The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-17
MAYOR DORAN PROMISED THE RE-
TAIL LIQUOR DEALERS AS
ISOLATION
TO STOP CERTAIN DANCES.
THESE ARE THE ONES GIVEN BY
INDIVIDUALS FOR MONEY
MAKING PURPOSES.
But They're Running Again,
Through the Kindness of Chief
of Police Goss.

Has Mayor Doran broken faith with
the Retail Liquor Dealers association,
or has Chief Goss broken Taith with
Mayor Doran?
The members of the Retail Liquor
Dealers association have always op-
posed dances which are given by So
called irresponsible persons where
liquor is sold after midnight The OBJ
lection was not against the balls Of
accredited organizations but only ap-
plies, according to member of the
association, to dances gotten up by in
dividuals for the profits accruing from
the sale of beer after the saloons are
closed. They have claimed that the
allowance Of these dances with liquor
privileges is an injustice to the saloon
keepers, who must pay a heavy license,
while the "an night dances are levied
upon in no way whatever.
The matter has been a subject of
much concern to the Retail Liquor
Dealers association, and Mayor Doran
was waited upon some time ago by
the chairman of a grievance committee,
or the committee itself, to whom, ac-
Cording to one of the men who called
on his honor, a promise was given that
the dances should be stopped. The fact
that they are again running is only an
ether illustration that Mayor Doran
does not know the working Of the po-
lice department and is not informed
by Chief Goss of the responsibilities
which the latter is accredited with in
overriding the orders Of the mayor or
it is simply a case of the mayor chang
ing his mind again.
The dances of the nature complained
of by the retail liquor dealers and
which Mayor Doran promised should
not be permitted have been running
for some months. At one hall a dance
of this kind is given regularly every
two weeks, with the liquor privilege.
by several young fellows, who style
themselves by a-club name simply as
blind At another hall private indi-
viduals have frequently given dances
of the Objectionable kind, and one was
in progress last evening. The hall is
within a few doors of the central police
station. and the condition of affairs is
well known to the authorities, who
regularly detail officers at the festivi-
ties to preserve order. Several weeks
ago an effort was made to close dance
given by the same persons who man
aged the one Of last evening, but Chief
Goss was led to shut his eyes to the
affair. In speaking of such dances, the
chairman of the grievance committee
who visited Mayor Doran said:
''The retail liquor dealers are Ger
tainIy opposed to these dances which
are given by private individuals We
enter no objection to the sale ef1iquer
after closing hours by established or
ganizations, but do not think 1t right
that practical license should be grant
ed individuals to operate saloon all
night when we who pay 81, 900 Incense
are required to close at midnight. This
matter has been subject OF much
considera ton by our association, ana
Mayor Doran promised me that the
dances should be stopped For some
time after my visit he kept his word,
but our association is well aware that
they are now in full swing. What ex-
planation can be offered for this breach
of faith l am unable to say neither
can 1 predict the future attitude OF the
liouor dealers association in the mat
ter