Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-23
CRITIcIsING THE LICENSE BILL.
Representatives Of the Liquor Interest ~
fore the Commissioners.

Shi1iCtsi>G THE LICENSE BILL.
Representative. Of the liquor Interest ~
fore the Commissioners.
Nh. scHADE SAYS Tax PROPOSED LEarsIarroH
WOULD AsToSIsH sIBERIA-coI- RoBEEr's IDEAS
ABOUT SUNDAY ERvaScE-NIxED DKrSn
UNDER THIN DISCUSSES IN DRUG STORES.
There wasa good deal liquor represented Of
the hearing given this morning by the Com
missioners in the board room. The hearing
was given to the Representatives Of the Retail
Liquor Mems Protective Association. Tb.re
we're present Louis Schade. ia Kolb. pr.si-
dent at ihe association; George r. Kozel.
Thomas Welsh. John p. Atzel and Jo-epb
schladt All the Commissioners were present.
Mr. scHADE's ADDRESS
Mr.. Louis Schade the first 20 speak He
referred to the license hin now h,ing con-
sidered and said If il passed il would deprive
those affected by il of the dearest rights of
American citizenship. lie said the business 90
a restaurant and hotel keeper is one of the Old
e7t ana most respectable occupations and
needed rs much for human comforts and well
fare as that of the baker. butte her, shoemaker
or any other profession.
Bills. he said. like the one under considcrs-
non. which outlaws the retail dealer by special
legislation. are grave arrangements upon the
personal rights Of the people. Nowhere. he
sid, are the restaurants carried ON ns respect
ably and quietly ~ in the District of Columbia
lie roie.rod 10 the finos provided for in the
bill AZ penalties and characterized them as ,.--
riblc. He argued thai there WAS no financial
advantage TO the District in high license. as
congress would not appropriate a cent more
whether the license IL 500 or 81 600 lie
claimed. too. that there was no moral adyan-
tii''e. as IRE Commissioners can now IL thew
choose, refuse to license a bad man The leg
islation proposed, he said, would astoni-h
Siberia.
THE POLICE Court RECORD.
dr. Schade read paper. which showed that
the convictions anGer the license law during
the past year were divided as follows: Cn-
licensed liluor dealers. %: Sunday
bar. q: unlicensed bar. IS; selling hauor
TO minors. 10: bar open after hours.
3. Total. l2a. The speaker then referred 20
ID" di..tcGlty a man met in getting drink ON
SnnGay aud said this should no, be. One q
tEcso Gays. hs said. the liquor question would
| pe the great question of the tlay.
COZ. ROBERT on SUNDAY OBSERVANCE.
Col Robert took mp the speaker here and
spoke at some loagth on Sabbath Observance.
lie spoke Of the evils of drunkenness and said il
was no. the sale Of liquor on SUNDAY that
made the people anxious 10 keep the lar
rooms closed. but the NOISY crowd thev
brought. "hou see. said the colonel the
people of this country differ from the people OF
]
accustomed to drinking every day while here
II Is llst the reverse. IL does no harm over
there. but here the people would THAI
1t rery wrong. 1t is wrong 10 Tay
on on Saturday, added the colonel. ''ana !
much or the drunkenness oomes from this Nv
plan would be 10 pay on on Monday and after
the man had provided for his family then he
could spend the rest in drink. This plan Of
having holiday follow pay day is wrong"
hr. Schade argued that clubs should be
licensed as well as bar rooms
DRUG STORES AND SMALL GROCERIES,
Mr. kolb spoke at length on the subject and
emphasized the position maintained by Col.
Robert that the signatures should stand from
year TO yea- unless the holder Of the license
violated the Law. He said he differed from Mr.
Schade in respect 60 the Sunday question. and
thought all saloons should shut up ON that DAY.
He Vigorously attacked the drug stores and
small groceries who operated under u Wholesale
license and who, he said, were really Keeping
retail liquor places.
Mr.. Jos schladt followed in much the same
line. He attacked the drug stores and said they
were worse than bar rooms.
why. he said ''you walk along the street
and look in the drug store windows. What do
Won see? Why, mixed drinks advertised with
the greatest publicity. OF course. they are
under different names. but the public under
stand II. For instance. a sign SAYS milk shakes
Nothing in the world but a milk punch. Then
again egg phosphate-we call them egg nips
and tn " are made just the same"
The Commissioners said that they would take
their statements under full consideration.
Marriage Iicenses.
Marriage licenses have been issued by the
clerk of the court to George johnson and Mem
rietta Brawgin; Joseph ". smith and Martha
J. Reed, both of Wes;moreland county. Va;
Levin Jones and Susie Smith: Mathew Bo,ley
and Bessie Bonnet; Robert +. Copperthite and
Norah G.. Harry; Charles Rogers of Uion Halle,
Pa. and Ella Kline; Hubert Cross of Prime
George county, Nd, and Annie Williams;
Michael W. Toomey of Southington. Conn.
and Martha Mcnamara; r. Minor Moncure Of
Stafford county. Va. and Llda = Hunt; Vim.
Brown and Sallie Bicks; Frank Williams and
Ella Hunter: VIM. Flynn and Malinda Is.nks
both of hing George county. Va; James III.
Carter and Martha Smith; Matthews Ellsworth
kayhoe and Mary Genette Fellinger: Lotert
Douglas and Lucy Payne: W. L. Crochet and
Annie V. Ryder: Henry Tascoe and Loui Hol-
Inns. Eugene II. Boothby of Boston, hass-, and
Ida X. Simons; Enoch III. Lee Of Gloucester
county, Va, and Eliza J. Lewis of Spotkylyania
county. Va; James Lanham and sarah A.
Courtney, both of Alexandra, Va; Vim. Beau
mont and Loretta Griffith: John ID. Eerndon Of
Monmouth county. NJ. and lamar Carr: s C.
Snelson of Savannah, Ga, and Lizzie Mason.
Pleasant Trip Baltimore.
Upon the invitation of MIR. Bert Riddle. a
old Washington boy, who at present Is the
manager Of the fasce comedy. Miss NcGinty"
about fifty members of the Columbia Athletic
Club took special car last night and witnessed
the performance of miss McGinty" at Fo-d's
Thea:er, Baltimore. Mr.. Frank McDermott had
charge Of the party. Among those were u. v.
simms, Leroy TAYLOR, Uppie lidenour. Hans
Nose, frank McDermott, Dr. Ward. Frank
Walker. Will Hibbs, Fred Thompson, BENZ. Hail.
Bob Larner. J. L. Jones. James Sprigmsn. Paz
Wills. Ralph Lee, James Wade, J. III. Melon
aid, Bob Elder, Il. Edwin Joyce, Bob Wade and
Messrs. Renter, Staylor staley, Smith, Brown,
Hood, beverly, Scarborough. Stincmetz, Cole
gate, Simmons and others. The party returned
TO the city about O'Clock.
Two Hundred Dollars For a Fall.
In the case of Emma A. Wilson against the Me-
tropolitan Railroad Company verdict has besa
given to plaintiff for 200 for injuries received
by falling while alighting from a street car.
We BELIEVE