Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-19
THR LIQUOR LICENSES.
MEETING OF TIE COMMITTEE ON PETITIONS
AND CIRCUMSTANCES, LAST EVENING,
At Which Snag Was Struck at Very Early
Hour-The List of Applications Ordered Pub
lished-Waier Board Estimates.

At the last regular meeting OF Coun-
Gil an ordinance was passed, amending
Rule 81 of Council, relating TO liquor
licenses, so as to read as follows:
Every application for an ordinary or a
coffee house shall be presented TO Council,
in the Second Branch, at regular meet
ing, and shall at once be referred TO the
Committee on Petitions and Remonstran-
ces, which shall enquire and report at the
next regular meeting, whether the grant
ing of the license applied for Of 1t be TO
keen an ordinary would be in accordance
with the requirements contained IN Sec. Z
of an ordinance in relation 10 ordlnarles
and coffee houses, passed April II, 1881 ;
and il il De TO keep a coffee house, IN ac-
cordance with the requirements OF section
of the last named ordinance, ana no IL
cenSe shall be granted upon any sucn april
cation until or unless such report as herein
required shall have been made 10 Council"
Section . OF the ordinance above Ie-
ferred to, applying to saloons, provides
for a license for coffee house for pla-
ces where food and drink are dispensed,
and Sec. says:
~. No license to keep an ordinary shall
be granted by the Council, unless having
connected the convenience OF the place pro-
posed, the character Of the applicant Tor
good order, sobriety and honesty, and his
ability to provide and keep good and sufd-
cient houses, lodging and entertainment
for travellers, their servants and horses,
they shall adjudge This application 10 be
reasonable and shall be satisfied and shall
enter upon their journal that the applicant
is d person OF good character and not adj
dictad 10 drunkenness or gaming or or in
temperate habits; and further, shall be OF
the opinion thai be will keep an orderly
and useful house of entertainment
Having passed the ordinance first
above mentioned, at the last session OF
Council, that body referred all the APP
plicationS, about one hundred and
thirty in number, to the Committee on
Petitions and RESPONSIVENESS without
specifying any particular manner in
which the Committee should do the
work.
When the Committee met last night
it at once became apparent that snag
had been struck. When the big bundle
of applications was taken up the first
question asked was: "Are.there any Oh
lections?" There were none, for the
very good reason that the public knew
nothing about who the applicants were.
1t was suggested that the names should
be published, but it was at once seen
that in the first place, there was no
authority to publish; in the second
there wasn't time enough TO properly do
IL before the next session OF Council;
and third, the members appeared TO be
suddenly confronted with the fact that
that they had a big job on
hand, and one which they did not
know exactly how to go aboutit. None
of the Committee seemed TO know any
thing against anybody, and didn't know
who did, and things were in quite mix
and snarl generally.
After a good deal Of talk OF a some
what scattered nature, the Committee
came to the conclusion that the best
way out was 10 publish a list in the
the daily papers, and ask that objections
be filed with the Committee Clerk, II
any there be.
A resolution to have the list published
two times in each daily paper was
adopted, IL note to be appended calling
attention of citizens 10 the opportunity
to object to any license. The Clerk was
instructed to notify all saloonkeepers
complained against to appear and pro-
tect their interests, on Thursday even
ing at 7:3O p. III.
The list will be found in another COL
umn.