Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-10
x EPISODE IN TIE Co'N'I
~ pgoCEEDINes.
,,. Debate on the License
Is'e'..-CouaciImen Compelled 20
ss.v their Hands.

FhO"' license to sell liquor at a
n noia, on Jackson street % about one r1,i and
p onarter miles from the bay. This
;s one Of great attraction, and IN
- some business is introduced to
,bs neiehberhood undesirable, 1t
NJ .ome day be the site OF maAy beau
VIZ VIZ, names. The applicant for the Ii
,epse was Richard Pri'chard'
Far more tbaR a month previous to
=. .maKiug of the application, such an
had been anticipated by the peo-
s,eDs ;sn,syested in the neighborhood of
p'e .onosed saloon, and there were in
me pnds of the License Committee of
W. GornciI at the time OF the apDllra-
w tvo remOustrances against the
s,an,ipg of the license. o
pnns vas signed by about l25 OF the
'Ss,,s and property holders of the
q. wsrd the ward in which tue iloon
.as nroposed, protesting against the
..ing of the license To Richard Prt-
ss,S hecaase of his alleged bad char
.c,sr and reputation, and set forth,
s.,ono other things, tnat 1t was gene
s.Ilv understood that the said Pitchard
Ca Ca nyocared his license location and
al, the building thereon for the e6-
80 and known purpose of establishing
s.th.t polnt a house of prostitution,a and
- his application for a license ,or the
80 ~ Iiouors WAS only to facilitate his
ss;r.;nai object, /. O.. that above named,
s.d thai no business for the sale OF II.
h FNaf fsad int
sould be proftable. !.
The second remonstrance WAS signed
nv about 25 or 30 of the property owners
!. the immediate vicinity of the propos-
a saloon. requesting the Council not to
s,.nt any license to any person what
srsr for the reason that IL wOuld injure
the value of their property, aud there
vas no call or demand for such busi.
uess at that point.
n IL well known that Richard Pritch-
and il one uf the firm of Pritchard &
Isster; and that tho members Ut this
firm vere, on last October, tried and
sopyicted on the charge of keeping a
house of i'll fame on the corner of
Warrington and South Second streets,
IN this city, and that they were each
dp, on that occasion $l25 and costs I;
and that the same parties we're, at the
last term of court, tried and convicted
for the same otfense, and fined $500
each and costs.
Upon the announcement of the appli-
cation in its order there WAS an imme-
date motion and second that the license
should b. granted. Whereupon the fol.
loving discussion was had:
Mr.. Day. shall oppose the granting
Of the license. The location where this
party desires to establish his business is
a mile and a half from the bay, in a
residence comnunity; IL Is really in the
country. There Ia no demand, no rea
son why saloon should be established
st that point. There is nothing ia the
neighbsrhood to make the liquor bust
ness pay, unless something else Ia united
with 1t. There are two remonstrauces
fled with the License Committee of this
Council, sipLed by $50 people of the
First Ward and by all the people own
inc property on Jackson street in the
vicinity of the proposed saloon. protest
ing against the granting of the license
70 any person for the sale of liquor at
the point desired ; that they expect 20
establish their homes there, and that
the vroperty will 90 valuable for resi-.
aenee purposes only, and II this saloon
is permitted TO be established there the
value Of the property will DO destroyed.
And besides this, / maintain that this
man is not man of good moral CHAR
acisr, and he Is not person intended
by the law to have u license. IL IL a
we'll kpown fact iii this council aud in
tuis community that this Richard
Pritchard has been convicted of crime.
Of the crime of keeping house of I'll
fame in connection with his business of
selling LIQUOR, for which he has been
licensed heretofore by this Council. II
hswants to carry on the liquor business
let him remain where that business IL
being carried on already, and not go out
into outside localities aud damage prop
efty and persons where no such business
sxisis. And | contend that he ~ not "A
ht person 10 have any license To sell
liqaor anywhere; and further, that no
person ought to have license to sell
liquor in place like this, where all the
people are opposed to 1t. / am decid.
sdly opposed TO the motion.
Mr.. Wusthoh-Mr. PTitchArd told me
that he was very anxious to 40 out tn
this new place aud keep decent house.
idon'tsce why We should reject the ap-
plication, for II he afterwards keeps
snoh house we coald take his license
away from him. There Is nothing b =
fore this Council TO show that be is go
Ing to keep such house. He told me
and assured me personally that he WAS
uck and tired Of that class of life that
he wanted to build up a respectable
MI hu n u ht f..ssa
ay. believe him, and have authority
70 belaim that he will not.
Mr.. Northrup-rhe Council licensed
aman 10 sell liquor at Lake Union upon
.ns understanding that it should be u
quiet, Respectable place in the ooun-
w, where he might retire and furnish
sae people a chance TO come and drink
aquiet way. happen to live uafor-
sans.ely near this quiet place." On
sunday u IL unsafe Tor children to br
Playing IN the neie hboI hood. because OF
we number Of prostitutes and other bad
suafacters that congrsgate there. The
loase 10 boisterous and disorderly. We
s,e Kept awake nights with tue noise.
nt wanted 10 reform. but don't want
any more OF that kind of rsforDsefs.
AT. kanke-Me have two remon-
siances here, signed by pretty near 2I
vizens and persons owning property on
VIC Street. do not think II Is right to
kAnt license mp there. We 40 moi
snt 70 post q policeman there to see
uss goes on. In that case shall vote
xnnst IT, lvo,ed against granting q
nan license upon Nintk street, and tc
s1y respectable young man, for the
.Soa We have no policeman out IN