New-York tribune., 1907-12-09

-T,e unions of acte's, wSf - anu oai Oeioei'
were affected - ~ saw, the speakers salo' anu
she meeting record as 1aNoilhS tic
sVeeriry away .. the entire tyrannical oiue
,,u-es a similar view was taken al meeting
of size aiberrnarle Association, at No Il Second
avenue when Coroner Julius Harburser de-
rounced the enforcement of ilhberal' pisoteo'
nuritanical know-nothing, buried statutes ana
continued:
r,hen he was a Police Commissioner. in the end
saw the unwsdom of his coercive policy ana
.bo nutlic won out The safety Of our nation
and state depends upon the personal liberty OF
the individual. and especially IN a city OF tnree
and : half millions of fnliabttants
OF course it was a gala day for the Sunday
observance Society and other organizations
that had brought about the enforcement Of the
statute Nevertheless. there was ny IN the
ointment because there were the handful o1
r,ovinr picture shows and a Brooklyn skating
rink protected by injunctions. The Rev Will
lam Sheafe Chase. rector Of Christ Eplscopal
Church in Bedford avenue. Williamsburg. took
M the matter of the granting Of injUnctions by
Justice Marean Of the Supreme Court IN the
cases of amusement proprietors. On this point
the clergyman said:
II think it a very wrong decision. He went
bevond his legal right in restraining the police
from making an arrest Immediately upon see
ing an Illegal act performed I was present in
cor1rt when the case was heard before Justice
Marean.
THE facts were these: The Sunday Observ-
ance Society of Kings County called the atten-
fion of the police these places. and the police
did their duty by ma king arrest on the spot
and driving the audience out into the street
They only did what they had legal right to
do Mr.. Brill. one of the owners of the moving
picture places. went 10 Justice Marean and tried
to show malice on the part Of the police
In taking testimony the justice. without
hearing testimony that would show that the
Sunday Observance Society was the original in
stigator Of the arrest severely criticised the po-
lice for persecution and granted injunction
restraining an arrest AT the time of the viola
tion Justice Marean's decision has caused lot
of harm. Corporation Counsel Bell ought to ap-
peal the case TO the Appellate Division.
Justice Marean has legal right TO prevent
the police from making arrest where there is
q violation. Their business is to obey the law,
and not him
DR. J. R. STEVENsON'S VIEWS
Another view of the effort TO have the law
changed was expressed by the Rev. DR.. J. Ross
Stevenson. pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presby-
terian Church who said in his sermon yesterday
morning.
There is a general spirit of irreverence in our
country for sacred things There is a clamor.
nary holiday. Even this week there will be pre-
scented in the Board of Aldermen measure
said to be for greater liberty. This measure
VIII in reality be for greater irreverence."
And while there these various views OF
the situation the upper Broadway restaurant
proprietors got into harness. Captain Church
Ill put on his regular Saturday night force Of
waiteTs-the largest of any night in the week.
The orchestra that sprinkles harmony over the
HOLSTERS had only fifteen-minute rest, instead
OF the regular two-hour recess that ordinarily
prevails on Sundays The big ex-polieeman who
presides over the place said he had no kick
against the law
1T means business for us" he remarked, and
if folks can't go TO a show they can be amused
and entertained by an orchestra while they eat
PRICE OF SANDWICH BOOSTED.
II was the same at Joe" Adamss and at all
the rathskellers along Broadway, although al
the College Inn where the professional college
mems union meets. the price of the necessary
sandwich was bolstered up TO 20 cents In
places such as Little Hungary and the Russian
cafe where the musicians play in hussar uni
form the uniforms were supplanted by mufti
At the moving picture shows in furtilest Har-
lem and along Broadway-the Broadway OF
Brookyn-the crowds waiting in line for
chance to put in their nickels and have five
cents worth OF laughter. Down in Madison
Square Park there were several thousand per-
SONS gathered for three hours before midnight
awaiting the opening of the doors of the Car
den to admit them 20 the beginning of the six
dav bicycle race Inspector Schmittberger had
two hundred policemen on guard TO enforce the
order that should he admitted until after
u o'clock. But there great business in
the saloons not gunshot away from the big
building.
CROWDS IN CHINATOWN.
The Young Mems Christian Association Off
ciaIs accepted the situation, and their attend |
snce at the Sunday night services as large
as ever. apparently although the picture feat
ures were eliminated. At the East Side Educa- !
1ional Alliance the lectures were. of course. |
omitted, but the reading rooms we're filled.
Chinatown revelled in patronage. Although the
Chinese theatre was under the ban. there was
nothing sacrilegious in eating chop suey, and
the restaurants were busy on New
Years Eve.
Although the conversation OF New Workers
was in a large degree sprinlzied with complaint
the legal pressure. only one man evidently
save way TO il and -,came violent. He lived
sA Brooklyn. being F. j Dolan. a mechanic. Of
No 335 Bridge street. He imagined that he
was destined TO help the police. and so he start
ed 10 harangue crowd in front of an alleged
pooroom IN DeKalb avenue near Rockwell
Place
-"The law shall be enforced he shouted TO a
quickly gathering crowd. Sunday must be OBJ
served and made q day Of rest. I'll see 10 IT
that you don't go astray"--
And then he gave a wild whoop. dlew pen /
knife and leaped at bis audience. He stabbed |
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