The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-21
PROTEST AGAINST
SUNDAY CLUBS"
Question OF Licenses Before
the Excise Board.
HAVE SPECIAL PRIVILEGES
Retail Liquor Dealers ard Anti-Saloon
League IN Opposition to
Those Organizations.

Whether LIQUOR licenses shall be
granted to card OF ticket" clubs in
the District, was the subject of "a long
discuss on Yesterday afternoon before
the EEcise Board. Assessor Darneille.
chairman O. the board. said nj the con
clusion of The hearing The board would
deal with each individual case as APP
plicatlou for license BE- made.
Incidentally the board announced that
all organized. licensed. and duly incor-
porated clubs in the District would
hereafter SCH Intoxicating liquor not be-
fore 8 O'Clock a. 20. nor later than 1890
O'Clock "a. n. on secular days. On Sun
days liquor can bc sold not before 6
O'Clock q. m. nor later than Il o'clock
midnight No liquor can be sold on
Sundays between 40 O clock a. m. and
,. m. wtch The board CONSTITUTES as
church hoers
Protest Against Clubs.
At the hearing protests against grant
ing licenses to card clubs were iled
by the Anti-SaloOn League. on moral
grounds. and by the Retail Liquor
Dealers Association Former Senator
Thurston represented the association
and A. r. shoereai>er the league.
Mr.. Harvey for the association. said
The LIQUOR dealers are not Directing 10
any particular club. and they have no
protest 70 enter against the legitimate
Organizations The dealers, he said. 10
not object 10 the granting Of licenses
TO any organize ton provided the licenses
are granted with equal rights 20 all
Liquor Dealers Position.
eve do not understand. however. -
said Mr.. Harvey. chat clubs can issue
indiscriminateiy 10 individuals. upon the
payment OF NOMINAL sum. cards grant
ing TO the recipients all the privileges
OF membership in the club. with the
exception of sharing in the profits Of
the business that may be conducted by
the Organization. Clubs have privileges
that ordinary barrooms do not enjoy.
Tit retail liquor dealers feel that grant
ing a license 10 sell liquor TO club
organized by n few persons, who reap
the profit of business. is an interference
with the rights of the saloOnkeeper
Mr.. Shoemaker SAID there are many
clubs In the city which have been doing
"A business not justified under the law
and under the licenses issued Many OF
these clubs are in the nature OF Sunday
barrooms He said the AnG-Saioon
League objected 10 the operation of
these so-cailed clubs. IN the interests
OF morality. and ne believed the condi-
tlpu1 WHICH nave NEAcAt0 ANl StAflE NlAlt
pasr~ should not contnCs.
On Business Grounds.
Mr.. Harvey. at the close of Mr.
Shoemaker remarks, said.
81 want IL distinctly understood that
the liquor dealers appear before the
board protesting on commercial grounds
and not IL the interests Of morality.
we are not allied IA any manner with
the Anu-Saloon League, AS has been in
timated
p The Ant-Saloon League disclaims
any alliance with the liquor dealers. "
promptly rejoined Mr.. Shoemaker. and
the members of the Excise Board and
the spectators smiled broadly
Representative OF several clubs were
present at the hearing. and briefly set
forth the claims Of their respective or
ganizations TO recognition as legitimate
clubs within the meaning of the law