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Show ' fjj , TIlC Uql'llRTRirilC CAS HE II ' HKMIIAIM.I-. S I TUB flitrrcmeCouttoMli Territory I 1(1 ' hw mJ a yery Important decision lu iff , Mm llipior llcno ns. H Mleiidt IJlR much further than tlio mere qiii-illon IE ofnllowhK IntozlrauU to l-oold ln ' ' ' IrtilMlnj where a Tarlily lhelro In lu IB full LUoU It cmbracs th goncral n I ir of tho city (comnmont ow W& tlio liquor (rmitlo. W bIIt tlio great W riitw of tlin oi)e of thin city Vffl dortwd tlio action of tho majority of the ISJ, City Council In refining th llronw to JAi, lliTflrtyhowoplo. Tbo prtUnc (tfiit (hnt It wa wnnlfj for a wrat firm, IH who were to Mil liquor In tlio Us- menioMh building and not In tho lit theatre Ihwlf, w too Irampirrnt to Ml docilro tho public Th vtII of tucli Hit riUcrnwouMlioaiKriiralel t'tifotd Ly HaV association with Iba liquor tralllr. jB-Ji ltulscnllnivnt lon thing anil law Bv 1 another, anil rery often a illllrre-nt W thing. We scarcely thluk that all the II I? , meuilr ol tho Council who roled for 1; 1, i tho llctnsawcrnln fairurof th lmt I . j no llwlf. Hut they litllovnl that tho i j " olty had no power lo refut lhIlum III' naked for ami itrant llcenwn for Ihu I , aarns purpom to o'Jicr peraoii anil jt pl-tcc.' And It wa till qunllon that il rai at lu and which oreiily WW dlrlded tho members nnil maJo It Id ncceistry for tho Mayor to giro tho Hal ovtluj roto. It will itand to hli IR j) credit that ho woti tho ahloof law "CI 3 ! and order and publlo morality. In The Court rule, with but onodlc -SHnl unllont out of four Jutllcet, that tho HOi City Council "po" tho lower to Hni'i IIcohk, regulate, end tax tho liquor Li) business, and that la tho us of audi SJfT.' authority It may ncrolii a reatonabt 9M1 discretion In determining who ara HJl'lUL lultahlo eron to entnut the builnma U' to, tlui place whera It may bocoU H i'. ductal and tho number of llcomea It DJi, may Ihuo." Thla It power enough to BSjl rntrlct a liuilneu that throughout tho HW V t rlrllliod world ! reuoKtilSftl at on Bh 'JT tht ,houl ' ,K '",J wl"'ln "''a'11 flraSV " llmlta, Tho Council noJ no longer bo Ml ,V undor any doubt or apprehentlon aalo Bil C rxcecillnz IU authority In delermln- jBt Ingwho miy or tiny not rw-elio a BJH6 Vt llmiM to oll IntoalcanUor when or BBn ' lA where not It uny Iw wild. BMQ W . -, OfcoureijthU worluut not bo ri BU, Ur rcld lii iii arbitrary 'wy ot" wljh BlilNff 'r.riYrCcli4 of 'faVorltltm. A general BVS'iyk prlnclplo mini govern ami tho au HSfjVj tbiiitty mu'.l ! nvvl rationally and HHc t ' for.thopublloUniDt, ( I Hi' r3ii.inyjod1nrijUlKo jflHX Vh farorcnlro prohibition of ll'io 'liquor' BVH He tralllo. Thotr argument may lo auuml BHB 'UJ In theory, but they nro not appllcablo VMSj j to audi riltee an thU In practice. In BVBj, I Uio Out plu-v, Uie city charter uonfere WflBli I 'no powore of prohibition upon tho BAVI j ( CounoiL That aetllee tho ipWlon fc thuifar. Tho liquor builnrea cannot j, j j- tlegat1yiupprmlln thla city lx- Hjll I, rauw the munlclnl authorlllri 8m V Uavo no puwora vtrrpt llioee (wm ( ronferrt-lbythorharUr. Jlut If IhU iB i li power wr luoludeil In their functloni HBJ Li tho city father, would hau a hard HBJ jl time In attviiiptlug to enforce a pro- HBM J lilbltory ordinanco. It could notbv HH9 ilounlil amliol npuUtlon llau that WW .; which nuw rialdea here. IHMHl It U uhIom, then, to dlicuia the HnHT I theory of prohibition aa applied to Halt BlB 1 IdkoClty, The only thing to do It to HHBl r favor a full enforcement of tho onll PSIl lu lianrva regulating tho trafflc. Thlt 9 thould Lo els.lM of tho city authorl. ft tli. They can not only ketp aaloone JL rlowdou Hundayt and aeo Ihatthoy V arocouducteil when oien In an ordeily uM manner, but they can refdeo llcvnK WjBW!, ', to Ituprojier lerwna and Impropor eVaWj bIIP ptactn, and limit tho locality and tho SewSi W uuinlwr of iilaceawheru the tralllo nior WB' I i bo carrleil on. nHt K Allllil la ably aet forth In tho Opln. HI ill loud the Court and fortified by num. KS ' I croua aulhorltlm. City Attorney Mer. gyJBi ifi rltt did good work In taklug eoitrong Bftl a ttand In favor of tho light, and It la Sv gratifying to i that ho we aianund M(tt M ofthtilniortantmitlou, W&., V ' Chief Juitlcotuo haa alwaj ttood Ktf 'H firm for tho Uwful power of tho city Im'0 m government In relation to tho liquor ' 'f IU qiiMtlon, and hla dechlont, both In VJt?', II "'" I'W'I't Court and Supremo Court, , i'SS 'vA havoleinalrong borrlir agalmttha ' ' W l M ' Imtiniperanio and dlaorder ' && II that IhtraUned to ni away all civic ftjff Jl rritralnt. Wvarr gladthatao maiiyuf J ,xijr the JuJiittaroln accord with him. TO ' m' l'or the aaku of tho good name of tho Jh1i1I City, and In w of tho gnat im- -IS 1 111'. pmdenince of public eeutlmeut, It I. 'MlftlJlir hol thlt tho City Couuill will uh ; jBTw-InTBI not only the or but Iho dLcrellon fUlm'jm wblchlll.nowjujlclallydiclded that ?99 MJf H tiody iirawMr and that tho tr.ult will $r5texuiBT " letilralntoutrafflolliat ha "'ifllilBeV V " niuthaUiiedand ltriilugliilu ' "'rlfeff a great and crying rll |