Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-11

tine being. Ooedisnoe a IN. c,l-
.S. .1c-a a1tS Of he cit3en- e : tn,
- - rnlbs ns 9oeys be can azisass 10,
1epesi o. The law, snd be has %,
I-xns - .r-s ite co1stit1tionaIity IN %.
coe@ Inls - tie fail sxten. Of b,
SUE ne las 10 right 10 disobey law
- 20 oo1as-l di>obsdisnce, simply b.
49, ~ olaers nth The legislators Il
1910 ~ 70 Us exp@dEeucy or wisdom
= co1rse y anarchy. IL IL mani
lN u ee nas s7sh right in regard e
onS aH' nis nei2hbOr has the sams
tIknt a. 70 anStnsr lau, and 90 on
1nti tne obligation Of Iaz and it,
OOeoisocs becomes 9 matter OF pri-
s-ts Judgment and individual views.
~ not Tue viii ot tie Ls9isl.-
,efs. what = this bat ANARCHY ,
II tnis rlRni existed al all il mug be
Possessed equally by all. Hence under
.uls assumed rtRha a would disobcy
VIC sunday laT. because in bis vies II
vas inexpedlent- b would dlsobey
me i4W against gambling for the same
fSsson- =, the Lag against hisarny.
tne law against nuisances. ga
.oe laws against smuggling. pr the
iaV against houses Of nj fame. ADD .,
90 thro1gn sae Shols catalogue. IL IN.
riREt u admitted, Is Il 40: a ts.4 over
snfow OF ali laws Bat VITO arr thew
sao Insolentiy and dshantly disso@s
tue laws OF the Territory end ne ordin-
anees OF this city. 90 fsr as Sunday /
concerned Ii il almost needless for
che % say 70 IL tbs saloon men of this
city. l read in my youth that whom
the gods wish to destroy they first make
mad History Is full of the divinity of
tins declaration. Nov while the forces
OF prohibition are gathering all around,
these saloon men leave their conserve
i've vantage ground and take an unteu-
able position. II there ia one thing that
rally nine teuths Of the American peo-
pie believe IN. 1t is that liberty and hu-
man nights are only secured by obdi
ence to isS. With this fact patent to
every one and blsZlng on every page of
American history, these gentlemen pre-
pose 10 make q stand here and to risk
battle on this proposition. Are they not
mad Could there be any clearer midi
cations of that frenzy which precedes
destruction ], for one, am ready for
a conflict OF this kind. There il no
temperance or intemperance In II. The
simple question is, shall laws dolly en-
acted be obeysd.
wd. u. wHTTD, ESQ,
Was next called. he had been very
busy ~ court, and had not expected 10
speak, bot on entering tbs hall be met a
saloon keeper smoking a cigar. The
whisky man asked him il smoking was
objectionable IN the hall, TO which
White replied: No true gentleman will
smoke 10 the presence of ladies. without
their consent" TO ShiSh the saloon man
replied: Well thiuk You are getting
20 be an old woman anyhow" That
settled Il With me, and determined TO
speak. Who is il that is being attacked
at this tInseI Why. the City Council,
Who - attacking them1 The men who
sel, dry gsodsi No. The men Who sell
sugar. No. The men Who sell books?
No. The men who carry on foundries
and manufactured No. Then Who is
lt mat sends thisiball rolling? III tell
you,it's the Wholesale whisky men. Why
10 We require liquor dealers to pay a Ii
oenso and not sugar and calico dealers?
Do they stand in the same category
Ma. fou do II because his business ia
not useful, but harmful, and IL
able TO produce harm, and there
y
stFaiu II. The liquor business "a recoQ-
ni1ed AZ harmful baaness the wsrid
aver. THESE men, engaged in this busi.
asss, meet IN y dark room, and oonc0ct
q sehetse TO denounce tue city aud its
and scare the dealers in
su Jar, callars, peanuts, etc., iuto Join
ing tsstn. A. the head OF this orRani-
Z stion We dad wholesale liquor dealer.
A Ia = ka. ~ l..
shiskey men pas a sign over their
doors, with letters three inches long.
=" Wholesale Liquor Dealer, and tine man
who started this business has ssch
sign over his place Of business. Asso-
Grated with him in this nefaEio1s
scheme was man who should have
been in better business, rs he has made
every dollar he Is worth in Seattle from
Jews, Gentiles, Greeks, IkaI-
ians, etc., By selliug everything from a
yard of calico TO an anchor.
The Territorial Law requires police
officers to enforce the Law, and ii they
DO not do 30 the Council should dis
charge them. The man who seeks by
trickery to get friend on jury before
which ne is 10 be tried, ID an anarchist
There Is not in the city OF Seattle a
u
rented house who 10 legally licensed.
Section 2O59 of the Gods, passed in 1879.
provides that the owner OF property
where liquor Is sold must file nis can-
sent in writing for sucn sale 10 tbs Conn
ell before license shall ba issued
fhere IL not q single written consent on
die in the City Clerks Office IN Seattle.
Section u Y OF the city CHI srter provides
49, NJ
power to license, tax. regulate and re-
strain saloons, bar rooms, beer halls.
etc., and Mr.. Hanford and myself have
prepared an ordnance by virius Of this
provision Of the charter. which Was
published in the Pssr. ISrELLIaKScER
this morning. and which the CouncIl
viii be called upon 20 consider next
Friday night.
ou siness is that DIns-tenths OF all the
whisky and beer drunk here 10 manu-
featured elsewhere, either in Kentucky,
San Francisco or somewhere else. and
the enormous amount of money sent
out Of this country for these things has
done mush to bring on she hard times.
There vould DO less for the Ladies' Re-
lsf Society 10 do II the saloons were
ktRt cttoou on buouHNs ~ tuo nct-
ensuts want 10 stand in with the sa-
looms LET them do II. aud they will have
less money in their tills az the end Of
the year. Mr.. Waite then read the pas
toral letter issued by the Bishops Of the
Catholic Church NJ Baltimore; in which
the clergy of that church strongly urge
the closing Of Saloons on sunday. The
speaker then closed his remarks aith the
declaration that he believed In prohib-
iting ths.sale of Intoxicating liquors on
Sandsy, and every othcr day Tor that
matter.
JUDGE LKwrs,
In dismfssiue the meeting. said There
has never been municipal election in
the atty Of seattle since 1875, with the
exception Of the last one, thai the a.
Icons did not dictate the City Council.
| always ebeyed their laws. although
anne Of them vere not the best. Nov
what we ~ lAw and order people want
TO do IL 10 take no Grants motto. and
'n2hs Il out 90 this line IL il takes all
summef.1
A sTsrxHsxr or .FAcrs. The SpO-
ksne Rsrlfs 10 In error In saying that
spokane, Lancoln and whitman coaa-
ties gained more votes from 1852 20 lisa
49,. As4 at sha pnsaa Rssunh ssrSaFsfix.s