THE LICENSING COMMITTEE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2304, 17 December 1889, Page 2

THE LICENSING COMMITTEE.

TOTHB EOITOK. -IR ; — I W »B not .U ptieed o 800 Mr <T c tender's letter m your issue of yeßter'ay, I ba-3 hehtd BiaiUrßintiaientßfrom liai bf.ore, but it Is surprising that a ]nd 01r. ; ,a m ind Ilka hl< should quibble bo rouca : .boat , » nacre muter of form, foe It k oolp q.ilbbl flg to Biy tho Lioenstng Committee dealt whh » matter which WM >ot before tham. It was before them : and *? ,, . n befote both thetn aad the general publlo for seme time. There has been • petition largely signed dealing with the matter ; it w«a considered by the Borough 0 u -.oil, and there hag been at least one •rtlclo !n thi local papers on the subieot. ov«ryone who takes the slightest Interest In local *ff it? knew about the Domain iicenao qaea 100. Me Frledlandee will probably reiterate, '• no application had bflou made." Qalta irue, bat neither did the Committee dual with any, they merely desided to grant no licenses for sports held In tha Domain. Mr Friedlandar rails at tha Committee, which I am tUtrf fi ouly a waeta of time, lot wh»t oan ba done till election day! Ba- ' aides both he and those who think with him are m t,he position rf the prisoner ( •> ho only thinks of challenging the jury , ftf er the verdict has been pronounced : had the verdiot been more favorable the [ jory would be, In their opiulon, the personification of decency, juatloe, and common sense. If there 1b anything wrong about the verdiot It Is not the fault ( of the Committee they, whh oneexoeptlon , acted oonelsttntly enough- Mr Filed- ; lancbr should Bay with Mr Bhnible " the law Is a bass" which allow* a merely e'eotive Committee to deal with each momentua affairs To obtain "anxious guardians" with a proper sense of right, decency, jastioe, and common sense, it ! might In hia opinion be better to ap|k)lnt them some other way, for Instance if the Caledonian Boolety had the nominating of ?r?i f ° F lf they oonßlßkad of the loell JP,sor of the ex-mayors. It Is only "• matter of taste— l p?efar the present pltn myself. Mr Frledlander wants io know "whit we would think of a miglstrate who pre< jadged otsea" ? Bat there is a difference between this and that. The Committee showed their sense of jastlce In acting ai they did. They heard neither side, for It Is one of v.ione oaaea wl-ete no evidence ould ba brcnghfc, and why mock either aide by pretonding 'o hea? them whan the 7er.ltot was already made oat. Mr Friedlandor sdmtniaters a pitting k'ok by dnbblog the Committee or part ot ihytn Well perhaps they are; betttr faaatlos fhan oynfos, if they are fc ns'lc* then all who signed the petition aro also faa ios. I for ono am content to be raved or kst In such good coajpany. I am, etc., . * i J. Kbib, <■ -fi