Show i HIGH LICENSE aes the councils backbone stood the test THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE PASSES ITS FIRST READING tho council in session till after midnight last the city council met m adjourned session the calling of the roll all ane members present etith the exception 01 alderman B W arigi jr mr talmage presented a remonstrance against alie proposed repeal of the prohibitory hibi tory ordinance signed by voters and the remonstrance as accompanied by signatures it aas read by the chair with alio accod pining signatures the signers included A 0 D john H II 11 cluff ean ande S liddiard and other prominent citizens and leading cro mr talmage moed its ret crenco to the committee on judiciary seconded bv mr mr brown moved that the committee judiciary report inside of an hour this met with no leond mr dunn then moved that the committee on judiciary report the number of actual ere among the names seconded in answer to a question by mr far aa to whether alie remonstrance had been thoroughly thoro ugly circulated mr talmage and mr stated eliat the remonstrance had not ben so thoroughly circulated aa it might hae been mr brou wanted the report considered at once ten minutes would be sufficient time so far as lie w as concerned the amendment to alie motion of mr talmage was then put and carried I 1 he petition of J J warner and J H alic calling attention to the fact that they were damage on account of 0 of mater from tanners mill ace ft as referred tho committee on public grounds and city property reported that they had set out fort nine walnut treba on alie cast and est public squares to replace destroyed tho report was adopted mr holdaway Holda ic ported from the committee on judiciary a bill for license alie report was adopted the bill waa then read by the cit attorney mr b R thurman mi motioned that the council defer all action in alie premises until the report of alie judiciary committee on alie remonstrance was handed in mr farrer anted to know bow soon the committee could report mr stated that it auld take some time as they would havo to compare the assessment roll mr maiben suggested the council biking a recess until the judiciary committee could report he was in faor of the subject bing settled one vay or alie other before the council adjourned mr dunn amended the motion of mr hensena b adding the words eliat the council take a recess for three quarters of an liona and eliat alie committee by eliat time seconded by mr maiben at 9 alio council adjourned to allott the committee to report at ten minutes past ten the committee sent word that they would be prepared to report inside ot three minutes at twelve minutes past ten the committee filed into alie chamber mr talmage read the report of alie judiciary committee mr talmage mo ed that th council dresoh e idelt into the committee of the whole to consider alie remonstrance mr alexander took tlc alc chair mr bunn regretted to state eliat alie remonstrance failed to express any remedy for tle evil it no support offered no inducement nor give the 1 ast thord of encouragement bui merch said there should be no change but out of 80 J taxpayers were represented on the and wo c ingot accept the document therefore aa alie popular expression of the people it biad been asserted that tins was a money matter fco far as lie w as concerned this was wron he was heartily in faar of cont alie liquor question and he therefore advocated adoca ted high license under strict regulations mr talmage moved that m the opinion of this committee alie remonstrance should be considered and eliat alie proposition to repeal alio prohibitory ordinance should be abandoned mr maiben n aed eliat the remonstrance be considered as not representing the majority and the rebe that it be not recognized mr raner was higah pleased the remonstrance in that it iho cd the majority of the sicre in accord the sentiment of alie council aich the had fully to in not signing alie rc monstrance mr wai in faor of the motion he bel iced in respect to an petition sent tc the council but the fact w a undisguised not withstand mg so much trag 3 laid upon alie moral tone of our cit eliat the sacral drug stoics wen growing rich at alie expense ot the community whiskey was being sold restraint 11 biad no limit lie ind been reliably informed from mr limes eliat SO per cent of his profits irom selling drus dru s w from of liquor aloud taip the fact eliat the drug store keepers wie getting nali and more numerous and what noro pi bof ia wanted eliat v hiskey 19 being sold aiole sale and in consequence the cit n los m a revenue that she hip some of alio individuals the re monstrance verc to the speakers knowledge frequenters 0 the drug stores oue of whom was filled to overflow mg the last tune lie met him mr maiben one ct the signers is drunk on the streets tonight to night so one of the officers told me mr farrer to sheriff turner go and bring him in mr talmage referred to tho fact juliat alie beall percentage of tapa era on alie remonstrance was no that the remonstrance was not alie popular opinion of the majority thoice who were represented on the petition were among alie most prominent citizens one whose name was on the remonstrance biad offered to help enforce the prohibit ton ordinance md biad een an additional making 1000 in ill if the council would strictly enforce alie law the city council were afraid to trust tho matter to a public vote and hae not asked for means to enforce alie ordinance notwithstanding the fact they had stated their hands were tied he was in fior ot the council reonia crag action in regard to not allowing the public to cat their loto as to whether prohibitory ordinance should be repealed mr farrer was in faor of going with alie majority hut the remonstrance seemingly did not represent the majority he was desirous of working for alie best interests of his and he was doing so in alie stand he biad taken mr hansen stated the council should not overlook tho fact that alie remonstrance had not been thoroughly circulated he was satisfied that he could get the names of fifteen or twenty tax avers in his own immediate neighbor E mr Du seaberry stated that a year ago last january he was present at a meeting of tho judiciary committee the offer of waa made by hon A 0 help enforce the prohibitory ordinance the offer was then and there refused the offer has since been made with the assurance that amount would be increased if necessary he regretted the statement made that the re monstrance had not been thoroughly circulated if the town had not been sufficiently canvassed let the opportunity be givenans give nand the council adjourned until it had been mr talmage wished it understood that he had had nothing to do with the originating cf the remonstrance notwithstanding the fact that he favored it As to allowing more time to have it circulated if there waa any member of the council who wished to canvass in its behalf let hi m state the fact As for himself he did not mr holdaway said if he thought the expenditure of any amount of money would cause an enforcement of the prohibitory hibi tory ordinance he would stand by it as long as any hair remained on his head mr dusenberry referred to the past experience of the council in endeavoring to enforce the ordinance mr dunn stated that his constituents expected him to do his duty and 19 intended to do it lie could not believe the remonstrance had not been thoroughly circulated he wanted the matter settled tonight to night in answer to a question by mr farrer sheriff turner stated that he had called upon the citizens to help in the enforcement of alie prohibitory ordinance and he had utterly failed to receive any encouragement coura gement air holdaway read the record of the proceedings of the late council when the liquor subject was up before them for discussion the motion to repert unfavorably on the remonstrance was then put and carried by a majority vote mr maiben moved the of alie whole arisa and report carried upon the council resuming session the report of the committee of the whole was adopt edby a vote of 9 to 2 talmage and hansen voting in the negative mr maiben moved the second reading of the bill after section 3 of the bill had been read mr holdaway moved the reference back of the bill to the committee on judiciary as the bill had been drafted in a hurry and it needed changing considerably sider ably seconded by mr dunn mr talmace moved to adjourn till next monday night at 8 upon alie vote being called only four members were in favor of the adjournment mr farrer moved an adjournment till wednesday at 8 which was carried council then adjourned it being one and a half minutes past midnight |