The national Republican., 1868-12-21


BoAnD OF ALDERNBs.-Inthe Board Of Alder
men In Georgetown on Friday night the Com:
mon Council ordinance regulating tne SAFE OF
Thomas moved to amend that portion which
provides for the payment OF 900 Immediately
upon obtaining license to sell liquor In less
SsasSs S.s Il can Pet se made Sc n ssasr
ments OF t23 each quaEer, lie offered this
amendment In order to make IL easier upon
those persons y, who might nd II ineonvenient
hundred dollars at one time.
Mr.. Newman opposed the passage oft the ordi-
snsS psrsSce msn hnas Ss Inc .,e S atos
icating liquors was permitted, and the passage
Of tho resolution would prove Injurious to the
Corporation, inasmuch as y would deprive II
OF aoonsiderable revenue. The conduct OF the
Board OF Police In recently revoking the IL
| censes of some houses and granting them to
others, was unfsyorably criticized, and Mr.. n.
In many cases the estsbiiskments whose iicen.
ses had been rejected by the Board OF Police
were stu kept open, and the business IVA was car
| tion might have reaped a handsome revenue
from them BY giving licenses.
| Mr.. Hill hoped the amendment Of Mr..
Thomas would not prevail. 1t seemed that
| the low groggeries, which made paupers Of
| the citizens, and filled the poor-houses and
Jeils, met with more encouragement from
| church members and professed Christians than
| any other class, and to his astonishment he
found that church members OF that board were
foremost in extending this great evil. He re.
| peated that he was astonished and grleved at
| such a fact, and moved to amend the ordi-
nance by requiring the payment OF t2o0 for
licenses, instead Of tloO.
to him as one Of the two church members who
had given support to the liquor traficj but he
would tell that gentleman that he regarded
| Intoxicating drinks to be as great an evil as
he or any other man did, and II the simple
| interpretation Of heavy licenses would sup
press Its use, he would unhesitatingly vote for
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ing evil, however, and could not be put down
| BY the imposition Of heavy hnes or license
fees; for, II the vendors were not permitted to
anyhow. In Proof Of hi; h he reiterated S Y The
assertion that while the Police Board had re-
| yoked the licenses OF large number Of drink
which had been closed from that cause. The
| laws already existing were sufficiently bind
Ing, without any further legislation at this
| Mr.. Hill defended the course OF the Police
Board In the discrimination which they had
made 10 awarding licenses. Any man who
could obtain q permit to keep on. For him SELF
| he was no teetotaller. He took drink occa.
| sionally, butwas opposed to Its indisoriminate to
| sale by every person who could procure bot
tie OF whisky and a room in which to entice
| poor men to drink and rob their families OF the
hard earnings which should 60 to their sup
sold, the meaner the article to be had there;
and, II possible, he would favor giving one mar
the exclusive power to sell all that was used.
| Every community would be much better of
without the revenue derived from this source,
and he believed the corporation of George
town would be more prosperous II 1t did not
| receive dollar from this source.
Mr.. Davis indorsed the views expressed by
| Mr.. Hill, and hoped to see the day when not
drop would be sold In the place. He should 60
sse 10 sPS GB to
Mr.. Thomas said that he was as much op-
posed to the use Of Intoxicating liquor as any.
body, and II by his ipse dirt 1t could be ban.
would not hesitate moment to do so. But
such thing was impossible; the evil existed
and he y; va. not willing to such Law
tirely in the hands OF those of means, thereby
make the rich richer and the poor poorer. He
bspS, sgS, Of Gss'og sSs SeIs
the payment In quarterly divisions. The Po
lice Board had laid itself liable to censure
for there were numbers Of instances where 1T
ter of the houses, and yet their licenses wer,
rejected; while Others Of notorious repute hat
been granted permission to keep on. In repl.
to the gentleman's Mr.. Hillsl reference Ii
himself tMr., Thomasl and Mr.. Newman, a
church members, he had only to say that h
did not think he was the proper person t,
| catechise or lecture them as to their duty.
, Mr.. Hill replied that he did not mean Il
catechise or lecture the two gentlemen al
luied to, but simply to express his sorrow an,
surprise at the attitude In which he had foun
them. Upon examination, he said, 1t woul
be seen that four-hfths of the HiRnera for ar
pllcations OF parties for licenses were churcl
members-a fact which seemed exceedingl
strange and inconsistent with their proiei
sionB as Christians. He renewed his motto
to strike out slOO and insert $500, but subst
. Quently, at the request OF Mr.. Davis, VIII
thought It important to dispose OF the matte
Z at once, he Withdrew IL.
Mr.. Thomas demanded the previous quel
| tion upon his amendment, and upon this tn
! vote was taken by yeas and nays with the 70
lowing result: GeAH-Messrs. Thomas an
Newman, q nays-Messrs. Mathews, Davii
/ and Hills.
Mr.. Newman moved to amend by strikin
| out 900 and inserting 500; which was los
: The question then returred on the orlgini
/ ordinance, when 1t passed by the followin
, Hill, 81 nays-Messrs. Thomas and Newman,
PoLIcE INTELLIoESoR. = Charles Herber