Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-05-07
lFor the Delaware Republican. |
LICENSEES.


To the Honorable, the Judges OF the Court Of
Quarter Sessions of the peace and jail de-
livery in and for New Castle.
The approaching session of your Court,
which is called to meet on Monday. the 7th
inst, In New CASTLE, promises to be one OF un-
usual interest to that class of our citizens en-
gagged In the vending Of Intoxicating liquors.
The stringent laws passed by our late Legis-
lature have made a great fdtteriug amongst
those, who, petition 10 hand, are running
through our town, mportuning our citizens TO
help th EN- to carry on their nefarious business
and fear for the safety of our citizens, and
the morals OF our community. They will be
too successful. We have but few public
houses in our city where liquors are vended
that are conducted in accordance with the law
under which they have been licensed. Parties
are now applying for license whose houses are
nothing but hot beds of vice and immortality,
and yet there are not lacking those who not
only sign one petition for license but sign i've
and elk. small number Of men are thus
enabled to keep in operation a large Dumber
of those death dealing establishments to the
detrment of the good order of our commu-
nifty and to the health, happiness and moral of
thousands of our citizens.
We would respectfully call the attention Of
the judges OF thu Court 10 the ia CT that parties
are applying for license who have been repeat
edly refused, and some are even applying un-
der an assumed name thereby hoping to escape
the odium which years OF prostitution and
crime has indelbly impressed upon their name
and character.
Many might be named of this class, would
time and space permit, but cannot close th s
communication without calling the attention
OF the public and the Court in particular 10
the "Grant House," This place for a num-
Der OF years past has been general rsndez-
vous for persons of i'll fame of both sexes,
where night is made tideous by their demonac
yells ard midnight orgies, yet we tiud this man
(WaltherD the keeper of this notorious bed of
infamy will apply for license with his parch-
ment well signed with the requisite number of
persons, who certify that this notorious house
OF prostitution is necessary tor the accommo-
dation of the public, and that the keeper OF it
is man of good reputation for morality, hon
esty and sobriety.
Another case must mention before close
my disconnected communication. woman
who is well known 10 the community as the
keeper et q house of III fame OF the worst
character, having rented two large houses not
far from 4th and Madison streets, for the pur-
pose OF carrying on her infamous business of
degrading and demoralisng our citizens, not
being content with the mischief she is already
doing wants TO attach the business of rumsel-
ling to her already doubly damned iniquities
under an assumed name 10 sell Intoxicating
liquors and tbrou Rh these agencies, send hun
dreds OF our young men TO destruction and
premature death.
There are not isuiated cases; there are
pamher OF places where intoxicating liquors
are sold promiscuously to all clases OF our
citizens of both sexes, on every day of the
week, Sunday not excepted Some of our lager
beer saloons have more people in them on Sum
| day than our churches have. Some of them
have better and more accommodations for seat
| ibg the people than our churches have. Some
of these places have no license TO sell liquor
of any description, yet notwit outstanding this
violation of law, these parties are again COM
ing before the Court, petition 10 hand, de-
manding Of our judges licence for carrying
| on this nefarious practice.
| The heart sickens in contemplation of the
amount OF vice and misery that will be belch-
| ed forth from those bells of iniquily il tbeso
| places are again taken under the protection OF
law, and licenses granted TO those violators of
order, morality, deeency and law. hope
our judges will ponder long and we'll before
| they grant licenses to all who may apply, even
| If they have tho proper recomm endation, for 1t
must not be forgotten that many Of the signers
of these petitions are themselves the best Gus
toners to the houses they wish to have Ii
| censed. A CITIZEN.
| WILMINGTON, May 2, 1906.