The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-21

1 uiutc Tue uuNtItslnS 10 tndt ~ Wouiu hoA
cost SO much. With only two or three APP
| plications the head and tail OF the notice
| cost more than all the names, averaging
| S2o notice. So IL we waited and got |.
large number OF publications into each
| notice we would save money. We dla
this and waited until we got half a doz-
en- applications and then gave two or
three days leeway so that we could add
others that came in later. Ii has been in
| timated here that this was done TO cover
up some OF the applications This is not
so; 1t was simply done for the conven-
ience OF and to accommodate those who
| came in little late instead OF compelling
| them to wait three, four or five weeks"
| In answer to a question Mr.. Paine said
| Ii was always the custom TO give hear
ing on the day it was advertised to be
| held. lie only knew OF one exception to
| that which was in the case OF the post
| ponement OF the hearing advertised for
June at 10 o'clock a. M, to June 10, at
| 10:30 O'Clock a. m.
THE BURKE TRANSFER AGAIN.
Mr. Paine In answer to Gen. Wilson's
| question, stated that on Nov. 10 the
| Burke application for a transfer was cal
| transfer had been endorsed by Mr.. Nixon.
| but that gentleman told him few days
| afterward that he had not endorsed 1t.
| Mr.. Nixon said that some members Of
| the board thought he had better not do
| So Mr.. Paine questioned Mr.. Nixon's
right to withhold his signature. Alter
| that MIR. Burnham came I'm and the mat
| ter of the endorsement was again brought
| up and Mr.. Burnham criticised Mr.. Nix
on's action in refusing TO en-
dorse the transfer. Mr.. Nixon
| didn't give any particuarlar reason for
his refusal, Mr.. Paine was very much sur
prised at it, however. because he couldn't
| see what aut hority he had TO 60 behind
vote of the board. His impression was
that the real reason why Mr.. Nixon
didn't endorse was because of the speech
| made at Olneyville by Mayor McGuinness
criticising the board and an article in the
Providence Journal next day severely GEN.
suring the comm issioners. But that
license was granted fairly and honestly
whatever Mayor McGuinness or the Provi-
dence Journal may have had TO say about
1t, Mr.. Paine added.
NO LICENSE FOR VACANT LOTS.
Answering further interrogator les Mr..
Paine declared that the board granted
licenses only to citizens OF the State and
that 1t never granted licenses for vacant
lots.
Mr.. Waterman wanted 10 know II the
time between the vote to grant and the
time of issuing certihcatJ was ever suffi-
cient for a man to erect building In the
interium to which Mr.. Paine replied in
the negative and added that the board
couldn't grant license under such cir
cumstances.
"M by not9" asked Mr.. Wilson.
because, answered Mr.. Paine, "there
would be no building there and no num-
ber. We can grant license only for
places in buildings which have entrances
from public Travelled way. Asked II it
was the custom to withhold endorse
ments, NJ. Paine said he never knew of
L..,s I-~x
than that OF MIR. Burke.
Chairman Fuller-"Did Mr.. Nixon give
any reason for Withholding it?"
"No, sir, he did not"
Mr.. Waterman wanted to know how
nearly completed the building at the
corner OF Dexter and Cromwell streets
| was when license was granted for that
place, Mr.. Paine did not personally ex-
anime 1t but was told it was about COM
| pleted. Mr.. Sprague here stated that he
| examined the building and 1t was finished
| when the application was made and the
| fixtures were in when the transfer was
| granted.
| MR.. MCCARTHY ASKS MORE QUESTIONS.
| This concluded Mr. Paine's cross-ex-
animation and Mr.. Mccarthy began to
question him as to what the commission
would do IL after granting a license a
man refused to comply with the require
| ments. The answer was that all that could
| be done would be to withhold the license
until he did comply. IL he didn't put
his saloon in proper shape the board
| could revoke the license
Then MIR. Mccarthy wanted to know IL
| In case Mr.. Nixon had appeared in court
| to answer the mandamus proceedings
! and had stated that remonstrance had
been filed the court might not Lave de-
| clined to Issue the mandamus.
Mr.. Wilson objected to this as an i'm
4 lion, nd ftnr a lon IN
over it Mr.. Mccarthy withdrew it,
After some further questions had been
| asked and answered the committee ana
| counsel began to discuss the date of the
next hearing which was finally fixed for
Tuesday evening next at 1880 O'Clock.
| Mr.. Mccarthy then resumed the eXami-
nation of Mr.. Paine again and asked sew
eral questions about changes in advertise
| ments after their first insertion which
| were answered in substance as they had
been previously. Among other things
Mr.. Mccarthy wanted to know was
| whether Mr. Paine had spoken TO Mr..
| Nixon or any of the other commissioners
| about Mayor McGuinness' speech at Olney-
! vile, and he was told he had not done so.
"Then you carried that matter on your
mind all this time" asked the counsel
for the petitioners.
~ must have done SO when l have
spoken OF it,
'"You thought it would be good thing
to say tonight, didn't you?"
81 thought Of it, else should not have
said nothing"
"You.say there are no politics in the
board?v -
"None whatever"
"Do you ever inquire as to the politics
| Of an applicant?"
| "Never.p
"Or withhold license for political rea-
sons?"
"No, sir"
"No license is granted except to citi-
zen?'
"No, SIR
"Do you know man named L. L.
Clark?"
| NYes -