THE ANTI-SUNDAY-LAW PARADE.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XV, Issue XXI, 23 November 1895, Page 646

THE ANTI-SUNDAY-LAW PARADE.

One of the most singular sights to which thirsty and sweltering New York has been recently treated was the parade ot that section of its foreign element which desires free beer on Sunday, or as one of their emblems tersely states it, ‘No Puritan Sabbath.’ As a picturesque collection of Frenchmen, Germans Swedes, Irishmen, Huns (and Vandals ?) in gala costume touting politically for King Gambrinus, the procession might be accounted a superb success ; but, as a demonstration of sentiment by American citizens, an unprejudiced observer fails to see the point of the show. Other business houses close on Sunday. Merchants do not sell dry goods, and why wet goods should have any preference over law and American custom is difficult to understand. Of course, Tammany, which has plundered the people for years and hopes to have another chance, and which has blackmailed liquor-sellers just as much as, if not more than, any other calling or corporation, viewed the procession with greedy, gloating eyes. But its magnitude—it was more noisy than arge, anyway—did not seem to disturb the serenity of President Roosevelt, who had been bluffingly invited to review.