The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-09
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LICENSE AND REVENUE com
hlTTEE vii PATCH UP The
UNION STREET Boozg CUES.
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The moral tone 81 the license and
revenue committee viii probably 90
down a fsw oetavea on April Fool's
day AZ that time the committee
VII undergo a marked tHanaforma-
ton, according Co present signs.
members who have been HuiFrnt ia
raising iia STANDARD n action from
the low level reached IN the last
council. Etslna way ts salons more
friendly % the liquor aud the vicious
element
Bowen. Who has been stsadfast IN
UNFOLDING Mayor ualIiuKcr aud
chief Delaney. rtEht or wfunF. has
already aiEnIued hts desire 10 WITH.
draw. Burnett uho has uurHnrd a
Ike policy. l. known ta be anxious
% set of tbs committee. while paul-
ton or Johnston ur both. are LIKELY
% be- taken Off. no matter - hat their
attitude may be
Conway 81 the FIRST ward. aud
uasaihiy Muilen and xbIuden will be
the substitute ~ the change Il
made 10 VII mean much. The Pike
street HHianu trust will probably
uncc more Sc the upper hand II
II very doubtful ~ Mayor naiIinrrr
nill set the support hs has in the
past n he dasa. Dc vii be because
The committee iH furced 10 II. not be-
eause q VII want 10.
Il has been around tbs license ana
revenue committee that most ~ the
storms % the present council have
blown 80 unpleasant. in fact. have
hfrn the environments II that COM
ulittee that Il has been difficult a.
set the members together. Burnett
aud HoWeu being vcry tired q their
Jobs
n the ehanke 10 mats. h1wcvcf.
there win probably g. more har-
mony Al THE members q ~ have
fuutuat interest aua licenses Tor 81
kinds o. slvea vni b. granted utth
the ease and regularity % clock
work
~ far as the CU faction 10 con-
errncd. BE- sstH probably eaalroi cauu
ell affairs with more fifmuesa than
81 The pAnt. II that Ia possible The
seven GHlt supporters alH be given
anything ard everything they want.
and where their interests conflict
with the autf-0u crowd. thr latter
VII be pushed ruthlesalY 10 a back
scat.
Several Of the Om faction. how
ever. itks Bowen aud Hafnctt. are
DESTROYS % kiying uu responsibilities
rather than assuming nea ouen. and
for that reason President gu may
be forced 10 place opponents ou
few % the committees 20 fll them
out burnett. for instance. wants To
escape the tHoubiaua duties 81 chair
man - the ctvii service and SALARIES
committee. a position thfa has been
very disaEreeabir Of late hrcaune
there IL not enough money In the
treasury To supply the food that b.
being chirpsd for ~ Continually hF
the city hall birds. Burnett h. said
10 have become 80 tired 81 The siren
uoua life uf councilman that be-
would prefer to Hideatrp all duties
except that Of chairman Of the parks
and houlsvarda committee. a posi-
ton nov held By n democrat because
Of IT, uuimportnuce. BEING a gm
man. he II at the present time sup
plied with all kinds Of chairman
ahipa.
There f. a possibility that the cor
porntious committee viii be doc
tared up 70 BE NOR. palafshIr 10 the
Seattle Electric company because 81
the fact that the Moore franchise is
now before the council. but mas
much az the cobra comes very near
controlling Il. 49, well aa the whole
council. a. the present time. such
renovation l. hardly necessary.
No. really. have given no
thought to the matter" stated Pres
i1ent GilI when asked about the
subject this morning. hut DO not
think there Wlil be any changes iu
the chairmaashirs Of any of the
Hhowcyer. I make no
bones 81 the fact that / viii stand
by the men who stood BY me. and
| viii ondravor 10 give them any
thing they want"