Daily Republican., 1889-12-28
VI0LAT0RS OF LAW.
THREE GLASSES LICENSED
TO SELL LIQUOR.


A representative Of the REPUBLICAN,
coming across an ex-liqu9r seller yester.
day. a talk entued upon the frequency
with which people, some OF them boys,
were found In the streets drunk from
drinking liquor from small pint or half.
Iint bottles.
The Municipal Court has often lad
boys be'ore 1t charged with being drunk,
aud when asked where they got their
luuor they had no recollection of II, ex-
,e,i that they got It from some man or
boy they me; with who had q pint or a
halipint 0ask OF liquor with them. Only
few days ago Judge Ball msde D re-
mark expressing hfs regrets At the In
cresse Of these peripoteling whiskey sa-
looms walking around on two legs.
The friend met with yesterday let a
little light In upon this subject.
do you know" said he, that there
lsa great deal Of illegal liquor selling
carried on here at the present tineP
We expressed ourselves In answer as
btug fully aware OF that fact, and going
further we remarked that those who
were licensed to sell liquor and did not
n some time violate the laws were the
exceptions.
"ies, but mean this viOlatioH OF the
Law by selling liquor In pint and half
piot bottles 10 be drank OF the premi
ses -
Becoming interesied we encouraged
our Informant TO proceed.
"Well, you see II the law was not yIo-
lated there would be nobbdy walking
around with small bottles Of liquor in
Their pockets. In the fired 1lace a hotel
or saloon keeper dare not - liquor iu
any quantity to bo carried on the premi-
se. They can sell IRON drink up to
quart to be drank on the premises and
ha' is az far as thsy can go4'
In the second place wholfsale dealers,
wlcli include olher merchandise stores,
prohibited from selling liquor in qusu,i-
tes loss than half gSllon,E Now, how
dO these small nasks getlDut into the
sreets, a.hed our iniormhnt without n
violation OF the law? u Sou believe,
sah he, that Wholetale dSslars never sell
las quantities than gallon, nor
hD'el and ss'oon. keepers ~ cell TO be
taken of The premises. l
In the Wholesale dealer4tcase no liauor
sought dare be drank on the premises
And society Is protected from the small
bo'ile lul auce by the sale under half
- Iau brllg prohihii In the case OF
e hotel and saloon keeper society 10
hlsD Protected from the small bottle nul-
s'noeb by tho law requiring all liquors
bought there In Quantities from a spoon.
Ia ia qtari TO 70 drank on the prem
hts, No iiquQpf Under any circun-
sAhees AN be pougiitlslt a hotel and
NJ oln 10 he carried away, II the law
Ii blth casei was f,hly enforced there
'olid b. 10 small bottle ntfAance what
t,rr
nAt'sso wo replied, but how about n
sNs'sts lleensei Can they run tho
hile game?
oar Informant was not 60 certain about
,be law in the case OF druggists, but
hIe Is what the law says about them:
That 1t shall be unlawful for any drug
R's' 10 sell intoxicating liquors ia any
quantity or TO any amount without
having hrst obtained q license to sell the
came; Snd II shall likewise be unlawful
Tor any druggist licensed TO sell intoxl-
cAung liquors, 10 sell the same otherwise
thAn upon the written order or a pro
senptlon OF regular prscticing physi-
chh, which order or prescription shall
sAte that such liquor is necessary for
inculc'nai purposes, and such prescrip-
iiIn or order shall not jus iiy more than
hhiRle sale, and all such orders or pre-
sei,y lions shall be posted or fastened by
taia druggist In suitable book or
accket, and kept by him for the FREQ
i,rection OF the public"
lhere Is no room here for q bottle trade. |
ana indeed It is difficult to see how
&" bottle trade can be carTiedon n at all
1 E only way by which the bottle bust
hTs could be kept up would be by a |
PAIIy clubbing together aud purchasing |
nAli gallon from the wholesale dealer
= eich having his bottle filled from the |
half gallon.
1t is hardly worth asking If the law
=! lA'el. That it is well-known,
s'o'ies OF pint aud quart bottles arc ex.
It'ed ior sale in wholesale liquor stores
"aefe no sale can be legally made under
half gallon.
!, ms Is feature OF violations of the
h4aor laws that has almost been lost
ssH' OF, in view OF the greater violations
y 'e'ilng without license; selling on
~ isuhIay, and selling to minors. The H.
,esal bottle trade, however, has become
tuea great evil that 1t cannot much
'OAsef escape police surveillance.