The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-06-14


txciting sessions In its history the
rity council last night practically
killed the Beck license for a beer
garden at Madison park. which
came up for fiaal passage This
was done by indirectly passing the
proposition up 70 the mayor. the
fftense ordinance being again re-
ferred to the license aud revenue
COMMITTEES. III only dissenting
vote on the motion 20 refer hack
the license was made By Council
man Conway. Of the First ward.
The underlying motive In tho
whole play was 20 give certain
eounciimen. who claimed 10 have
voted originally Cor the license IN
der the impression that u had
Mayor Balingers approval. a chanos
70 vindieate themselves and 60
make the mayor show bis colurs.
The license ts now up to- the
mayor II IL known that the lat
ter IL nov opposed 20 the granting
OF he license. but Just how he viii
explain the statements be IL said
to have made 60 the ecnneilmen
may not be known until the next
meeting Of the license and reveuua
COMMITTEES. II Is claimed By some
that at that time he intends 20 vim
dictate himself also. and that he IL
liable 20 spring some very ssnsa-
ttonal explanations
II IL claimed b. his friends that
he has no intention OF remaining
quietly in the position In which he
has been placed by certain eouaeli-
men.
ovERAwED BY NUMBERS
Had it not been for the unani-
nous showing Of disapproxAl made
last night By 200 representative cit
liens, many Of whom were not able
20 find room in the lobby. Z II
highly probable that the license bill
would have been passed. In order
to let his friends In the council out
OF 4 bad nOle Beck agreed last
Saturday evening 20 withdraw bis
application. Yesterday. however. the
councilmen who originally voted
for the license decided they would
stick" and prevailed upon Beck TO
stand pat"
The frame-up a. the time the
council vent into session last
evening Was 20 pass the license and
allow the mayor 20 veto u. II he
wished. The couneilmen vho voted
for the license had intended 10
sshawi out" the mayor only In case
he vetoed the bill. but did 10 pre-
rnatnrely last night when the citi-
zens IN the lobby demonstrated
their feeling ia the matter 50 plain
" that the solons apparently could
bear the suspense no longer.
Burnett showed himself 10 be a
good deal Of diplomat by
making a motion TO give the coun-
eilmsn a fiye-minute recess when
the vote was ready TO be taken.
The recess dragged on for 20 min
utea. but II gave the solid seven" a
chance 20 talk over the matter once
more and 20 decide upon a course
Of action.
BowENs HARD TASK.
Bowen vas delegated TO make the
explanatory speech and the motion
u refer the license back. RE deliv-
cred every word Of u as ordered
and with emph asis. creating a sen
satlon in the lobby.
He bad previously declared. when
Cole made a motion 10 indefinitely
postpone the measure. that thu
license and revenue committee had
had no Misunderstanding with the
mayor or police chief in recon-
mendinR II. having acted In haF-
monY with them. He said.
Mr Beck approached me a week
ago this morning and asked me n
! could support the license. ! told
him that | could not unless II was
approved by the mayor and chief
! told him that 7 did not think the
mayor would support r. lie then
told-me that he had seen the
mayor. telling him that he wanted
only a malt liquor license. and that
the whole matter had been dis
eussed pro and con.
HE said Mayor Balllnger had
told him that a beer garden well
regulated. az be knew Beck would
run II. would be better than the
blind pigs Beck said that tn
mayor had then told him that an.