The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-06
LIZ CLAIRE SECURES LICENSE TO
CONDUCT SALOON ON MIS-
SISSiPPI STREET.
OPPOSING INTERESTS
: DEBATE THE SUBJECT
Daniel DEITY and William Hannah. the
Principal Spokesman Before the
Committee on Streets of Aldermen
Board Endorses Committees Recon-
nendation After Debate Has Been
Gone Over.

For two hours yesterday a score or
more or the members of the Pacific
congregational church, on Mississippi
street, including Attorney Daniel Doty,
the accepted attorney Of the st. Paul
PfohlD1tlon party, pleaded with the
committee on licenses of the board of
aldermen not to grant a license for
saloon 10 be located at Mississippi and
AcKef streets, but they were not sue
cessful. Last night the same delega-
tloh pleaded with. the board of alder
men, but their arguments were not
convincing and they had to accept de-
feat IN the grant of the license, which
is made out to H. j. LeClaire.
The real battle was fought out in
the committee on streets, where At
torney Doty, as the spokesman for the
uelegatlon, attempted to constitute the
committee a regular ordained court
and himself the prosecutor. Armed
with 1t lot of law books, petitions
and papers from which he read copi-
ousiy, ne started to argue at length,
put was brought to a halt when the
committee Informed him that it want
ed facts not law. His principal con-
tentlon was that the. committee had no
right to consider the application be-
cause the applicant had violated the
law IN running his place without a
license To sclinch his argument he
produced bottle of whisky purchased
by member of the congregation,
either taste or smell as to it's genuine
ness, but hts jocular manner was not
at all to the liking of the committee,
and the offer was refused.
Hann1N Punctures Argument.
Present for the saloon property was
William Hanm, of the Hamm Brewing
company, Who, armed with detailed
maps, pointed out to the committee the
location of the saloon, it's distance of
fully block from the church property,
and what he considered a poor argu-
ment for the church people to advance.
The map shaved a. saloon in the same
block With the church and fully sixty
feet nearer sfhan the one the brewing
company had opened. The presence of
this saloon, conducted by one Pessiner,
Mr.. HaFhm said, had been in existence
fully Nineteen years and not a protest
had been made.
Following Mr.. sDoty who finally was
compelled to subside by the commit
tee, which demanded that the others of
the committee be given a chance, Rev.
Mr.. Gray, the pastor of the church,
and several of the ladies were given a
respectful hearing. Each advanced
reasons why the license should not be
granted, which We're that the SILICON
occupied a corner location, people had
to pass it on their way to church, and
it dreW4sto the block an undesirable
element. Relatives to the failure of the
church to Act on the saloon already in
their midst, they said they considered
any action impossible in view of the
fact thattfhe saloon was there before
the church was built
/ The delegation from the church
+ which appeared before the board at
it's meeting last night hoping to head
off approval, was as large as that in
the afternoon. but the speaking was
confined TO Attorney Doty and Mrs
| Nelson, one of the members of the del
egatIOn. :. .--.s-.--.1