The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-06-04

such small acreage he had better keep
out of business.
of a high license. He was willing how
ever, to agree to a reasonable increase
over the present rate.
1t was explained for the benefit of Mr..
Miller that the resolution fixed no rate at
all. That would be attended to in July.
that the board believed there should be a
raise, and to provide a vigorous process
through which applications for licenses
would have to pass.
This satisfied Mr.. Miller, and, in fact,
everybody else. This was getting along
swimmingly.
A LITTLE sNAG.
Mr.. Miller moved the adoption of the
resolution, and Mr.. Bates seconded the
motion.
But before vote could be taken Clerk
Rhoads called the attention of the board
to the fact that unless the blank-fiXing
the rate of Hcense-was filled out the
resolution would be invalid.
This was an unlooked-for sfag.
Mr.. Bates was in favor of going ahead
anyhow. Somebody else suggested
postponement, but this was spoiled by
Mr.. Black, who loudly proclaimed him
self as in favor of liking the rate of Ii
cense then and there, and was ready TO
vote. Mr.. Greer said he was ready to
NOI6, 100, anu LuCr6. WstS no chance 1Or
anybody to back out.
There was a death-like silence for some
moments, nobody caring to open the
ball.
Finally Mr.. Bates rose and said that
while he was in favor of raising liquor
licenses to amuch higher figure than they
are at present rated, and wanted to see
the saloon-men contribute their proper
proportion to the support of the county
government, vet he did not care to ''bust
'em with the first shot" 1t was we'll to
move by degrees. He was in favor of
placing county licences at $50 per quar-
ter
There was no second to Mr.. Bates mo-
ton, so Mr.. Black moved that the figure
be fixed OF SIS per quarter.
Mr.. Bates moved to amend Mr.. Blacks
motion by raising the sum to $50, but
again he was not favored with second.
JENKINS VIEWS.
Supervisor jenkins had been keeping
very quiet all along, but he now felt that
it was time to express himself. He said
he felt that the City Trustees should be
consulted before any action was taken.
| ''If we set the county license too high
/ he said, ''the result will be that the city
will impose little or no tax upon the city
| saloons, deeming our license sufficient
of burden upon them. l don't believe
that extreme high license is the
proper remedy. It might close out the
| country saloons, but it would not do
away with the very evil we are aiming
at-the dives. | am aware that a great
| deal Of crime is due to liquor, but | will
say, without fear Of contradiction, that
none Of it comes from the country. Our
| County Jail here is full of prisoners, and
| they are all from the city. ! am III favor
of protecting the community from these
| crime-breeding dives, but don't believe
! that an extremely high county license
will do it. If the city will double up its
| license, though, | will stand in for high
county license. But the city will not do
| it, and. that being the case, high county
license alone would do more harm than
good. Let us see what the city is going
| to do"
When Mr.. Jenkins made reference to
| the nOn-production of criminals from the
country, Mr.. Bates was observed TO grab
a pile of bills which lay before him, and
| go through them. Finally he laid sew
eral aside. When Mr.. Jenkins had fin
ished Mr. Bates jumped up, and, waving
the bills triumphantly, exclaimed, mo
criminals from the country, hey? Well,
now here are only four from Gait right
here in my hand. Here are just four lit
tie fellers that cost the county about a
! hundred"
THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO.
Thus relieved, Mr.. Bates applied his
/ He said that all the talk about the city
not fixing high rate Of license because
| the county did was nonsense. The re-
ceipts from the county licenses would go
| to the county, and the city '4wouldn't get
smell of it," If the city wanted any
| money in its treasury it would have to fix
the licenses at a decent figure.
Mr.. Miller then suggested that the rate
/ be fixed at $50 per quarter.
Mr.. Greer then left the chair in order to
address the board. He spoke eloquently
and directly to the point. 81 have intro
duced this resolution, gentlemen he
said, from the purest of motives. have
no desire to injure anybody who is in
! legitimate business. On the contrary, it
! is my wish to protect such persons. The
| hue and cry has been to stop the in
! EQUITIES that are bred and propagated in
the dives and deadfalls. You gentlemen
! know that we have talked this matter
all over, in public and in private, and
with the conclusion that something must
| be done. ] am not stickler for an excess
| i've high license, but / will use my every
effort and influence, and every honor
! able means at my disposal to throw
! about the licenses we issue in the future
protection against the dives and dead
| falls. | don't care what rate you fix the
! licenses at, so long as something is done
| to protect the community against these
| hot-beds of immortality and crime. The
revenue should be increased, however, to
a rate that would force the saloon
keepers 10 pay their legitimate proper
| ton of the expenses of those Institutions
the maintenance of which are made
necessary through the evils arising from
the sale of intoxicating liquors. / don't
want to see the license placed so high as
to be burden upon the respectable
saloons. The regulations regarding the
| issuance of licenses, proposed IN the reso-
lYtfin will N,nl- CHI IL Of
dives, and there viii be no necessity
then for too high license. l am willing
to abide by whatever you gentlemen
agree upon. If you consider Mr..
| Miller's proposition to fix the licenses at
$50 a good one, why | will vote with you.
1 expected a higher rate, but l will be
satisfied with that"
THE TRUSTEES scoRN.
Mr.. Jenkins asked Mr.. Greer if he was
| willing to offer an amendment TO MIR.
| Miller's rate. Ii he was not satisfied with
this rate this would be the remedy
The Chairman replied that it would not
be proper for him TO offer an amendment.
inasmuch as he had Introduced the reso-
luton.
Mr.. Bates said he thought that $50 per
quarter would be high enough ''for a
starter This would give the city moth
ing on which TO dodge the issue. The
Trustees would have no excuse then for
not raising the city licenses. He then
seconded Mr.. Miller's motion to fix the
rate at $50.
by the way" said Mr.. Black, 81
thought the City Trustees were going TO
consult with us on this Natter
WELL" said Chairman Greer, you
! viii probably have to wait long time
for the Trustees. They were invited to
consult with us this week, but ann salts
fed from certain interviews / have had
that they will not favor us with call"