Evening journal., 1888-10-03
THE LICENSE HEARINGS.

Remonsrrances Heard Against the Grant
ing of Liquor Lacenses-Some Notorious
Places Deraarred by Mayor Harrington.
Temperance women Present.
The Court Of General Sessions recon
vened at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon
and at once took up the license applica-
tions Chicf Justice Comegys and Asso.
ciate Judge Psynter were on the bench.
About fifty ladies' occupied seats within
the bar. Among them were the presi-
dent, ex-president and other officers of the
Y w G. T. O., with number Of mem
bers. Members of the w G, T. U. and
representatives Of the Law and Order So
ciety were also present. The ladies took
great interest in the proceedings. Among
the gentlemen present were: Revs. @. A.
Grice. w. J.. s. Murray, Harvey w
Ewing and T. Gardner Littell, and John
Massey, superintendent o. tie Associated
Charities.
The chief Justice was inclined to spend
little time over applications that had been
previously turned down. New applicants
had to bring strong evidence Of the ne
cessity Of the additional saloons in their
neighborhood and Of their own good repu.
tation and responsibility. In the absence
of w. s Prickott Esq, counsel for the
Law and Order Society, who is very i'll
with typhoid fever, Horace G. Knowles
represented the society and the remon.
strators.
The FIRST case taken up was that Of
John A. North whose saloon is at 10 East
Second street. II was reapplcation
and there was no remonstrance.
John McCaffrey Of 302 East Fourth
streetwas not objected 10. His was a re.
application.
George T. Robinson Of No. 100 West
Tenth street is a member Of the Liquor
Dealers Association and Walter IL. Hayes
represented him There are no specific
remonstrance, but there was already a
large number Of saloons in the neighbor-
hood This application was passed
Again i William Bareford Of Third and
Market streets, who is a member Of the
Liquor Dealers Association there was
no remonstrance.
Neither was there against Sarah Il.
Legg, whose saloon Is at 724 Market
street
The application Of G. J. II. Beckett Of
10S West Seventh street was for whole
sale license. He has retail license.
There We're no remonstrances, but the
court remarked that a retail license was
probably the least pernicious.
f. w Heiss, 9th and Walnut streets,
was represented by L. @. Vandegrift, who
stated that Mr.. Heiss was worth $780,
600 or sac, 600 and was very reputable
man. They had never been any objection
against him.
No remonstrances had been filed
against James A. Kelly of Tenth and
Shipley streets
The above were all re-applications and
ihA onul1Fopfa rfanaruI1xY ,usI
respectable and reputable parties.
Joseph Sell, Eighth and Bottunwood
streets. has been refused three times. A
remonstrance had been filed and map
showing the number of saloons in his
vicinity
Two remonstranees stood against the
application Of John Kopp Of 21s Orange
street
There was remonstrance against
George Sharp of 600 Pine street. His
application had been refused at the May
term Of court He sold to detectives and
allowed the liquor to be carried away.
Walter Hayes Esq, the applicants
counsel, said that he was incapacitated
from doing manual labor from rheuma-
tism. contracted under Judge Wales dur
ing the war. There was no saloon within
eight squares Of his place The court
did not desire to hear any witnesses.
The license for 500 Tatnall street.
which John +. Gallagher now applied for,
had been previously turned down under
another name.
Michael Mullins application for saloon
at Front and Franklin sts., was new
one, He applied for both tavern and a
retail license Mr.. Yandegrift repre-
sented him and said that there was no OBJ
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considerable discussion between the coun-
sci and court over this case, in the midst
of which Associate Judge Houston ap-
peared, and after cordially greeting his
associates and bowing to the gentlemen
within the bar. took his seat
Alexander Wallingtons application
was turned down at the last term Of court.
Mr.. Knowles read a remonstrance saying
that there was a new school house oppo
site the proposed saloon and that there
had been better order in the neghbor-
hood since the saloon had been closed.
Mr.. Knowles also read the newspaper re-
port of the evidence against the saloon at
the May term Of court Mr. HAYES, coun-
sci for the applicant said that the only
charge against the saloon was that a pub
lie school was being erected near it. He
said that not half OF the signers of the
petition were residents of the school dis
trict, and read petition from citizens Of
New Castle asking that the license be
granted
Thomas II. Russelrs application for
saloon at Lancaster avenue and Monroe
street was a new one w. 4 Lyman rep
resented the applicant. Ee said that the
place had once been licensed, and that the
applicant was nable and competent man.
A remonstrance had been filed. also a map
showing that there we're eight saloons in
the locality. The demonstrators held
that there was no necessity for this Sal
loon. The application had been turned
down at the last term, although Russell
did not apply.
William s. Martin, Of Front and
Walnut streets, whose hal been pre-
viously refused was represented by w.
4 Smithers, who called Mr. Martin and
obtained some letters from him which he
requested the court to read This man
has been before the Municipal Court
twice for violating the liquor laws.
The neat case was that Of Briefly &
Whiteraft q 100 East Water street
This notorious place was refused a license
al the last term Of court. The proprie.