Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-17

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The .smpersnco people and ihs e'ta-
,nanSty in genera, in and sboai istSs-
vile desire 70 GEpress shrOaGh Joar
paper their dissppointmsni at the
course pursasd By The Cossty CoFD'n's
sisosrs al their late terra, 10 granting
license for the Iale Of intoxicating
liauors. against the earnest reHson
STRANGE Of larRe majority. icing if''sh
three f0urths to seven siRhihs ct tue
rsuulation 10 that eleets0n preeiI'ea-
whs,a ne have no intention 30 cond< nm
,,,.Si ne neu learn the rea7ots, - heF
s-+h.lSss serisu=ly challenge the COT
1870 of their sourse, and feel mat
- save nause Of compliant Tor TIE q az
nsr Ia which ue wire treated.
Ts1 easa saauds thus: 10 the arss I'd
.,.rns the Commissioners EeJsoted TIE
s~.iicafion for license. Ihia Sas an'
dsss.ood 20 be fnih 20 far ~ tbsY we're
c-,rneyned. no iutimatiOD being given
,ha, ,hev would R,ke the msEtsf undsf
sdviaa.aept. on thar they might ap0h
so,ther consideration reverse thsH &C
too The usartieas 10 enaFge Of the re-
.-.~nssrnucs. being satisfied WITH tee
darIar ration OF thst Court. and Feposihg
confidence 10 than, more esPeeially
.~hsc thev bad the ASSURANCES OF inul-
~idaal Yoerps,cfs Of that body that toef
.oaId not reconsider and change, re.
,nynsa home. IL snas fSFther npdeFstooo
,h.t the auplicant intended u apply 70
ths Distriet Court for = writ Of msnaR.
Ems wbieb OF course be bad the riRbi
a. Al and the rernunstrant- would have
hesn Glad 10 ham that action takea'
thst n might I've decided whe,heF ths
Iaw regulating hSnsuse u mandatory OF
anIv directory: WHISTLER any nan. espa'
eisIiy vhen Be desires 10 establish IN
sivsn eomtnunity what they CONSIDER
nuisance and knasF 10 be curse Snsf-
ever n il introduced. has more power
than thew. and can, by virtue OF Law OF
nnder color Of law, override them; or
in other words, whether a com Haunity
upAer sueh circumstances are not To "
hasYd and have 10 rights which the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS aAs bound 10 respect
10 that end counsel was engaged ~
their behalf, 10 hase the question fairly
ana fully presented, 80 that the true
snirit and intent ef the Law should IL
iudioially rendered by competsnt au-
thority.
The people at large do not understand
The lax 10 be mandatory; the Commits
sionsFs themssiveiL or q part OF them
Al Ieast. are not fully satisfied or cliiai
IN thsiy avn minds on this subisct
WIN then, did they not let the csss GO
mn a. n Gas threatened, and thus hAv,
ds6ns5 and pointed out? Instead oi
doino a. and stauiIing consistently BIS
theiT reflections, they utterly ignore OF
,,ay mn rrOard 90 the opinion Of the
nr.aaontino attorney, whom the Law
ronstitutes their legal adviser, and con
oluae anon their Own motion, without
notice to the raunsnstFAnta, who were
both numerous aEpi respectable. (hAv
inc ,oo. the RIGHT TO be heard 10 undo
what they had decided upon when thts'
were present and represented ana hnr
riedIy grant and issue TIE license.
Was this courtntus1 Was it right
Was IL according 10 tho rules OF th'
Commissioners CDartf IL shis ihtil
DYaetise or mode Of doing buslnessf II
+. 20, what kind of raIea or methods have
theyf Perhaps 1t might be more aippfo
pirate 20 ask, have they any rules o.
methods at allS
Must parties having business 10 trans
act with them dena,s attendance during
the whole OF the term because they can
not put faith In any decision which may
be made where there are opposing inter
ssts, bot must needs rsHaaia and wAtot
closely these servants of the people, lesl
advantage be taken OF thar sAss1noel
Are the Commissioners 30 vaciilatinl
that u may be said OF thsins We neSei
know what they will do or undo until
their session In end,hiI Their action II
this case certainly gives strong eolorini
to such an idea.
II the Law Ia mandatory, the people n
large throughout tile IertitoFy wonle
like and ought 10 know II. that thereby
they may be enabled 10 take snob step
~ will remove such rank Injustice iron
the statute book. IL u be 40, what
travesty OF republican and democratic
institutions, where any drunken loatsr
too lazy TO work, ton proud TO beg. whc
cannot make living where Industry
energy and s0briety are needed, bus u
always failure, can by Law thrust him
self into peaceable, orderly. quiet AND
moral community ~ open a rumhole,
moral pest house. aud 80 pollate th,
moral atmosphere With bis profanity
and that OF the class which he and hii
wretched business gather aroand bim
while the people mrs powerless To pre-
vent. The old doctrine, % long though
20 be truo, that q majority should gov
srn, Ia completely reversed and set aside
- that u mean, despioahle minority
10 may consist Of oily one--has NOR
weight. authority aud power than hun
bred, every one Of whom Ia superior u
all that constitutes nobility OF character
Dat upon such rcpublicanism as this
II such Law be GA a1e statute book, !
Il foul blot upon la pages, which ever
right minded man and womAn will 81,
ought 20 be speedily removed.
We would then call she attention mo-
only Of temperance people. but az al
Who respect human rights and true 70
publican principles 10 serstinlzs cloael.
the law and the eIleroaehments AM
uaurpations Of tho liquor traffic. lie
them rally as one mlIn 10 faveF Of the
which 10 truly republican. Is within ou
reaeh. II united In eft9t the enaetmen
of proper local aption Law, which ma,
or may not combine With Il. for sue
localities as may elect 10 allow saloons
the principle OF high license. -
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