Evening journal., 1914-10-14
court OUTLINES
WHAT IS Expected
OF MEN Who Hold
LIQUOR Licenses
Continued from Page One.

fully complied with in some places.
II is dangerous to endeavOr to eyade
this law. The law means just what
it says. 1t does not need any in
depreciation or explanation by tho
court.
20. Selling to intoxicated persons is
entirely too common, and ought to be
stopped. While the mere fact that
an intoxicated person is seen COM
ing from a certain licensed house is
not conclusive evidence that he re-
ceived liquor there; there is a GER
tain presumption that he did. If an
intoxicated person enters a bar room
the safe and proper thing for the
proprietor to do to escape the pre-
sumption of guilt, is to refuse him
further drink and order him off the
premises. And a liquor dealer should
not cause q customer to become in
toxicated.
20. Selling to minors is especially
obnoxious to the law, the court and
the public. 1t is not only required
that a proprietor shall use every
available means to learn the young
mans age, in a doubtful case, but in
order to escape suspicion he should
not allow minors to remain or be
on the premises at all. They can
have no legitimate business there, and
if permitted to remain after their
presence is known, that fact will
necessarily create a suspicion that
they were there for an unlawful pur-
pose.
a. Selling on Sunday is a prohi-
bition we need not emphasize. There
is no violation of the liquor law that
Is more abhorrent to the court, and
no one fit to receive a license would
commit this offense. The fact that
1t is difficult to detect only makes il
more reprehensible.
"5. Keeping a disorderly place il
probably not clearly understood by
many dealers. 1t covers many NOR
things than is commonly thought. Il
means more than fighting and quarrel
| ing Permitting lewd women to fire.
quent for any purpose, the place wher
liquor is sold would make such place
disorderly house. The playing of cards
pool. or any other game, for money
! drinks or other thing, would have tn
same effect. There are other acts an,
| practices which would make a disorderll
house, and the only safe course for
dealer to pursue is to use his place q
business only for the purpose intende,
by law, viz; the selling of liquor for tn
accommodation of adult and sober PEG
pie.
&c. Music and other like means o
entertainment are accessories that sure
ly were never contemplated by the law
as permissible in the bar room. Tn
| liquor law, as we have said, was passe
for one purpose only, and that was tn
accommodation of the public in the ser
| vice of Intoxicating liquor.
Its purpose was to provide a means
for satisfying the desires of persons
wanting such refreshment, and tn
law-making body did not mean tina
persons should be drawn to the plac
by other attractions. Under law sim
liar to our own the courts in anothe
State have revoked, or refused the re
new, licenses where such entertain
ments have been used We simpl,
make the suggestion, that if liquo
dealers wish to comply with the in
tent and spirit of the law as well a
with its letter, they will not emplo
such accessories or entertainments a
above mentioned to attract customer
to their bar rooms. And we furthe
say, the man who is a suitable per
son to be intrusted with a license t
sell intoxicating liquor is one VIII
desires TO observe the law no onl
in its letter but also in its spiri
and real intent
I'm speaking of the spirit and in
tent of the law we are led to the mex
point about which we wish to speal
and this is:
81. The signing Of liquor applica
tons.
I'VE do not say that the same pei
son may not sign more than one al
, plication during year, but we d
say the law does not contemplat
; the signing by the same person {
more than one application to the SAN
, term for the same kind of licens
The statute must be construed rel
sonably. It would defeat the plat
intent Of the law if in a ward whei
J there are a dozen or more license
: places, one citizen should be permi
ted to sign all or more than one
/ such applications to be passed upo
= by the court at the same term.
= requiring that an application for
e license to sell intoxicating liquC
q shall be signed by twenty-four T,
a spectacle citizens in the ward Il
= obvious purpose of the Requirement
is to put some restriction upon Il
e number Of licenses and the ease {
I securing them.
1T was intended to safeguard Il
7 granting of licenses and aid n
e court in determining whether the
: should be granted or not. We al:
think that one dealer should not sig
for another.
d 49, Secret entrances and priva
l. rooms.
= THE court is informed that this
j. a condition which exists in some
y censed places, and it cannot be tC
severely condemned Secret el
frances to the bar can be maintaint
: for only one purpose, and that is Il
the admission of persons who al
) either ashamed to enter publicly {
D, have no right to enter at all. Sue
u classes should not be encouraged
e any way to enter a licensed hous
: and the court very strongly feels tn
y none but public entrance should
, maintained.
j Akin to secret entrances are pri
ate rooms in saloons in which ms
n and women are permitted to meet Il
the sole purpose of drinking. The u
: of private rooms for such purpose
n not only likely to result in disorde
/ but is fraught with great danger, pa
: ticularly to the young, whose mora
J. the court are especially concerned
protect.
/ "The above are the specific sugge
n tions the court feel constrained
II make and emphasize, and we are co