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Show KEELER THE MAN. Defeated at the Polls But ne Gets There. CAN'T STOP GAMBLING. Th Marshal A.bs for the cHelp of The Ciiizena Busineaa Transacted Lait Etreninir by OurCity Solons Billa AllowedSome Al-lowedSome Referred. Business wae transacted by the city I council lust eyen in as lollows: PETITIONS. By the R. G. V. askinj? that J G. Crompton be appointed special policeman police-man without salary, vice John Snyder. Granted. By C. E. Loose asking for the establishment estab-lishment of a permanent grade between Fifth and Sixth streets on M and N i,V streets and for the removal of a certain" hih ditch. The surveyor was in- ,1 structed to give the grade of the street and consideration of the matter of re moving the embankment was indefinitely indefi-nitely postponed. By John C. J. GlenGeld asking removal re-moval of coal shed and ties from First street in front of his property. Re f erred. By David Meldrum asking for abatement abate-ment of dog tax. Tabled without considering con-sidering the reasons offered in the petition pe-tition which are that Mr. Meldrum gets no poiice protection from Rtock and ia obliged therefore to keep a dog. ltXPOKTS OF COMMITTEES. Authorising the puic lase of pressure pres-sure gu.-ige for waterworks. Adopted. Recommending the payment ui $13.50 for cleaning settling basins. Adopted. Uecomraonding that certain parts of the east drain be cleaned at expense of city. Adopted. Recommending the transmission of Conkling's license to Daniels. Auopted. Recommending the purchase of certain cer-tain piece of ground on Ninth street from V. L. llalliday for $20.00. Adopted. TO BORROW MONET. A resolution authorizing the mayor to borrow $2,C3U for eight months was adopted. Tne money can be had for one per cent, psr month provided the councilmen, as individuals, will sip the note. The money will be used to Eay interest cupons on waterworks onds.1 KEELER TIIE MAN. Simnx nominated Jos. B. Keeler as councillor vice. Ben R. Eidredue. There were several Beconds to this nomination. . ' McEwan nominated James E. Snow. Hallftday seconded. There were no other nominations. McEwan referred to Mr. Snow's I familiarity with the wants and needs of the people of the Filth ward. Also said that at the late election the majority ma-jority of the people of the ward spoke in favor of Mr. Snow as against Mr. Keeler, bv casting more votes for Snow than for Keeler. Mr. Snow was the people's next choice after Eldredge. McEwan wasted his wind and Irs logic, as he well knew he was doing. Brereton, Knudsen, Ward, Halladay, Ross and Simmons voted lor Keeler. McEwan alone stood up for Snow. A SERIOUS "MATTER. McEwan, first explaining that he was nut making any charges against anv officer, called attention to the fact th.it Ijt weeks pasted it has been very common street talk that there is a gambling bouse running full blast, and almost openly in Frovo, and that to him serious charges had been made against certain city officers, particularly particu-larly the marshal, to the effect that a secret understanding exists between the proprietors of the gambling house and the officials that U'e house shad be allowed tj run unmolested, the proprietors pro-prietors to be arrested quietly, just often of-ten enough that the fine imposed will amount to what a license would amount to. Councilor McEwan wanted authoritative information that this understanding un-derstanding does or does not exist As things are at present he is ashamed not to be able to refute the charges If it does not exists, as he believed it does not, he wanted the officers and the council to go on record and publicly to that eifect, and he would not onlv do all in his power as a citizen and as an oilicial to abate the evil and rid the town of the disgrace, but he would see to it of Mr. Knight's accusers on this score ceased making their accusatives or tnat they faced Mr, Knight himself with them and proved them. Simmons was on his feet almost before be-fore McEwan was seated, and he defended de-fended the marshal saying that Mr. ! Knight was the most efficient marshal j Provo has eyer had. If gambling is going on in the citv, there are other violations of ordinances. It is impos sible to purify a city in a moment. He himself had Bold liquor in earlier days, when ,theie was an ordinance in the books prohibiting Its sale. Men will sometimes do wrong and take chances of punishment, but this does not signify that honorable officers are nelping to violate law. Other councilors spoke, and Marshal Knight expressed himself that he had always tried to enforce every ordinance. When he first came into office he was informed by many that whisky was being sold to minors by certain ealoon men, that druggists were felling whisky without a license. lie had tried to stop this, but had found that it takep more evidence to coiyict a man of these offenses than it takes to convict con-vict a man of murder. He belieyts that gambling is goinjj on, in fact be has been told so, but he cannot find anybody who actually knows of it, and will testify to the same in court. 'There are no strings on me," said Mr. Knight, "and all I ask ia the help of the citizens and tax-payers, and I will do all in my power to enforce all of the ordinances ot Provo city." McEwan '"Have you at any time made any overtures to these parties, or haye you any undere an ling with them that they phall continue their gambling for any length of time without being molested in any wav by you or thOBe under you?" Knight "I have never made any overtures or any promises to any one, only that it I catch them violating anv ii dmance of the city I will prosecute them." McEwan 4 I desire to eay, now that Mr. Knight has spuken frankly and denied de-nied the charges, that I believe him, and that hereafter he will find no warmer fiiend nor no better aid in enforcing en-forcing the ordinances of this city than I will be to him myself." And so the matter rested. CLAIMS ALLOWED. Joe E. Daniel3, recorder $ 2 00 Witness fees, city case 12 00 V. O. Norrell, services in Pike case 1 70 C. C. Glazier, hardware 1 60 Telephone Beryices 15 00 Enquirer, advertising 13 estrays. 5 20 Enquirer, book for watermaster 14 50 Enquirer, dog tax collector's certificates cer-tificates 2 75 J. D. Dixon, stamps 6 00 A claim for $12 25 for 2,500 letter heads, also $4.00 for 500 envelopes, and $ 10.75 for other printing presented by the Enquirer was referred; also a claim by A, ,. Ford of $20.00 for casket and bu ialof Harvey Ewing. The substitute bill fixing the new boundaries of the five municipal wards passed three readings and now awaits tne approval of the mayor. Council adjourned till May 7th. |
