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Show Ijflljj lllEllllMsllX am.mh: .UIUI!. J 19 Tiik action of the Cltjr fJouucll lu i Tetollng the llctnie grantcil la the j Franklin ATeuus show-house rOla IS IH toirll liquor, has Leon declared he i ! If Judge Anlerson to ho Invalid. Ills I'll J c luloa will lo found lu another itt Si) II of this paijer. jH I ' It li losslblo that the Council, In Its 41 1 M ItiMtfl to uprn n putilla eell ami to J I I exercise Hi chartered rwstrrs to "pro- j j I 'j moto lha irorlt, Improve the Ih I It ruoral, peace, kuikI order, cotufort and ' J l convenience of the city aud the In- i R liabllanti thereof," wm little batj In In f jj Iti method of proceeding. The mistake IS I I iu made In tlm Oral lice by jrantln 13 llli the license at all, when It was very well jjl HI understood what would be Ilia conse- j 9 quenca. After tho license was Issued JJ j' anil tbo money received, lha 31 holder of Iho llconso acquired certain ill) ilghleof which hecould not lieilrprlvod J j without due iroceu of law. I n reToki q ID liu the license I lie Council aimed at IU doing tUlit, anl meant to suppress a i(j vrronif. Hi action was e proved by jlfj the ubllc, without Inquiry aa to the j jj lcjsllly of Ha mlhods,aiid tha general qljj sentiment will b one of regret thai :' lha course of lha Council baa not been Ijlljl austalntdtiyjudlclal action. !jI As to Iho posters ol the Council lu I 111 Ihla case, examination of thechartsr jj 'II thovra that It may make ordinance for fl 1 jj lb unUhment of reoiu who violate a? If tba r rovlslons and ttrine of a llcene, j Hi but tba revoking of a license laa illller- lllj tut thing. The bolder ol a license I J cobld be sued on his bond for not com lit plying with the terms. And uuder 1 III tha charier the ahow liouao jH where the liquor waa sold could I Jji closed by the revoking of Ha llcenae, jjjip under the revisions of article I'our jllj tar.S7, which glvca power to the Cily 3j Council to "Ilicnse, Ux and rettulalu tllli the krepluic of ordlnarite Ibeatrlcjl !J and other exhlbltlona, abowa, amuse- Jl; menu," etc., anl "to ttrUt aucA J j j ' dcrnM u( j.'aur." fljJI The oljretlous to the Franklin Ej I I Avenue concern haw been that com 1 (! munlcatlou was opened from tliu a . liquor depstttuent Into the ahow ds- j Li ptrlmrnt, that loud femalei wereem. I'M ploytd to dispense liquor to tha feeble jj i lu the ahow houae, that eeinMbtoxl- 1 H j !j rated prraoua w ere robbed, that exlor- Rl4 tlon waaprutlted,aud that laaclfloua 9 fjj oonductwaairoiuotedtherellofwhlcli j (I waa lu violation of the wliuancer, i j ( of morality, of good oidt r and of ub- J J 32 llo policy. And the decent vopleof Oift Ihla city looked to tho Couucll to au 93 ' fi preaa tho nulianc y In If the method adorted la not legal, a 1 rj aome other nu ana ahould be reaorted to, l If, thecontern laaUrted up again. It iff Ib U aaierted that a aull for datuagia IgJH agalnktUia city la to be commenced K K M. by the proprietor of the liquor eelllng t B lir dearlmenl ot the Avtuuu houic. We '- Ull thluk II ilouhlful lint damagea will be I SI aucafrd axalnat the city In audi raae f l? I R ljr anjr Jlct"1 Ju,7 )u ""' ""r jj ffl I h hand, there la the action that can be ) M?L taken ty the clly analnut the liquor jyj ! " aellor,llh In civil and criminal lav, for ' i I violation of the ordlnancea and the Ik wti lerma of Ida licence. h dv ni Judge Anderion'a ileclalou may bo Hut IV I ' '" "nfiniullymlth law and. a tlnct S Bl I 1 lou.lrucllou of the chartered powera I Hff 91 of the city, but publlo folloy nulre Li IB l' the niiprraaloil of auchlacca aa hla fa W detlrloucnibtuaicra, and v.u hope the IK' if Council will mite way toirocced for IS li the accomjlliliintnt of the ueceaaary nt 1 1 otject ou more aolid an 1 tenable Iff H tgrouud. |
