The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-04-19
Pete DOuTelI and Christensen Are
Granted License.
POWERFUL ARGUMENTS EDUcED
The Anti-Gambiing Ordinance Not Able
to BE Out-Its Fate Is
Uncertain.

VI OAO0tI - IL AANNA \ VIZ
also present Messrs. Thomson, o'Hara
Lewis, WEIGH, Langworthy, Weber
and Bergman. !f
After the reading and adoption OF tn
minutes OF the previous meeting the pc
tition Of Peter Brach for liquor licens
was read. and the license granted. -
A new petition for a liquor licens
vas read from Pete Dourell, on who's
application a majority Of the commit
tee on health and police acted ad
versely.
Mr.. Lewis moved that the license h
granted and the motion was seconded
by Mr.. Webber. Mr.. Thomson said h,
was going to vote for the license, anC
he wished to explain his position. III
did not think that discrimination should
be made against a saloon In any par
ticular portion Of the city, but, IL such
should be done. they should discrllni.
nate In favor Of Swilltown and against
more respectable places. If the appli-
cant fails to obey the mandates of the
law (Which the councilman read)
the law would punish him. and
the peace officers have an OPP
p~ortunity of establishing the truth
Of any charge that may be made
against a keeper OF a saloon. 1t was
not the province Of the council 10 re-
fuse one man a license and grant the
petition of another in the same BUSH
ness. IF such were the case" Mr..
Thomson continued, "the flood gates of
fraud would be opened for the opera
ton Of politicians and for the sratiA-
cation of private ends"
Mr.. Weber stated that he was one
of the committee on health and police
and had reported adversely on Dourell's
application. He did 50 for the reason
that he had been tolG that the place
was a deadfall. Since then he had
changed his mind. He had heard from
several that the place was as good as
any Of the rest, and had come 10 the
meeting with the intention OF moving
for a reconsideration and voting to
grant the license.
Mr.. WEIGH wa surprised that the
councilmen should stand up and. Say
that they were ignorant of the nature
Of the den kept by Dourell, and init
mated hat the members present were
taking snap Judgment, 1t was very
well known, he said, that the chief oi
police had notified Dourell last summer
that he would be arrested IL the pIau,
We're not conducted in a different man
ner, and that Dourell had had u parti
tlon erected, placing his dancing Acad'
envy on one side. and the saloon Oh Thu
other. The councilmen (referring T., MI
Thomson and Mr.. Webber) had not In
vestigated the matter, but he tth,
speaker) had. He was not straight
laced and occasionally visited saloons
and played a game OF cards. He haC
NEVER seen Mr.. Thomson in a saloon II
his life, but he deemed It the council
mans duty to investigate such place
as Dourell's and the like, SO as to .,
able to take intelligent action wher
such questions as the present arose, n,
had a family. the councilman concluded
and was borrowing money 50 as t,
properly educate his boys, and he di,
not approve Of the existence OF place,
where temptation could be thrown ii
the way OF the young.
Councilman O'Hara then arose, anl
announced calmly that he liked con
sistency In human nature. He alb
horred the manner In which the tow
was traduced In the council chamb srs
and by the press, and ventured the as
sertion that Astoria was the most mora
town he ever saw with the exception q
the M he was born In. where Their,
were no immoral people. A man coulC
not walk in Portland, or In San Fran
cisco or In any Of the other coast cltles
said the councilman, without having
temptation thrown In his way, but her,
In Astoria. a nan was safe from inter
ference at any time. At this junctRr,
Mr.. WEIGH arose to a point qof order
but His Honor decided that Mr.
O'Hara's remarks on morality. were Rp
ropos. and allowed him TO proceed. Tn,
speaker then referred 10 the condition
Of the denizens OF Swiiitown and wha.
brought 1t about, Parenthetically /
may here be remarked that afteI
his Honor had ruled Mr.. WEIGH out o
order, II became an accepted fact tina
the discussion should not be confined I,
the question OF granting or refusing
a liquor license to Mr.. Dourel. hui
should be allowed to take in dens o.
vice In general Mr.. OtHara then. citet
men as the Of the downfall o.
women. and moralized upon the inhu,
mainly, Inconsistency and uncharlt'
ableness OF mankind In general,
Mr.. Bergman was sorry TO have Sc
much said on the subject. He con
fessed that he sometimes dropped intC
a saloon with his friend WEIGH to play
a game OF cards, but they were not
compelled associate with these reo-
pie. who must have a place for them
selves-some place where they can fee
they are at home" He ventmed &c
say that Astoria was the most moral
city IN the country. and that the denl-
tens Of swilltown had all come from the
inland towns. The councilman con.
cluded by saying that they were
there. we can't do without them and we
must have them" He would therefore
vote TO give a Liquor license to rete
Dourel.
Mr.. Langworthy remarked that such