The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-10-22
Il Seems Probable That the Liquor
Dealers Agree on 1890 P. N.
Wholesalers Met Yesterday and will
Meet the Retailers Tomorrow
Afternoon to Consult.
TO PLEASE ONLY THEMSELVES

The wholesale liquor dealers met
yesterday afternoon, as forecast in
the Sun, aud decided TO hold another
meeting tomorrow with the retail
dealers and learn the sense CT the trade
in regard to closing the saloons at 1 /
or IL 80 p. m. every night except Sat
urday, and then at IL p. m, and re-
opening at 8 a. m.
There was only one dissenting voice
among tine wholesale dealers, and the
result Of the conference was that to-
morrow afternoon a meeting OF the re-
tailers will be held, and il a majority
OF them favor the hours as named
above an ordinance will be drafted
and the council asked to pass it.
II Is believed that this ordinance
will stipulate that the saloons are to
close at 1880; possibly. however, at
IL p. m. and open ct a. m.
As TO the screen question, the
screens will remain. Saloonkeepers
will not take them down, they say,
partly because II would injure the
business and partly becsu use it would
expose to ladies and others who might
pass scenes to which they would pos
sibly object. The screen question, as
a consequence, will not figure in the
ordinance.
The liquor dealers, a reporter was
informed this morning, are doing this
independently, and have asked no
ones consent. They will not ask the
other element to agree to anything.
They intend to decide ON what is sat
isfsotory to majority Of themselves
and ask the council to pass il. They
hope and trust, they say, that what
they do will he satisfactory to the
other side, but viii not submit any
thing to them, nor ask them TO
agree 20 il.
I'VE are dtilg this for our own
good and tie good Of the city,"
said one this morning. ave are in
favor OF observing the law. and the
saloons will close on sunday, you
may count on that. II an ordinance
is passed closing the saloons at 1880
p IN. and allowing them to reopen at
5 a. m, one hour being necessary
every morning to clean up, everybody
viii obey IL, because it will give no
man an advantage.
1--WE don't want TO stir up any
trouble or bitterness. We want to sat-
isfy everybody, including ourselves.
We don't want any local option agi-
tatiou. Not that we fear one. We
don't want any bitterness. We know
that in one place, Atlanta, they voted
out whiskey and came near running
the city. Property deprecated about
100 per cent in two years, and there
were fully $50 blind tigers there in no
time, ana as much whiskey sold, and
far worse whiskey, than before, and
the city could not collect cent of
revenue from its sales.
1--WE understand the result of these
sort Of things, and want to please
everybody. We want to do II in the
interest of the city. as we'll as the deal
pers themselves.
One of those on the other side but
not minister, who are standing firm,
expressed himself as satisfied with any
thing that will improve existing con-
ditions. "Inasmuoh, - he declared, "as
we tiled TO carry our point before the
council and failed, we presume that
IL would be useless to object to what
ever hours the saloon men agree on.
II they want to close at 1880 p. m.
il will he better than remaining open
all night. although not so good as
closing at 10 p. m. We prefer 10
O'Clock. OF course, but il we can't get
II 1880 will probably have to do, es-
pecially as they do not seem to have
TO onsult us in the matter at ALL II
we couldn't pull through our 10
O'Clock law we could hardly accomp-
lish anything by fighting the proposed
ii 80 O'Clock one "
1t is probable that something definite
will DO known by tomorrow night,
after meeting of the retailers. There
are some disposed to be stubborn, but