Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-28
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The Annual Struggle Between Liquor Sell
sr- and Temperance Folks Soon to Begin.
In a few days the District building will be-
come the scene Of q lively struggle. On one
hand will be the eontending forces Of the liquor
men. while on the other will be the advocates
Of mserance, the citizen whose residence is
the saloon and the officers Of the law. The
bone Of contention Is the liquor licenses for the
new license year. which commences November
]. the struggle often extending to within few
weeks Of the next license year.
Already the liquor men are beginning to file
their AZ phcations, while the Temperance people
and others. not to be caught mapping. are send
ms in protests every day. At the noon session
Of the board OF Commissioners next Tuesday
the preliminaries will be agreed upon. As was
the custom last year. the applications will be
taken mp IN the order OF the police precincts
Commencing with the first.
Commissioner Douglass has a system BY
which he hopes TO nni-h al cases within a
month. and IL IL understood the other two
Commissioners will strive to accomplish the
sane results.
The liquor men are quite uneasy over the
outlook for the new year. large majority
have violated the law; that is, thew have vio-
lated IL technically. for on the Sunday preced-
ing the grand review Of the q. A. K most Of
them kept open house Just what the Commits
sloners are going TO do with these cases il what
4 bOthering them During the last inaugura-
uon there Was parallel case. and the Commits
sioners At that time decided that, in view Of
what Wa claimed 10 be a necessity they would
not where that was the only violation Of law
charged against the applicant withhold hts
license. The Commissioners will not commit
themselves = 10 what they will do in the cases
above referred TO. but il IL understood that
they will follow the precedent established and,
II this IL the only lapse. forgive the applicant
There h q class Of men. however who IL Ia
said. need hope for no quarter from the Com
mi--ioner-, and that Is composed Of the men
who. after the decision OF the Nau case. opened
their respective places Of business and carried
or the sale Of liquor without license The
commissioners have decided not to grant any
license whatever 10 these men.
They have also decided in view Of the
many violations Of the Law governing the sale
OF liquors by Wholesale, 90 use the utmost dis
erection In issuing licenses OF this character IL
vll be recalled that the law governing the sale
o. liquors by Wholesale fails to provide against
the drinking Of liquors upon the premises al
though the regulations 81 the Commissioner.
prohibit this practice. In the past there have
been many violations Of this regulation, and in
snumher Of instances the Commissioners have
revoksd the Incense.
Prom the latest reports property owners all
over the city becoming very much inter-
ested, and there will be many an applicant who
vil! not have a majority of the names Of the
residents and property owners on his petition,
- required BY law
The advance guard Of the woman's Christian
Temperance Union. which has done good work
In the past, has called upon the Commissioner,
and Toy promise TO do everything in their
power to break up the sale Of liquor.
One of Sir John Franklin's Missing vessels
The Rev T. r. Young OF Winnipeg, q Metho-
dist missionary in the far north for many years,
states that be was sent for by an aged dying In
dian some time ago, who confessed before his
death that he accompanied one Of the Sir John
Franklin expeditions to the northern seas. Sup
phe- became very low and there was danger Of
s@rsaiioa- Before deciding To return the COM
mander sent this Indian and another across an
BLAND 20 look on the other side They crossed
and discovered In the distance three mnsts ris-
ins out OF the ice They were nearly exhausted
aud hno~ing that IL they told the commander
o. their discovery he would 20 to the place
they decided that IL would be better not 10 tel
him, for they feared starvation Of the entire
party In the event Of delay. Accordingly thew
Is'arned and reported having found nothing
he next day the expedition started on its re-
turn The Indians were certain these masts be-
Ionsed To one Of the Franklin vessels.