Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-16

small number shows that in many cases the
houses licensed in consequence OF their inability
to meet the public demand have become mere
drinking places, affordihg little accommodation
to the public other than at the bar.
And further, Your Honor's attention is resDect-
fully called to the fact that owing 10 the insum-
cheney OF licensed houses. there has arisen large
number OF places where liquor Is sold wltnout
licenses in violation of all law and without any
restrictions whatever, as to days. times, persons
or places, and perhaps in the history Of this
such places as have sprung up within the last two
months.
That the effect of the recent decision of the su-
preme Court constituting the act Of May "a 1889, Is
such that taken together with the limited NUMBER
or licensed houses now in Allegheny county, q
large trade will be established OF furnishing
drinking Of the same in the family, at clubs upon
have a much more g pernicious Effect upon society
and tend far more to intempersnce than woula
licensed retail houses under the wholesome re-
strtctions under the actef May lS 1887.
Your petitioners, further showing the great loss
OF revenue sustained by the cities. county and
state by the decrease Of licenses aforesaid, IN
would respectfully pray for revision OF the list
OF applications for retail license, with the end in
this county TO meet the actual necessities of the
public. And they will ever pray, etc.
CONSIDERING IT STILL.
Judges Ewing and Magee held a consultation
yesterday in their chamber at the Court House
on the above application for a revision Of the
retail license list. They concluded it at
o'clock, but would not state what they had
done. They said they would not announce
anything except in open court which Is held
on Wednesdays and Saturdays Of each week..
The most of their time. however. it was
stated. was spent in consideration of letter
received from Judge White. The letter re-
ferred to visit made His Honor by several
attorneys, who asked him to put his views on
the license question in writing. He referred
to the retail and wholesale acts of 1887. and
said he thought they should be construed to-
gether. For that reason. he refused appilca-
tions for wholesale and bottlers' licenses when
the evidence satisfied Lim that the business
had. been. or would be, conducted in an i'm
proper manner or when they were unneces-
sary. He regarded wholesale and bottling
houses, which sell by the quart, jug and
bucket to the neighborhood, as causing more
intemperance and being greater evils than
regular retail houses. Referring to the mate
rial changes made by the Supreme Courts
opinion, Judge White said:
While do not feel made anv serious mistake,
yet. had 1 supposed that all of those would have
secured license, should certainly have granted
more retail licenses Greatly limiting the num-
Der Of retailers and granting license to all whole
salers and bottiers Is manifestly unjust to many
retail applicants. 1t is applying one rule to re-
tailers and another to Wholesalers without. so far
as can see, any good reason for the difference.
His Honor said he made these remarks in
view of the applications next year. 1t was bet
ter, he said. to have a thousand retail houses
than thousand quart and jug establishments.
He would be satisfied with whatever Judges
Ewing and Magee might do, and only offered
two suggestions If they concluded to grant
more licenses. First-Do not limit considera-
tion to the petitioners in this application.
Second-Give preference to those who have
hotels or restaurants.