The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-06-10
DELEGATION OF BUSINESS
MEN PROTEST AGAINST PO-
LICE BILL - SEYMOUR
STANDS SQUARELY WITH
OTHER COMMISSIONERS

hCSS men VINO ueSCeHueu On Tie
city commission yesterday after
noon to protest against the new
liquor ordinance of Commissioner
Petit.
1t got very warm.
Stephen Appleby, Sam Andrews,
j. G. Hoffman, Orville Billings,
w. B. Coffee, Henry Mohr, A. III.
Barnhisel. A. r. Titlow and 9TH
ers spoke.
Every man had a different kick.
Appleby was against the anti
treat, saying it was laughed at in
Paris.
Ttlow wants to sell liquor in
his new hotel and he kicked on
the hotel clause of the Petit or
dtnance, as did several others also
Titlow also came out for q re-
stricted district.
Wanted a District.
Petit asked him how the city
could have a restricted district
under the state law and TitIow
was stumped. He wanted one
anyway.
Mayor Seymour here spoke up
spiritedly.
II want to say now that the
Globe hotel will never reopen
while 1 am mayor" he said.
Further I take issue with the
statement that a restricted district
is the way to handle this problem.
The committee of Is of New York
after visiting every large city in
the country unanimously declared
against the restricted district. We
must come at this problem from
some other way. i will quit the
mayors chair before I'll stand for
a restricted district"
Petit said he was trying to
protect the boys and girls of the
city.
Henry Mohr said the schools
and parks were worse than the sa-
looms in running boys and girls.
This brought a protest from
Mayor Seymour and an apology
from w. B. Coffee. Coffee said
the police should watch the back
doors of the saloons. He said
his store was located where he
could see the boys and girls going
into saloon in the back door.
Would Hide Vice.
Ttlow wanted the saloons and
vice centers all put in the back
so no one would see them.
j. G. Hoffman kicked on the
idea of getting the signature of
the owner of the property before
a license would be granted for a
saloon. He also protested against
anything that would bother tour
lists coming here when they want
ed to get a drink in restaurants.
Several citizens rung the changes
on the tourist question, deprecat-
ing any legislation that might
prevent the tourist from wetting
his whistle.
Sam Andrews also wanted 1t
left so he could take his family
and get liquor with his meals.
Orville Billings said the trouble
with children going wrong is the
parents. He said if they were 60
ing wrong they would go anyway.
On the Petit ordinance he was
against the whole bloomin'
thing"
Want 1t All Dropped.
The mayor kept trying to get at
just what the crowd objected to
and the leaders of the crowd kept
suggesting that it would be a good
idea to drop the whole thing
The mayor secuted this notion.
He made it clear that an ordinance
would be passed and the saloons
regulated but he declared IL there
was anything unreasonable in the
ordinance the council would glad
ly take it out.
There was a lot of talk by va
rious members of the crowd about
freak laws and hurting business
and Tom Fleetwood went so far
as to say business men had given
notice they would withdraw
81 900 subscriptions for the car
nival If the ordinance passed. Or
vile Billings even said the Ia
coma hotel would probably close
1--WE have done everything we
could to help the carnival but we
do not propose to sacrifice the well
fare of the city for years to come
for carnival" said the mayor.
For Men Before Dollars.
"No, and I am free to say that
l am for humanity before the dol
lar" said Petit.
Assistant City Attorney Baker
finally came in smiling and point
led out that the whole thing was a
case of much ado about nothing.
for the new ordinance is simply
getting together all the old ones
and the state laws and incorporat-
ing them In one law.
1--WE are trying to make an or
dinance now that Is legal" said
Baker, land that we can enforce.
That Is all there is to it."
Then the business men appoint
ed A. R. Titlow. James H. Dege,
A. II. Barnhisei. w. b. Coffee and
e. f. Gregory committee to take
the matter up.
The ordinance Is being rewrft-
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