HOTELS AND POLICE.

Woodville Examiner, Volume 3, Issue 207, 23 October 1885, Page 3

HOTELS AND POLICE.

(to the editor.) Sin, —I see in yours of the 10th hint., a paragraph slating that tilts Minister of Justice had been asked to semi more police for Woodville, but why this extra police protection—who needs it. Yon make a sorry admission when yon state that “ drunken rows have lately been frequent." If that is true who is responsible ? Some one must bo. Either the present police, or the Licencing Committee or the liotelkeepi-.s. emu thing is certain —that the licenses are not granted to make men drunk, and yet we have men stripped and fighting in the street - worse than dogs—and must days men can he seen walking (or trying to walk) in all stages of drunkenness from the corner to the Temperance Hotel. Then is this the only euro—more police ? I think not, but the hotelkeepers should he compelled to slop the lap, and not keep men constantly in a muddle for days and weeks together. A gentleman lately from Hastings told me that he had seem more drunken men in Woodville in three days than lie had in Hastings (dr the seven months h > resided there. That doth not say much for our boasted so-called well conducted hotels. I object to more police being sent, and hope the* Minister will not send them, lor they are not needed only to act as outside luitmen for the hotelkeepers, hut if the hotelkeepers must have them then by nil means let them have them, hut Set them pay for them also, and not expect the ratepayers to pay for these shngers-out to the time of ,4.i()U per year, just that they can carry on their sou!-and - body-destroying trade. What other trade v.uiits them ? Why wo have three linkers, three butchers, three blacksmiths, three saddlers, and seven storekeepers and drapers, and a large number of other trade and business persons here, yet the whole lot fait together does not want one policeman. Bui two hotels want two police. Why? Just so that they can sell until men are over-full and then out they go to the two policemen who will oblige I horn by locking them up. No, Sir, the principle is had. If it is true that liie receiver is as bad as the thief, then the drunkard-maker is us had and worse tlun the drunkard, and the best plan would be to luck them up together. I hope the time is not far distant when everv resident, adult (both sexes) shall have a voice in (his matter. Then we shall soon see this withering blighting curse swept from our district. — 1 urn, Ac. 1! ATE RAVER.