Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-02
WON'T INTERFERE THIS TINE.

The L. & o. and the w. C. T. q. VIII Leave
the Granting of Licenses to the Judges
Captain WIshart Satisfied With judge
EwinR-The Number of Applicants In
creasinE Rapidly.
According to the statement of an attorney
who was largely interested in the license
question for the two years during which the
Brooks law has been in operation he said yes
terday that it was more than probable the
number of licenses granted this year will be
larger than last, as Judge White has per-
sonally acknowledged several errors in jujg-
ment, and moreover that no attorneys would
appear on behalf of either the Women's
Christian organizations or the Law and
Order element. The reason for the former
is the isolation of the non-part1san element
of the women's unions from those which be-
lieve in working through party lines, and
the non-partisan portion which has hitherto
borne the expense of legal help to diminish
the liquor traffic is not strong enough now
to do so. Therefore any opposition made to
the granting of license will be made by
special counsel in specific cases.
Captain Wishart has goteither not enough
time, as he says, to attend the restriction of
licenses, or he may have last year had too
much of the exertion, and, recognizing the
fact that Judge Ewing will be on the bench
with Judge Magee in the License Court, is
perfectly satisfied that the best that can be
done in the cause of reform will be achieved
by either or both of the judges
or course, although it is not generally
known, Judge White will be taken into
consultation this year, as both the other
judges were last year on license cases, and
will probably have more power than he will
be credited with by the applicants for
license. The absence of attorneys on the
part of the two great opponents of license
will probably account for the fact that a
great number of saloon keepers will not en-
gage legal help this year, believing that, as
it failed last year il the great majority of
cases, the best motto for the saloon keepers
is for every tub to stand on its own bottom.
Clerks of Courts McGunnegle states that
he thinks there will be close to ], 300 appli-
cations for license to sell liquor in the
county this year, and he says that frequent
failures have not prevented many old-timers
fro.h filing requests, not for wholesale, as
was supposed they would do, but for regu-
lar saloon license, though some will content
themselves with an application for leave to
sell wholesale. There are we'll up to 700
applications now in, and there is another
week in which to work. Petitions Will come
In as usual from all the sections of the
county formerly represented.
Another peculiar feature of the license
question is the fact that several expectant
Councilmen are expecting to hold licenses
under the next administration of the Brooks
law on payment of $500 for the customary
chrome setting forth the virtues of the pur-
chaser as shown by test of the Common
Pleas Court.
Several leading lawyers were consulted |
last night on the above possibility, and the |
general idea seemed to be that in view of |
the fact that no counsel Will be retained, |
either by the prohibition element or the |
Law and Order Society, the Police Bureau |
of the city will be depended upon for in
formation to the Court, which will govern
the granting of licenses. The eligibility,
they said, will totally depend upon the
records in the last or former years, as
watched by the officers in the various
places, and reported, as it has been done, to
headquarters. The police officials last
night refused to say whether any prohib-
itory districts would be mapped out as in
the last session of the License Court, pre-
sided over by Judge White.