Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-27


A Committee of Conferer ce-The
License Finally Left in the Ar
Other Licenses Granted Miscel-
laneOus Business.
Last night was liq4or license night
in Council.
Both Branches n Ell in regular SEES
sion, with nineteen members of the
Second Branch in their seats at roll
call, and ten of the First. His Honor
the Mayor and President Chew were
in their seats at the opening.
There was an immense lobby, COM
posed of applicants for licenses and
their sureties.
After the minutes had been partially
read, in the Second Branch, the further
reading was postponed, the regular or
der of business was suspended, and the
liquor license applications were made
the order, for the convenience of those
present. After some discussion, the
report of the Committee on Petitions
and circumstances was read recon-
mending the granting of three whole
I sale and retail licenses, two malt liq-
uor dealers licenses, nine licenses for
ordinaries, and one hundred and five
coffee house licenses, a total of one
hundred and nineteen.
After some discussion as to the meth
cd of procedure, the applicants were
called up in groups of half a dozen or
SO and We're examined and approved.
This annual and impressive ceremony
promised to take up about an hours
time, but after about twenty minutes
Mr.. Weisgerber moved to grant all the
applicants recommended by the Com
mittee in bulk Mr. Miller objected
have been recommended although IL
was expressly stated that all had been
and he called for the reading of all
the names, and was accommodated.
Mr. Chew (Mr. Ali in the chair) then
amended the motion by adding the
name of John Robrecht to the list of
licenses granted. Mr.. Chew explained
that before the Committee both Charles
and Henry Robrecht applied for a
license at the st. Charles. The mat
ter was before the Courts, and the city
would be on the safe side if she grant
ed license to both John and Henry.
Mr. Miller also combatted this amend
ment, saying he thought Council should
not act. and called for the opinion of
the Solicitor. Pending this, Mr.. Weis-
gerber suggested that the Robrecht
matter be aid aside. In response to
this, Mr. Chew said the city could
grant a license to forty people at the
same place, if they were willing to
pay Mr.. Miller moved TO reject Mr..
Chew's amendment, and against asked
for the Solicitor, and pending his ar
rival Mr.. Chew withdrew his amend
ment, and the original motion by Mr.
Weisgerber was about to be put, when
Mr.. BUGGY moved to include Smith &
McFadden, at the Clementine saloon,
but the chair said the matter was in a
separate report, not before the house
Mr.. Nesbitt said it was evident that
something was being held back, and
that there was some underhand work,
to which the Clerk responded that all
the favorable reports had been regu-
larly read. Mr.. Kindleberger made a
further explanation in the same line,
saying that Smith & McFadden's APP
plication was sent in separately with
out recommendation. Mr.. Weisgerber's
motion to approve all applications and
bonds in lump was then adopted, and
the big lobby proceeded to Mostly dis
perse.
The second report of the Committee
on Resolutions and Remonstrances,
transmitting the application of McFad-
den e Smith, and accompanying afli-
davits, without recommendation,
was then read Mr.. PAUL at
once served notice for an aye
and nay vote on all questions connect
ed with the matter. Mr.. Hoe moved
that the report of the Committee be
received, but Messrs. Kindelberger and
Berry called for reading of the aft
davits A desultory discussion follow
ed, which ended in Mr.. Hoes resolution
| being adopted. Mr.. Kindelberger Chen
moved that the complaints be heard,
and that both sides be heard in person
or by counsel, when Mr.. Hoe made the
point that the formal application had
| not been read This point was well
taken, and it was read Mr.. Miller
moved that the application be rejected.
Mr.. Connolly moved to grant, but was
ruled out Mr.. Kindelberger moved to
aiAend by giving both sides a hearing
before action and spoke at some length
to his motion, saying the Committee
had spent a good deal of time on the
matter. and had concluded some time
ago to let the matter run until the
license had run out Mr. BUGGY made
the point that Council had already
granted licenses to places just as bad
as NcFadden e Smiths place was al
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