The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-30

REV. DIR. HEN RY OPENING THE MEETING
/ certain thing aud that Is specified as the
! dives.
| As we are only allotted but a few
moments and we are told that we must not
! extend our limits. l VIII strike at the heart
| of the subject at once.
We have met here to rouse the good
people of San Francisco to sense OF the
| fact that there are such places and that they
must 60. Loud applause
Secondly, we have met to strengthen the
arm of the civil law. Applause.
/ am one who believes in the city govern
ment. l believe in the police and | believe
! that why the government is not run better
! is that We do not sustain our officials. Ap-
| plause.l
| lieve IN the juries. The Jurles are not taken
| from the Judges-they are taken from us.
the people. That is where the trouble lies.
AS | underestimate suppose ! h ID better
| not name it, for | might be sued for libel
| laughter and loud applause there Is
| dive in this city on one of cur leading thor
! oughfares "a voice, The Cremorne''l the
he epeT of which poses as prosecuted man.
! Oh, we devils in hell! How you must blush
| lapplauSel to note that there are diVe-keep-
| ers in San Francisco who are beating you in
| your own line
The devil sometimes claims to be a saint,
| but never before heard Of him posing as
| martyr.
will ask you to bear in mind that we
must have law. The people make the law
| by their representatives, and unless we sus-
tain the law we had better at once have
| monarchy.
! Referring to the law of license it is to be
borne in mind that it is the province of the
| Police Commissioners to grant or refuse all
| or any retail liquor-dealer's license.
II the Commissioners refuse license it
| must be granted on the recommendation OF
nnl gsDto l. g.N- t1alt
| the business Of the liquOr-dealer is 10 be
carried on. This gives the property-owners
| greater power than the Police Commission
ers. 1t gives them too much power.
There is a measure before the Board Of
! Supervisors to repeal that law. II is a good
measure, and We should all urge its adop-
| ton. L have looked into the matter Of lictnS-
| ing by property-owners' consent quite care
| fully. | was surprised 10 learn that on the
| top OF every blank signed By those property
| owners was printed in red ink the words.
| ''The Board OF Police Commissioners have
| declined to grant their consent to the APP
| pllcant for good cause"
| Now, what is meant by good cause?
| Why, 1t Is all forms OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, SEN
| suality, iDdecency. drunkenness and crime
that have their homes in the place kept by
| that diye-keeper.
The police know all about this immortality
better than any other Of our local author
tiles. Those three Police Commissioners
are in full possession of all the facts with
| relation to these matters They know to
| whom to refuse license and to whom to
| grant one. VINO else should have the con-
| troll Of this licensing? Surely not outsiders,
even though they may be owners of prop
| erty. The property owners who sign to
| continue those dives are more guilty than
| the men who run the dives.
care not who he Is, whether he says his
| prayers, whether he approves of this evil,
| or whether he signs through carelessness, l
| iep eat that the man who does this is more
| guilty than he who runs the dive. Loud
and prolonged applausel
| Why so?
Because everybody knows that the man
who runs dive is a dlsreputable man.
| Twelve property holders, men who have
consclences. men who have homes and chill
| dTen are not looked TO to cause such crimes
as are perpetratcd in the dives, but never
theless they do so and are responsible.
| We should support and encourage cur law
| makers-glve them heartler support
AS u rule all they get is pat on the back.
They must be made to feel that the people
| of San Francisco are behind them and will
uphold them in all good efforts.
There should be closer sympathy between
| the people and the lawmakers
Only little while ago the League of Free
dom and another association of this city
said. I'VE are against the dives" but when
| 1t came TO the point IL was found that they
were lacking in moral force TO put their
declaration to the test.
We must go deep into this matter to ac-
complish anything.
We pride ourselves on being people who
love liberty and civilization, and vet we,
through our lukewarmness let snch vile
dives remain unmolested in our midst
Sometimes we become aroused. We 90
to meeting, adopt resolutions. and then 90
away and told our arms.
In order to do what we should we must
be active; we must work. Applause
Therefore, / feel that il ANYTHING IA TO
come from this meeting it must be In the
way OF inspiring authorlty-of giving our
Supervisors and our Judiciary our earnest
support and sympathy.
Let us help the Lawmakers and the law
enforcers. Let us see to it that onr iurips
are made up OF better material and that they
are supported in enforcing the law. ZAP
plause.
Aid the authorities all you can. They
need your support 1t Is no easy matter to
enforce laws, though it is EASY TO make
them.
/ Let US do our best to create n vida spraad