The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-30
notwithstanding desperate effort
to defeat the Dabney saloon ordinance


with amendments which would have
ruined It's restrictive and rsgulative
value, the Board of Aldermen, by q
vote of II to 4, accented the measure
last night and sent 1t on to the Com
mon Council for concurrence Alder
man Dabney successfully resisted every
attack coming In the shape of motions to
amend. and not ono change was made
in the ordinance after 1t left the ri;
nance Committee. exactly week ago.
From the side lines Councilman unl-
lauf and many OF his colleagues
watched the wordy battle. the outer
edges OF the chamber being crowded
with liquor men. After the finalfvOte
had been taken Mr. umlnuf said that
his substitute ordinance would be Of
fered In the lower branch Monday night. !
where tho temperance and liquor forces
will line up squarely for the real leg
islative contest of the year. With Mr.
Umlauf insisting on the passage, of his
measure, md others openly declaring
that they Will oppose concurrence, the
fate of the law is very much In doubt.
struck Mt the Real Meat.
An amendment OF. minor i'm 2ortance,
irroposed first by Alderman Gnnst, was
killed, and then Alderman Satterficltl
paved the way for the frst direct test
of strength by. moving to strike ont;
u
no saloon shalt be licensed in the resi-.
I6ential districts Of the city. Alderman ii
Grundy's; proposition to increase the
| tax to $1,000 was killed without q roll
call. Alderman Gunst again renewed
|the attack'b by seeking to defeat the last
section, providing that the ordinance
shall be In force on and after February
| 4, 1908.
Had this prevailed 1t would have
3,, a IA n ery. .off a
liquor legislation for a period OF twelve
months. according to members who
strongly opposed 1t. Mr.. Gunst eX-
planned that the city licenses hereto
fore were granted on February tst.
but that State licenses were effective
from May lst. Answering this. mem-
bers Of the Finance Committee ex-
plained that the saloonkeepers had
sixty days OF grace In which to settle.
there being only a difference Of TWEEN
fty-four hours between the two. The
fact that the Finance COMMITTEES could
IIrebate dealers came as q solution, aud
the Gunst motion was lost, ts.i8
Substitute for Whole Killed.
President Turpin was ready to call
| for vote on the original ordinance.
i 1t had stood firm against the assaults
OF it's enemies, and Just at the mos
lment that the. liquor: people were wait
ling for the climax Alderman Nloncure
came forward with substit ute fort he
whole. He stood by the clerks desk
| for several minutes. whipping II into
Ishape. Briefly, he proposed that tEea;
number OF saloons should be eliminatsd
land that the license be increased u
$1,000 The latter. provision was ruled
| out by the. chair With the statement
| thut it would have to be presented on
in View OF its earlisr
Idefeat. Mr.. Moncnre Withdrew hts
Ihrst amendment. 81
1--WE will now vote on the ordinance as \
| 1t stands, unless there are other ans nd -Sssa
lments,H cried President Turpln, rap rap
ping for order, The crowd beyond a the
rail pricked5 up its ears, suddenly.
however, Alderman satterfield an-
nounced that he had q substitute for
1.-THE whole, which merely stated that
Z on and after Febrpary lst the BAR
room license tan should be 81, 900. .555 y ~
was buried by a vote of u to !. thosa
voting on the ft1rmattve side betns
Messrs Satterfeld, Grundy, tiunst and
NMoncure. 6s sS5 s-
Then the roll was called TO accept
| or reject the ordinance. the vote he-.s
ling II to 4. Every member Oft ne
| Board was Apres mt, and those voting
|! to reject We're Grundy, SDonahoe, Bur
| ton and LIE N1asurier n.
SS Gunxt Wanted Justice.
Alderman Gunst opened the long ses-
sion with motion to remove what hnd
been re garded as son1n OF the hardships
! OF the ordinance relating to the es-&
Establishment OF saloons In the resi-
4 dentIal districts, He proposed that IN
\ the seni-residentinl sections licens sss
\ should be granted when the applicant
had secured the Written consent Of
! citizens residing on both sides of the
block in which the saloon was to he
1 locat d, Mi. Gunst said that he was
Hnot trying to protect anybody. tha I hA
was actuated by fair and lust motives,
! that saloon.keepers In those parts of
town had lived without complaint from
neighbors,s aud he was willing 70 leave
the question Of their desraht llty VII tn I
| the Judge of the Hastings Court
4 He made an earnest plea for tho
|ancndmeEt, bpt II was yopel down.
1.-THE only three votes 1t receiveds cams
,tfrom Monroe Ward, Aisssys; eipnst
4 Rennolds end Moncure bclns on the
losing side,
u .Wha, do you moan BY sp,ai-resi-s
Ssdential ~ asked Mr.. pahnsss of 9lr.,
II lGunst when the discussion i'tas a,ndera fls
tiway. II M \. .S
4 ,Iust what you mean by rssts.sntlsl..g
.lIreplied the latter. and tiis erosyd 4
.Einughed. IA n III J5 u
st'tkipg at the r,,sat oe ~ Ho sFal-