Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-04-12
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The Examiner says that the e1fort OF
the legitimate hotel keepers of the town
to prevent the spurious hotels from
being licensed is likely to Iail, because |
the three lawyers they offered to hire
demand fee of $3.50 for their Services, :;
and the landlords do not want to raise so |
much money for their protection which |
is very natural. We beg to advise them
that it is unnecessary. At least. we hope
that it is not necessary and we should
feel very uncomfortable about the dispen- |
satiOn of the laws in this county if we
thought that it was necessary for three
LAWYERS to be hired to prevent the
licensing Of taverns that are not entitled
to license. We have said some severe
things about our judges, but never any
thing so severe as this imputatiOn upon |
them made by our contemporary; and
though they. are of its household OF
political faith we do think it bellies them
in saying that it will require the services
of three lawyers to induce them to do
their duty in the matter of the tavern
licenses.
Judge Livingston, we understand, to
he indisposed to extend the number of
licensed houses. Judge Patterson may
be somewhat more literally inclined, but
both judges are exceedingly hard to
convince of the necessity of new tavern
stands. A judicious selection of smart
lawyers is valuable to man who wants
"new stand - licensed. An old
stand" "gets license rs a matter of course,
unless a remonstrance is filed against it.
Now, if the hotel keepers who really
entertain travellers will employ any one
square lawyer, to Call the attention of
the court to the tavern stands which do
not have the accommodations required
by the law, we think that they will have
secured all the legal assistance they
need. Certainly, it is all they should
need if the court is disposed to assist
their effort to vindicate the law. Their
attorney will advise the hOtel-keepers
that they must present Il remonstrance
against the granting of license to the
"old stands which have not the ac-
comodations required by the law,
and which ask a tavern license
only to get the privilege of sell
ing liquor. The attorney will file that
remOnstrance in each case, and when
the particular old stand 5" is reached
in the calling of the list he will present
it to the court along with the petition
which has been filed for the granting of
the license. That petition represents
modate the public, that the applicant is
of good repute for honesty and temper
ance, and that he is well provided with
the required houseroom and cOnveniences
for the entertainment of strangers and
travellers. That petition is signed by
twelve citizens of the ward or township
and is sworn to by five of the signers.
The attorney of the hotel-keepers will
call the attention of the court to the
fact that the averments of the petition
are challenged by those of the remon-
STRANGE and he will suggest to
the court that it will probably
desire, before granting the license, to
summon the contradictory witnesses
before it and listen to their sworn testi-
mony. The court, being anxious to
grant licenses only to those worthy of
them and entitled to them, under its
rules and the law, will naturally desire
20 {or ;,fo fp Ioh
it is invited land the hotei.keepers' attor-
ney may take back seat unless invited
forward as anicus curir.
We have, however, one bit of advice
to give to the hOtei-keepers and it is
that they approach this business with
clean skirts themselves. The court will
take care to apply the law to the
spurious hOtel-keepers but the latter,
If they are given a chance, will in their
turn invite the judges to bring the pen
alties of the violated law to bear upon
the hotel keepers. And we appreheDd
that if the hotel keepers movement fails
to go along to fruition it will be less be-
cause they cannot afford to provide
the necessary lawyers and witnesses,
than because they live themselves in
glass houses and can't afford to be
throwing stones. Some of them may
sell liquor on Sunday and others may
be trying to run two bars under one
license. If we are not mistaken there
are two bars in the Stevens House with
one license, one run by the proprietor and
the other rented by him and the same
thing is done at the Leopard hotel. MIR.
Hiestand and Mr.. Sensenig being two of
the prominent figures in. the hotel keep.
ers' fOray, il they should get weak in the
knees and lame by the wayside we will
easily tell the reason why.
There is not a particle of doubt that
there are drinking saloons in the town
licensed as taverns, whose pretence at
accommodating the travelling public is
very thin indeed. II the hotel keepers
are clean enough to go for them they
can bag their game. And why don't the
cOnstableS do it
WE agree entirely with our esteemed
contemporary, the Eran,iner, in recon-.
mending CORRESPONDENTS to send their