The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-04-05
1|OR|0US BUCKET OF
D[00De SALOON WILL NOT
HAVE LICENSE RENEWED
hree Members of Committee
Say Dive Must Be Put Out
~ Business zzz=z
owNER is POLITICIAN
announces Self as Henchman of
Eddie Barnett. Candidate
For Alderman

tur one member OF the council
nmittee on liquor regulations will
~ vote Tor renewing the license or
bucket OF Blood saloon" said Aid
re W. Knapp, OF the Eleventh ward,
"ursdey. Il have heard OF the sa
<tVn from other sources before The
mes called the attention OF the pub
70 10 II. and, IL all I hear is true, IL
~ most unsavory reputation.
pelleye such places should be put out
"a business for the good OF the city.
"A deputy sheriff was describing
{ne conditions of the place 10 me a
few weeks ago. do not think he
uAd any occasion TO exaggerate In his
inscription OF the place, and | will
say that IL was most revolving.
But, want TO tell you that pow
erful influences are brought TO bear
on the committee in deciding these
matters. Last fall, for instance,
Charles Kessler, who runs the Buck
e. OF Blood at Clinton and Hastings
SITS. gave me TO understand that he
considered he had just about the run
ming of his ward. He informed me
that he was going TO see that Eddie
Barnett gets a majority OF 800 when
Barnett runs for alderman from that
ward this fall.
II have not read Commissioners
Croul's report on this saloon as sub
mitted to Chairman Ellis, but surely
will not vote to continue such place
as this Is known TO be. never visited
the place, personally; have too much
respect for myself, but ride past 1t
on the street car couple OF times
each day and have pretty good
idea or what II is" .....
Il surely will not approve of renew
ing the license Of such. q place" said
Aid. john Garvey, OF the Sixteenth
ward, another member of the commit
tee. Detroit Is fortunate in not hav-
ing many saloons of that character. and
the quicker the few we have are put
out OF business the better. The rec
ord OF this place, no doubt, has been
sent In by Commissioner Croul, and
IL II reveals the conditions such as
described In The Times you can bet
your fife the saloon will not get an
other license"
aAll we have to go by Is the report
OF the police commissioner; II that is
against the place l shall not vote for
4 renewal OF its license" said Chair
man Ellis. !,
sswhen said, wednesday. that the
public would be surprised II II knew
who called on me to plead for re-
newal of the license did not mean
to confine my statement TO the
Bucket OF Bipod saloon, for that mat
ter. Ever gSilee have been on the
committee people prominent In yari,
Gus walks or iife have come to me
when the committee was, considering
the renewal OF licenses and asked me
10 use my. influence TO o. X. the
license and get It through the coun-
ell. A great many influences are
brought TO bear on us and We must
stick to the report of the police COM
missioner. III that report shows bad
condition. of affairs no influence
could cause me to vote foK2 Its con-
fInuance. Frankly, have not studied
4 the report as sent in by the commits
sioner. I could not make the record
81 one saloon public without making
the record of all public and do not
wish to start
"The committee will first consider
fha applications for removals. 1t
NAV be a, week or more before We
can take up. the subject OF renewing
licenses"
AID. Tossy is known as liberal
among his colleagues in the council,
but In q discussion OF the Bucket OF
Blood saloon, Thursday, Tossy had
this to say:
"Such q place ought TO be wiped
ont Of existence. There are too many
really honest men who want to con-
duct good, clean saloons TO allow such
o1aces to continue. II Is a reflection
81 the city and hurts the saloon bust.
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