The San Francisco call., 1896-06-24
POOLS IN A NEW GU|SE.
May Go to Sausalito as Commits.
sion Houses by Obeying
the Law.
Harry Corbett's Sugar-Coated Peti.
tion Conditiona ly Swal.
lowed.

The booksellers got knocked out in the
first round in Sausalito last ight.
The ball opened when the clerk finished
reading communication from H. Z. Cor
bett, asking permission TO open a commits
sion house under such conditions as the
board might see fit to impose.
General Dickinson said he knew of no
law or ordinance prohibiting any man
from opening commission house to sell
beef, pork or women. Therefore he would
like more information on the nature of
what Mr.. Corbett wan ted permission for.
A man named Harrison, a poolselier
from San Francisco, who was present,
said there was a great difference between
a commission house and a poolroom and
proceeded to explain the difference in
favor of Corbett's petition. He evidently
did not convince General Dickinson, as
was shown later, when vote was taken
on the question OF repeating ordinance
No. 49,
In the meantime Corbett can open a
commission house by paying So for the
privilege for three months, with the posi-
tive understanding that any violation of
ordinance 80 will be severely punished.
Thus General Dickinson and Mayor
Miller have set themselves right on what
was an issue between the residents of that
municipality as to whether the poolrooms
should be permitted to reopen by repeal
OF ordinance 80, which has prohibited
them.
The strong arm of the law has been in
voked to stop the pool-selling, and Eng
ish BiIl' Jackman, who was arrested,
was fined $100 by the Justice of the Peace.
This victory for the Goddess of Justice
has IN a measure quieted the fears of the
"hilP' people that there would be pool
shops on the 'front."
In the meantime the 'front.' people
have not been idle. and while they ali
recognize that the law must be enforced
as long as it remains on the ordinance
book, the only thing to be done is to have
il repealed and new law passed by the
Trustees licensing pool-selling at penalty
OF $l00 per month.
This gilded bait has taken so we'll that
in a petition circulated for the repeal OF
the obnoxious ordinance, 1875 voters out oil
$50 signed in favor, while scarcely any
! have signed the counter petition for the
retention of the law as 1t is.
The reason as given by the people on
the "hilf" for their indifference as to sign
! ing g petition TO retain the law is their
confidence in the Board of Trustees to
! stand firm with stiff spinal column and
refuse to repeal.
| This confidence in the Trustees would be
maintained ii Trustee Sperry vas present,
/ because he is decidedly opposed to turn
! ing Sausalito into a second Monte Carlo,
even with the advantage of bringing $1,000
monthly into the small treasury box. But
with Mr.. Sperry absent and General
Dickinson's record OF defending the pool
sellers on this side of the bay and Trustee
Am bjornson in an awkward position on a
rickety fence leaves them to pin their faith
to Mayor Miller, with sufficient bracing
on the general dignity and manllness OF
General Dickinson TO stand up for the
! good name of the town and the wishes OF
the better element of the residents who
are opposed 10 the opening of gam bling
dens in their town.