New-York tribune., 1905-01-04
JEROME TO ASK ENFORCEMENT.
MADOO and MAJOR FAILING, HE OFFERS TO DE-
MAND THEIR DISMISSAL.
Organisations Unite for Fight Abolish
Their EUals Denounced by Speakers
LOCAL OPTION FOR CITY.
Big Committee to Work for EDcise
Legislation.

LCStoIUJtOW.
In feryid speeches members Of the New-York
State Anti-Saloon League and representatives
Of various organizations who were the guests at
Legislative luncheon" at the Chelsea yester-
oay afternoon condemned the Raines law hotel
and advocated measures TO legislate 1t out Of ex-
istence A bill will be presented at Albany en-
bodytng the suggestions incorporated in set of
resolutions passed at the luncheon. Additional
bills calling for local option and the regulatio
Of various phases Of the machinery of the
License Bureau will be presented. A committee
of five will be named to-day to present these
ideas at Albany.
William S. Bennet ex-muncipai justice de-
clared that the patrolman could not enforce the
laws without the cooperation of his superior
officers. He urged that Governor Higgins be
asked to make public the report OF the inves
tigation concerning the $4,000 fund which
supposed TO have been intended for legislative
corruption by the liquor interests.
T. II. Reed, State attorney for the league,
presented the resolutions.
"Of the evils Of these Ranes law hotels
don't need 20 speak," said he "Any knows
that ten attached to a saloon can't be
used for any decent purpose. I have 1t good
authority that the great majority of these ho-
tells won't let a room to a man who wants TO
get nights rest.
The inspections we propose would mean that
a hotel license could not be issued unless the
place were bonafide hotel or the public officers
perjured themselves, in which case we could
convict them of malfeasance in Office"
Mr.. Reed presented the following resolutions,
which were adopted after soma discussion:
We demand the abolition of the so-cailed ''Raines
law hotels" and. as a measure adapted TO that
Excise certificates
Health and BUILDINGS departments be obtained by
applicants for hotel license before such license
amended as to allow local option upon the ex-
istence Of saloons in every locality We favor the
towns TO the corresponding districts of ali cities
We favor such medication of the Excise law as
@ for Ood aGT against the issuing of
license to any person or for any place before the
conditions as will insure such hearing.
will permit a prompt revocation of license for good
cause. The present provision requiring the consent
be begun anywhere in the State IS a restraint OF
local police power which should be rePeal%eS G ed
apply to the place as well as to the person and
years after such revocation.
We recognize in the non-partisan and non-sec-
tartan Anti-SalOOn League, useful agency 4or
promoting such legislation as we desire to secure
In the furtheranee Of the legislation indorsed by
temporary committee of fifteen be appointed, TO be
Of ali interests to cooperate with the Anti Saloon
League as legislative advisory committee for
come part Of the general legislative COMMITTEES Of
mend that capitol committee Of five be appointed
to represent the general committee at the capitol
TELLS ABOUT PoLIcEMAN's WINK.
The Rev DR.. Cortland Myers said that It
was useless to expect much from the enforce
ment OF present laws by the Police Department
He continued:
% as s5dss sssd tbg In sas
troll OF the saloon power. The other day spoke
See na c61rch door, and asked What his
captain was doing to suppress It. He said that
| he knew il was bad-one Of the worst places in
Brooklyn. and all that-but when asked why, in
he tst smiled and winked at me- There's place
where murders might be committed-a brothel
enforce the law winks about what his captain
ToW. if we can go to the fountain head and
shut out Of existence these places, we may get
some relief.
The Rev. DR.. David James Burrell said that
the Raines law hotel was combination saloon
and brothel. The saloon was going to die. and
while it might be impossible to kill 1t tomorrow,
it would be possible to destroy its blackest
blotch, the Ralnes law hotel
The Rev DR.. John P. Peters emphasized the
necessity for regulation of the penalties gov
erning the various degrees of violation Of the
excise laws and a strict enforcement OF the
penalties. It was impossible TO get conviction
from jury in a criminal case. he said. The
penalty Of the revocation of the tax certificate
should fall on the saloon itself. No other license
should be issued TO a place where there had
been violation OF the laws for a stated period
The laws should be changed. also. to allow pri-
citizens TO institute proceedings for the
collation. of licenses It should not be so that
only the State could proceed against the vio-
lators Of the liquor laws.
Lawrence WELLER. secretary of the City Club.
said his organization would join willingly in an
effort to do away with the Raines law hotels.
When it came TO discussing other excise details
he feared the various organizations would not
practical methods be used. Let committee be
appointed to see the State leader and the party
leaders in the Senate and the Assembly he said.
The Excise Commissioner would take great in
terest in this subject let him be approached as
political leaders. who would be Republicans
since this a Republican legislature and
make them feel that the public sentiment was
against the Raines law hotels. Also there might
be a misconception Of the influence behind the
movement when II was found that most of the
| leaders in it were parsons and members OF the
Womans Christian Temperance Union against
whom there existed prejudice among legislators.
| 1t would be well to get some representative or
ganization behind the movement 10 broaden its
scope.
Mrs Cora E. Seberry, Of the wornan's Chris
1 tian Temperance Union, and the Rev. Dr. How
ard AgneW Johnson, also spoke. The organiza-