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

! missioners should place a license in Train
or's store for the sale at retail OF liquors.
| This petition was signed by II. Is. O'Don'
nell, {. ID; O,Leary, NJ. d., Bernard Me-
Jones, j. W. Williams Tobias
Burke, and Michael Whalen. This
| petition was accompanied by a letter
from George f. Anthony Withdrawing
| his previous remonstrance and notifying
the board that he had no objection to
the granting OF the transfer of license to
| IraiEor.
A LONG JOB.
| At this point there was quite a muddle.
| General Wilson desired to nave the CON-
mittee take the remonstrances introduced
| by MIR. Mccarthy and check such names
as appeared on this petition for license
| for 4rainor, his purpose being to show
| the insincerity and inconsistency OF
some OF the remonstrants in objectipg to
| one license in that neighborhood for the
| good of the public and then asking the
commissioners to grant another one in
the same locality.
| 1t took long time to make the COM
mittee understand what General Wilson
wanted, but by repeated explanations
and the exercise OF great deal OF pa
tience he succeeded eventually. Then
the six remoDstrances were distributed
| among the members, each taking one,
| the remaining one being taken by Clerk
| Hayden. Then Mr.. Wilson read the
names OF those attached to the petition
| for the. granting OF the Trainor license
| ana the committee men checked the
| names IL they appeared on the remon-
STRANGE. Or the ~ names on the Trainor
| petition asking that license be granted
| 10 were found to be among the remon-
strants. The only two which did not ap-
pear in both were those OF Tobias Burke
and John Revens.
THAT WINTERS LICENSE.
Then General Wilson was proceeding to
! show that there were several other licens-
ed places in that neighborhoon 10 which
the petitiS,.ers for the investigation and
the remonstrants against the Burke IL
| cense had never objected. One OF these
was the place of Mr.. Winters at rs Bishop
| street.
Mr.. Mccarthy Immediately objected to
bringing Mr.. Winters into the case be-
| cause he was not remonstrant and was
not within 200 feet of the Burke location.
Mr.. wilson retorted that if the commit
| tee had confined Mr.. Mccarthy to the
200-foot limit he wouldn't have had any
evidence except that OF the commissioners
| themselves.
Committeeman Burbank here remarked
| that for the purpose OF testing the SINGER
] ity and good faith of the remonstrants
MIR. Wilson might be permitted to ask
| the question nut otherwise he ought to
| be confined within the 200-foot radius.
Mr.. Mccarthy protested that Mr.. Win
| ters was not within 200 feet and should
not be dragged into the matter.
Here Chairman Fuller remarked that
! the inquiry had better be confined within
the 200 feet.
"Then you will not allow us to show
| the insincerity of those other people who
| have appeared as remonstrants and pc
titioners for this investigation" demand
| ed General Wilson.
81 don't see how we can," said the
chairman.
"But you allowed those people to come
| here and besmirch the characters Of these
commissioners and you didn't confine
them TO any limit"
MR.. YOUNG CALLED DOWN.
All during the evening a man with
| pomradour hair had occupied a conspic-
uous place near Mr.. Mccarthy and some
| of the members of the committee. lie
| was talking almost all the time to either
one or the other. and at this point Gen.
! Wilson thought 1t proper to enter pro-
| test against his talking TO membe of the
| committee. He said he understood that
! the young mans name was Young and
! that he was one OF the remonstrants, but
| he didn't believe IL right that he should
be continually talking to members of the
| committee.
In answer to Gen. Wilson's previous
statement Mr.. Mccarthy declared il was
not only proper but the right Of every
citizen, no matter to what part Of the city
| he belonged, to petition into the doings
OF any public official
MIR. YOUNG AND Mr.. WINTERS.
Mr. Wilson then showed that while Mr..
| Young had objected to the license of Mr.
| Burke he had objected to that of Mr..
Winters, which was as near, IL not near
er, to his premises. Mr.. Paine was asked
! to state the location of the Winters shop,
| and in answer said that MIR. Young s
! house was No. 90 Bishop street and Mr..
| Winters place No. 60. he myth of the
street from Willard avenue TO Plain street
was only $50 feet, and the entire length not
| over 700 feet. lie thought the Winters
! place WIS within the 100 feet limit.
| Mr.. Waterman asked il Mr.. Vision
| would be atisfied il Mr.. oung was put
| under oath and state he exact location of
| his premises and those OF Mr.. Winters as
| compared with the Burke location, as Mr..
| Young had probably moa sured IL.
| Mr.. Wilson replied that he preferred to
| have the city mar.
"Eyen if he Is under o,th?" queried
| Mr.. " aterman.
ayes, sir; even IL he is under OATH"
NO DIFFERENCE IN PROCEDURE.
General Wilson then asked IL there was
/ any difference in the action taken on the
| Brrke transfer from what was always
/ taken In reference TO the other licenses.
"None whatever" answered MIR. Paine.
"Haye YOU stated substantially what
took place in regard TO the granting Of
that transfer2"
eyes. sir, have"
"in relation TO the matter OF advertise
I meats Mr.. Nixon was askei IL names
were sometimes added subsequent 10 the
/ first publication OF the no. ice"
"NCs, sir; they ere Rdded.p
estate the rule with reference to advcr-
| tisemcnts.n
Formerly we advertised so as TO give
/ the two weeks notice aud did not allow
| any lceway. Some one or more would
come I'm after the notice appeared and
I want their applications inserted tut, we
couldn't do II as We didn't have the lee
| way bcwtcen the two weeks' notice and
/ the date Of the hearing. After this had
| occurred two or three times we decided
/ 90 make tie time longer 90 as to leave
/ two or three days leewry. so II any came
in after the 1tst publication we could