St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-24
THE LICENSE QUESTION
BOss Serenely Up in the Council, and
is Quickly Knocked Down
Again.
Minority Report Favoring $3.50 Tabled
Last Night by an Almost Strict
Party Vote.
layers Nominations Go to Commit
Tees West Chosen Superintend-
ent of Workhouse.
he Patrot-Line Ordinance to bC
Tackled for Amendment ut the
Next Meeting.

The matter of saloon licenses made its first
ppearance in the council last evening and
,howed an evident determination on the
part of the majority party IN that body 10
nail the hgure to the mast al $500. Aid.
Clark. the emphaticaily prOhbitiOniSt men,
Der of the council. is chairman of the COM
mittee on licenses. which stands three lie
puhlicanS, TWO Democrats. and ii was very
generally understood that so far as he was
oncerned the committee would never come
,ogether 10 consider the license question.
Still it was whispered about that report
would be submitted TO the council last night
bearing on the license tax and as conSe-
uuence the lobby was crowded TO sutfoca-
ton. When the routine business was fin
Shed, the clerk cleared his throat and said
ne had a minority report from the commit
tee on licenses.
Thomas p. Dwyer and B. Cloutier, a
minority of the committee on licenses, sub
mltted report setting forth that they.
concluding the chairman Of the committee
did not intend to call meeting, and be-
HeNlng it to be their duty to deal with the
license question before the first Monday in
May, and therefore submit the following
for your approval:
First-To amend the existing ordinance by
fixing the saloon license ut $3.50, instead OF
$500 as at present.
Second-To amend the ordinance on licenses
so as 10 revoke the license tax of s. on boot
blacks and 81 on newSboys and abolish them.
Third-To amend the ordinance so as to re-
duce the license tax on butchers from $50 to
SIS.
4 buzz ran around the room as Aid.
johnson leaped 10 his feet and moved the
seference OF the report TO the committee on
licenses. Aid. Eichhorn offered as sub
10 hn NH
Aid. Dwyer of the committee made the de-
Tense of the minority. 1--WE would be per-
fectly willing to refer it to the committee, 5"
he said, IF the committee showed any dis
position to meet and act. But the time is
approaching when the licenses expire and
saloen men should know what license TO
expect to pay this year" LAS to that. !"
retorted Aid. Johnson, ''they may know, if
we take no action, that we expect them 20
pay $500 as heretofore. / move to table
the whole matter" Aid. Echhorn tried TO
run in few remarks in favor of lowering
the license, but was ruled out of order and
a vote was taken. The matter went to the
table by the following vote, the political
connection Of the aldermen being also
given:
Aye-Babb r, Barrows R, Clark r, Clou 9Th
X, Cooley X, Downs r, Fleetham r, Haugan
r, Johnson r, Lawrence r, Phelps r, Phillips
ID, Pratt Il, Sly r, Swensou R-15.
No-Dwyer d, Eichhorn D, Cloutier d, Glib
son ID, LHerault d, Mareck d, Mills D, Stoft
D-S.
Al d. NJ orse (Dem) was absent. With
the exception OF Aid. Phillips the vote was
strictly party affair.
Aid. Haugan offered a resolution direct
ing the committee on licenses to report an
amendment ab0lshing the license on news
boys and bOotblacks, which brought Aid
johnson TO his feet with an indignant
speech. He hObty declared the money from
these licenses was not covered into the gen
eral fund, but was set aside for the benefit
of the boys taxed, and was only levied at
the request Of the boys themselves to pre-
vent outside competition. His feelings were
soothed by conciliatOry speech by Aid.
Hangar, and the resolution was adopted.
Aid. EichhOrn moved to have the butchers
license tax abolished also, which prevailed.
The turbulent waters subsidized, and the
council proceeded to other business. 1t is
altogether probable, however, that this Is
not the end.