| Show BARNES fAVORS s REPEAL OF CARD CLUB STATUTE 4 Candidate for City Commissioner Con Com iI missioner Gives A Assurance Assur- Assur I Assur-I ance ante Before League J Alleged laziness Is dealing with r 1 gambling and bootlegging In Salt Lako Lake City was un under ler discussion at ata a special meeting oC ot the Social i 4 league Friday as asIf asa a e result of ot which Arthur F F. F Barnes l If candidate t candidate andl ato for tor re election as city ij commissioner was asked If It he ho heg g would If It elected undertake strict strict- I It w er em supervision of ot the police with withy y respect to drinking and bootleg- bootleg I aspect y I ja I rs Commissioner Barnes replied to toa I t f a the query that his hands were tied Eby bY civil service Wo Vo cannot hire and fire the commissioner ex ev- I planned The commissioner In Informed Informed In- In formed the league however that hat f he would be willing to draft an ordinance repealing the present law under which card clubs are 11 Ii- fr censed r 1 LICENSED GAMBLING were made by Milton I Be and others that that- the 11 31 4 1 censed c card clubs s of the l e city Y are t I merely e gambling b l sh h houses s aC and t that licensing such clubs merely consul l- l tutt's licensing gambling When the card club U question was br brought il up hp Sheriff Benjamin e j nI Ilar- Ilar t. t rles orators o named of card a five clubs or Ss six where h alleged he d ds s said operators op- op ld convictions have been obtained yet yetI I Ie I e the clubs are still operating i That Is quite a a. list the chairman chair chair- m man said I Are t they licensed fN i b I Yes e and they are all gamblers Chair I S the thEl sheriff answered I V The commissioner said that the theL ther r L commission revokes licenses nearly nearly near ly ever every day t for gambling ll near I and n 7 bootlegging lie He Ie said that when e a license Is granted to a card club It ith i h la is with I the understanding d g that ff p there h Is t to be no gambling f To this Sheriff Harries answered oar oarrA oaro I. I while the clubs are are told d no not to o toW f W rA gamble they cannot operate profitably profit profit- I V ably unless gambling is Indulged held by the In It generally f chief of ot police pollee that It Is better tor to ta have licensed c S clubs even though thought h I t- t rl there ree Is gambling lIn so th that nth the f. f c cers TS can get Information on crooks I f t bunco amen men men- and holdups r. r i nIL CIVIL SERVICE SCORED I Mr I dont don't think so j said I Ij e Mayor C. C Clarence a l who was w present for t only r ea a few fe fel minutes I I having been asked by Mr 1 Barnes I Ito to speak said saM th that thai the ordinances ordinance i J was I passed assed five years ago on a I divided vote It being the theory theon If P that if card clubs were licensed the police pollee department would know who 1 1 the operators are where they are t j and be able to check on what they I i I were doing If It not they would be I Ii scattered c in obscure bs places ce r 1 I i The sheriff lf admitted c that t civil civilI I service was an obstacle In the the way l of handling officers Asked fiat he would do If it his deputies were I under civil service he said he would resign The civil service the sheriff sherIff sheriff sher sher- iff said has no place In a a. i department Turning to the other lea league e members members mem- mem bers the sheriff said sUddenly If It you rou would back up Mr Ir Barnes and the chief of police pollee as you have backed me the department would l j. j have better success The league appeared to be unanimous unanimous un un- In support of Alvin Ked ICed for tor city auditor He had r been indorsed at a previous special meeting |
