The morning times., 1895-10-13
SAMPLES FOR ANALYSIS
Excise Board Will Subject Saloon
Products to a Test.
EVERY BAR CONTRIBUTES
whisky and Gin as Sold Over the
Counter Now In the Hands of the
Chemist Reform the Ob.iect-HOteI
Grafton Obtains II bar License
Against Bitter Opposition.

The excise board, as stated exclusively
in The Evening Times of yesterday, has
inauguratcd "A movement for determining
whether or not saloon keepers have adultcr-
ated liquors on sale. ~
This is in pursuance of the expressed
purpose OF the board To strictly execute
the liquor law, and in support OF its recon-
mcnda,ion recently made TO the Commits
sioncrs of an amendment " hicl shall
punish by fine or Imprisonment, or boih
the seller of adulterations.
The board has been for. some time en-
gagged III collection or data Of a highly
important character that will probably
have bearing upon It's future action in
the matter of granting licenses, and serve,
also, as an argument before Congress in
support of the proposed legislation.
1t is reliably asceriaincd that the board
has caused 10 be procured by purchase a
sample of the whisky and gin retailed over
the bar at every saloon and other estab-
lishmcnt in the city now bolding u license.
SELLERS IDENTIFIED.
These samples, il is stated, are so mum
bered and otherwise identified that the
particular establishment from which each
was obtained can be readily located, by
SWOTH ttelllIpHn, IL Httt>SdTNs
proprietor held responsible for whatever
may be developed as to the spurious CON
tents OF the sample.
The purchases have been quietly made,
and the packages will therefore exhibit the
average quality OF the product OF the bar,
from which it was obtained.
Every sample in the possession of the
board VIII be Immediately subjected to
chemical test, and its ingredients carefully
Il tn... ~ In.
analysis W i'll then be annexed to the history
of the purchase, and the name OF the seller
identified.
This course is taken, il is understood, as
a part of the plan OF the excise board TO
reform the license system, and Is In keeping
with its suggestion OF an advance in IL
cense fees.
Embodied in its recent communication
TO the Commissioners the board recon-
mendcd the increase ofswholesale fees to
S4OO and retail fees 10 Sst0 per annIIm.
with the explanation thsr ysyhile higher
rate would tend TO decrease. the number OF
saloons it " ould be condhcfye 10 the inter
csts of the public as wflisas the saloon
keeper. the plain infcreIice.of the sugges-
ton being that, in the Estimation OF the
board. the system would be elevated, and
to that extent reformed
HOTEL GRAFTON WINS.
The board decided yestt+day to grant
q license for barroom TO Harrington & Son.
proprictors OF the Hotel Grafton, the ap-
plication having been pending and Il
matter OF contention for several months
The hotel is located ON Connecticut avenue.
at the corner of De Sales street northwest.
Property owners residihts between l.
and NJ streets on the ayasuc have been
making vigorous protts1 against the
n. af bts nia
ors are James AZ. Jobns,on. OF Riggs &
Co., Mrs. Wood, the trustees Tor Mrs. James
NJ Johnston, the trustees of the W. W. Cor
coran estate, Mrs. Griswold, and others.
and they were representrds by Mr.. Il. Ross
Perry, as counsel
1t is alleged by the protestahts that
bare ma aiority OF the interested residents
had indorsed the application, and the be
lief expressed that had many OF those
whose names were attached been given 4
fair understanding of the real purpose of
the application their names would have
been withdra wu.
Referring 10 the evident effort of the
board to reduce the number of saloons
in the District, Mr.. Perry said:
''To begin to issue licenses in choice
residence section is a stepbackward."
II was also cited that church is
located directly across the street from
the Grafton, and that there is a convent
south of il, both within the
400 feet limit.
while the ostensible purpose in this APP
plication,- said Mr.. Perry in his brief, lis
to secure the privilege OF dispensing liquors
TO guests in hotel, the real object, and
the Objectionable feature. is the estab-
of a barroom which can be en-
tered from the street and which will be open
under our laws to any noisy and vicious
DeOple who choose 10 enter il
BUFFET NOT GENUINE.
This bar is not necessary for hotel pur
poses, and the use of the word buffet is a
mere disguise"