Show roosevelt Roos ovelt means business mcw york july sa president roosevelt of lie police board anil revenue collector edward grongo tonight for the came into collision at a discussion on the excise question which they view roin opposite standpoints the meeting took place at the headquarters ol 01 lie columbia club president tit said we stand for the enforcement of all laws and where it is impossible to attend to all we will attend to the chief offenders first end deal knitli the others in due time we won lasty eaon the platform of common honesty which means the enforcement of laws you read eliat interview with the editor of the wine and spirit gazette where lie stated that under the old regime alie blackmail of the police became heavy eliat a delegation called on the president of the police leard and lie agreed to stop it on condition eliat the saloonkeepers saloon keepers supported tammany dilall and no astonishment ia expressed at thie revelation because everybody knowe it to be true thie excise law never was a dead law it has always been enforced but it ia said to have been enforced only against those who had no pull in 1891 over buoo arrests fiade for violating tho law a pretta good record for a dead law the difference between then anil now is not one of severity but one of common honesty ive been told that wo reform by daring to stand up against the banded interests of the and liquor dealers I 1 would fail it thousand times rather than fru creed at the cost of official connivance at thievery dishonesty blackmail and corruption internal revenue collector groese said in reply the german american reform union liaa been deceived by mayor strong mayor strong promised that the laws would be interpreted in a liberal manner we have foord we were down on tammany because of its infamous enforcement 0 t the excise law kow v e are worse off than before |