The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-16

sEs11kx. April Is.
70 rig EpgToE In ToHr sandsy e1stsssz
zsn rsport ~ fnssrxfes with Ne. FRED
Cash. In relation % the nserzoSfsl sd
dressed ssy the eonncsl On FRIDAY s.tshs, 70
fhe commissioners ~ Klng cDrnfys Nj
s.z.eh ns.xninss as ofes in |. gratifying
rssuner. ara there ia sc Sanger Of IL dig
rsfv being ssirtnlsksd Vile he - n
ohzoe. He Ii rspsEsrst - szrtng ..tsaaf ne Y
sxzr4evcd thai the ecuncsl sh9a5d prssufns
- Iastrset the eozsnsy beard In II dEfT-
re council. hope. knawz Its ps4ce bsstsT
tran 30 be xaEssy Of ssscA grave nfsns& -
this The eoHafsI oEly respectfully re-
ouessxs certain kctso<s CT the par 81 tae
bad. and Il does ses<a 70 me sfias NJ.
Cash. II casrset.y reporfssi. Eoes : ioug
wxg round 20 fssd IN exeEse for hts .-xs-
tort e0nrteGss % the rftF neEneal. NJ
q ns3ss u too sensitive. He viii sas0 is&Fn,
~ ard b.. Ike ex-C1ief AireheH art
nsrself. % msxs his ssatezaeuts 0ssr bis
own Signature. and uos allow himself 70 -
Wild into conversations By eassrTrisshg
reporters Let gs hare peace.
As 20 the merits Of tbs eases NJ. sssen
viii aet Ssuy the right Of the city 20 pro
test itself IA ever legitimate way. WHICH
suesudes, without cDubts the right q
petition. Indeed. Ae eaye that tie beard
wouIG be ra0zs HAPPY 90 ee-cTsFsfs with
TIE council ii maintaining lzs and order.
The council certainly believes sDzs tze
bamsd will so - Tze coHnfaE also De-
tEeses that the commissioners. when rs
memorial Il fss8 tsesoFs tasss, viii see fae
Justice and sxpedleney OF is request.
The city council intends 80 do WHIST i
car 10 prevent sscls lswisssuess as OF
enrrsa az tne sscs track week ago. IL
virtue II not spasaa1ssse. neither y II
crank. The eoaasii hiss no hope that is
arsiInsuess, nor any ordinances, VII make
sae worid utterly good. II ssso bel1eges
that the poweg 10 deprive inStytsiuals, for
public good. Of fheif personal rights shosasa
be exercised With ufEagsf caGii0n. Bat Is
does not sseilsvs tlsas the opportunity To
degrade human nature 10 the depths OF IN.
famous SUNDAY Is the Fizaf OF any fndf,
vfduzI
me city council fas refused consistently
10 rrsnt Hgu0F licenses 81 TIE head OF the
bag. and on the expiration 81 one more
license In that ualghborhocd there viii be
no iiqaor license IN force from Jackson
street south 20 the city Limits.
n Il true that the eosfneil has enough To
do to take care 81 the city, a. Mr., Gascls
ssazgestp and Il has kls0 . right TO AK ftsat
the county rs1t no additional difficulty in
is say - doing 80.
II certain applications Tor lseeEses had
baeta granted By It's council. and a preee-
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brutal class which Assem- bled 90 sunday af
the race track woald quickly hare dotted
the s0nsh end Of toe city with saloons,
aud the certain and speedy result OF this
boiler would have been. either that the
city would have had 10 emp19y . larger
force OF police, or that the law-ahiding
people in that district would have been
obliged 10 fee from their homes. This may
seem 10 be- al extreme view. tat II ~ not.
The respectable saloopkeepef wants to be
ia the neighbarhood OF the travel and
hustle OF business, bat the keepers OF dead
falls. gambling heils and thai combination
of saloon and asstgnafion house 70 be
found 1t the race track, Judging from
newspaper reports, want TO be oHt of sight
and 20 be severely let alone By the anshuFf-
ties ia their nefariouE business.
IL IN against this Glass that the council
has iesisIated, aud It's request TO the
county commissioners ID that they will
not BIZ moving this class of saloons merely
q little further OF, psrpetaate places Of
rendezvous for these psresises OF eur civic
existencr.
Mr.. Gasch farther says, that athey were
bound To grant licenses when all the re-
quirenents were complied With, and no
valid objection was offered" The board,
under this rule. may make all the resfrie.
asks for, and even prohibit the same Ia
localities where they plainly work an TN
Jury 10 the city OF seattle,
The prosperity OF King county is the
prosperity OF seattle. aud vice versa Their
interests are common and indi&olubie.
and believe there Ia no real difference
between the eounty commissioners and
the common council on this subject
D. e. DrEIE.