The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-12
RESTAURANTS WOULD
LEAVE LID TO MAYOR
Tell Committee Of Seven He
Should Decide OH All
Night Licenses.
OPPOSITION ASKS TINE
Charges Lack Of Notice Of Meet
ing-Dunston Tries to
See Mitchell.
OPPOSITION ASKS TIME

The nrst attempt Of the Mayors '1l1
committee" TO sound public opinion ns
TO the all night license situation was
disappointing. Fewer than forty persons
appeared before the committee Of seven
which met yesterday afternoon in the old
Council Chamber. and nearly all Of these
represented restaurants or liquor inter
ests. Herman Ridder. chairman of the
committee. announced that another NEE,
ing will be held at Z. NJ. next Mon.
day.
The substance Of the views put forward
was that people should be permitted
to eat and dance until 2 A. NJ. at least
and that details Of liquor selling regu.
latlon should be left to the Mayor. The
members OF the committee present wera
Chairman Ridder. the Rev. DIR. Nehemiah
Boynton. Fred Sterry and Prof. Franklin
II. Giddlngs OF Columbia University.
John Henry Smith, the first speaker
amused the investigators with the state.
mcnt that no had plain name and
was plain man. representing nobody pu,
himself"
~ do speak," continued Mr.. Smith
"for the little restaurants where man
can buy a meal for so or rs cents. Ont
OF them was closed the other day be-
cause OF a nght What is n fight in
New York; There are fights all of tho
time In the big places where II costs
IS to eat and nobody hears Of them
An old friend Of mine. Mike Lyons. had
IA place on the Bowery. and they closed
him up because of fight. New fors
needs more such places as Lyons kept"
Frank A. X. Boland speaking for tht
Hotel Mems Association. asked that al
night licenses be granted to the hotels
SO that they could take care of public
dinners and balls.
Charles Fischer. representing Reiscn.
weber's. recommended that the sale ii
/ liquor be discontinued after A. NJ. bu
/ that dancing and the sale of food 10,
permitted until or $3.50 A. NJ. H
/ argued that the overhead charges whict
must be met by hotels and restaurant
are SO great that they must find their
profit in the after theatre trade.
Miss NJ de G. Trenholm. director al
the East Side Settlement House, at Sew.
cnty sixth street and the East River. sug
ges:ed that the most important thing was
"a law that could be enforced.
Il am trying to teach 200 foreign bor'
boys and girls to respect the law SAID
Miss Trenholm. II can't do that wher
some restaurant and dance halls are al
lowed TO break the law and sell liuuo,
until A VI. or la'eE on Suhua!
+ mornings"
Or. Samuel J. Tracy. representing tn,
Sabbath Alliance. the Committee of -Four
! teen. the West Side Association and othe
organizations. complained that the hear
Ing had been poorly advertised and tina
persons who wanted to oppose furthe
privileges to amusement resorts hadn'
time TO prepare arguments. Pressed b.
Chairman R!dGer 20 make some sort o
statement DR.. Tracy said:
These tango places should no; he KEEP
open after l2 o'clock The majority %
respectable people don't go 10 them ate
that hour. They are patrouizcd mostl!
by the deml-monde anyway"
John Duns;an proprietor OF Jacks res
taurant. went to the Mayors office yes
terday TO Inquire what chance there wa
Cor restoration Of Jacks all nigh
license. He left without seeing Mr.
Mitchell. The Mayor said last night tina
nothing had developed TO cause him :,
change his mind about the license revoca
ton.