New-York tribune., 1909-05-05
aEEED MAN FOR MAYOR"
CEN BTNGHAMS VIEWS.
Sprngs Surprise at Ethical-Social
League Dinner.

~. ,,,asfion Of revision Of the present Sabbath
a 7,,7nr1ary laws thrashed out last night
. .ra dinner Of the Ethical-Social League at the
- ,vzrlle Hotel. Police Commissioner Bingham
=, mas one Of The speakers. declared that with
- +fousand regular troops he could police the
- ,= see that the laws were obeyed as easily
= h, could snap his fingers Failing the loan OF
- reellars he said that il the city was to give
-, 7rnuer tools in the way OF an honest Police
--.n7eDr he would see the law obeyed, anyhow
- aid that the force had improved greatly of
-. now the men are coming 10 realize that hon
= scc7rapishrnenI OF duty is TO be preferred above
-re-ry puny political pull
-, strongly favor the revision Of our Sunday and
,,rr-larv laws he said. AT present they are
1.=qe-nodse. L cannot find courts or lawyers VINO
-, agree a. to their Interpretation. This fooling
IN the saloon question makes me think of a tree
,r-irr in a mans back yard and bringing forth
,isoned fruit Instead OF taking pole and knock
- down the poisoned fruit one by one, why not
,.l,a an axe and chop the tree down? If you don [
want whiskey sold, why don I you hrsi Try TO stop
,be manufacture Of it?"
u tel YOU" continued the Commissioner, that
- nm want a clean town you want TO elect q
Nsror this fall that's man. business man, com
retent 10 tackle anything or 10 get some one VINO
= c,77rerent TO tackle II for him Get man that
nil get YOU clean honest, straightforward Com
Missioner Of Police who continue 10 clean out
the force -
We want YOU Mr.. Commissioner" shouted some
81 thank You for the compliment the Commls-
5one- continued. but I don't expect To be there
7 think some things I've done will STICK, because
there are some policemen who are beginning To
.el that there's a reward for honest work. ! nope
GOOD Commissioner viii succeed me / am afraid
~ r,, effect a politician might have on the force
Miss I.eonora O'Reilly, Vice-presldent OF the
,yorre,.'s Trade Union League. said that greater
good could be done if, instead of censeFlng inc
,lav hours o. working women, their working hoUs
ta watched. OF course. she said, women go 10
so,,a halls 10 dance like mad" 10 forget theh
1-,,fes. to squeeze little pleasure ont of life
,,oti,ar sneaker was ex-Distrfct Attorney Phil
min who said that the agnostic must observe lle
CHRISTIAN sabbath. whether he wish 10 DO SO OF
not adding. 10y way OF a question: What chahce
v-orls q man have of becoming President OF the
United States If it were known that he was an
sgnostfre II was only during the last political
,srnnaicn that il raised as an issue that d
candidate did not believe in a God
We are lawIess' said the Rev Dr. John =
rs,srs -fn 2 large measure because we make laws
,as, We do not intend TO enforce and which can
not be enforced No law should be placed on tho
s,s-ute books unless il Is in accordance with the
feeling Of the people The Raines law hotels were
allied into existence by the sunday law, and can
oB1v be got rid Of by modifying the law so as 70
r-oy56e for the sale Of liquor under better condl-
tons
canon Chase said that in MS mind the one rem
ez,- f,r rresert conditions lay in direct nomlna-
lions and that the saloons could be closed under
-he p-esent Law. He said that Jerome and RooSe-
,e!, had done So and that it could be done again