Show NIC Ni lom SUNDAY flAW I AW New NIl York city Ity Is If divided In iii senti sentiment ment fluent oi On the tho Sunday saloon question The Tito which h however are not Mt united on OIl lint and other oilier Im hl generally fun regard the tho thu In Intoxicants as n a great greal lt public evil 1311 A tow few prominent divines as nil well veli n some of ot their Ih lr followers Join with whit people on rr the other oilier side Ido of the dispute manifest mani tNt t strong regard for Cur tiLe the wl wishes hos iM and amid appetites of or persons i iwho who Wilt patronize places where thero liquor Is Ic l soil soli I IOno One Ono recent argument offered by the advocates of ot allen opan Sunday saloons Is im that Under democratic forms of ot gov I i mt ht u II law in U is not permanently en by elected 81 authorities where n R large number 11 II of ot persons II II In the tho local locality ity It do ilO not consider con the this net art forbidden a tie III Immoral In itself and ore Ire unwilling to yield obedience to 10 the law New York Is III a cosmopolitan olty city All kinds of or people from a great rea t many na lions are congregated there They havel thoI peculiar customs desires and They rhey have rights as n citi citizens semis zens should nil all be bo considered oon nut But there thore Is III ono one principle that ought to tobe tobe tobe be recognized In all 1111 govern governments monte manU nur that Is II tuft the tha will VIII of or the majority should prevail Suppose thieve there la lea Ian a considerable cOll number of ot citi citizens zens favorable to Sunday It If they th I are In iii the 1111 minority their tier per personal soni wishes Wl should not nol overcome ma mil majority rim Jorl rule The rl fact tuot that Now Vork I orl urIs hilA n 1 Sunday closing cloning law would go to show shin that the majority has decided against tho thio open SunuP Sunday saloon It If that Is 19 huo tho the proper thing for tor the tho to do Is to acquiesce and con conform form torm to the tho law amid while tho thin law stand It 11 should bo be enforced rim and officers omeara who tho neglect or refuse to perform their duty should bo ho Im mm Impeached J chell and deposed cd There are no doubt runny many respect and well meaning persons who have contracted the tho habit of or drinking In a n moderate way who WILL do donot donot not Indulge to excess nd to whom an 1111 occasional dram has become an Imaginary ary liny lit If not a n real They rh y re no regard gard tim Sunday closing chasing movement na Its I o and an tin Infringement upon their Many of ot theta them will vIli either cither r defy lOty tho the law or seek to evade It and in III the liquids thus In de do demand domand mand will vIiI be ready teady to supply It and risk pi elocution These facts are ar lucid held by scale nomo of ot tho the New York advocates ot of the UtI open saloon as ns sufficient to war warrant runt rant the removal of or the lie laws latva restrictions re 1101 after all It has not been b n that the majority of ot the time citizens nA desire IliC fM hi repeal of at the statutes anti and ordinance Hint make mu ke Sunday Bunday liquor selling unlawful anti and until such a n change ot It t sentiment Is effected the tho I argument Is 11 against tIO th tu saloons anti and I supporters I IW W V Se have not mentioned In this con coti connection the religious sentiment which 1 lit Is opposed to the thur Sunday liquor nn as a promoting tIre tha disturbance of ot thus the I Sabbath peace Fence nee and nu of ot religious worship I anti of or that rest which Is III needful on I Ithe the tiny day In Christendom for tor that purpose I Sonic Borne regard should certainly be paid 1 to their objections Mill and particularly no flO If It they nr are endors endorsed ed by b a 1 number of ut persons per with religious societies to a n majority or of the community In which the tha dispute arises Tin The of ot tim tho law have havo no nil rIght light to take luk any sInes n on time the question of ot till the laws enforcement Their duty Is in simply to tm Ie execute not nol to 10 oppose O or ad RI fur Its 1111 provisions Their f q pinions QS flu II to 10 Hi Ih II advisability have nothing to mu todo muI do I with tJI itte subject If It the tho law Ill says fI 8 I shall not be e sold oll on Hun Iun day executive 1 Intro havo no un option In the matter but hut are ore required requIre to en forte the tb law In Impartially and to 10 the tho of ot the power entrusted to them This to ovary over spot eliot III la the United limited B Itt I This Is a tt popular government and while the tho wishes desires and no ot or every class of oC people p ore are to tobo tobo tobe bo be wisely ly considered It II Is III the rule of ot the tho ho majority that must prevail or our lI system t ln of oC government will be bo n it farco tarco anti and ft 1 failure |