Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1915-12-14
NO MORE SALOONS
2LICENSES REJECTED
Mayor and City Council Turn Down
the Adams and Cardes
Petitions for License.
CLERCYMEN MAKE PROTEST.
Council Meeting Extends Over Three
HOurs---Detail Of Business Trans
acted Orders introduced
Bills Passed.


Lasting over three hours, the De-
cember meeting of the City Council.
held last night, viii go down into his
| tory as one of the most business-like
| and Importance in the annals of the
/ city's municipal, affairs
Mayor Strange called the Council TO
| order at sos. and it did not adjourn
| until lilo p. IA. The roll-call showed
| all members present, and the Clerk
Philip r. Porter. read the minutes of
! the previous meeting. which were ap-
proved.
AS last nights meeting was of uni
versal interest, quite a number of out
siders were present, whereas, ordina-
rily but few citizens attend the Coun-
Gil meetings aside from its members.
The first matter of importance to be
considered was the changing of the IL
quor license of J. A. Adams to a hote,
license. the application for which was
made in due form. and had the neces-
sary signers. After the reading of the
application by the Clerk for the re-
quired license. a petition setting forth
reasons for granting the application
was read by the Clerk, the petition
stating that Adams was taxpayer on
property TO the amount of $50 900. and
had never been convicted of a crime
That the hotel has twenty-five rooms
and is the only place in the city for
transient colored people. The petition
had the signature of a number of color
ed citizens in the neighbOrhood. to the
number of ffty-three. who requested
the change of license be granted
In contradiction another petition re
quested that the license he not grant
ed. This contained the signatures OF
twenty-five colored residents of the
vicinity
As there were two saloon licenses up
before the Council last night, that OF
Constantine Cardes, and J. Albert Ad-
ans, the question of the Cardes sa-
loon on Main street was next consid-
cred. A protest was registered against
the granting Of this license as well as
that of j. A. Adams, on Calvert street
The petition was presented by Hugh
r. Riley, Esq.
The Mayor called Alderman Parkin-
son to the chair, and took the floor He
said he had no personal feeling in the
matter. but opposed the granting OF
both licenses. He referred to the
Adams Hotel as how it had been the
rendezvous for drunken men and wo-
men. and the conditions could be no
worse in Baltimore or New York as
they were one time at this place when
Sergeant Holiday had made arrests.
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skeleton from the closet, but on this
occasion it was necessary.
The Mayor said he did not see why
it was necessary to have hotel liquor
license to run a hotel. One sandwich.
which constitutes meal, would be sold
fifty times a day if this license is
granted to run a bar in connection
with the hotel, which keeps open twen-
ty-four hours a day.
The Mayor stated that Cans Hotel,
in Baltimore. was recently refused a
hotel license and granted a liquor Ii
cense only.
Mayor Strange reiterated the state
ment that there was no need for grant
ing the hotel liquor license, and he
pleaded with the Council to refuse its
granting as it had been refused on
three previous occasions.
The Rev. Walter Gelston Mcneil, pas
tor Of the First Methodist Episcopal
Church. was present and made q per-
sonal protest. He asid he was not
present in any official capacity and he
fully endorsed all the Mayor had said.
Alderman Adams stated he was not
proprietor of the place when the Mayor
visited there, but it was run then by a
man who was manager. Since he (Ad-
ams) had been proprietor, he said no
such scenes have taken place, and
there have been no charges against
| him. Alderman Adams said the man
who shot his wife in this hotel, follow
| ed her three squares. and it would
have happened anywhere that he had
| caught her. that she went into his
hotel for protection.
| In response to a query OF the Mayor,
| Alderman Adams stated he only want
/ ed to accommodate the public
William Colbert, a colored citizen,
/ stated he is a resident of the neigh
! borhood, mad that he knew the appli-
cant conducted an orderly place
The vote was taken as follows on
| granting Adams a hotel license:
Yeas Aldermen CLANCY, Russell.
| Nays-The Mayor. Counselor Rull-
man, Aldermen Parkinson, Charles w
l Smith j. H. Wells. e. T. Beavin. John
I J. Levy, ]. A. Adams
IN explaining his vote, City Counsel
I or Rullman said he thought it would
be detriment TO the colored people Of
+ Annapolis.
II a hotel license were granted
drinks could be sold TO drivers OF auto
| mobiles on Sunday. and lives OF those
/ in the car would be in jeopardy, said
1 Alderman Smith, in explaining his vote.
/ Put an automobile in the hands Of
/ man who has been drinking, and he is
menace TO the public safety.