New-York tribune., 1909-04-06
OPEN SUNDAY MEETING
Liberal League Plans Demonstration
at Carnegie Hall to Press Bill.

The first Of the mass meetings to urge a more
open Sunday for this city is 70 be held Wlthlh
three weeks on a Sunday night at Carnegie Hall
under the auspices OF the Liberal SUNDAY League.
Resides the addresses to be made by well known
public men, there will be moving pictures SHOW
ing the difference between the open Sunday OF
the Continent and the American SUNDAY. The
league at an executive meeting yesterday. at
which General John T Cutting. chairman Of the
governing board. presided. unanimously indorsed
the Brough bill, drafted BY the Committee OF
Fourteen. which allows the opening of the saloons
Sunday under proper restriction. and wnlch Is
aimed close the Raines law hotels.
The platform OF the league. which was adopted
unanimously. calls not only for the public libraries.
galleries and museums, swimming baths ana
such places to be open on Sundays. but also for
concerts theatrical performances. opera. moving
pictures. athletic games and open suburban re
sorts that day. Those present at the meeting
Edward Lauterbach. Antonio yucca. Robert
C. Kammerer. Edward stelndler. Seigfried Heine
mann Robert Lee Dunn John J. Freschi, Marks
Arnhem and H J. Rubenstein. Samuel Inter
myer and Edward Lauterbach were appointed a
law committee draft bills tending to HbeTaiize
the Sabbath and make sunday a legal holiday
Those who favor tho bill OF the Committee or
Fourteen are determined not TO allow 1t to be
strangled in committee tomorrow If they help
it, Practically the whole committee will go Al
bany appear before the Committee on Taxation
and Retrenchment, before which the hearing IS -
be held With them will go large delegation of
ciergrnen and representatives OF civic organizations
who in favor Of the bill The stumbling block
In the way OF the supporters OF the measure is
Senator Raines who does not want 10 see his law
the present one-changed at all In the face of the
demand by leading men of the city for some rene
dial legislation members of the committee believe
that he will not to far as TO prevent its
being reported to the Legislature. Senator RIines
named the committee. and II is OF upstate men.
with whom the interests of New York City do not
weigh much. Big Tim sullivan is the only Man
haitian man on the committee Kissel and Cullen. of
Brooklyn being the only other representatives that
this city has on IT,
There IS NJ why the bill should not be
received favorably except the Discrimination OF the
rural politicians yield anything matter how
beneficial might be, this city said Edward
Stelnder yesterday, The bill is a thoroughly
good one. and would remedy most of the present
evils. Bad as the Rancs law hotels are the back
room is almost evil and the proposed law would
mean the diminishing OF both evils The rights OF
those who wish 10 worship on Sunday are carefully
preserved and safeguarded. The open saloon, with
the back closed. would decrease drunkenness
and lessen the other attendant evils. The way in
which the Sabbath is kept the other side shows
we'll enough how It would work here There
does not have 70 sneak into dingy back room for
a drink and drunkenness is rarely Health
full reCrea tion is only permitted, but
aged. and the rights OF restricted in any
way
Father Luke J. Evers rector of ST. Andrew
Church. in Duane street, said that while he
opposed to Sunday opening on general principles.
he believed that the bill had great many points
to commend it He said that he could not say
without further study OF the subject whether the
opening of the saloon for a restricted period would
tend make the saloonkeepers keep closed during
the prohibited hours that he did think it would
reduce the opportunities for graft.