St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-16
WAR ON The SALOON.
A LIVELY MEETING OF THE JOINT
COMMITTEE ON LICENSES.
LADIES JOIN IN SPEECHES.

Vigorous Protest Against Branti-
CAMS Place in the Como Dis
! trict-Brantigam and His Wife
Reply to the w. G. T. U. Women
Saloon Temporarily Closed
o. II. Elmer and Others Charge
Flim-Fiammery at 453 Jack
son Street.
A delegation OF men and women met
| the joint committee OH licenses last
night and backed up their protest
against re-iSSuing license to a.
| Brantigam. who has operated a saloon
| for the past eight years at the corner or
i Lexington and avenue and Front street.
The protest was signed by ISL names,
| and there was a petition of nlnety-two
names in favor of granting the license.
. This is saloon that was left out i'll one
corner when the recent ordinance was
passed laying out prohibitory district
in the Como neighborhood.
/ Miss Akers, the matron of the jail,
spoke against granting the license, and
was followed by f. A. Higgins i'll the
same strain, who gave way 10 his eX-
cellent wife. who made several strong
speeches that so stirred up Nj. Branu
| gam and his wife that they both enter
tanned the company by making several
protesting speeches at the same time,
and both gesticulating in a way that
caused considerable amusement at their
earneStneSs and CALCULATIONS.
Mrs. Higgins said she is member of
the w. c. L. u. and they propose to at
tack the saloons one by one, brick by
brick. until they get rid of the saloon
influence. She spoke of children carry
ing away beer in pals and the saloon
being open all day on Sundays. She
SAID that the tin cans gave way to vim
egar jugs that were carried to deceive
the w. G. I. U. Several gentlemen
made speeches against the saloon.
William Hamm saoke in favor of
granting the license, and said that the
same objection to this saloon might be
made to all of the siXty-five saloons in
the city.
Mrs. Higgins in answer to a question
by Aid. Conley as to the intention to
down all the SALOONS. said: God help
ing US we do, but we want to close this
one first"
Mr.. Rolf said he had reformed two
years ago. but before that his children
got beer from the saloon when he sent
them for it, and that, toe, without a
written order.
In answer 10 questions by Mr.. Rear
don. both NJ. Brautigam and his wife
said they sold on Sunday, and let
minors have beer OH written orders
from their fathers. Mr.. Reardon seemed
satisfied by these admissions, and sig
nified his purpose Of opposing the re-
newal of the license. Mrs. Higgans
spoke of repeatedly seeing boys drunk
and going in and out of the saloon. One
boy she saw carry bucket of beer TO
crowd of boys in the woods. This
was Oh Sunday. She protested for the
sake Of children and the men who had
reformed that the saloon should be
abolished.
Mr.. Reardon moved that the license
be not renewed, and said he favored
complying with the wishes of the ma
jority in the neighborhOod of a saloon.
On motion of Mr.. DAILY, this matter
was tabled until the return of Aid.
Warren to the city. In the meantime
the saloon will be closed.
A protest was read against renewing
the license for the saloon at 453 Jackson
street. The protest was signed by o..
Elmer and II. A. Campbell. The basis
of the objection was that the place is
diSorderlY, and IobberieS have taken
place there, one of which the professors
were ready to prove. Mr.. Elmer stated
that on Dec. %, about II a. m, stranger
in the city was t1iln-1ammed out of $50
in the saloon. A party of men were
shaking dice One of the party wanted
to bet 500 that certain throw could be
made. The stranger exhibited a $50
bill, but declined to bet. Another man
said he would put $50 to that one and
make the bet of 500, and, snatching the
$50 out of the hand of the stranger, put
1t up, and it was Snatched by one of
the men in the saloon, who ran out of
the saloon. The stranger followed, but
was detained by man who claimed to
be the proprietor OF the saloon and &C
cused of gambling in the place. The
man who lost the $50 made complaint to
the police but was told that il was
doubtful if he could recover the money.
Mr.. Elmer said that the men who got
the money must be known to the propri-
etor of the saloon, but he refused to give
any information to him when he went
to inquire about the matter. The COM
mittee laid the matter over until Mr..
Elmer can bring the man to the city who
lost the money.
The committee heard Benn Davis on
the peddlerS' license matter but con-
Guided that the remedy sought should
be applied for before the council.
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