The herald., 1894-07-25
AND THEN THE BAND PLAYED
Papa Schurtz's Effective Way
of Getting His License.
What Papa's Detectives Ascertained
About Sunday Closing.
A Little but Powerful Ahidavit Which
Brought What Was Wanted
in Very Short
Order.

Papa Schurtz of the Palace saloon has
won his point in obtaining license for
his saloon, and the manner in which he
accomplished his end is quite interest
ing and novel. For two months Schurtz
has tried every method to have his Ii
cense reissued by the police commits
sioners, without success. The plan
adopted by him last Sunday has brought
the very peculiar board of police COM
missioners to time, and that within
twenty-four hours after this nervous
body of officials became aware Of any
exciting document.
On last Sunday two men named Holtz
and Wack visited about thirty saloons
in various parts of the city, including
the more prominent ones along Spring
street. and made an affidavit of having
obtained liquor at the bars by the drink
the same as on week days. At every
saloon these two men visited they were
served with liquor.
The affidavit was in possession OF
Schurtz on Monday. who showed it to
two persons at the HERALD office, stat
ing that he intended to file the dOcu-
ment with the board of police commits
eioners and ascertain from them why he
was Disseminated against, while the
other saloons were allowed to dispense
liquor over their bars the same on Sun
day az any other day in the week.
Schurtz made known his intentions to
many, and it was but q few hours
before the proprietors of many of the
leading saloons were intercedipg with
the powers that be to reissue Licenses to
the Palace and the New Vienna buffet.
This had to be done at once or Schurtz
would have exposed the much criticised
board who allowed other places in town
to sell liquor on Sunday while the two
resorts in question were made to suffer.
Influence was brought to bear upon
Schurtz not to file the affidavits of Holtz
and Wack. he being assured OF having
his license re-issued at yesterdays meet
ing. These promises proved to be cor
rect; Schurtz did not file the afidavits
and he got his license, which he has
been fighting to secure during the past
two months.
It is also understood that prominent
city official. police commissioner. sew
eral councilmen and other city officials.
had been located on several Sundays by
Schurtz's detectives in liquor resorts not
over a mile from the police station,
sho wing them to be cognizant of the
fact that other saloon keepers than those
OF the Palace and New Vienna buffet
were breaking the law as to Sunday
closing and that these officials assisted
them in doing 60.
The commissioners, az will be seen
elsew here in the report OF the board 9
proceedings yesterday, deny any knowl'
edge of the existing affidavit of Holtz
and Wack in the possession OF Papa
Schurtz. but it was we'll known fact
that Schurtz openly exhibited the aft
davit around the city all day Monday,
and declared his intention OF bringing it
before that body. The document was
too severe blow to the other dispensers
of liquids who violated the Sunday law
with the knowledge of several OF the
police commissioners and several city
officials, and Schurtz's intention OF max
ing the document public property was
frustrated. and the astute commission
granted the licenses of the Palace and
New Vienna buffet supposedly at the
urgent solicitation of the leading saloon
and liquor merchants in the city. As q
result of Papa" Schurtz's victory, those
five statesmen who preside over the
police department of this city are the
objects OF considerable amusement to a
large portion of the community. The
Palace and New Vienna buffet were
again running in full blast last evening,
the proprietors smiling and feeling hap
by over the grand march" they made.
in which their brother liquid dispensers
were forced to assist them in getting
their rights. Discrimination in the fu-
ture, it is thought, will not bob up very
| soon.