Show has gotten the council in a maddle WANT TO A LICENSE in Opp to public wish but not say yes or so kroyos nhip ot state haa baba sailing in waters january ast 1st of this ayar baat waat with the breaker and rocks it has found in its course in the way of appointive aly officers it haa made no headway at ell bcd in dodging these obstructions it has run ap against a veritable mountain mount aiu and at the riling beema to be aih and dry on a lock of obstinacy with the bavei of public indignation lashing furiously nil about and all around it into which itt crew seems afraid to it the trouble this time is whisky the question of lic ensine faloona located within feet ol 01 the mormon meeting bouse contrary to law particularly to granting ft license to wilson A to conduct their huei nesa in the old duarins house on centre street that building ia less than feet distant from the meeting bouse and in addition hai been condemned by aughty petitions and from indignant citizens citi and the press and the pulpit have added their denunciations bince and censured soona and any and all citizens who will con niva to license to any person or to run a saloon in that build bax tha majority of the council in the face of all this hold to the aland that they have no right to legislate against brick and mortar they eay they have been thrones the building from cellar to garret and have foaud no secret hallways hall waya 01 rooms where ich moral and illicit business or conduct of any kind can be carried on out of sight and reach of alert officers they say also that they have thoroughly investigated the matter and have satisfied beyond question of a doubt that S M guggina will in no way ba connected with the business of malars aileon on the contrary the property la owned by mrs and the rentals will go to her with which to pay tabea on the proper tv and support herself and children they argue further that wilson fc have for miny years conducted a in the city and always have conducted their business well and entirely within the law and ordinances and police regulations to deprive them now of the privilege of conducting their busi nessin view of tha fact that their lease on the building they are now in expired on april lafa and they are deai roua of getting a better aland would be neither just nor fair but tha majority of the council are squirming under the censure the ia juat now bestowing upon them and literally dare not act upon their convictions As to the teet proposition the majority do not consider that for they bold that the mormon meeting hauae used only now for priesthood and quorum meeting is not a church within the mean ingot the si atutoa and that anyway the distance ia not to bs measured on an airline but around by way of the sidewalks the coarse orope take in going to church in further argument on this branch of the question they a eert that if license ia on this ground the council will to rebind the licenses of abo smoot drug company the eureka saloon and the excelsior pharmacy all of which are located within deec of the meeting house and this would mean mora of job than they care to tackle it will be remembered that at last meeting wilson aurB petition was referred to the boint finance and license to Newell Beebe martin and lewie and tanner who was added to the committee in effect a special committee of seven men out of a body of ten and men met and although six of them were of one mind conr of them majority could not gat no backbone enough to their jamea to a re port tanner wag one of thesa four and he WAS not present at last meats session perhaps be ought not to be included of coovaa fired in his report which waa against granting on the ground first that the location is within feet of a charca because of the mighty remonstrance of the citizens the place bat cf course hs report was not adopted newell and goddard attached their jamea to a report one weeks further time and recommending that masa meetings in all the wards be called in order that the council mar get an expression from the people as to whether or no license shall be granted chii report was not adopted the other fellows sat num and finally the whole subject matter was referred back again to the large committee of seven men instructions from the chair to report at next meeting of the council this action did well on the consciences of a few ani beebe came to their rescue and called for an informal recess of fifteen mia atea during which the councilman confabbed conf abbed with each othar and with the mayor who was present also with W af wilson and bis legal representative E A wedgwood who were also present after reconvening baebe moved that tho action be reconsidered abis motion was lost beebe martin smart and goddard voted aye newell beesley and lawis voted no a tie president farrer voted with the last named and declared the motion lost and there it all ended one week ago a license to wholesale liquors was granted K 0 manager for the pioneer family liquor store in the building next door west of the singleton clothing store this ia not feet distant from the methodist church and mr Kirkwood did not start up business he petitioned the council last night for tha vilaire of conduct in his the building recently vacated by R A barney two doors west of the house the kioa was chanted over the protest of wha wanted it referred to ascertain if this burldine buil dine is feet away from the mormon martinc mae donao marshal sharp sard he had stepped the distance ana found it 95 alepa or feet kirkwood protested that the building ia feet distant from the meeting house A half hours work by tha cita surveyor would have given tha council the measurement aad tha measurement would have been aurben tic permission to transfer one fourth lot to 8 J jonea was craned cochrac Coch raa hatton and alliott again asked to be appointed policemen petition referred to committee on police and city prison with instructions to ie thereon at next meeting of abo council were received from for march and from pound keep er cownover for the quarter beesley from the committee on irrigation reco mended that tha er be instructed to make a better job of the ditch in front of J B and thal a plow ba bought for the irrigation department adopted martn the committee on claims recommended payment of skelton gos claim of 24 for dockets etc and of 0 H berga claim of M for bury ing child of nels and that the recorder be instructed to bill the brunty for half of last named claim adopted olaida in total amount of including for council attendance and 20 for committee work by tha for quarter just passed wore allowed the claim ot J va N for last months salary and of silas allred for 16 labor done in march were rf mr White coSton proposed a plan of settlement of the difficulty between him and the council viz to take the mat ter before the district court on an agreed statement of the facts and let the amiga render a luline both eidee to abide by that ruline udder the circumstances the council having so persistently refused to confirm his ap ha would not continue on in the offida that he feel 1 himself liable on hia bonds given on hia appointment under the previous oua administration for the performance of the duties of hia pending the appointment continuation and qualification of his successor and he is dp sirons of a courts ruling on thiis question no action wai bakon by the council on air White cottons suggestion |