The Detroit times., 1910-03-22
z|Nk REFUSES TO
GIVE OUT SALOON
BLACKLIST
Tells Fellow Committee Members
That List Furnished by Police Is
Private Property and Won't Be
Divulged for Present.
Meeting Proves One Long Jangle
With No Progress Toward Weed
ing Out the Undesirables.

Three members of the liquor regu-
lation committee OF the common coun-
Gil. Aid. Carney, Ellis and Lempke,
tried In the meeting, Monday morn
ing, to compel Chairman link to III
vulge the list OF undesirable" saloon
keepers furnished him by the police.
There was a pitched battle which
ended with link refusing In stentor
ian tones to give up the list and tell
ing the aldermen that they could go
10 Commissioner Croul and get list
similar To- his own.
There was a tip out as to the pro-
ceeding that was TO be taken, and,
in consequence, eight or nine alder
men who are not on the committee
were present, most OF them taking
part in the debate at one time or an
other. Tempers were ruffled and this
first tiff over the granting of saloon
licenses gave a good idea of the storm
that Is brewing against the time when
the actual list OF licenses is made up.
The first business before the COM
mittee was Aid. Koenig's amendment
TO the Watson ordinance by which he
asks TO have his property at Harper
ave. and Beaubien-st., taken from the
put over for week on the showing
made that petitions for and against
a saloon in that location are in circu'
lation in the neighborhood, the com
mittee wanting TO see the petitions
before deciding the matter.
Then. with the decks cleared Tor
action, Aid. Garvey started the rebel
lion of the other committee members
against Chairman link which had
been foreshadowed.
I'VE want TO see the list OF 'unde-
sirable' saloons given you by Police
Commissioner Croul." he said TO
link. The latter demurred, and Aid.
Ellis and Lempke joined in with Gar
vey, while HARPER also sided with
them. although mildly. Aid Rosen-
thai got into the game with an argu-
ment for immediate publication or the
list
Some of these saloonkeepers that
are going TO be cut off have big stocks
of wines and liquors" said Rosen-
thai. They ought to be given a
chance to dispose of this stock before
they are put out OF business
This list ought not TO be made a
matter OF public discussion" inter
vened Aid Gilman.
"It Is unfair for only one man to
have this information. asserted AID
Heating. ut gives him too great
power"
Every member of the council
should have copy OF the list" chimed
In Aid. Ellis.
THE committee does not need to
take this list OF the police commits
sioner into consideration at all unless
Il wants 70 do So explained Chair
man link. ION the other hand. we
can use 1t, in our meeting, II we want
to-"
1T seems 10 me that the men run
nine undesirable places should know
that they are rated In that way SO
that they may have a chance TO run
their business I'm a better fashion,
argued Aid. Lempke.
"Yes-until they get licenses" sar-
castically remarked President Gin
nan.
At this point link lost his temper
somewhat.
Il will make copies for every mem
Der of the committee and for every
alderman IL you want me to- he shout
ed. IL will give the list out to all the
papers this afternoon. IL you want to
have every saloonkeeper in town get
after you, will give It out. 1t shall
be public
This outburst sobered the other al
dermen and there was a protest from
"A half dozen against undue publicity.
Aid. Garvey remained stubborn for his
motion that the list be produced, and
Aid. Ellis and Lcmpke backed him up,
but link refused to put the motion.