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


How much does that show, is within
the radius Of 200 feet9'
"lt shows that there are 126,77S feet
within the 200-foot circle"
"How many feet were represented in the
remonstrance?"
"Just 20, III feet"
ANOTHER TRANSFER GRANTED.
"Subsequently TO the issue of the trans
cation for another transfer within short
distance of that locationV'
ayes; sir. -
"Was it granted"'
"Yes, SIR"
"To whom?O
"To William Trainor.'
"When was it granted?"
"On Feb. IL, 1896. "
"was there remon STRANGE against his
place ?''
Eyes, sir.
"Do you remember who the remon-
strants were?'
"The first was a very large one against
Francis Irsinor the owner of the prop
erty." Here the remons,rance was pro-
duced and identified.
Then General Wilson esked: "How far
is Trainor's place from Burke's?"
mot over 100 feet, should say. 1t may
be only 60 or 20. "
ARE you Win any Ol0tT IL
censed place within 300 or 400 feet OF the
placeY'
Mr.. Mccarthy energetically objected to
Mr.. Wilson asking questions about per-
sons or places 800 or 400 feet away. He
should be confined to the 200 foot limit.
General Wilson retorted that Mr.. Nc
Carthy had introduced petition and re-
monstrances and had thereby made those
who signed them his witnesses. Some of
these were not within the 200 foot radius.
He proposed to show that while some of
these witnesses had demonstrated against
the Burke transfer they had petitioned
that that license be granted for the Gale
of rum, but a short distance away. These
things tended to show the character of
the witnesses and their sincerity in petit
tioning for an investigation for the pub
lie good.
Mr.. Mccarthy protested that IL Mr..
Wilson was going all over the neighbor-
hood no one could know when the inves-
tigation would close. There might be
three, four or five liquor places in the
neighborhood and Ii may be because the
petitioners thought there were too many
OF them that they wanted to stop any
more coming in and began here. MIR. Nc.
Carthy, in conclusion, insisted that Mr..
Wilson ought TO be confined both as to
time and space.
INsINCERTTY OF INVESTIGATION PRoMoT-
ERs
General Wilson replied with much force
that here was an inquiry and proceedings
based upon the theory, whatever the facts
might be, that the license commiss toner's
had committed legal or moral wrong in
granting transfer to Tobias Burke
This was based upon the petitioh OF lot
OF people who say the license commission
seem TO give more weight to the influence
of Tobias Burke than to sincere and earn
est protest of people residing in the
neighborhood. In that neig hborhood are
several other rum shops, some of which
are either owned by or run by the very
people who have petit ioned to have the
license commissioners condemned for
granting transfer to Mr.. Burke.
They being i'm this neighborhood and in
this business 1t will be a pretty good
argument, and pretty good answer
to their petition, IL we can show
their insincerity or where they are mis-
taken. And II we are able to show what
some OF these petitioners who have re-
monstrated Tor the public good have not
only withdrawn their remonstrance, but
have turned about aud petitioned for an
other liquor saloon i'm that locality, and
that some have gone TO the extent OF go-
ing on the bond of a man who was
granted license on the 18th day OF the
present month
MIR. Mccarthy" Name him. ~
"Ie is MIR. McElroy, one of the romou-
strants who withdrew. was General VIII
sons quick retOrt.
Chairman Fuller said he didn't see
that there was any necessity Of going
into matters furt hec than as TO those who
signed the petition for the investigation.
REMoNsTRANTs AS WITNESSES.
Agan General Wilson contended that
Mr.. Mccarthy had tecn given free scope
and had introduced four or five remon-
strants and all of those on those remon-
stronces became his witnesses. This COM
mittee he said, was TO decide on the cvi-
dence presented and no. on the petition.
He had not presented any remorstrancc.
Ii was the gentlemen on the other side
who represented the petitioners who had
done SO. II we can credit this fCmon.
STRANGE we are entitled to do so. II We
can prove that what has teen presented
here Is no evidence at all against the COM
missionCrs, but really i'm their favor, We
are certainly entiIlei TO do so. This is
the one brench of this invCsiiCatiCn that
Is left. All the rest has faded ont and So
will the rest very soon. But if these re-
monstrances are ovidcrce for one purpose
they are evidence for every purpose.
Mr.. Mccarthy wanted to know II Mr.
Wilson proposed TO include those whose
names appeared m the remonstrnnces
Dec. and 9.
To which General Wilson replied thst
he proposed 90 include all that Mr. Mic
Carthy had yet before the committee for
any purpose. lie then said he held in his
hand petition which spoke for itself 10
was dated Jan. 20. 1895, and I'm u The
owners 81 property In the vicinity of
Plain and Bogman streets told the hen
orable license comm issioncrs that they
were willing aud desirous that the COM