The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-01
PROBABLY THE
LAST HEARD OF
FABIOLA DAY
Opposition Does Not
Prove Acceptable.
THE LADIES ARE BLAMELESS
WORTHY CRUSADE AGAINST
VILE SALOONS.
Dens That Cost the City Very Many
Times the Amount Paid Into
the Treasury for
Licenses.
THE LADIES ARE BLAMELESS
WORTHY CRUSADE AGAINST
VILE SALOONS.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call
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The action Of the License Committee in
recommending to the Council that no
liquor licenses he granted to houses where
minors have been served or crimes com
United, or which are known TO be the re
sort of thieves and other disreputaale
characters, Is eGinently proper. ana is 10
be encouraged and commended. w men
ever such a course has been suggested in
the past II has always been met by the
practice of applying for license unCer
d new name, as though dandelon Wgula
smell like rose because called one Inc
hahitues and environments OF d saloon
determine it's character. and these are NOT
changed because the eX-proprietOr be-
comes the bartender and the nominal pro-
lriet0r is never or seldom seen; $780,,
There are iu Oakland fully nifty dead
falls which should be closed and which
are costing the city many times the
amount of the license they put in the
treasury. They harb0r the very worst
tvnes If men and women. and give the
police more trouble than score Of sa-
mons daceutly conducted. Occasionally
murder or attempted murder or crimes
equally hcuious. are committed, and the
city and county are put 10 great expense
FL TRYING the cases. which would never
have come up bat for these dens. The
abClishing OF such places would be wise
economy.
Mayor Snow has in his possession
statement from two lads now awaiting
trial for burglary, in which they tell him
Vf the particular saloon where their crime
was Matched, and where they were served
with liquor. although both are minors.
ANY man who would vote to continue
license to such house is unworthy Of
seat i'm the City Council or anywhere
else outside the pllory of public indigna-
ton and contempt.
The Supervisors will meet tomorrow,
and if they do what is requested of them
they VIII revoke the license of the notori-
GUS ThaIia saloon on the San LeandrO
road. This place was, few days ago,
the scene of most diabOlical orgy. The
details have been suppressed. but enough
is known to Justify very peremptory ac-
ton. This is not the first time that this
resort has been scene of blOOdShed.
but deceucy demands that the affair of
last Sunday shall be the last.
have no patience with that large class
of people who live by their wits and who
are forever opposing any attempt to pro-
mote decency and order on the ground
that il Is a movement 10 make Oakland a
"blue-laW town. such a suggestion is
as ridiculous a s ii is iusinCere. Because
an effort be made TO close a number of
notorious hauntS of vice, there IS no sense
IN declaring mat prQhibltlon IS the end in
view; because vile keno denS are driven
out to EmeryEille is no argument that
every place of legitimate amusement is
being turned into prayer-meeting
house, because Migrants, hOOdlums and
tinhorn gamblers are compelled to move
ON or out is surely no excuse for saving
that no one can live in peace in this city.
Yet this is the view taken by those who
vice and to maintain law and to prevent
high school students and others from that
class being exposed 10 temptations which
they have not experience enough to
understand.
Rev DR.. Sunderland has published a