Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-12-18
Ordinance and Police Committee
Recommends That The
Petition be Declined.
STRONG OPPOSITION DEVELOPED
Rev. e. r. Wexford and Rev. D. s.
Aenkel Appear With Petition Ask.
Ing That No Change be Made In sa.
loon Ordinance, Signed by Nearly
Two Observation-Disclosures Coming.

BY unanimous vote tho ordinance
and police committee OF the city coun.
Gil last night recommended that the
council decline to grant the petition
asking that the ordinance requiring
saloons to close ut II 30 o'clock at
night be repealed The roll was cnll.
ed and each member voted AYE" up.
on motion made by Alderman Rend
and seconded by Councilman Harris.
The members present were Chairman
Hurcher. and Messrs. Read. Harris, II.
Lee, Davis and Il. r. Christie.
~ Because quite crowd or citizens
! had gathered to hear the Saloon
question" discussed, the committee
held It's meeting in the Corporation
Court room. Regular business was
disposed of and bills ordered paid be.
fore tho real business, of the evening
was taken up. Upon n motion by Mr..
cd to draft IN ordinance to prohibit
Chesapeake & Ohio engines from
standing under any of the bridges
which cross the company's tracks.
4, The clerk read the petition asking
that the saloon ordinance be repealed.
The petition was signed by 2l2 indi-
yidunls and firms. among them many
OF the most prominent business men
Of the city. a
Counter Petition.
Rev, D. s. Hankel pnstor of the
T%enty-fonrth street Christian church.
was granted tho floor ut this point
He, submitted petitions, asking TIM.
no change be made in tho saloon ordi.
nance. signed by 1912 people. with tho
explanation that the Minister'S Asso
citation had had only two days IN
which to circulate the petitions and
that many more names would BIO sub.
United later. He went on to say Tint
S76 men and 924 women had signed
the Petition; that 1872 colored men and
i38 colored women were among the
sigfiers.
s,.il, Names withdrawn.
Mr. Henkel also submitted stntc.
ment from w, A. ,IOllis, George c.
! SSmapfn, -R::fNI. Motley, r.. l.. Phelps,
" w. Gulick. j. II. Cnffee, j. II.
Spragne. A. r. G. Klor and Il. Il. Sib
Icy. to the effect that they desired to
withdraw their names from the liquor
dealers petition. Several Of those
men explained over their signatures
that they had signed the petition with
the understanding that 1t asked that
the saloons he allowed to remain open
Until midnight. A statement was sub
mitted from Mr.. s. II. Narration. wno
aaid that he had not signed the lirnor
dealers petition.
Jr. o. U. A. M.
Il A letter from Newport News Co,n-
OIL, Jr. O. u. A. M, stating that res.
olution had been passed by the coun-
oil asking that no change be made in
the present saloon ordinance, was
read. Mr.. G. r. Fellows, State Coun-
.cillor for the Jr. o. U. A. M. address
sd the committee, /, urging that no
change be made. Mr. Burcher object.
ed to- MFR. Fellows statement that he
appeared as the representative of the
Juniors Of the city, and after lively
argument. Mr. Fellows agreed to speak
only as the representative OF Newport
News Council.
q! Mr.. Lenz Speaks.
Mr.. r. c. LEM was the only speaker
for the open" petition. He snid that
ne appeared as representive OF the
business interests of the city and ask.
ed that the ordinance be repealed or
at least be amended SO as to allow