Unlicensed Saloons in San Francisco
In giving permission to open the saloons of San Francisco, the door seems to have swung wider than was intended. The mayor summarily removed the entire board of police commissioners, and the new board failed to organize because one member died suddenly and another declined to serve. So action on applications for saloon licenses was deferred, and new applications accumulated. The applicants became impatient and commenced business without licenses. Last week the correspondent of the San Jose Mercury stated that possibly 150 saloons had done this, and the number was daily increasing. Also that "all along the line" saloons were being conducted without regard to the closing hour of 8 P. M., and that it was "easy to find a saloon open at any hour of the night."