Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-03
Lively Tits Over the Liquor
License Question.
Plenty of Charges Of Fraud aud
Crookedness Presented.
Dead Mems Names and FOrgeries
Appear on Protests.
Judge Anderson OF the Christian Tenn
perance Union Retires From, the
Fray-The Two Thirds Rule.

house were again thronged yesterday
with mixed assemblage to hear further
proceedings in the license application
hearings. The following license appli-
cations were granted as starter: G. E.
Smith. San Gabriel; f. B. Weis, Dow
ney d. Antumez, Calabasas; R. Eli
zilde, Toy Station; John Kans, Vernon /;
B. Risen, Avalon; H. Ducas, Vernon j.
j. Maltos, Wilmington; d. Lassere, San
Gabriel; F. J. Barker, Vernon; A. Rem
don, Ranchito.
The application OF B. w. Hall of Ell
Monte came up next. In this case there
were 152 protestants, and 1913 necessary
to quash the application. Mr.. Gage
presented a list OF forty-nine withdraw
ais, making the protest invalid.
Supervisor Forrester-When were
those Withdrawals made?
Mr.. Gage-I am not aware when they
were fled. This case was continued
until today by consent OF the board yes
terday. This is the time for trying the
case.
Supervisor Forrester-We will never
get through with these applications if
we are to admit new lists of withdraw
ais. 1t will make farce of the whole
business.
Mr.. Last-The people of Ell Monte are
perfectly willing that this license shall
be granted.
Justice Rush-Yes, the people of El
Monte have no objections.
Judge Anderson-I believe that a stop
should be put to admitting these with
drawals. We don't know when this list
was made up.
Mr.. Gage-Let me say that you can.
not point to single act on the part OF
the liquor dealers that is dishonest or
fraudulent, yet you men who are sup
posed to represent the highest moral
elements have presented fraudulent pa
pers here.
Judge Anderson-You make that
statement in the absence of witnesses of
ours who are in the country, hence we
cannot reply.
Supervisor Forrester-The board de-
cided that it would admit no more with.
drawals or petitions after we have gone
into the hearing of case.
Mr.. Cage You give these protestants
one months time to prepare the pro-
tests and only one day to the applicant
to make his defense.
Judge Anderson-These papers have
mot been placed on file.
Mr.. Gage-No such ruling has been
made by the board, but we are willing
to place our papers on file. We have an
affidavit here of gentleman whose
name appears on one of these protests,
+ in which he swears that he never signed
it.
Supervisor Forrester-That kind of
testimony is always in order.
Supervisor Davis-I move that all Pc
titions of withdrawal shall be submitted
in writing before we go into hearing of
case.
Supervisor Hubbard-That is not fair.
The people have no opportunity to know
what names are in the protests. know
of my own knowledge that a great many
people have signed those protests who
did not know what they contained.
Mr.. Gage-Why not allow the appli-
cants ten days time to make their case
Supervisor Forrester-I do not think
we ought to give men an opportunity to
change their minds after signing the
protests. We do not want to make a
farce of this business.
Mr.. Gage-Horace Greeley said all
great men change their minds.
Supervisor Hubbard-I do not believe
in taking snap Judgment on any man,
whether he is in the whisky business or
not.
Judge Anderson = The applicant
should have gone out and called among
his neighbors when we worked up the
protests.
Mr.. Gage-The trouble with you,
Judge, is that you do not pay any at
tention to the law. If the law allowed
us to go out and get petitions for license
we would have done 80.
Judge Anderson-This is species oi
election.
Mr.. Gage-Yes, and you want to do
all of the voting yourselves, and we
claim that you have stuffed the ballot
Z box.
Judge Anderson-Tha is not german,
Mr.. Gage-Nothing is german with
you but injustice.
The chair-Order, order.
Supervisor Davis then withdrew hif
resolution and it was decided to take ul
the case Of B. w. Hall, and Mr.. Gage
read petitions from forty-nine voters
asking that their names be withdrawn
from the protest. ALI of the petitions
for withdrawal, on motion, were then
plaC6u Oh ul0 ny MT. cage, ana mOClOI
was then offered by Supervisor Davis
that hereafter all Withdrawals shall be
submitted in writing before the hearing
of each case. The motion was then
carried, Supervisor Hubbard voting in
the negative.
Mr.. Gage-I now want to produce
a gentleman here who is willing te
swear he never signed the protest
against the petition of that district.
Fred Storm was then sworn and testi
fed: l have looked at this protest tc
which my name is alleged to be signed
This is not my signature; never au
thorized anyone to sign my name tc
this protest, and did not know that it
had been forged until last night; war
never asked to sign such petition.
Judge Anderson-How long have you
lived at Vernon.
Mr.. Storm-For three years, sir.
Judge Anderson-Is the gentleman'e
name on the great register?
Assistant District Attorney Marble
Yes, sir, and he is the only Fred Storm
accredited to that district.
The paper to which the forged name
was signed was protest against N
Carrizosa and H. Pierroni, applicants
from Vernon.
A recese was taken until / 80 D. m.