New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-29
MARYLAND.
LICENSES GRADED BY AMOUNT OF BUSINESS

NUMBER OF INHABITANTS TO SQUARE MILE, 76s
LARGEST CITY. BALTIMORE, 49,, 313-ToTAL
POPULATION, 934.943-AREA, 1920
SQUARE MILES.
In Maryland licenses for retail Hquor-seIling, 40
well for the prosecution OF many other employ
ments, granted by the clerks Of the Circuit Courts
Of the counties except IN Baltimore where they
granted by the clerk Of the Court Of Common Pleas.
In the retail sale Of liquor the amount OF the license
fee determined by the amount Of stock Of trade car
ried by the dealer and Is graded through nine classes,
from fec of s1s where the stock in trade will not
exceed $500, to $50 where the stock will exceed
$50 ooo Except In the counties where the large cities
situated, only such persons obtain licenses as
have been recommended to the clerks By the Grand
Juries of the respective counties
There is also license fee required Of those who obs
tain the privilege OF hotels, ordlnariesS Thess
fees determined by the rental value of the prem
ises. There are twelve classes. The lowest fee ID
s25, where the rental value does not exceed 500.
The highest fec IS $780, where the rental value
oeeds $4,000
REPUBLICANS
Colonel s. A. Graham expresses the following
opinions
o. The State law does not. Our local law for this
county is good (2l The state law is anything else
(3) Something Ike our local law. With few amend
ments, this local law is good any devised The
applicant must be recommended by at least eight sub
stantiala means, aud should distinctly provide how
much he must hold to be substantial, say $1,000 10
should also require the sgners different men, G.,
that the same man should recommend but II this
was the law, and honestly enforced, It Is, In my
opinion the best Law that could be enacted We want
restrictive high-Ilcense law. The people are not
ready for prohibition. 1t would lead to all kinds Of
evasion and fraud SAMUEL A. GRAHAM ,
The answer OF Senator Randall Is a follows:
~ We have several systems in state-low IL
cense, high license and local option
co believe in the High License law, Certainly for
towns and cities.
tho state. In Annapolis II found not TO work
satisfactorily. Clubs' we're formed by the score,
went into effect Each club member, being par
ticeps cFiminis, could not be compelled 60 testify
Finally the Local Prohibition law was repealed fo-
city, Il peT s IN the rurs Anns
Arundel County and in several osher counties OF tho
state and gives satisfaction there
think High License law for the cities. towns and
(perh3psl villages the best solution OF the question:
districts high license for all with opportunities
at stated intervals TO take the sense Of the people
~ 49, 'A'''' y H'1''- j. w WIKI RANDALL
State Senator Anne Arundel County.
Annapolis, Nd
PRoHIBITIONIsTs.
William Daniel has sent the following replies:
a. The liquor laws In about half the counties Of out
eating liquors beverage operate greatly TO rcpress
intemperance, they generally well enforced,
though IN rev counties, and AZ the county seats uOfo
especially, they are not we'll enforced. The ress
of the state is under license laws, and iioens:
worst kind and In these portions intemperanee -
believed TO be constantly on the increase It Is eSpec
ally SO with the City of BaltirrJ.
~ II follows from my answer to the first, that our
license laws could be greatly improved and oqE pro
method Of local option, and differing 70 considerable
extent from each other some Of them. II not most,
would be- improved By being made stringent
whilst all would be greatly improved in their operation
IL the state under the operation o1 Uniform
general prohibtory law
(3D Our laws owuld be improved II such a uniform
general law have referred 10 should prohibit tho
ma manufacture as well the sale Of intoxcants for
bevergs purposes, and enforce such prohibition by
provisions allowing the offending places 10 be proceeded
In Iowa. in addition 10 the Ordinary methods of ndct
ment etc WILLIAM DANIEL
Baltimore, Nd