Morning journal and courier., 1893-07-15
AN APPEAL TO THE COURTS


 Further Action to be Taken by tn,
 susiness Men of Water Street O, the saloon Question:.
 There IS considerable indignation felt h, certain downtown business men and man
 ufaeturers against the county com mission CTS for transferring the license of one Rvsr from Grand avenue to Water street Tbsr.
 are large number of mills In this imms.
 qlats netghborhnod and the man at +h.
 nos'o oi the various businesses have always
 strenuously opposed the opening of s sa
 loon there, claiming that the effect of bav
 Ing saloons near by was uumistakablv dat.
 rimental to the men in their faotorisa ss
 they had amply seen. Ryan obtained a
 iioense Tor saloon near this locality and
 the same effect was noticed. When 1t vss
 round that it was really Ryan who had an.
 piled for the license 1t was revoked by the
 old board of commissioners. The onnos;-
 tion was carried on for soms time by Henry
 Harrison, who died last fall, and was this
 year led by DsForest & Hotohkiss.. The
 othe1s oI ode oUd who appeared, representing over $I,ooO,OoO, are the following: Charles r, Baldwin, representing the Sargent com. psny' Charles E. Alling, Frank H, Sherry Of Sperry & Barnes, Joseph Porter k F aare, of Strong, Barnes & Hart. MT C R' roote, or Beokley & Co.,, Henry Smith hlernan Flynn, who lives next door to tbs protected saloon, and Mir Berg of the Seq.
 Notwithstanding all the opposition of tosl, Sme seha.emen e soove mentioned, the new ooaio or commissioners decided the cass asa,ns. them. The new board of county to one republican. The old board had t1o republicans to one democrat. '"o Under the new law, right of annas1 |, the courts in such cases as the sboy. is gwen. Under this new law the Opponents to the saloon will take an appeaj to tha courts, and bave secured John ~ GaI agher as their attorney. lothe Eoitor or the JOURNAL AND CouRrxp.
 Any doubts as to the attitude of tba present. board of county commissioners to- 'aIo the liquor interest will be uicklv die. 'eliea upon brief consideration of tbe acts in the now somewhat famous "Jobn syan case" which again came before tbe on Wednesday last for
 MT. Ryan has persistently but unsueoess- ony applied for license for a Honor aloon on the corner of Water and Brewery or an equal number of years he has haan ersistently and deservedly defeated ba le combined efforts of the iesdiny foperty holders and dwellers in le vicinity - save for sbort 'ace some two years since, when bv inc 'oterfuge of substituting another name in e application and by juggling with tba cstion or the saloon brief triumph was cured, the commissioners revokinp tbe 'ense s4 when they discovered the trick. NOW Waat Is the meaning of this de- rmined fight against a saloon on tbis | Iaer py almost the entire business inter m tnls seotionf The battle has never en Waged it is said on personal pron n5s r, indeed, upon the ground that tho.s 10 signed the protest were opposed to under proper conditions. V ny or them are not, but on the eronn6 't it would be detrimental to the bnsi- il 's interests and menace to property in special locality. The reasons for thi. 'islon It Is not necessary to state here. U they have been strong and good onss al by the action of consecutive 'ros ot commissioners for several year. ', m promptly denying the application. ne lumber dealers and mamufacturers nave formed the bulk of this prote.t among the best known and most snh. ltlal men in the community. They ren. mt very large vested capital, pay Isree 's and employ hundreds and hundreds aborers. If in the face of strong and lest protest coming from these men the ent county commissioners have sesn 9 grant this license, they will grant Sh to any and every applicant. Tbeir ,n Is deliberate bluff to those who this business properly regulated in
 interests of law and order. ItiasI 1al invitation to the ruff scuff of tba to pay their money and set up their 'n when and where they please. X e reign of indiscriminate license has n. The board, it is evident is to he a heart and soul by political ties to
 quor interests. It is said that two of nree commissioners have been former ]: dealers. If this be the case it wouId fly to look for any other course of dure than that illustrated in the Ryan = one of the rank absurdities of tba gislsture that such men should have appointed as county commissioner @ Is one of its crowning felieities that ely provided an antidote to such men
 new statute providing for an appeal
 superior court. LAW AND ORDER.