New-York tribune., 1910-07-14
MAYOR STOPS LICENSES
FOR ALL-N|GHT SALOONS
Had Been Issued Under New
Law and Without His Con-
sent or knowledge.
nRDER AFFECTS 47 PLACES
Mr.. Gaynor Says in the Future
Only Such Places as Supply
Food to Night Workers
Will Get Permits.


s.ie Of liouor have been revoked on
orders from Mayor Gaynor. In taking
his action he announced that IN the
future no ali-night licenses would be
issued except 10 places where persons
--ho have TO 7rork at night "legitimately
70 fer meals and the like There are
about seventy more all-night licenses
nov IN force. but II is the Mayors in
-ention 70 lessen this number materially.
Loud walls went I'D last night from
III resorts" IN the Tenderloin and
other parts of the city where business
begins 70 get lively a. midnight and
lasts until sur-up.
TIE forJy-seven revoked hy the Mayor
-esterdav we're licenses that had been
ISSUED by his clerk in the last few weeks
--irhout his knowledge or consent and
since the amendments 70 the excise Ian
rent into effect
The regular liquor certificate issued by
+he state Excise Department permits
business 70 be conducted Up 70 l a m
o. al veek days except Saturday when
the closing hour Is midnight. For some
ears. however il has been the practice
u ISSUE special licenses for limited
-e-io6s permitting the sale Of LIQUOR
throughout the night. Under the law the
Mayor Is supposed TO issue z permit for
such : license. and actually the license
i= issued by the state Excise Depart
r7enr on the permit Of the Mayor.
Izyv Gave Mayor Power.
Before the new Law vent into effect
- Vas the business Of the Police Com
missioner 70 investigate and report on
al applications for an-night licenses, #
he approved. The Mayors clerk issued
The permit as matter Of form This
rrzcricaTz p1t the power in the hands
- The Police Commissioner
The amendment 70 the Law, however.
takes this power OUT OF the hands OF
the Police Commissioner and makes the
6Eavo- the sole Judge Of al applications.
The MAYORS attention was nor called
fo the -act that the new law had gone
into effect until YESTERDAY. however.
when he learned that his clerk had been
issuing aE-nighr licenses As usual with
opt consulting him
Tnmedia teIy the Mayor issued an
order re-oking these permits and di-
~ecting the state Excise Department -
revoke the all-night licenses. The Mayor
+ren personally signed ? notice 70 each
of the forty-sez-en holders Of the licenses
n the revocation and told the Police
Commissioner to serve r1e notices i'm
rlAdLarelv and see that the places we're !
shut ID Al / O'Clock
The notices we're served n the keepers |
C The saloons and resorts by the pre- /
rinct captains IN each case the notice /
consisted Of d brief letter from the !
Mayor saving that the aU-night license !
had been revoked and . copy Of the let !
Ter - the state Excise Commissioner I,
giving the same notice No reason was /
given for the revocation, and the liquor 4
dealers we're much r0ystified by the or |
da-
Each one thought he was the only one /
affected ard wondered why he had been t
picked 70 be closed UP, while at the /
same time he pur in few busy minutes (
wondering if Individual liberty meant a |
o. town
Most Of the - ioonkecpers decided TO |
= 70 me Mayor to-day and try TO show |
71at they were running legitimate places, /
providing food and drink to night work /
e~s -ro needed 2 bit Of stimulant to /
Keep thcm on the job during the hot /
weather
IN the future the Mayor viii pass per /
snra-1v m al applications for au-night I
#ceHses snd have an investigation made /
hr mem ber Of his own staff.
Saloon Men Surprised.
7re location Of their night licenses
tora me Brooklyn saloonkeepers by sur
prise. IS al of them had paid for the 1
privilege Of keeping open until to-mor-
r9w night The belief among the pro-
r~l=-c-s Of many places WAS that the /
Mayor cancelled the permits TO hit AT the |
resorts Of iii repute-
Tho manager Of Raub's cafe. at No.
Eerins street one Of the best known f.
places in Brooklyn. said last night that
ba Thought when applications for night (
licenses were made again the high class
places would be permitted TO stay open
William Clark. manager Of the Bal
Taharn. one OF those on the Mayors
..s' said last night that he had received
80 notice 10 close up and that he would
sta onen after ] O'Clock unless his en-
TiCyers directed him not TO. He like
me other saloon managers. could not
understand what the general revocation
"t night licenses meant. He said that
There has never been any trouble in his
place
The manager Of KID McCoy's place
.3 me basement of the Hotel Normandie,
''Hth street and Broadway. another
iisCe mentioned IN the list said that he
e occasion recently 10 put a noisy
tsfly out of The place and believed that
re incident might have caused the rev
ooation of his license.
WOMAN 4 SUICIDE at "a.