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Show )) Price IOC V him HiwwnnMnHMMHiUMHHHiMminiHUMHiMHHtnimMiiiUHMimMHUnHnmHiiMMinnmuHHMMMmiMimiiimmHiHBiH mumt inMiMm : i -- . M - r f? V t ' ) . i j wi m )xt ' f V.t n I . r' A . .v i. 14 rv j j A CLOSED CORPORATION v. -- ?. COMMISSIONERS Harry L. Finch and P. J. Moran have made many iends in their stand against exclusive boxing permits. Instead they are in favor of granting licenses to any and all who may wish to promote such contests. They take the view that the commission has no more right to say who shall promote a boxing contest than they have the right to say who shall run a peanut or popcorn stand. As long as any one can qualify and pay for the license the city should grant the permit, otherwise it is strictly and not constitutional. class legislation and such legislation is Many people have called this office and have voiced their displeasure in the doings of the city commission that saw fit to allow McCullough to build a fight and wrestling auditorium and then take the boxing game away from him. Since the trouble started brewing, Lieutenant Clarence E. Allen Post No. 409 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars petitioned for a license but Commissioner pehr moved that the petition be denied and it was voted down. Finch and Moran voted to give the veterans a permit and these two commissioners are to be admired for their fair stand in this matter also. The city commission represents all the people within the corporate limits of the city. It cannot be a respector of persons nor has it the legal right to issue special privileges to one person and deny a like privilege to another. Such actions if tolerated in our cities would inaugurate not only autocratic government, but would be the forerunner of graft and corruption. 'The Citizen believes that every person of good standing and who has the price of the boxing license should be given permission upon application. The commission does not stand as a body to decide whether the applicants are going to make or lose money; they were elected to render justice to all, and there is no justice in special privilege never was and never will be. Next we expect to hear that some on will be trying to run the only theatre in the city, and heaven knows that such a course could easily embrace every business in the city. Lets get away from a one man town. i un-Ameri- can jj jij I: ?l3 5 HNIHHIMMMIMIMiniMIHmNItUNIHMHMHBaMHRIIIIHIHMN'NI'IHIMINmiHIlWHINMIHIIimMMIMNIiMMMINOMHHNIINtHnilHHNHIHIIIMMINHINIHHIlimtlUiMmHItlllHIMIIini 4, . SALT LAKE CITY, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12,1929 |