The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-06-09
City Fathers Side=Step Responsibility
The Mayor Still Silent==FlOOdS Of
Protests Pour in

From statements made today by
the councilmen Who voted 10 grant
Henry Beck a license TO open a
beer garden az Madison park Il ap
pears that they acted In accordance
With shat they believed 60 be h8e
wishes % MAYOR nalilugcr and
Chief q Police Delaney The mayor
thoaght that the opening o. one
such resort "a the lake would be
the best method u getting rid Of
the allna pig evil. and told the
members % the license and revenue
committee -. The committee mem
hers. In pursuance Of the course
they had steadfaztly pursued to up
hold the mayor and the chief Of
police In all matters. thereupon rec
commended the granting Of the L.
Cense.
Nev they are trying 10 figure out
where they stand They cannot
walk down the street without being
assaulted with questions BY indig-
nant constituents They are ex-
planning the thing as best they can.
but are hooking out sharply for a
loophoie through which they can
crawl cut Of an embarrassing pre-.
dieament
The mayor and the chief are in
an even more trying position. In
informing the counrtlmen that they
thought that the establish ment II
q beer garden" a. Madison park
would b the surest method Of
stamping ont the blind pigs they
Inadvertently admitted that the %
lice force was not able 20 cope with
the ihwhreakerx The mayors Pc
Hition - an unhappy one. Delega-
lions Of citizens are calling upon
him. Others cali him I'D by tste
phone. To all such his only reply
Is The whole thing f. up 10 the
council ! have not officially con.
sideret the matter AZ all
He still refuses % discuss the
matter. but this morning admitted
that the action Of the council had
stirred Up a lot Of feeling against
the measure"
Tn the meantime the brewing
companies keen 20 seize an oppor
tunltT for extending their business
are preparing 20 flood the council
with applications for licenses 10
run saloons In the other parks and
IN the residence sections % the city
The eouncilmen say they will not
stand for such a thing. bat the
brewing companies. who ought to
know. seem 70 think otherwise.
The Seattle Electric Company
also has Is hand in the PIE. Totally
regardless o. the wishes Of its re-
spectacle patrons. Il has had ia eye
peeled for a chance. that now
seems good. Of getting a Legally
sanctioned saloon ct Madison park
and In the other lakeside resorts Il
owns II wants the increased traf.
Tic that might result and the rental
from It's payiliona. which have here
tofore been white elephants on ia
hands
At the preseut time its greedy De.
sire IS especially dangerous be.
cause Of the great Influence Il has
In the council
What Is known aa the GIN faction
n the council H.. also. to a large
extent. the Seattle Electric com.
pany faction. This faction elected
Gil president % the council. with
The support Of the Seattle Electric
company and the brewery trust. Il
y said The faction that supported
Crichton for the presidency was
supported BY the Great Northern.
Every member Of this faction
voted against the granting Of the
Beck license. Unless there IA a
rapid shifting o. the scenes within
the next few days. the Gill faction
will become the Solid Seven" In
the big fight against the granting
Of the license that ls being waged
i depends much upon the action
and attitude taken By the mayor
Just how sOlldly the Gill men will
stand. The same faction tried 20
XIII the American Improvement
company's 81 gas franchise, but al
though a hard fight was made ON
the last day the matter came up
before the council. there was a
split. This faction also disagreed
on the Detroit hotel license.
Unless the mayor changes his
mind and the councllmen also have
2 change Of heart. there appears al
the present time no way 10 pre-.
vent the passage Of the Beck ordl.
nance. Interested citizens have
thought of prohibiting the estab.
llshment o. the resort at Madison
on the ground that II was within
two miles Of the State University.
The park IA only a mile aud 4
half from the campus. but unfor.