The record-union., 1891-09-08

Mrs. Smith of the Band of Hope told
of the terrible scenes of misery she had
witnessed on her errands of mercy, and
they were all brought about by the curse
of drink. And it was not the dives that
were all to blame. Young men did not
begin their drinking in the dives. They
commenced in the grand, mirrored and
gilded places, but they invariably wound
up III the dives.
Several other ladies spoke and then
there We're calls for Rev. a. Il. Needham.
That gentleman was very forcible in his
remarks. He said he was astonished at
the reasons presented by Mr.. Miller for
wanting the restrictions abolished. If
the saloon-keepers who had been in busi-
ness for twenty or thirty years had done
no harm, they should have no trouble
getting the consent of their neighborS to
continue. But the fact that they were
having trouble and wanted the restriction
cut OF was proof that they were not
wanted. The ordinance was a grand
thing, and should not be tampered with.
The Board of Supervisors" he said,
cannot rescind any part of that ordi-
nance and be innocent. By doing SO it
denies the American people the right
to-"
MR.. BLACK RIFLES.
Mr.. Black interrupted the speelzer at
this juncture and asked him what he
could not amend the ordinance and be
innocent.
MIR. Needham said he meant that they
CoIld not be innocent If they did such a
thing.
''Do you mean that as a reflection on
any member of this board" asked Mr.
Black, his lips quivering with suppressed
excitement.
Mr.. Needham said he meant no reflec-
ton whatever. He thought Nh Black
misunderstood him.
We'll, that's pretty serious talk" said
the Supervisor, resuming his seat
Ex-senator William Johnston made
the next plea for the ordinance as it now
stands. He complimented the board on
having the backbone to adopt the meas
ure III the first place. - Have the City
Trustees had the backbone to do any
thing like that?'' he asked. turning TO the
audience.
"No! MOI" came from hundred
throats.
viii they have any more in tho future
than they have now?"
No! not"
Rev. MIR. Rieder, the new pastor of CAL
vary Baptist Church, said he had been
studying the faces of the Supervisors and
was satisfied that they did not intend 70
llberate the hydra-headed monster in the
peoples midst. HeWent for Mr. MiHer's
NhihSLits anu tCIS IL up JIlt Ddch, 50
TO speak. In conclusion he said that
when he resigned the Presidency at
Los Angeles to come to Sacra-
mento, friend told him he should be
thankful he had no son, as he was going
10 one OF the darkest places on the Pacific
Coast-and all brought about by the
liquor traffic.
W. d. Brooks made few remarks, and
q. NJ. Leitch closed the speech-making
by saying that the board had always been
noted Tor its honesty, if not for its bril-
llancy, and he knew that they would do
right III this case.
JENKINS STAND.
Supervisor Jenkins then made speech
that filled the ladies with apprehension
lie said that he proposed to vote hon
eStly and conscientiously. He thought
the ordinance had been thoroughly tested,
and 1t did not fill the bill. OF all the pc
luOns for licenses that had been filed,
not one had been denied They had ali
been voted through by majority Of the
board. The hospital was filled with pau
pers sent from the city, where most Of the
saloons were situated. What had the
country at large to say about licensing
prisoners who had been sent there
through drink, but how many came
from the country? Very few.
Mr.. Miller said that he knew of saloon
men who had to hire others to go around
and get the signatures for them. They
would not do it themselves.
Mr.. Bates declared that the ordinance
had not been half tried, and he would
not vote to change it until he was thor
Oughly convinced that it was wrong.
THE RESTRICTION KNOCKED OUT.
The discussion closed with a speech
from Mr.. Greer. His views had been
called for by Mr.. Black. Mr.. Greer said
it was hardly necessary to call upon him
for his views-they were too well known
already. He was not ashamed of them
and was not afraid to stand up for them.
He had framed this now celebrated ordi-
nance and was proud Of it, and he would
stand by it until his dying day.
There was luli, then. There had been
little or no applause since Mr.. Jenkins
had made his speech. The ladies saw
that his vote was the pivotal one and they
gaZed anXiously at him.
Mr.. Bates wanted a vote taken, and as
everybody else seemed ready the Chair
man ordered the roll called.
Jenkins voted with Black and Miller to
amend the ordinance. Greer and Bates
voted against the change.
The ladies had lost the day and filed
out Of the place sadly.