Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-04
BARROOM AND BOOZE
OR OYSTERS ONLY
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tOntlnutu ihGt oHs
was so much dispute that the Judges
decided to leave the matter to the resi-
dents of the section. They ordered that
two rival petitions be submitted to the
court within two weeks. so they could
count noses of VETS and "drys.' That
is, they ordered what amounted to a
vote
The canvassing started last night. Mr..
Graham led his own fight and his chief
aid was Mr.. Cunningham, his tenant.
who It Is understood was to be put in
charge Of the saloon, If this were per-
mitted by the court. In all there are 12
pro-liquor canvassers, while the anti
liquor men and women number 81, there
being two women in their ranks.
A thousand doorbellsswere rung and It
was said that 900 men and women had
gone on record against the transfer The
liquor people would not say how many
Votes" they had won.
FOES OF RUM sANGUINE
"The saloon transfer project will be
showed under by a majority of 100O."
said Frank c. Davis, president of the 52d
and Market Streets Business Mems As
sociatIon, today The drys will get about
1900 votes and the vets only 800. Our as
ISOLATION. today. THE drys will get about
resolutions against the transfer. The
bona-hde residents of the section are
unit against more saloons here.
I'm the shopping zone OF nine blocks
bounded by sd and 56th streets, Haver-
ford avenue and Pine street. there are
now 10 saloons and three wholesale liquor
establishments. They are quite enough.
The demand for liquor can be easily and
overwhelmingly satisfied hereabouts. Why
18th saloon? Every new saloon boosts
rents and hurts business"
The case for the saloon was as stren-
uousy advocated by DIR, Alonzo V. Lam
bert of DAB Chestnut street. When the
saloon canvassers came around he
signed.
THAT oyster place does no good to
the neighborhood now" he said. "Any-
thing that puts 1t out of business would
Do good thing. Graham will put up a
good-looking building. which will help
the neighborhood Any change would be
an improvement"
Miss Bertha Donovan is a pretty walt
ress employed at the oyster restaurant in
question. She is q years old, but looks
so young that her employer, Mr.. Cum
ningham. did not think she was qualified
to vote in the liquor fight. She will vote
and she Will vote for Graham, Cunning
nam and a new saloon.
"a WoMAN's REASON"
But personally l am opposed to liquor"
she said today. II do not think young
men and young women should drink. And
80, suppose, l would naturally be against
there being more saloons But in this
case think there ought to be a square
deal. Mr., Graham and Mr.. Cunningham
would not have anything here that was
going to hurt the neighborhood, and so
I'm going to vote for the transfer"
Mrs. H. E. Robinson. 5l35 Chestnut
street, said she was against the saloon
and had signed the dry petition; but
she was against woman suffrage, too
she said, and only voted" because II
seemed In the natural line of duty to
express her opinion about the saloon
transfer when somebody came 10 the
ooor and asked her. This was substan-
ually the attitude of four women who
hye at SLIT Chestnut street, against the
saloon and against suffrage, but they
voted when the chance was offered.
The canvassing will begin tonight again
and continue for several nights, every one
OF age living north of Spruce. south of
race, east of 5ith and west of 5Oth street
having vote, That is. every one within
radius OF two squares of the oyster bar
:. ezd and Ranstead streets.
the two women who answered the call