The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-27
WO0O MAKES 4
STATEMENT FOR
HIS FRIEND DAVE
Chairman of Committee Ap.
pointed to Urge Sunday
Closing Takes Up Role of
Mayors Apolcgist,

lNllNiAl IIdi'lS Ia W bttls chairman
OF the pruhibitionist committee. APP
poiltcd To call upon Mnyor tioutright
to close the saloons on sundays and
enforce existing laws. the executive
has given uut ~ statement u Is % a
statement IN the FIRST person. chair
man wood speaks as apologlst for The
mayor. In part the statement says.
1t Is an unfortunate tact. though
little understood, that there Is no state
law IA New Mexico which singles out
the SALOON or liquor business and COM
mands it, being closed uu sunday. nor
is there any ordinance of The city of
Albuquerque that requires sunday
closing. The only state law on he
subject h. the general one sometimes
called blue law which requires that
every ana al kinds Of sertiic uccupa-
tons aud businesses shall bc CLOSED ou
sunday. II Is true thai the supreme
court has ruled that this law covers the
business oi selling liquors hut il Ike.
Wise includes sclliag newspapers.
Dlac sing boots and repairing "a broken
chair Ia the kitchen Etcn this law
a. applied 10 the CLOSING of SALOONS on
sunday Is practically INCAPABLE ~ en-
forccment The mayor before the SEES
L- or n We NN' |1 "HH-. 80 -
cured the arrest ~ a certain party
cha scd with keeping N saloon open
ON SUNDAY. II VAS proved that the
salo"u vis open and the proprietor
behind the bar with hi apron uu aud
customer. present. The district court
however. ruled that this was not a
Violntloa of me law as n ruv stands
that unless an actua sale of liquor
WIS proven. there wa uu Violation
committed - keeping ~, place open
ON SuudJ,
The attention ~ the last tate leg
i%slaturc wa, then called 90 this situ-
alton ana am cmor made tu proCuT,
% law requiring saloons to close ON
SUNDAY such q bin was drawn. and
passed IA" state senate but despite
an the efforts 81 thc friends of IA,
measure including tn, mayor thoN
were unnbl, Co get any action upo1 ID
In tho house of representative, whcr,
10 accordingly died.
"NoV e. Jo the city ordnance. Il
merely prov idcs that curtains. screen
doois. etc. which hlde the bar IRON
tho public street must hr open, hu'
II makes uu provision that thc bal
may not u' located in places wh"r'
10, prcsoI," ot patrons can ho 'asil'
concealed without the inter, cniion %
door or window or screen. The 81
.,ct uI this ordinance H. To- throw Wid
open. and drive away .usium iron
the better AVID moro oiierl, class %
liquor house. while protoctins tn
party who's, bar is go located hat
can Ice concealed and Nho is in mos
need OF regulation
Il am advised thu' the . 'Di 70
sides iu tine cit, uulnci to pass a'
urdiuHnc, which would crcUt.Nci'
close %.l'uous uu sunday within 80
cit, limits. bat untl an ordinance :
pa..rd there bel uo power In the mhN"
or fh, polio, department go ,ntur''
such % nile. There b sometime Il
1D -u.d also ou tn' Justice of such 90
uIiIua. .,. The Unfortunate Location
"f our city limits leaves q great po'
tiun uf our population and many "a
iouuH outside th" CO. proper ana me-
subject Go regulation az all uN oar ,t.
council outside -iloons pay e vct'
small ID.I-c while those lusido IN
,it, contribute & 3 600 o year for th'
prisIlcg, of DIN .usiucs.. So TOM
ms We license lh,., men and a,,"p
th,ir mol,y wc uH, them some m"a
sure OF fair treatment. Would u H
Jusr u; accomplish puy good purpus.
t. restrict Jhus, men inside The cit.
when th, moral influence uu the On
muniil %, having Ga, u~nresuIat'd ont
,iI, Saloon. ruI N.d' upcu Suudu,
e. a- Had or worse
- merely sIrs,.t TINS without ~
pressing ans rirN. un the subject
HAD ", 70 state IIw which vuul'
lH.. Ia .al..". ..fI tnatl. mud ftfrf