The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-04-04
Licenses in aIalr County.

I Out Of total of fsy1 nine applications for
license in Blair county. rhirty-fise we're
granted and fourteen rrjersesi By Judge Dean
Friday Tls Jadze gave his decision in ,
lengthy opinion lie ssartel oas By saying
that the law assumes that puhiic bosses OF
isoteis are Necessary. no. fcr residents with
homes. but fsr travellers and Temporary 50
5Oarue-s- The Law : b.zst=l on the idea that
these travellers need, for their health and
ecmtorr. FOOD, lodging and liquor. and prov-
enier aud shelter for their bezsfs II tie Ia
bls and beds Of hotels were occupied oaly
by residents. they would be unnecessary
Residents lodge and ge, their meals a, home
and il they consider that liqnor i necessary
10 their health and comfort. the law assumes
tha, they viii get il there too. That IS
where they generally did get i il the earlier
years ofihe canmonEealih, when license
laws first took their piace on the statute
hook Then liquor was considered Just IS
Necessary g. -Four end pork Il was kept in
the house. rye was distilled. just as whes;
and buekwlsezs we're ground. on the shares
The earlier fiernse laws bad their origin in
the hahits Of the people 81 that time the
Traveller must have the same comforts a the
householder. and the same he was accsss-ona-
ed TO al hosne-food- loiging and hqEoE
no essential change in the recording OF tl8e
l4ws licensing hetel- to sell liquor They
plainly still mean that hotels Necessary s5r
the accommodation Of the travelling pubic
should be licensed. otherwise the traveller
ooald MT conveniently get the liquor neneS-
sary to his heaiti. and comfort
Continuing. the Judge sid that q while Il
Is 20; unlawful for a licensed hotel keeper to
sell liquor 70 residents. the law clearly does
not deem hotel Necessary for that parynse
II every inhabiiarlf in community testified
thzt hotel was rSeoessary because be ar she
wanted TO gel Iiquo7 from it. thar would not
be the necessity intended by the l1w. and
hcense would be REUSED
The Juslse then showed that BY sworn Ger
tific=iies from the hofel registers. the licensed
h0;els OF Aiioona for the eleven months pre-
eeliing the applications entertained ~ 5ss
travellers. non residents. one bad 3 high y
eight Thousand. the osilerS a fex over three
hundred The rate PER day vas seveaty-iiEe
cents TO ixO dollars Il is fair to pre-
saiae, he said. that those who pasTs.uize.i
the cheaper houses and put mp with les
comfort than those wbo stopped al the bess
and paid higher p-ice. dia 50 because the
price saiiei their parse The cheap hotels
are just a Necessary fsr the accommodation
ofthe travelling public as the dearer ones.
The loE-prieei hotel i generally small
one, les expensive 10 keep Up than the
larger and higher priced are. Il doe not
Necessarily f,1i,oW that because comparatively
few were entertained 81 these small houses.
;lIerefore they are not Necessary to : certain
class Of the travelling public, even II be
small class
The Judge then Fssoceessesi 10 business and
here in brief are his reasons for refusal in
each case in Altoona George H BroWns
Wa sll right and his house in itself was al
night. but its location Wa not such Is to
NEE: the wants ofthe travelling public. Wm.
StifiieF and Hugh H@anisan we're refused
because their houses we're Dot neeessery-to
put il mild Freserick shilling was refllSei
because he was engaged in other business
than h0tei-keepiny during the DAY John
Henry Schmidts house was not Necessary.
and beziSlss, Was IA bad osioT- George I.elIle's
house was not necs=Sary Edward Dhrex-
Andrew Shoemaker. John kimnaell Charles
. Briea, and William Moods were refused
becaase none Of them had license LAST year
and the eyidsnoe siloEed their house. we're
not Necessary
In concluding his OPINION, Judge Dean
said; We have now granted tiirty-five T.
oenses ia the eoanfy- OF ours. entirely
too few for those in Easor of license, and
altogether too many for those opposed
Whether the restriction in number lessons
the evil Of intemErar4nce depends entirely On
whether the penal provisions Of our present
license laws be rigo7Ously enforced They
cannot be, unless backel By strong public
sentiment in the communities where the
hoz1ssS are located