New-York tribune., 1905-01-07
PRAISES RAINES LAW.
AssemblymGn Burnett Thinks II lyut
fcient-PayB Wants 1t RepeQIed

Assemblyman Burnett. chairman OF the css.
Committee OF the lower house. said yesterday -
the present Raines Law was thoroushlv -
measure and there would be little room to er,ti.s
il II the city administration honestly enforosd -
law
As Mr.. Burnett comes from the home TON, =,
Senator John Raines the Republican lesder =
the Senate, he is supposed 70 reflect 70 some exsr.
the view OF the author OF the famous excise a.
cit may be that the legislature VIII eonside- !.
wise to make changes in the law" added Mr. Pan
nett yesterday. at the Fifth Avenue Hotel 10
Tribune reporter but II the police Of tEls ci,-
really wanted 70 enforce the law there would =
little room for Improvement II is absurd To "a,
that before the Raines law adopted there vysr,
no so-caIied Raines law hotels or that the law
directly responsible for the dsorderIy houses 10.
have multiplied in this city through a lax admir-,
istration OF the laws the statute Soot,
The disorderIy houses existed before the advs-,
OF the Raines law. and IL the Raines law Es,,
wiped OF the books and another measure took n,
place there still would be disOrderly houses bers
because Of the suTerance and indifference of IA,
officials charged with the enforcement of the an,
now on the books The RaineS law IS the best o..
else law ever drafted and there isn't Democrats
legislator In the State to-day who would dare n
risk his reputation intelligent man By stand
ing up and advocating it's repeal without putting
in it's place another law that would impose prac-
tically similar the liquor traffic M Jsr-
ONE proposes to reTaedy the evils growing OUT o.
the failure to enforce the laws Dy making u
for people TO do the things that the reformsrz
chiefly object to. It would be Just as logical for
Mr.. Jerome as District Attorney. desiring 20 les
sen crime calling for capital punishment 70 advo-
cate a law make IT impossible for any one 70
commit murder in the first degree BY substituting
nausaughter for homicide. il might be feasible for
Mr. Jerome TO do away with capital punishment OF
TO prevent the commission OF crime demanding cap
ital punishment as penalty but would that les
sening crime2 There is little complaint about fail
ure 10 enforce the provisions or tne HalEes law u3
throughout the State, outside or this city, generally
There is not one so-caIed Raines law hotel in this
city which has earned a reputation as ttsOrderIy
department Wouid perform US ulty. l taInk II
would be good idea TO pass a new IaT more
affOrding accommodations 70 the public and per
hapS requiring a license from the Building Health
and Fire departments. The law can be made
plain that some OF the miserable subterfuges for
hotels could not POSSIBLY, while conducted they
ia%. hSS '00N LOT any 'aoi'a' changes " the i''in''
Louis F. Payn advocates doubling the present
excise tax Double the saloon taxes and repeal
the Ranes law" said Mr.. Payn yesterday az the
Fifth Avenue Hotel Governor Higgins can very
doubling the liquor license. Put them NJ 70 S50
year for liquor tax cert1cate- our saloon
taxes are much lower than they are N other
States. They ought 70 be as high as the highest
There were 315 saloons put out OF business last
year by the high license Nobody will miss en-
The Raines law hotels ought TO be abolished Fake
hotels. with all the immortality they conceal, ought
privileges Under the present system hotels sell
rum on the Sabbath 20 persons not guests OF their
hotels just as freely as 70 bona noe guests saloons
ought to be closed tight the Sabbath. unless We
ready 70 give up the Sunday schools, and We
''Furthermore' said Mr. Payn. I'm IN favor Of
Mr.. Brackets bill TO prevent corporations from
making campaign contributions Everybody knows
that the corporations contribute to both parties.
1t is waste Of good money: The results would %
be stOpped'