The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-06-09

I In the first place | understood that
/ the chief Of police and the mayor
saw no oheetiona 90 the granting
% the license That Influenced me
a good deal Il Was made plain TO
the committee that heck intended
/ 20 run an orderly place cue that
would cause no lnconvenlence or
trouble for ans body vas not
voting for a saloon but for beer
garden.
Moreover. Madison PARK l. the
E private property of the Seattle Eiec.
E trio company. being a resart. rather
I than a park There IL not an acre
% parked grounds out there.
Under these conditions / saw 40
objections TO the establishment Of
properly conducted beer garden
out there
Councilman zblnden talked In a
similar vein.
but did you not promise.
prior 90 the election. not 60 vote for
saloons In the parks" asked The
Star reporter.
Zbiudeu erawfiahed Well. The
Star AZ that time said that ! had
talked on IN. proposition. be de-
clared. New u IL declaring that
really did promise not to sand
for saloons II the parks aud Ia rsA-
/ ldence sections"
The application Beck made for his
license IL endorsed b. the Seattle
Electric company. the owner % the
grounds. The bond Il furnished by
J. and Max Krielahelmer. local
Wholesale liquor dealers.
The Chamber OF Commerce yea
tsrdAy took decisive action against
the Madison PARK beer saloon b.
passing resolutions emphaticaiiy
eondemniEE H.
Not = wora vas said in opposl-
ton to the resolutions. Every
member AS apparently Of the same
opinion The resolutions we're In
PRODUCED By y. y. Evans. Who made
brief speech In support Of them.
The only question raised vas In the
proper reading Of the resolution.
and when this was decided II was
passed without a dissenting vote
The chamber emphatieally showed
ifa intention 10 keep beer and H.
quor out Of the city parks.
The following are the resolutions
which will be presented at the ne1t
meeting Of the council.
Whereas. The city council com
mittee on police. license and reys-
nue. has reported In favor 81 grant
inR a license 20 one Henry Beck 10
sell liquor IN q building located NJ
Madison park. in this city. and the
city council has adopted the re
port. and.
Whereas The license 70 sell a.
quor In sald Madison park would be
a violation Of all former rulings 81
said police. license and revenue
committee. and.
Whereas. The sale Of such ~
quors IN said. park may lead 60 the
harm Of those going 10 aid park
Tor pleasure Therefore be II
Resolved. That II be declared 10
be the sense Of the Seattle Cham
Der % Commerce that such license
should not be granted"
This has been busy day with the
Anti Saloon league. The executive
officers are huatling with The petit
lions against the Madison Park beer
garden that are being placed in tho
hands OF eitizena. who have volun-
teered 90 secure aigners for them.
About 50 petitions are nov in the
hands Of a committee and aa many
more will be IN circulation before
night. Splendid results have been
received from the petition published
in The Star last night
Officers Of Pho league state that
I hundreds Of The Stars petition are
+ in circulation. and that Il IL ex-
pected the aggregate petition that
will be presented 10 the mayor be-
fore next Monday night viii con
I tain more than $4,000 names. The
I members Of the league are today
working 20 arouse public opinion
90 strongly that there Will be no
further attempts TO license saloons
In the parks Of the city.
Already many hundreds Of sign
ers for the petitions In circulation
BY the Anti-saloon League have
been secured One petition circu-
lated in the Arcade building has
the signature Of $50 names obtained
ia that building alone Several p1.
tltiOna taken about among the busi-
ness men have received every sig
nature asked.
/ Already the petitions have re-
ceiyed such universal support
that the members Of the league feet
that the mayor win find that there