The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-14
LICENSES glIIEl
~ Liquor Limit Law Dictated
in Council.
. CAUSES 4 cAusT.c pesATE.

- Measure lna<An11e1v PosapoDoA
~ . Majority - One-vss<.As -
s - Measure Say 10 II DeaA-Ch1e1
q PsStee Reed Granted Ten Ex-
- RafrsIRen-The Csty Ya1Aess
1--we . Lssg anA wssAy sassssn.
- city council last night granted the
61Sk q police ten extra men far sixty
II also granted all Tie liquor IL
- applied for. Including the License
49, Butter hotel bar. aGasnms which,
I'LL tight waz made, and the ordinMnce
- ths new limits for the nqunr H.
oruse district was indefinitely postponed
Il - fAerefore defeated. by vote ct to s.
fnk5dentaIly II should be stated that rhe
s11eaness were not granted until after the
- limit bill WAS defeated
~ council commenced bustnexs in the
or1Innry prasaic manner and ran along
uuea the request for the ten extra men
hnape from the chief Of paIsee His
reasons were that large number of
Z &stninais had recently been driven from
EaeOma and other cities into Seattle and
that the recent hcid-upe. etc, were evs-
Aenees that the city was not sufficiently
B noI,red With but forty three pRfrs,ueu
fnses watches. there we're not enough men-
He uas working some Of his men eighteen
nouTn q day.
After wrangle among the eouneilmen.
= which the police force was none too
esntly handled. II vas finaily decided TO
efve Chief Reed ten extra men Cor thirty
1sys.
sAre you going 10 dress these new men
IN uniform or In citizens clothes asked
= councilman.
S. II do not care just now about notifying
1.-The thugs We hope to catch how Ne win
lfsss the new men. They'll be put in ani-
3 1nem when necessarily" snapped Reed
The ordinance regarding the placing 81
- sewer on Third avenue north wis
amended to make the payment therefor
0ediafs payment.
The usual SPECIAL ordinances for the
lsymen. or bills were p.s:ed; the total
street. improvements.
An ordinances was introduced by Dsller
making II a vi1latlan or Law. without a
Or deal IN trading stamps. Fine and i'm
S prisonment b fixed for violation OF the
The bid Of winthrop Smith. Albert stone
and Andrew BurieiGh for q franchise fssr
4 double cable and electric street railway.
under what II known as the resier way
and JackBon street franchise. WIS accept
Cd The bid agrees to give the city per
cenf. Of the gross receipts Of the road for
Afteen years ard per cent. OF the gross
ss rsnis l running aim rom Tsser Mag e
eidental avenue, to the west shore of
Lake Washington. on Yesfer way and
cidental avenue. theme to point of begin
nfnx.
TIxht oe the Evening".
Then came the fight OF the evening.
Councilman crichton moved that the orsii-
nance axing the saloon limits cf the city.
amending the existing ordinances. be taken
froQa the table. where II was placed At the
1AA4 meeting. The motion WAL carried
The substitute for the original ordinance
4trosfucesi. as prepared hy Councilman
Qrtchton was read. 1t excluded all sa-
Hpcns on Second avenue from Fike - James
1Areet and the 0reidegtal and adjoining
DIccks we'll
Gill tnck the floor against the ordnance.
Ne said the substitute was Little more
vicious and little more outrageous than
the original Bill introduced. He claimed IL
had no Justification ia morals. In auaace sr
ANYTHING else. I was merely matter OF
psettidice. backed by sckiy sentimental sra
10 oblsge q politically repuaiafeg outesst
ard was unfair. unjust ard II PASSED
would E~ repealed ~ the n.xt body OF
scrichtan defended the BIT He said Gfll's
speech ieft r. hard 10 say who ar whom
was the subject Of criticism. The BIZ or
himself He claimed the bill was reason
able in It's demands ana just In Ia restrts-
tions. The good peopia.s "a Mr. Gill
termed them. had not lnseighesi axainss
the open gambling aens. the kf.png open
Of saloons after mfdn gns. the hack doors
er hoses. but had asked that tire wide
spread Of sa.oons he stuppsd ans that some
portion af some street hs freed from tn.
0pen saloans He eonfenaed taas II tn
iured trade. ami said THAI the respectable.
element af the city HAD been mast tafersnf
n rrossfsre ef speechss srorn Hill. JaIsles
MeArdie 9th ard Otter ensured AMI tnsss
". H. white. the attorney pr the Butter
hotel asked the privilege Or the naar He
said ne represented a client ami was there
To ask the eounciimen to use common
sense. He was there 20 AK them 10 xiii
measure whlrh on the face OF ii was
unjust. II had been reported. he said fnaf
70 drive all the saloons sntssa as the dad
line. Decent men sometimes toah a drink
and they should not be forced 10 90 10 toe
dousiefle Of the painted woman Tar &C. IL
the ordinances passed sfe travelling psshiEs.
weu.d be forced TO hunt fsr n drink Il
Vas unfair 10 give the nsIier aaa Rasaier-
Gfana hotels Il liuslar license asse re- sss..
the SEATTLE and ths Butler
James followed against the ordinance
and said Z was Inconsistent 30 drive AL
NE saloons from Second avenue 10 Flsse
avenue. IL the saloons WIRE a ssetrfrnsnt
70 Heenna avenue. claimed what tsg~~
TEE was there IN forcing item anen the
people OF First avsrmes What s0aid la
Aars one sfrees would injnre anstsssr.
xaSts Attacks the Halter.
Nsv.n answered James, lie said the
Butler was ans ss the naass sstsag-nAnls.
dens'' IN this city. Yea ecassi net coax an
Innocent ssri into an epeu saieon. bur you
euaid persuade Aer 30 80 20 a hotel - eas
and drink anil he asserted ssst s9rsen ard
wnsne1 freattersri the Butter and gas
drank
Then he gave away the cauSe as as ass.
paetsieu All this fight axatraf granting
c~ssain Licensees hefnrw this caansssi II eaa~-
~ BY rfs action sf the saloon nsen ahs,sat
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