Show THE WHISKY FIGHT If anything ovn be done to put a stopto thVwar that lately sprang up and fa6tUl beitj pioecuted by the siloonkecpera on one aide and the municipal authorities on the other that thing 0 Jd be done and as eoon 19 possible Matters are last drifting from bad to worse Where the matter will cn3 can only bo surmised but tnis may be foretold with something like certainty that the city the p whiaky dealeji nor the cause of temperance tem-perance will derive benefit from the courao uowb9rng pursued Having a judTcial i deciiTou in their favor some of tolSaitoon men have refused to take out licenses under the present ordinance It is but natural to pre tune that others will iollow their 1 course when their licensed expire Another class firmly counting upon a judicial decision in their favor as to the provisions of the ordinance in regard to cljaing are keeping their salonis open at tin I air fut hours defying tbe law and municipal muni-cipal authority anJ with a daring that 13 i II 1iireckiei11huy I i have no assurance teat they will be su3 muetl by the higher court are inviting pen ahiee monetary and corporeal that navt t migbtTuTn them fiiisacfaliv i and e > daily The public 15 i the eufldrer from this conditiou of affair Already there is i a falling ofl in the city revenue from the liquo traffic and uulesiomo arrange ment bq rai detbe loi to the municipal treasury ffill soon br plainly mirked Toe temperance cause may have suffered nothing fromtKrfcouflict Jet it certainly bas gaifnotflhi i from it and Is liaMe to be aSectedlEjuriGUsly i tboJgh ifon war So far tho saloon Keepers hava bMn lFGrs Their defiance of the lawhaa cost thEm lawyers fees and court expense aud they have gained nothing uule3 they pnz3 thoatuling of Gniei Jnjtics Hunter which declared the licence rae too high and which if sustained and acted upon would hurt the rssppctahle saloonkeeper and the well conducted hqaorjjrjitfio quite sejiomly Anyone Any-one who will take the trouble to redact re-dact a moment au t co icuda that no gJ IJUjRny l jjerspn irtT it ba the lawyers = can iposaibly > nmt I Irohl1O continuance qt I the conflict while much evil ia lable to grow out of it The diapuVe s ti tbp kfigality ol tho ordinancehontdDB Settled as son as possible in order that equalityand justice to all may be done If tbe City COaIIIa its efbri to restrain tba liquor traffic and sutisiy toe de mandd4 J r tho community baa exceeded ex-ceeded its authority cannot the competent tribunal ba induced to oa yJrdcoide against the Council and tbe public It the whisky seller is above the law oght we all not to be so informed In that c caeffieopla erlp g3d in otliei business iSigGt deaire to ugage in the rum traffic in order to e = cpll tna penalties which a violation of municipal muni-cipal ordinances involves Again some of the saloonkeepers do not want the law changed but it id i not to be expected that they will obey it il others are to profit disregarding it Forjtho good of all let a case be taken into i court as soon as possible and the questions dispute determined that the municipality and the saloon men may know tneir rights and duties in the premises If the ordi nance is not proper it can be and should be replaced by one that is proper In the meantime while the law Etands t on tbe books the city has but one duty to perform in connection connec-tion with it namely To enforce tbe ordinance by all the power at its command iC BsaloDnkeeper vio latea theja J pday punish bm and repeat itto aorrow and next day if ho conTinu in his violations Until i the nancahaaJbeen declare3 void by Smfetet 7 authority and it might aa well Be asia here that the 4 whiskydealer is not competent authority au-thority it is law for the saloonkeeper saloon-keeper the police and everybody within the bounds of the corporation andfBeoHener it is broken or the mr determined are ita opponents the greater should be the efforts ol the fficerso J faithfully enforce it aa |