The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-20

Of tho harroom windows are kept up all
day Sunday there. ~ required by law. 80
az to expose the room to every passerby
aud show that no one ls there. But the
side or family door swings back and forth
all day. aud all corners get quiet comfort
In some inner room. and no one. crusader.
canon OF senHationalizt. says "A word. or
hardly a word And that h true all over
tho state outside OF New York city. HUT
there the matter II one % ever recurring
crusade. spying and summary and arbl-
trarv aTTesting. with the inevitable conse-
guenCe Of eNtor'ion and blaCku,Sil night
and left. a great and dangerous evil being
thus substituted for a much smaller one
I have nov In consideration the wav
of systematic. safe and orderly adrninisirn-
tion Of the liquor law. ~ that II will he Oh
served In the city Of New York even better
than IN the rest OF the STATE. and az the same
time this eating canksr Of extoriion anu
blackmah shall he destroyed All good
and sensible people would rather see every
saloon wide open on sunday than have u
continue. hut with the aid Of the good
and intelligent people of the city. without
whom the Mayor In his weakness can do
little or nothing. the law can he enforced
a. well as and better than anywhere else
Ia the State and blackmnil and eNtor'ion
put an end to at the same time.
Whether I could favor an amendment
I
tain hours on sunday. as In Great Britain
aud ireland. and as some 81 our clergymen
and others advocate. I cannot say.
FORMER 1IsRULE o. TIRE PoIICE
We have AZ fine a body OF men on our
police force in New York city as 10 to be
found anywhere Only a small percentage
OF them are unit what trouble there h IN
the force arises Oot of the way in which II
has been rulei for long time Those put
IN rilership over Il have for long time
required the men to do lAwless things
There 10 no way 20 enforce the law efficiently
except the way prescribed by the law itself
Ours Is a government OF laws and not Of
men The lawIe<a ratd in NeS DIRK city
vas long used to collect eAtoriton The
raid on one house ar hotel because ~
Was In arrears OF eXtoTtion money levied
on u was notice TO all others IN arrears tn
ray up. and all the while zealou- people
we're encouraging and pra.sing such acts
uf lawle-sness. not perretVins What was
being done by means Of them
Bv such means QUE high officer % the
| police after another retired a millionaire.
/ and there 10 nov quite long liSt oi them
/ with their country and cts houses. yachts
aud evidences at wealth Sotne OF them
recently had the erron,ery to advise
through the newspapers how tn" Police
Department should he run
IEoisL,rIvE INTERTTRTN,F
large number la New York city are
/ always conforming what they call legis-
1 lattVe interference do not feel that way
| Much n not most Of the good done for the
/ city Ia been with the vi 81 the taCi=la tur"
W. have had ia ~ AN and spoil~ legislation
. 10 he sure hut most IL u has been honest
and good II j. nov -1id thai tho l"gi--
Z Lture 10 preUa ring new ,hart"r for New
! York city and that a man Who lives here IN
Svractl-.' - drafting r. hoV-- no cha rter
will he considered hv rho Legislature until
b. j. first submitted 10 the consideration 81
the officials and people OF that city for a.
least year or Two. We have many
Intelligent business and civic bodies there
like this ~ yours which would discuss y
and revtS. amt perfect n Indeed do not
/ think any proposed Charte Tor New York
+ city vhi"h has not originated there should
~ considered hy the legislature
7 have for fifteen wears had wish 20 80
down and writ" 'harter FOR the CITY ~
rawrits the present one and put 10 In -ci~n.
tiHs' shape II ran. ! think, 30 Reduced "a
. 1ne-thtrd 81 it, present hulk \o mors
iIuterats instrument % government eveI
existed than our present charter md vet
II - now understood and workable and
/ hope nothing will ~ done With II until one
Two or three capa bic and honest men are
given a year ~ rewrtte II and IA doing 10
make any changes in me structure 81 gov
eminent that ma ne necessary