The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-29
Finance Committee Recon-
mend thatLicense be $500
ALMOST UNANIMOUS VOTE.
Eight Of Nine Members Present
Voted for this Recommendation
INTERESTING SESSION HELD
Representatives of the Liquor Dealers
Were Present and Talked in oppo-
sition to the Proposed Increase.
The Matter Viii Be Bits
terly Fought in the
Council
INTERESTING SESSION HELD

After being in session for over iour
hours. during which time a coinIai.ese committee
,ro,n' tbc LIQUOR Dealers Association
aeic heard from at length, the Commit
t.ea on Finance last night decided to rec
.,ru,nt41d to the City Council that the
saloon men and retail whlskey dealers
Of Richmond be required to pay into the
,.offers of the city $500 annually for the
privilege of dong business III the city
Ill Richmond. This is in the nature OF a
,.n;npronlse between the members OF the
Committee who favored no change and
those who cilalnpioned the $1,000 measure,
which was recently introduced into the
council by Mr.. 3CTenshaw, and for the
consideration OF which the body met III
special session last night.
There We're present at the meeting nine
out OF the eleven members. OF the Finance
Committee, and the Vote by which the
recnmmendat ton was passed is said 10
has.. been almost unanimous. only one
member not recording himself as favor
ing the Increase III license. IT has been
learned on the best OF authority hat be!
Will vote for the recommendation W:ien
Il comes up for final consideration before
the parent body. Thus it wonld seem
that al least nine of the iittg-siS mem
hers of the two branches OF the City
NsoIICli ~
license tax OF the bar men.
THOSE PRESENT.
Those present al the meeting last night
were James ". Gordon, chairman; Alder
men Allsn CctScli and Gunst. Council
men Anderson, Crcnshaw. Hargrovc
Spence and Pollard. just which ono of
these gentlemen failed to 80 on record
as favoring the increase is not known.
the final deliberations having been car
,ied sorS in executive session
Since the Finance COMMITTEES has seen
lit to recommend TO Council that
license OF $500 be imposed on the wllis-
key men, attention naturally centers ina
tFie final disposition Of tie matter by the
common Council TO whose attention II
win . be called at their meeting next
month something over q week hence.
j I may be stated that the Tecommenda-
tion VIII be turned down.
During / iin course of the meeting last
night Mr., George u. Mcl3lase, a We'll
known Broad Street grocer and wiiiskey
dealer created some little CONSERVATION
among the committeeman by stating that
Fifty druggists in the e-tS held United
States licenses TO sell spurious liquors,
and tnat daily the State law aud city
ordinances We're violated by them. He
said they rctailed the spirits over the
co,Inter This is denied by the drug
clsts or All least one OF them.
CRITICISED POLICE; CAPTAINS.
In addition. Mr. MclslalSe stated as his
opinion tina, TOO many foreigners. par
.icularly Italians, We're granted licenses
Nudge sNSitt 10 sell wlliskcT and con-
luct saloons. as a rcsuit&oi which the
raftic IN Richmond was much belo" the
standard OF other cities. He wanted 1t
4.tldcistood that Judge Witt was not to
s,;amc for the existing conditions placing
tiae entire matter upon the shoulders OF
IS ,,olice #ca i,tains.s who he stated recon-
,s3.nded the granting OF licenses 10 the
rsust unreliable parties
IN have known, said Mr.. McBlakc,
captains Of the police force to appear
before the judge Of the llus:hles Court,
and recommend the granting OF certain
licenses 10 people. and swear that thnii
,,laces were conducted on the best plan
immasinahle, when. as 7, matter of-fact.
,iasSs We're the owners of the lowest and
mos, disorder,ly dives in the city.
ENc1SE BOARD.
Afoatlire of the meeting last evening
was The difference of opinion between
certain members OF the Liquor Dealers
Association in regard TO the creaton OF
an Excise Board for the conToll OF the
E,liskcv traffic. Mr.. A. w. Rosene one
OF ihc members, expressing as his per-
.-onal opinion that such a body would do
,nl,cIl towards diminishing the number of q
hans il, Richmond. and eievating the bus
incss To a marked degree. Mt. j. ~
Brown. likewise a member OF the com
,nittse took an entirely different view
from MI. Rosene, and said that IT Was
the unanimous opinion OF the association
that an Excise Board was nos wanted
MIR Granslaw, who is patron Of the
resolution 10 increase the license Of Whls-
key men 10 sl.Dta. made all OF his argu-
r1entS While the committee was in eXecu-
tive session, and the exact line OIL his
talk is not known 1t may. however, be |
stated on good authority that he cited
plumbers OF cities whose population was
about the sames as is Richmond's show
ing th.t; TIE saioous paid much more for |
The privilege OF conducting their business
than do the bar men of this city.
Among The towns spoken OF was Reading, i
Pa. .atianta, and one or two places in
illinois and Massachusetts
II was shown that in Atlanta the sa-
so0ns arc required 10 pay a tax of $1,000 /
par year and close down promptly at 10 /
O'Clock each night. not excepting Satur-l
day. IN one or two of The other places
Mh!shey dealers are called upon to pay
even a higher license. and they manage I
to exist and push their business.
Messrs "A. w Rossne,s j T.. Brown.
George NJ, Cease and George Med. Blake
the ,rst three appearing as representa-
tirc of the Liquor Dealers Association I.
and the last named as an individual /
made some Very strong arguments in op-
position 10 the increase in license. One
nf the potent features of the meeting
was the readiness with which they an
swerea the many questions asked then. /
~ the various members OF the committee /
ana the willingness with which they gave I
,.p the inside. facts pertaining TO the /
Sla!skey business in Richmond
MOULD BE PROElBITIEE
The tenor OF the argument set forth |
BY the four MliiskeS nfen who talked in |