The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-22
TELEPHONE AND MINT
The Rate Reduction Still Rings
Up the Council
LICENSE OF a DIVE REVOKED.
a.d@~aen Argue Absat Telephones,
Beth Hanses Try Divs-hsepsrs
and ordinsress Go Through


-re bead ~ aldermen haA another
ssrxesI8nal discussion Tass night On the
,6.aoh0ae question. ard n TIE end JoF-
.aan p-zetses.giy pon u slctoTy By tae
acton - ire beard laying the ordinance
,as.sar aise.7ans9ri on TIE kasle. TIE mar
rsea sren addressed tire csuncss. statiag
,s,.4t they aeserg ed o. nszeh aftention
ee she Industrial Cooperative .8ss1rc!t-
ton. whio.s WAS composed o. unmarried.
aSle5oife- men.
TIE h0ase ~ delegates confined itseif
principally - routine matters. Botn
houses meeting togathsr, adopted ? Feso-
TRITON advising tae revceatioa II tie
Iscease az the notorious Mint saloon on
Washington street.
When the two houses met Ia tolnt ses-
son the case Of Herman Liadset aaa
F9anix Lin-agIst. psaprietors OF the Mint
saloon, WHO we're cited % appeal and
ehsw cause why their license should not
be revoked beeas1se they kept q ss!sor-
derry place, aas taken ~ and i was
found hat tho case c0t3id nos be beard
b. the council Is 2 triai body, 50 the
Council formed itself info "a committee
OF The whose 10 take evidence on whleA
q base action 81 the separate houses.
After tEe complaint rad been read the
-srsnrletofs ~ the saloon objected - be-
sns compelled 20 shoav Why their license
should not be revoked. because the city
coanca mad no Jurisdiction 70 try the
case. The proper pace being the munich
psi ealsrt.
Corporation Counsel Scott. when asked
as 10 the objection. replied that the mat
ter had not been under mis- care. but as
a general proposition. power which
could grant a iaeeasc cou'd revoke Il.
Tao council in joint session could take
take testimony on which to base an or
aInance rev0ktng the license. but the or
dI1anee would hAg- 70 be passed by the
separate houses
Jordan spoke In = sarcastic manner OF
the recent omnibus ordinance that
gave the chief of ls,lsce the power OF u
car. and asked If It Was necessary 70
before the council.
Attorney Benson. in pleading for his
clients. said that he did not object 10
she opinion OF fht corporation counsel
saat the council couid take means To get
evidence on which 10 base future Iegisla-
tlon as t. the revocation 81 a license,
bur he did object 10 the council claiming
tho right 10 Try facts. He then read the
state law gixing the municipal court
Jurisdiction 10 -Ty all cases under the
city ordinances.
Chief OF Police Rogers took the stand
and was about tU 4ostify when Attorney
Morris arose ard saiI he understood
witnesses were H. be examined without
reference to the rules OF evidence. City
Attorney winstoek said ne would con-
fire himself within the law aud the ex-
animation was abort To proceed when
elise said that ne wonld like 20 know
how the witnesses were going 90 be
sworn Here was painful luil. and Jor-
dan said.
rs This court of law or a Kangaroo
oourt?.'
Il don't think II Is necessary 10 swear
the Witnesses said I4ovejoy. They are
on their honr." Morris askt-. that the
oath b. administered II possible. Il WAS
not. how ser. and the actual proceedings
finally began.
chief Rogers gave detailed descrip-
ton ef the Mint saloon. It's back en-
trance. boxes and the two connections
fEsan tae saloon to the rooma above. A
small elevator ran mp stairs from the
s2t0on. he WAS of tee opinion fhat IL
WAS used for liquor cosyeyance 10 the
people an stairs. According Go his know
ledge the women who frequented fha
Flace we're prostitutes. There had been
six reports ~ larceny from the saloon.
and on two occasions stolen ODDS = re
recovered from Is. A short time ago a.
is-ycar old Girl who said she was "A
prostitute was taken fron the house
TIE place Was run ostcnsiblv as n sa-
loon but he believed it 80 be house
II prostitution. and had been the most
disoraerly place in the city since he had
been ohice ~ police
Rogers produced some beer checks
taken from boa Alien. prostitute en-
sesicd Ia The Mint saloon. hut Norris
eh5esSed ia such evidence ~ the wo-
mans work being submitted.
Chapman ani James said that they
wanted the facts. Miller. from The chair.
ruled Ia favor ~ Morris. The latter said
tr2t 4tugcTs MAS as shrowd as tae major
sgy 81 lawyers ana IL ngl held down
- she rlSes ~ evidence he would work
Ia evidence that woald convict anyone.
Muller said BE had 10 objection to hav-
iag the checks SHOWN IL the council so
desired. Tho couuscl was eager. and the
atua hi's az paslebo2yd. reading as fol-
lows. Were shJwa: