Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1877 — The Liquor War in New York. [ARTICLE]

The Liquor War in New York.

Tlio saloon-keepers of New York are greatly excited by an interpretation recently given to the new License law passed at the late session of the Legislature, to the effect that licensed saloons, if not connected with hotels, shall not sell any beverages except ale and beer. Several thousands of saloons are now daily and nightly dealing out whisky and other throat-burning liquids, and it is the sworn duty of the Excise Board to take away their licenses and shut them up. The saloon men are organizing for protection, with the determination to make a contest for their “rights ” in the courts, and stave off final action by the authorities until the election of si new Legislature, when they will make an issue at the polls, uniting their influence and votes in favor of such legislative candidates as will pledge themselves to repeal or modify the present law. The new Liquor law of that State also pro.hibits the opening of the front doors of drinking saloons on Sundays, and it is anticipated that on next Sunday a vigorous effort will be made by the authorities to enforce this provision.