St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-05
REV. DAVID KEEPING CLOSE
WATCH ON THE ISSUANCE OF
SALOON LICENSES.
WAS INQUISITIVE YESTERDAY.
ANTON MIEsEN, HOWEVER, DE-
CLINED TO BE CROss-EXAM-
INED BY THE GENTLEMAN.
RAISES A HARD POINT OF LAW.
Afosin considered the Protest of
Little Importance, and the Lii
cense Was Granted.

kew David Morgan is a regular at
tendant at the weekly meetings of the
assembly license committee, which are
held Wednesday afternoons Mr.. Nor
gan told the committee yesterday that
ne ne was tnere as a representative of the
Giillsilan league to protest against the
iliegal granting Of saloon licenses.
Mr. Morgan occupied most of the COM
ihlttees attention at yesterdays meet
ing. The case that met with a protest
IIc1n MIN was the application of Anton
!nleSen Tor license to conduct a sa-
1901 loon at 3O5 Wabasha street, between
Ihird and Fourth streets. The names
OF the men who are to conduct the place
are d. Keeley and Peter Glynn.
Mr.. Morgan asked Mr.. Miesen wheth-
er these men We're to run the saloon for
themselves or as agents for him.
Il decline to be cross-examined at
this time," replied Mr.. Miesen.
:, Oh, very WELL" rejoined Mr.. Morgan.
court" -
Yes, SIR" assented Mr.. Miesen
tnats the place for you to ask uues-
tlons, not here. When you get this case
INTO court I'll answer your questions"
Mr. Morgan then addressed the COM
Hlttee, ana endeaVored to show that
according to law the license protected
only the person to whom 1t was issued
VI MS agent In support of his argu-
ment Mr. Morgan cited an opinion rem
dered by Corporation Attorney Dar-
ragh.
Chairman Van Slyke and Mr. Arosin
both reminded Mr.. Morgan that the
committee had received no opinion from
the legal department and had never
heard of the one referred to, and, even
had such an opinion been rendered, it
would not settle the law, as the point
1nI bxrf h.
Mr.. Morgan then produced a copy
of the opinion from which it appeared
that 1T was private communication
from the corporation attorney to AS
semblyman Reardon.
Mr.. AroSin considered Mr. Morgan's
protest Of little Importance in the case
at hand, and declared that he should
vote to grant the license Chairman
Van Slyke agreed with Mr. Arosin, and
the application will be granted
Mr.. Arosin then asked Rev. Mr.. Nor
gan what his purpose was. Was he
there to protest against the granting of
license to every man except the one
who actually runs the saloon, or was he
there simply to object to the licensing
OF places of bad repute?
Mr.. Morgan answered that his pur-
pose was to protest against the illegal
issue of licenses. The case just dis
posed Of was an instance. The Chris
tian league also insisted that the coun-
Gil should refuse to issue license to
man who has been convicted of vio-
lating the liquor laws. Mr. Morgan
cCntended that license could not be
granted to man who is not responsible
for the conduct of the saloon.
1--WE don't want to arrest the, poor,
| ignorant man who is conducting the
saloon," said Mr.. Morgan. 1--WE want
to get at the responsible men who dodge
their responsibility, though they take
out the license, but don't even allow
them to hang up in the saloon. We are
going to test some of these cases soon"
The committee then adjourned until
2:SO p. m today when other applications
will be passed upon.