and the :
rect u the time across the street IN saloon.
He was not an exceptionally wicked police /
man, II says
CHINATOWN -REEKING IN PROGRESSIVE
HOT"
Then Dr. Parkhurst saws that there is a
lot Of gambling going on In Chinatown, (
Last spring his society set men at work .
there. who rii@covered thlrty,-hve lottery /
games. forty-nine fan tan tables in opera I
ton and eleven pie kow games In Nav /
a newspaper printed an article about this |
investigation and on the same day the .
games were closed down by order II In
spector Titus.
DO You not grasp the -itunton?T Dr. /
Parkhurst asks. and does nof your con
temptation Of II humliate you when Won
contemplate il for all that II imports. will
ing 10 let Chinatown 60 on reeking in pro-
gressive rot till the public hegins 90 get
the odor of the situation and then com
missionng the man Titus to move upon
the ground, or rather upon the quagmire
and assert the dignity Of the law Why
don't you stir about and do things on your
own initiative.
M'ADoo, rARKFUBST SAYS. LIES DOWN UNDER
MS EXCISE BURDEN.
Excise matters he says, Il will make
no mention OF except 10 say that that is
burden under which you have ignominiously
lain down without having made one valiant
effort TO move II. To arrest two or three
dozen men n Sabbath for the violation |
OF statutes that you know or ough: 70
know are being contemptuously stamped
upon In saloons all over town is a farce
that makes statutes ridiculous and your
policy Of administration puerile-