Show PROTESTS BECAUSE SAlOONS ARE OPEN Many persons complained to the city authorities this morning be because ause the saloons are open open on an election day Following the precedent established two years ago the he city commission allowed the saloons to remain ope open interpreting the law providing for Lor the closing of ot the drink emporiums on election day dayas as applicable only to a general election and not to a primary election The city attorney at that time ad advised advised advised ad- ad that the saloons should be closed but the commission took the stand that the primary election was merely a substitute for an ele election tion This year the primary election day arrived without any thought having been leen given the question until com corn complaints pl plaints ints began reaching the city re recorders recorder's recorders recorder's recorders recorder's re- re corders corder's office and the mayors mayor's office Mayor Park consulted with the city commission at 10 o'clock and after an Informal discussion It was decided to permit the saloons to remain open |