The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-04-25
LIQUOR LICENSE MIGHT.
Over 100 Licenses to Sell Ii
quor Granted by Council.
A FEW ARE OBJECTED TO.
How the Business was Rushed
Throush-The Farls Picture Re-
rrscd-commIttcc Reports.
Financial Statements.

OOuuCll Iuel III ItBulhE btuLlsLuOutulg
session last evening, and put in the
greater portion of three hours granting
liquor licenses. In all one hundred and
nine permits to sell liquor during the
coming year were granted. Two appli-
cations were refused and three or four
had narrow squeezing to pull through,
but they got there finally.
The scenes presented in the Second
Branch were about the same as those
usually seen in Council on annual Ii.
cense nights. The majority of the mem.
bers lounged about the chamber or in
the anti.rooms, not caring, apparently,
who got license or how they got it.
Grouped about the Presidents desk
were bookkepers and representatives
from the breweries and prominent
wholesale liquor dealers, acting us
bondsmen on anywhere from two ten
different bonds, which provide that the
applicant II granted license will not sell
on Sunday, nor to minors or drum
ken persons, nor permit gambling
on his premises, etc.,-all d
mere matter of form. Outside the
railing and crowded out intoth corridor
were applicants and other citizens, who
went on occasional bonds as sureties.
The number was smaller than ever be-
fore; it has been growing smaller ever
since the practice was started Of author
izing the Mayor to take the acknowledge
ment OF principal or surety when not
present. When the proceeding is gone
through with in such a free-and-
easy manner, us is now the case
with the granting Of licenses
here, it is much more sensible
for an applicant to send in
his application, have the reading Of
it rushed through and then call around
the next day with his bondsmen and
make the necessary acknowledgements.
President Gilleland and Clerk Bowers,
assisted by Receiver Dnnaway, who
shaved off his mustache for the occasion,
in order that he might be enabled to
talk and read faster, started to race
against time in putting the business out
OF the way, and it must be said for them
that they fairly distanced the old
man with the scythe. AS they
worked the chamber was for the most
part in an uproar. Members chatted
with leach other and only occasionally
was there anything like full vote. In
the First Branch there,was n concurrence
every time. Mayor Seabright and Clerk
Elson were the only ones who did not
enjoy q pleasant, social time in that
body. They had to remain in their
places and so through the motions. The
entire proceedingin both brancheswas a
striking contrast with the scenes recent
ly presented in the courts at Pittsburgh
under the workings OF the Brooks, law.
Here, nearly everything went; there it
was miracle if Sunday seller, ia
"growler dealer" or one against whom
there was a breath OF suspicion got
through.
Strange to relate, what opposition
there was TO any OF theapplications this
year came from the members of the
Second Branch. Several roll calls were
had in that body, and it was observed
that several gentlemen were convenient
ly absent whenever there was such a
call. The first one to strike d snag was
Martin Chisnell, who runs n place up in
the Second ward, and who has been
found guilty Of selling on Sunday twice
within the year, in Police Court. Mr..
Jones called attention 10 this case, and
Martin got the razzle-dazzle by q vote OF
is to 4. Ebeling, Healy, Kreiter and
Young voted for him. Mrs. Bridget
Moons resort on lower Main street was
remarked upon by Mr.. Allison, who
said that Sixth ward citizens had repre-
sented to him that the Noon place was u
dive that should be closed. 1t was closed
by vote OF l6 to 4. Healy, Kreiter,
Prayer and Warner sympathized with
Mrs. Noon, but all to no avail.
Councilman William Handlan, who
runs the arlington" narrowly escaped
having his scalp raised this year again.
Mr.. Allison merely called for an aye
and no vote, and there were II ayes to
s noes. Those who voted against the
place were Allison, Gundling, Jones,
Marsh, Maxwell, Miller, Mitchell and
McKown. Handlan, who had come over
from the First and was nervOusly watch
ing thevote, heaved sigh of relief when
the vote was announced, smiled and
sauntercd back to his branch. Council
man Frank Healy was little fidgetty,
but his good humor carried him through
despite Mr.. Maxwell's mo-" afterwards
they ioked over the matter.
Col. Thomas Hawley hardly knew
whether he would get out alive or not,
and his surprise was SO great when he
slipped through like grease, that he ac-
tually blushed and had to pinch himself
to realize the situation.
Thomas Mc1lvaine got it in the neck
like thunderbolt. Mr.. Cruise said that
he was to open the Muldoon place.
Col. Caldwell said he GIcIlvainej was
implicitly the agent for the Muldoons.
Every member including Healy voted
against Thomas.
Jacob Wilhelm was another one twice
convicted of selling on Sunday and so
reported to Council. Col. Caldwell said
that Jacob was u good citizen even il he
did sell on Sunday and that it would be
a shame to take away his license. After
this there were only six votes against
him, viz: Allison, Jones, Marsh, Max
well, Mitchell and Gilleland.
Then Mr.. Jones said it was ANYTHING
but fair to pull Wilhelm out OF the mud
and leave Chisnell in the ruin for the
same oaense, and called up Chisnell's
case for reconsideration. Chisnell
then got his license all right. Sunday
selling goes with this Council, it will be
observed. This wound the license pro-
ceedings up.
Clerk Bowers presented his usual
scmi-monthly report showing the
amount ofexpenditures made by each OF
the city departments from january l to
date. Out Of the several appropriations,
aggregating SS4l, 7O2 Al, there has been
expended a total OF sos, 335 90, leaving a
total balance Of S27S,367 IL, divided up
as follows: Board OF Public Works,
S5O,93S 0S; Fire Department, Sl7, S03 81;
Health Department, S6,244 Al; Markets,
S2,56S Il Police Department, Sl9,-
900 SO; City Prison, S3,l47 So; Scales
and Weighing, $40 So; Real Estate,
y ,SOi so; Cemeteries, $50 OF; Salaries,
500 o.; Contingencies, $685. IS