The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-31
MAYOR has NOT TURNED DRY
IT> BLACKNAIL HE WANTS To
STOP. Nor nRINkING.

tsI,ng with his proposal TO abolish
summary arrest by tho polio" in barrooma
tp- violations OF this EXCISE law which they
witness. would add nothing yesterday TO
rs letter To Police Commissioners Baker
p 70 can b. stated authoritatively that
r.yurts that Mr.. Gaynor IN aiming at or
,,--cts a dry Sunday are erronaouA.
Tho Mayor said nothing tO any Of his
,s.-rs which would justify such an
.mpr~sSion. All that he would say % tho
u-Wspapsr men was that his Ietter spoke
tor itself.
He gave no Thought to the QUESTION Of
an open or closed Sunday when hs wAa
making his programme What be meAna
10 strike NJ II the Matchmaking Of saloon
keepsrs by tho police through harroOm
arrests. This extortion hs thinks can
10 prevented by leaving u 90 the District
Attorney 60 say whethar the evidences
obtained justifies an arrest on warrant.
IL 10 the police extOrtiou systsm. not the
saloons. that the Mayor is reaching out
for.
AZ the same time the general opinion
~ tho Aldermen and ward politicians.
many OF whom arc saloon keepers. who
lounge around the corridors Of the City
Hall was that tho saloons Of the city
would be kept rather tightly closed for n
few Sundays until IL n seen how the
pOlics TAXA the Mayors orders The
esnsrAl comment heard from these men
w1s that while Il was one thing to deal
with COP they knew and could 1x IL was
quite q different thing 90 deal with sworn
informations upon which n District
Attorney would act. One % these men
. ~ =. :.
There was no danger In taking chances
when ths worst that might hAppen 20 us
was Q $40 or sss fine in Special Sessions.
but don't intend TO take a chance for q
while. because who knows that the State
EXCISE Department might not take adj
vantage Of these AfidAvits, and that would
probably mean the canoslling of my
hcanss and the forfeiture of my bond
Comm issioner Baker said yesterday
that he agreed With the Mayor that plain
clothes men should not themselves make
excias arrests and that ne would begin
nc once preparing to enforce the Law in
accordance with the Mayors letter.
1T b q fine thing sAid the Commits
sioner. TO have a. Mayor a Judge who
can put the proper Interpretation on the
law This matter oG the method Of maxi
and myself have had under consideration
since the earlv part 81 January. Our
interest IN the mMtter antedAtes the first
raid made by Policemen Cunningham and
keenan, and their activity had nothing
whatever to do with the new order. u
will take some time to lay the plans for the
new method and 10 instruct the police
I ahall consult with four or Ave inspectors
to-day or Tomorrow and explain my
views to them and they viii know the /
quickest way Of ins.rlcting the men, |
There may be some dissatisfaction with /
the new orders: that - TO he expected: |
but belisve thar the majority Of the force u
win cooperate with me.
There u an infinite amount 81 detail
recurring ascentiOn before the plan can \
be Instituted and ne shall take things up
a. they appear. The matter Of enforcing
the law a. Coney Island can wait until
the resorte are opened. New forms will
have tn hs printed, ON which the police
will make their affidayits. which will he
presented az the District Attorneys Office.
All thoss things tak" time and l can not
cay just when we will begin Operations.
Tho Commissioner was asked whether .
Gan Bingham as Police COmmIssioner b
proposed by the Mayor.
believe he did propose something i
like IT, answered the Commissioner
District Attorney Whitman sad:
WITH the excise situation - well Wort q
trying and IL clearly IN accordance With
the provisions Of the liquor tax law. IL
must be- remembered. however. that the
obtaining OF evidence OF violations OF the
law, and hence the enforcement OF the
laW by the courts. rests primarily and al
Fnoat entirely upon the integrity and
efficiency Of the POllce Department, even
under the scheme which the Mayor pro
poees The Distract Attorneys once
i not provided with officers for the pur-
pOss % obtaining evidence OF violations
Of Law OF course my ONCE VIII CO.
operate cordially with the Mayor ana
with the Police Commissioner. and VIII
vigorously prosecute such persons as are
shown 10 he guilty Of tho violation Of the
.xcis.. Law ON the evidence presented 20
me by the Police Department a. ra-
guirad by ths statute.
Mr. Whitman added that he did not
think the Mayor was trying 20 pat the
.xcis. business up TO the once Of IN. ,
T,,strict Attorney IL was at tsart ~ ,
ths work Of the once ~ do rolics duty.
4 will proceed on any evidence that -
brought % me property "9rr"Dofatsd
, onfiDtlad Mr. Whitman IL u not up 20
me a. TO hos they may obtain the evil ,
denc. and do not bsileve that tns Mayor .
Ia. any idea of Keeping plan clothes .
:. en- from getting evidence. All that ne .
wishes to DO rs 20 stop Peromptory arrests
and possible graft
D,strict Attorney Clarke of Kings sad
4 have Rad the Mayors letter care
fully and consider Il cover the situation q
admirshly. All excise cases thai nave :
, ome up for prosecution here have reRu- Z
iarly come 20 this ONCE and ] am ready
20 take care OF all that may come under
his new rule. ! do not think that the
u.uteT Of excise cases will bs materially .
N, r-ased 10y the new policy. but sven u u
snould II. the present force OF assistants
y /! 30 able To take care OF all IN - cAss'~ II
Ihe only comment which y p. Donovan.
- r,-tAry Of the United Liquor DEALERS
A--ociatlon Of Kings County would make ;
on the Mayors leGter was 1t ~ gooo
t..Gg-
4 i-adinR member OF tho association,
} uW.veT. had this 20 say: The sttuatton !
ta- never been a. bad in Brooklyn ~ IN )
Manhattan. hut thers can b no denying '
% A. corruption has existed IN this Dor
, gh The United Liquor Dealers As .
ss. la'ion 81 Kings County 1ces not =snt
any proprstOrs OF disOrdeRty houses n
~ membership. When ON q trial :
& me. ouf thai "A DEALER has n diaordeTiy =