Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-04
THREE SLIPPED THROUGH,
BUT COUNCIL TOOK A FIRM STAND
AGAINST THE WHITE CLOUD
LAST NIGHT.
TWO MADE NEW APPLICATIONS.

Very Lively Session of the City
Law Making Body Over the LII
cense Questionable New License
Ordinance Makes No Changes in
Present Rates-S. o. Boyce Elected
to Succeed City Solicitor Nesbitt.
Other Business.
The liquor license question was up
in Council again last night and pro-
voked number of squabbles. 1t was
a special session, called for the trail
saction Of general business, and there
we're a number of absentees. They
were Messrs. Bradbury, Long, Maurer,
Megrail and Miller in the Second
Branch and Chew, Hamilton, Knoke,
Shockey and Strobel in the First. The
applicants for license who have been
turned down were nearly all present
and there was large lobby.
Before either branch was called to
order it was rumored that the Repub-
lican members had held caucus on
the license question during the week.
The proceedings showed that if this
was done the caucus must have broken
up in a row, as there was nothing in
any of the votes upon the license mat
tiers to indicate a determination to
make them party questions.
Council granted license to John G..
Kline, Robert Clark and Trosch & Ha-
dorm, all of whom conduct saloons on
Market square, but sat down in no I'M
certain or half-hearted manner upon
the application of G. A. Landmesser &
Co., for the White Cloud. Incidentally
there was considerable artful lodging
in both branches, and President Max
well, of the Second, was obliged to
make requisition upon his fund of
knowledge upon parliamentary law.
Trosch & Hadorn, proprietors of the
Farmers Home Hotel, sent in a petit
ton for a reconsideration of the vote
by which their application was re-
jected. Accompanying the paper was
signed statement from about twenty
five reputable neighbors certifying to
the good character of the applicants
and to the orderly nature of their no.
tel. NJ. +. Dryden, Esq, was present
as counsel for petitioners and was
granted the privilege of the floor. He
commended the disposition of Council
to discriminate against certain resorts,
but argued that sometimes innocent,
we'll meaning, reputable, deserving
persons" like his clients, were made
to suffer.
Mr.. Fitzsimmons moved to grant
the prayer of the petitioners.
President Maxwell took away the
breath of several members by ruling
the matter out of order, and quoting
Council rule SO as authority for his
ruling that a vote can only be recon
sidered at the meeting at which it is
taken.
Mr. McMechen thought the commit
investigate the alleged disreputable
houses, should make a report.
Mr. Fox-'I move to grant the pray
er of the petitioners"
Chairman Maxwell was called upon
to again announce his ruling. During
the discussion which followed mem
bers frequently left their seats and
walked to the chair of the President
for the purpose of getting some infor-
nation as to where they were al"
Mr. Weisgerber was persistent in his
efforts to secure hearing for Trosch
e Hadorn, but was ruled out of order
so frequently that he prefaced his sub
sequent motions with Can | move to,"
etc.
Mr.. Healy wanted to take up the
applications of John G Kline and
Robert Clark. The chair stated that
they were in the First Branch, which
body had declined to appoint confer
ence committee at its last meeting.
Mr. Weisgerber-"There are petit
lions from Rich Wilkie and Otto Fish
on the Clerks desk. I'd like to have
them read"
President Maxwell-"Mr. Wilkie' ap-
plication has never been before Coun-
ell"
The motion to grant license to
Trosch & Hadorn was defeated by the
following vote:
Ayes-Messrs. Burke, Fitzsimmons,
Fox, Healy, Kindelberger, Korn,
Kurtz, Marschner, Ritter, Scheehle,
Wesgerber-11.
Noes-Messrs. Beckett, Bloomfield,
Chew, Caldwell, Fair, Kalbitzer, Kill
leen, McMechen, Radcliffe, Watson,
Weisgerber, Ziegler, Mr.. President-12.
A little later Mr. Korn made a mo-
ton to reconsider the vote. but was
ruled out of order because of having
voted with the minority. The motion
was then made by Mr.. Watson, and
Trosch & Hadorn were granted license.
Messrs. Killeen, McMechen, Watson
and Ziegler changing from their first