The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-11-20
The Vice Presidential Bar.

The Voice has made thorough and eX-
haustive investigation into the vice presi-
dental liquor license matter. In its last
issue it presents the results of this investi-
cation, in extenso, and they show that not
only is Vice President MORTON engaged in
the retail liquor business, by proxy, but
that he has been lying about the matter,
also by proxy. The facts are, briefly, that,
on the 10th of October, application was made
for a bar-room license Tor Mr.. MoRToN's
family hotel, and at the same time, the re-
quired deposit of 500 was made. The
original papers embraced: ~ an appli-
cation for license, signed by majority OF
the property owners and residents OF both
sides of the block where THE Shoreham"
is located; % a petition for license,
made by the would-be licensee, and (3)
a receipt, certifying that the deposit Of
S1O0 had been paid These original
papers were afterward withdrawn, and,
therefore, though they are said to have
borne Mr.. MoRToN's name, the evidence
OF the fact cannot be produced. OF
course there was an object in withdraw
ing the papers. If they had not contained
evidence against Mr.. MORTON, they would
have been left on file. On the 18th of
October the first public statement about
the proposed vice presidential saloon was
made in the New York Times. On the
same day the original papers were with
drawn and the first application for license
cancelled. The application, however,
was renewed Oct. 81, just six days later,
on Nov. 6, the district commissioners
granted the license, and on the 9TH,
it was delivered to Mr.. MoRToN's
manager. 1t is now conspicuously
displayed as required by law, in the
cafe of the ''Shoreham," and on the very
day that Mr.. MoRToN's private secretary,
Chiffon, sent denial to the Chicago In
er-Ocean, the new application for license
was lying in the office OF the district com
missionerS.
The Voice prints the papers in full. On
the outside OF the envelope containing the
application was printed in bold type the
following description of the contents:
Application for a license to keepa
"BAR OR SAMPLE-ROOM,
Oct. 81, $780,
by JANET r. KEENAN,.
$500 Fifteenth.st, n. W."
Below this appeared the following significant
comment:
"a new place; no other saloons in the neigh
bOrhood."
At the lower end of the envelope were the
following Endorsements:
Allowed.
81. w. D. q. W. DoUGLAss.)
81. G.. III. a.. G. HINE.)
&c. w. R. &C. w. RAYMOND
"W. TINDALL.
Issued Nov. 4"
Within the envelope were three documents,
with titles as follows
Petition for bar-room license"
Application for bar or sample-room."
Receipt" flor 500 license fee.l
Then follows copy of the petition
Among other things, this document con-
tains the following: Il furthermore
solemnly swear that the owner of the
premises where the proposed bar-room is
located is L. P. MORTON" Theapplication
is indorsed, among others, by JOHN r.
MCLEAN, WASHINGTON MCLEAN, JOHN w.
CHAMBERLAIN and JAMES WoRMLEY's sons.
The Voice prints copy of the license as it
appears in the glass showcase near the
cashiers desk in the Shoreham cafe. The
Voice also prints a fac simle of the Shore
ham wine list, and announces that it has
on exhibition at its Office quart bottle of
champagne, "Pommery Sec, which its rep
resentative purchased at the Shoreham in
the presence of witnesses, and for which
he paid $3.50.
There does not seem to be any further
room for controversy as to the facts of this
business.