The San Francisco call., 1899-10-11

SALOON MEN LOSE
PASADENA FIGHT
Sanitary District Will Be
Established.
THE CONTEST A BITTER ONE
MATTER WILL BE CARRIED INTO
THE COURTS.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

PASADENA, Oct. 10.-North Pasadena
and Lamanda Park declared by vote to-
day in favor of sanitary districts, under
the State Legislative act. The Lamanda
Park vote was 126 for and 101 against;
North Pasadena. 195 for and 109 against.
The elections were quiet and nearly as
heavy vote was polled as at the general
election. The saloon men say they will
fight the law in court by the advice of
their lawyers.
I'VE propose to spot Southern California
all over with sanitary districts, and they
will all be white spots too. We will abol-
ish all saloons and roadhouses in at least
fifteen counties of this State. Los An
geles County is not one of these. We can
never root the evil out Of that city, l am
afraid" So spoke State Superintendent
DR. f. S. Chapman of the Anti-Saloon
League during the campaign for the es-
adjustment of the districts at Lamanda
Park and North Pasadena.
The fight was started on April 10, when
a call was issued by DIR. H A Reid of
this city, who is State secretary Of the
Anti-Saloon League. The call invited the
pastors of all the churches to send dele
gates to the annual convention of the
league at the Young Mems Christian AS
secIation building, Los Angeles, on May
4. The call set forth that ''it will be our
aim and prayerful endeavor during the en-
suing year to enlist and unity all the
Christian forces Of Southern California in
such steady, persistent and practical ef-
forts as may be suited TO the conditions
existing III each locality for pushing the
battle of the churches against the saloon
licensing sin and shame of our land.
Nearly every church responded with
delegate and Rev DR.. Chapman was
chosen State superintendent of the league
1t was agreed with DR.. H. A. Reid the
originator of the successful fight against
Pasadena city saloons, that the sanitary
district State law of 1895, providing for
organization of local Self-goVernmentS,
was sufficient to knock out the roadhouses
which exist just outside the city limits
The law gives the local rulers, called the
sanitary board. five in number just as
complete control over saloons and all 9TH
er matters requiring police attention as is
enjoyed by the City Council of Pasadena.
The expense of inaugurating and mann
tanning such local government, which
could refuse to grant liquor licenses, is
small-not One-fourth as much as it is for
a city of the sixth class.
The sanitary district law was sustained
in the Supreme Court in test case taken
up from Alameda County. but the saloon
keepers say that they will fight it in court
nevertheless. They say that the portion
Of it pertaining to liquor licenses has not
yet been fully tested.
A petition signed by residents of La
manda Park anG another signed by resi-
! dents of North Pasadena. both places be-
sented to the county Board of Supervisors,
asking that an election be called. Elec-
uOnS were called for October 10.
The candidates for the Sanitary Board
in North Pasadena were c. W. Rhodes,
Byron Lisk Calvin Thornton F. g. Good
speed and Royal Plummer. Those at La
mande Park were A. L. Schofeld G. A.
Day a. A. Weymuth and w. Z. Sibley
The fight has been a hot one. The anti
saloon people have held mass meetings
weekly and sem-weekly. and have issued
hundreds of handbills, dodgers and
badges There have been distinguished
speakers here. The saloon men. while
pretending to care little whether the cleo
tion carried or not, have hired several
lawyers, and twelve reasons why the dis
trict would not be advantag to the
people" have been issued and widely circu-
lated The Liquor Dealers Association
of Los Angeles put up the money and Sc
/ cured the services of F. F. Davis, attor-
ney Attorney w. s. Wright represented
the Los Angeles Brewing Company Judge
II. H. Rose the Lamanda Park saloon
! keepers and J. ]. Harris the North Pasa-
dena saloon men.
Hon c. c. Wright author of the Wright
irrigation law. looked after the interests
Of the Anti-Salcon League, Attorney Ben
jamin w. Hahn was hired by the local
anti-saloon people and Attorney c. D.
Wilbur for the county
The Anti-Saloon League has mapped out
several other districts for Southern Cali
fornia, where elections will soon be held