Evening star., 1897-01-15
THE KOZEL LICENSE
Another Hearing and Petition on the Sum-
mer Garden.
German Americans Ask the Excise
Board to Grant the Application
The Other Side.


sprung upon the excise board this morn
ing without previous notice. The case has
had one hearing before the board. and
went over for further consideration. To-
day. after the regular hearings had ended.
n large number of attorneys and citizens
piled in. headed by George F. Kozei. the
applicant. whose summer garden and bar
room. on 14th street is we'll known Among
them were P. G. Sauer president. and w.
L. Elterich. vice president of the German
American Union; Simon Volt. c. c. Dun
ca 1scn, George Wagner, Leon Tobriner. A.
b. Copres and E. d. katz. When the case
was called Attorney ShUenaker Of the
Anh-Salotn League, offered obiectio to
the consideration of the-case at this time.
He had not been given any notice Of the
GAZING or the case. and was not prepared
10 argue the case. The board. however,
ruled against the attorney, and ordered
The case to proceed. President Sauer of the
eIerman-American Union and W. l.. Elter-
ich. vice president, spoke in favor OF the
application. 1t was conducive to good NOR
ais to have summer garden where drink
ing tock place in public.
Mr e {. Ddncnnson and Simon Wolf
ioiIowed with arguments in favor of sum-
msr gardens
lhen the attorney representing Mr. Ko-
Eel presented a petition. signed by 1Too
citlzens. many prominent in social and
business life. setting forth:
e. the undersigned citizens and tax
payers of the District of. Columbia, do
hereto subscribe ourselves in favor of the
Srantlng OF license to Geo.. F. Kozel at
iN--'--i lfth street northwest to conduct a
summer garden in connection with his
restaurant. believing that a liberal policy
meets with the approval of the grea test
NUMBER OF bona i1de residents. We believe
:. ,
last year in an orderly and careful man
ner. and was place of recreation for
hundreds of law-abidng people, who were
compelled to remain in the city during the
heated term
The fact of the popularity of Kozers
garden proves that it filled a long-felt
want, and we believe that we are but a
handful of those who would willingly ad-
xocate the granting of a license to Mr.
hozei and We most respectfully request
the honorable the board OF excise to read
TINS petition and grant its prayer"
Germnn-American Union.
On behalf of the German-Americag,
Union petition, signed by a number of
prominent Germans, wGs presented. setting
forth:
Your petitioners mainly of German birth
or parentage, learn from the daily press
and from otheI authentic sources that an
effort is being made to have you compel
George F. kozei close. his summer garden
at Nos. 1923 to 1927 14th street northwest,
during the warm days of the coming sum-
mer AS iaw-abiding citizens and tax
payers and having the best interests of
our beautiful capital city at heart, and
being imbued with the spirit of freedom
and allowing each and every person the
right to regulate his own moral and re-
hsious IDEAS, We do most emphatically and
earnestly protest aSains; the enforcement
n Ia al l,.;
of Se blue law code being Tut in force in
Washington.
"As the capital of this great nation
Washington is cosmopolitan in it's charac-
ter having people of all nationaiities hab-
its, ideas, etc, therefore We believe and re-
quest that laws consistent with the Consti-
tuition of these United States and the liberal
opinions of majority of its people be so
administered as to conserve TO the wishes
and best interests of the many.
We miss the resorts of the fatherland
and there Is no city of Importance in the
United States that is without a garden of
this Kind and conducted ON such a plane
that 1t is place where a husband can take
his wife and enjoy music and refreshments
on a torrid summers evening. Hence we
respectfully urge that a summer garden Is
necessity to thousands of citizens of the
city, who are unable to get away during
the summer months and who cannot af-
ford to continually pay railroad and steam
boat fare, or take the time from business
uent where refreshments can be had
Mr. Leon Tobriner, the attorney of Mr..
kozel. followed with a strong argument in
favor of the application. He rehearsed the
law ana called attention to the real benefits
of the place. Referring to the arguments
that had been advanced against the place
because of the bicycle girls that freuuented
the garden, he said that there was no doubt
that the bicycle had done a great deal of
harm to girls. If this application was re-
fused and the summer garden closed the
result would be that the girls would he
driven into the surrounding county for
would be then.
The Other Side.
Attorney loemaker, when his time came
to speak, referred to the springing of the
case without Iotice. He was conseouently
not prepared to answer the arguments.
He would like to have had the directors
present The ,ase before the board.
1t made no difference whether the law
permitted beer garden, it had the dis
cretion to close this garden. Mr.. Kozel
obtained license last year to conduct sa-
ICON business, and extended 1t to a beer
garden next door. This was Illegal He
htped the board would not give the petition
with the loo names attached any con-
sideration. 1t represented nothing The
signers were evidently people who favored
bring a petition signed by 1900 people
protesting against the license.
The charge that the hearing was sprung
upon the board was investigated. Chair
man johnson Of the board stated he had
no previous knowledge of the hearing A
gentleman had said to him that after the
regular cases had been heard he wanted
to speak TO him. When the time came the
advocates Of the KoZel case came. He had
allowed the hearing to proceed because the
people were all present. Mr.. S. 7. G. Nor
SELL another member of the board, said
he had no knowledge that the case was
coming up today. ...ar r-t'.-a
Colonel Bates. the third member said he
unders TODD the hearing was set for today.