St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-05
Warm Time Over Licensing
Several Questionable
PaplorS.
Shown That Police and De-
tectives Use Their Noses
Freely.
Coorer's Summer Garden
Finally Refused a Ii
eense.

night, and neWed to the line III way
that will make some people squirm.
The committee decided to recommend
some changes in the license system so
as to prevent foreign breWerias from
running saloons on wholesale plan.
One old saOOnkeeper was refused
license; another gets through by
scratch, and those who do not pay their
licenses soon will be prosecuted.
A resolution was offered which pro-
vides that all saloonkeepers who do not
pay their license before Feb. l are to De
prosecuted, and the chief of police was
instructed to give notice to that effect.
This measure caused some debate. Aid.
Zimmerman inclined to the view that
! the executive branch of he~city ought
not to be dictated to in matter of this
kind. Assemblyman Reardon favored
giving the men thirty or more days to
pay up. He said he opposes bawdy
houses and will oppose them when the
time comes, but did not want to Cypress
good men. Aid. Hickman opposed any
extension. ASsemblyman DAILY stated
| that this was similar TO a resolution in
troduced by Judge SanOOrn last year
Aid. Conley added that it is the same as
passed every year. 1t was decided by
vote of 4 to TO recommend the for
bearance.
The Pride Of the west.
II. l.. Cleveland has been running the
| Pride of the West, Oh East Seventh
street. for some three months, and came
| very close to having his license reported
on unfavorably. Officer G. f. Ryan
made information that he and Detective
| McFetridge had seen Cleveland sell
beer to two boys, whom they thought to
| be about twenty years old, one of whom
he regarded as sick pickpocket. Mr..
Coney wanted to know if this informa-
ton had been filed with the clerk, and,
| being told that it had not, objected TO
| its being considered. but withdrew the
objection when one of the committee
| stated that the mayor had asked
| action on the matter. Mr.. Con-
| ley then said that the facts stated
| constitute cause for re voking the license.
| Mr. Cleveland was called before the
committee and stated that he found the
place bad when he took hold OF 1t three
months ago, but diScalmed any lnten-
| ton of doing wrong. He was not aware
that pickpocketS frequent the. place.
| Aid. Zimmerman stated that the pro-
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! mails. Mr.. Cleveland admitted that
his license is in the name of = the
| Pabst Brewing company. Mr.. ReardOn
made an occasional remark to the eff
| feet that he opposed letting licenses
| to foreign brewing companies to operate
| saloons. He also opposed the policy OF
| the present administration OF sending
| officers around to spot certain saloons,
when the administration knows that all
| the saloons sell to minors and don't en-
force the law. The man who makes the
| information, he said is unknown. save
| for the fact he is detective. Reardon
said he had no regard for the oath Of
detective, and especially one Of the
| Pinkerton stripe. The committee de-
cided to recommend that the license Of
| Cleveland 4 Casey be continued, as it
seemed that the officers were singing
! the place out.
COOper's Place.
| There was large company of citizens
and several police officers present to
testify in the matter of the application
of T. w. Cooper for reissue OF his
license to run saloon opposite the
EuSt Seventh power house. This is the
place that was closed up upon the az
rest of Cooper, who was charged with
|
were arrested for drunkenness some
time since. There was a long list of
names on protest against reOpening
the saloon, aud also a long list petition
ing IN favor of COOpeJ. A Mr.. Alien
and j. r. Thompson lead the list in
| pronouncing the place dance house
| of the dis0rderly character and
wanting it permanently discontinued.
They and several witnesses related
| that diSreputable women frequented
the place, and that there had been sew
| eral fights there last summer and fall.
Capt Hanft, Sergeant Dolan and sew
eral policemen testified that the place
was not worse than others, but admitted
that mixed crowds went there. 1t was
also shown that young girls went to the
place. Sergeant Doian said he had seen
all classes of people go there. He had
Steered a minister and his wife into the
summer garden annex to get liquid re-
| freShments. A large number of wit
nesseS were examined. Henry Johns
appeared for Mr.. Cooper, and Mr.. Allen
argued for the opposition, and cross
examined the witnesses i'll a very
| shrewd way. The end of the exciting
| contest was reached by the committee
! deciding to recommend that no license
be granted to Mr.. Cooper.
TO Shut Off BfeWeries.
The following proposed ordinance.
relative to preventing foreigners from
running so many saloons, was read and
recommended for PASSAGE;
Section l. That hereafter no more
| than one license to sell Intoxicating
| LIQUORS and beverages at retail in the
city of st. Paul shall be issued to any
| person, company or corporation not Il
| Af "
| or indirectly, or to any agent or agents
| of any such person, company or cor
/ poration.
Sec. 2. That hereafter all persons,
companies and corporations making APP
| plcation for licenses TO sell Intoxicating
| liquors ana beverages within the city of
| ST. Paul shall be required to state, in
their application for such license, their
residence, and also whether the appli-
cation for such license is made i'll their
own behalf or whether as the agent oil
| some other person, company or cOrpo-
ration, and if so, the name of the per-
son, company or corporation on whose
| account said application is made.
Sec. 3. This ordinance shall take eff
feet and be in force from and after its
passage and publication.
Fees Reduced.
| The committee on licenses or the as
Sembly also held session and decided
to recommend that the license to pawn
brokers be reduced from fee of 300 to
one of 500. This course. it is thought,
will not diminish the revenues OF the
city and will give the police department
better opportunities to detect thieves
and secure stolen property.
1t was also decided to recommend
that the license fees for the Metropoli-
tan and Grand opera houses he reduced
from 500 to $50, and that the license
fee OF the Olympic be fixed at S25.
Al.