ELI M. LAMB, Chairman. WINFIELD PETERS, Secretary. THOMAS MacKENZIE, Attorney.
The names of the indorsers of the petition follow:
Thos. J. Morris Michael Jenkins John S. Gittings Arthur Chilton Powell, Rector of Grace P. E. Church H. Irvine Keyser Wm. B. Hurst James W. Denny Wm. Whitridge, M. D. Ira Remsen B. N. Baker Eugene Levering Douglas H. Thomas Miles White, Jr. James R. Wheeler Wm. E. Mosely, M. D. Saml. Theobald, M. D. Wilbur P. Morgan, M. D. Saml. Johnston, M. D. Richard D. Fisher
Baltimore Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox), Eutaw and Monument Streets, by
JOHN C. THOMAS, President Board of Trustees.
I approve of all well-considered and judicious attempts to reduce in number the sources of drunkenness and crime by removing disreputable or superfluous saloons from all localities, and also all saloons from those localities where they depreciate the value of real property and endanger the health and morals of the people.
(Signed) FERDINAND C. LATROBE, April 27, 1908. Ex-Mayor Baltimore City.
I fully concur in the above expressions of General Latrobe.
(Signed) HENRY WILLIAMS, Ex-Tax Collector Baltimore City.
I heartily approve of all well-considered and judicious attempts to reduce in number the sources of drunkenness and crime by removing disreputable or superfluous saloons from all localities and all saloons from those localities where they depreciate real property and endanger the health and morals of the population.
(Signed) CHARLES J. BONAPARTE, April 25, 1908. U. S. Attorney General.
At the hearing, upon advice of counsel, the Law and Order League declined to present any specific charges against any particular saloon in the neighborhood, but asked the Board to regard the law which required that every place licensed should in the judgment of the Board be “necessary for the accommodation of the public.” They urged that the people of that community did not require forty-three saloons to meet their needs. The general charge was made that where these saloons were thickest the neighborhood was most disorderly as well as most unsanitary and unhealthy. This statement, however, was met by the police, who, with marked unanimity, swore that all of the saloons were quiet, orderly and fully complied with every law and regulation under which they operated. Some of them swore that the churches, and particularly the church on Orchard Street, gave them far more trouble than the saloons. This charge by the police was met by a rejoinder from the trustees of the Metropolitan M. E. Church, the colored church in question, which was as follows: