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After the first concession was made to the liquor sellers by Ordinance 

 No. 195, they went on disregarding and violating the law just the same as 

 before ; and also when No. 220 was enacted they evaded or defied its 

 restrictions. It was thus made evident that no matter whether the law was 

 straight prohibition, or liberal concession, or restrictive regulation, this class 

 of men would violate it, anyway. But there was a storm gathering ; and 

 lightning struck them presently from a clear sky — for I find in the police 

 records the following cases : 



July 6, 1893. George Worthen — liquor selling. Fined $250. Fine paid. 



August 17, 1893. Peter Steil — liquor selling. Fined $175. Fine paid. 



August 19, 1893. Herman Garmshausen — liquor selling. Fined 

 ^250. Fine paid. (This was the H. W. Stoll soda-water- factory case.) 



In these cases some of the ablest lawyers of the city were employed to 

 defend the outlaws. They claimed the fines were exorbitant, unprecedented, 

 etc. But the court [J. G. Rossiter] stood firm, and the culprits had to pay 

 or go to jail. Since that time they have not boasted so much, and have 

 done the unlawful part of their liquor selling so secretly that probably noth- 

 ing short of detective service could bring them to conviction again.* 



One of the curious episodes in this part of Pasadena's history is the 

 fact that Peter Steil, who had been arraigned for unlawful liquor selling 

 oftener than any other man in the city, and had violated the law more 

 openly and persistently than any other one, came out as an independent 

 candidate for member of the city council at the city election in April, 1894, 

 and received ijr votes. Peter was a democrat, and honestly believed in the 

 theory so often put forth in his party's platforms against what they called 

 " sumptuary legislation " ; hence he resented any law against liquor selling 

 as an infringement on " personal liberty," and acted accordingly, in spite of 

 the adverse rulings of the State and United States supreme courts. Apart 

 from this error of theory and practice, he was a generous, kind-hearted, 

 enterprising and capable man. 



All city elections previous to 1894 ^^^ been what are called "non- 

 partisan ' ' contests, because the suppression or permission of liquor selling 

 was the dominant issue, and upon that question both republicans and dem- 

 ocrats were divided. However, the liquor license element within the repub- 

 lican party were this year overborne, the " non-partisan " device was aban- 

 doned, and a straight republican convention was held in Williams Hall on 

 Friday evening, March 2, at which a full city ticket was nominated, and the 

 following plank adopted in the platform : 



' ' We are opposed to the licensing of saloons, and refuse to be a party 

 to any act that will foster or encourage a saloon business in our midst. 

 It is the duty of all good citizens to promote sobriety." 



Of course their candidates were all elected by large majorities; but as 

 no other feature of the election concerns this chapter, no more is given here. 

 A table of the entire vote will be found in page 232. 



*r,ATER. — Several cases of fines from $100 up to $250 occurred after this search of the records was 

 made ; but some were reheard at Los Angeles, by appeal, and were there reversed on mere technical- 

 ities [See foot-note, page 267.] 



