The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-23
Is Made by the Rejected Applicants,
and They Get a Favorable
Recommendation from
PETITIONS ,REMONSTRANCES
cOmmittee-The Fight WIN Now be
Taken to Council, and Strong
Opposition win Line Up.

| BtranceS, Nine licenses were fecom-
manded favorably to council, and a
stormy session may be looked for when
that body meets next Tuesday evening
The committees action was an appall-
ing surprise to many, and the clean
sweep Of the applications took away the
breath from people when they learned
of it. The tight is now UP to council
again, and the matter will be The fea'
ture OF its meeting,
The nine applications were as fol-
lows;
Howard Hastings, 2OO4-soos Main
street.
j. b. wllkie, coffee house, and
Sixteenth street.
W. o. Walker, coffee house, 112S
Water street.
Otto Fish, coffee house, 80 Eighteenth
street.
Main street
Richard wllkle. coffee house, 1925
Main street,
C. #. BIery, coffee house, 1892 Mar
ket street.
CA. Landmesssr & Co.. ordinary 1914
Market street.
Minnie SEEKER coffee house. t02S-10S0
Market street.
The members OF the committee pres
ent were Messrs. Bradbury, Bloomfield,
Bachman, williams and Ritter, the
former, who Is chairman, presiding. Mr..
Bloomfield was paired with Mr.. Zwick-
err, and hence did not vote, although he
was opposed to the applications, and
he retired from the committee room
shortly after the meeting began. The
licenses were passed on without much
discussion, and no protests were made,
except that Councilman Ross T. Chew,
who is not member of the committee,
but has vigorously opposed licensing
Objectionable places took occasion to
give voice in few words to u strong
denuncIatIon of the resorts.
The first application came from How
ard Hastings for the Imperial hotel, for
which the former applicant was Joseph
Barum. As Mr.. Hastings was a new
applicant and bore good name his
application was not classed with the
bunch that has been hanging In the
balance since the middle of april. 1t
was acted on favorably on motion OF
Mr.. Ritter, who acted in similar ca
pacity for most of the applications, with
Mr.. Bachman seconder and Mr.. Will
llams tacitly affirmative.
on Mr.. Rltter's motion the other ap-
plications that came in II bunch were
taken up slngly.
j. B. WILKES was the first document
up. Chairman Bradbury inquired
whether the stalls" had been taken out
OF the applicants place. and he said
some Of the applicants had given asgur-
ances that they would do right in the
future. II the places were conducted
according to the law the chairman
thought 1t was not necessary to shut
them up for good.
1t was said representations had been
made by Mr.. wIlkIe for the proper con.
duct Of his place. and Mr. Rittsr, sec.
onded by Mr.. Bachman, moved the
granting of the WllkIe license. 1t was
granted.
The application of VIM. o. Walker,
colored, was next considered. None of
the committee knew anything of the
applicant personally or his place, and
Ross r. Chew, who sat near the par
tltlon dividing the committee room
from the City clerks desk, was appealed
to for information.
I'm not member Of the committee"
he said.
well, you have the committees per-
mission" said Mr.. Bradbury.
you all know my opinion Of those
places-the whele bunch before you.
They VIII not be run any better in
the future, either. That's all have to
say"
The Walker application was then
"held up" on Mr.. Bachman's motion.
A license was granted to Otto Fish.
The application of Minnie Seeker for
a license at the Valentine Lelbold place
opposite the Second ward market house,
met fate similar to W. o. Walker.
Allan A. Smith was better treated
The mover was MT Ritter, seconded by
Mr.. Bathman.
Richard wilkIe was also said to have
promised to be good. His license was
granted. the same committeeman NOV
ing and ascending. Wllkie had taken
out his stalls, 1t was said, and Ross
Chew laughed out aloud. Mr.. Chew
smiled grlmly throughout the proceed
Ings.
The license Of Fred BIery was granted
next. His brother. Paul Blary, had APP
Piled before. but his application was
held up In the first branch OF council
by Mr.. Bachman, who was twltted
about It by Mr.. Chew. Mr.. Baehman
replied that he held this license up be-
cause he didn't believe IN BIery having
a monopoly In his section, while others
were held up.
Then came the Landmesscr petition.
Chairman Bradbury said the White
Cloud had been recently Inspected by
Councilman John Waterhouse. j. p.
Maxwell and others, at Mr.. Llndms-
ser's invitation, that they might see
how he had removed the Objectionable
Institutions, such ~ stalls
Mr. Blchman said a good word for
the places appearance at present, and
he seconded Mr.. Rittqr's motion to pass