St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-19
MESSRS. REARDON AND AROSIN
OPPOSED TO GRANTING AID.
MURPHY ANY QUARTER.
DENY THE PLACE A LICENSE
THE SALOON If HE COULD
RUN ,fT.
KICK AGAINST THE OLYMPIC.
Rev. David Morgan Claims That Ii Is
Not Being Conducted as 1t
Should BE.


The assembly committee on license
refused yesterday afternoon to recon-
mend the issuing of liquor license to
Patrick O'Brien, who applied for Ii
cense to conduct the saloon at ST. Peter
and Tenth streets of which Aid. Muir
ply is the present proprietor. Mr..
O'Brien, who has been working for
Aid. Murphy, informed the committee
yesterday that he would buy the sa-
loon fixtures, ETC., of Aid. Murphy
provided the council would then grant
him a license.
Messrs. Arosin and Reardon, who
constitute the majority of the license
committee, refused to consider the
proposition, and when Chairman Van
Slyke called for the vote on the appli-
cation, both voted that the license
should not be granted. Mr.. Reardon
added that he would recommend to the
assembly at it's meeting tonight that
the saloon be closed up at once.
License Inspector Jessrang announced
at this juncture that if the council re-
fused to grant a license for the place
that he would at once see that it was
closed.
William Hamm wanted the commit
tee to lay the matter over for a week in
! order to afford Aid. Murphy time to
find a purchaser of his saloon satisfac-
tory to the committee. Mr.. Hamm in
formed the committee that by finally
passing on the matter without giving
Aid. Murphy chance to sell his place,
it was in reality confiscating his prop
erty.
Mr.. Arosin said he would not vote to
license the place unless assured that it
had passed out of Aid. Murphy's hands.
! The matter was dropped.
Rev. Mr.. Morgan lodged another
| charge against the Olympic theater. 1t
was verbal charge, however, and there
! fore the committee took no action on it..
Mr.. Morgan said that Chief Clark and
| himself had visited the Olympic the
other night and had seen women sitting
within curtained stalls in the balcony
drinking beer with men; Mr.. Morgan also
stated that Chief Clark visited the
place last Friday night, prior to his
| (Morgan's) visit, and had seen girls in
| short skirts and full dress,' drinking
at tables with men. Chief Clark, who
was sent for, corroborated this state
ment, but added that he had not seen
or heard any disorderly conduct in the
place. Neither did he notice any stalls,
except the stage. boxes, which had cur
| tainS.
| Mr. Morgan insisted that the proprie-
tor Of the Olympic, Mr.. Yeager, had not
| kept his promise to the committee, mas
| much as he allowed the actresses to sit
in the balcony stalls and had not shut
off communication between the balcony
and the stage.
Mr.. Yeager-Tell the truth, Mr. Nor
! gan.
Mr. Morgan-Tm as likely to tell it as
| you are.
Mr.. Yeager-I don't know about that.
L doubt it.
Mr.. Yeager denied the charges pre-
| sented by Mr.. Morgan, and the ma
jority of the committee did not seem
| impressed by them and accordingly
| laid the matter over for one week,
after instructing Rev. Mr.. Morgan to
put the charges in writing.
Mr. Reardon preferred some hear-say
| charges against the Woodbine saloon,
| to the effect that women still frequent
| the place, but Officer O'Neill, who ar
| rested a woman there the other night,
said that he was just coming out Of
| the back way at the time. 1t was
shown that she was in there merely to
inquire the whereabouts Of another
place. The committee therefore let the
matter drop.
| The committee denied the application
| Of the North Star Brewing company
| for license to conduct a saloon at
the foot of James street, because of the
protest of the Omaha Railroad COM
pany, stating that it was not a proper
| place for a saloon, being close to their
tracks, and that the establishment of
a saloon there would necessitate the
company's having greater police pro-
| lection.
The committee took the action fore
shadowed. in the matter of issuing
licenses only to those who are to run
the saloons. Hereafter all applications
for liquor licenses must be made by the
party or parties who are going to con-
duct the saloons.
The committee voted to recommend
the passage of an ordinance regulating
| pawnbrokers and second hand dealers.
The ordinance does not deal with the
rate of interest. as that is matter reg
! ulated by state law, but it places pawn
! brokers and secondhand dealers under
close restrictions, and prescribes severe
penalties for secondhand dealers who
are detected doing pawnbroking 'busi-
ness.