Show CITY COUNCIL OPENS SALOONS majority favor high liquor license all declare opposition to the sal wi but seek the best method of handling liquor traffic the eject d has happened and Rich held will be wet we as soon as an n ordinance can be drafted and passe I 1 that was nas the decision dec sion of the come coine I 1 last thursday night after bouts sp bant nt in deliberating the ou question estion CL i licen licence e or no license for the saloons thursday night the special order va vas as the liquor license fuestion au ou estion ond anil ever even member was present when the hour for opening armed there was no time lot loit lo it in palaver pj laver the council plunge into the question guestion at once the was no sooner opened than councilman christensen wap wag on his bis feet aith a motion that the present prohibition ordinance be not changed this was vas seconded by R D young and it I aked for a few minutes as though the question would be put without a abid oid upon either side all the members seemed to be positive e jda vie views ws and that orator would be a waste of tirre the question v mis as called for ll 11 bi mr jessen when R D young opened the ball for the dra and the fight ws on mr young said in part there lids has been much variation of opinion on the liquor quasion que sion the struggle for prohibition in richfield has not been the decide and complete success hoped for but rill all classes will agree that some lome good has resulted and sorie bone so bo rie ne degree of success su cesi attained the martial tart ial failure has been due to a lack of means to prosecute the matter richfield being the first to adopt the prohibit prohibitory ry in th recent e tant p Tm mant nt it k as g a of at aai ei irim tnt sti sit LO ca alro lroche he matter as assumed umed the different derop stages it did as assume ume ma nian maj j NN who ho were N ere opposed to prohibition at first were now in favor of it any atten attempt int to co regulate saloons ull mill meet with failure and would be a mistake if a strict regulation ordinance were passed the men who now seek licence would do in the future as they had in the past wh enver matteis have been what they considered too strict they have broken the file laws and defied the council ind and the deonly I 1 consider it would he be A reproach on the of richfield to piss an ordinance at this time to open the saloons when the application COMICS comes from the present source the tame things would come un UD agrin as had in the under strict regula tion i 1 I believe thre his bern ina im ments in the condition ot of the city since prohibition went into effect and the council ought to continue alting the lines from whence cometh improvement I 1 do not believe that a strict regulation ordinance can be framed that the saloon men v will ill obe if this ou question estion must be decided let us take the suggestion gi an in the reaper and place the matter up to the people I 1 am heartily heir tily in accord witti that suggestion before any action on so vital a matter br ba passed upon by the council councilman hansen interrupted bi asking how the speaker proposed to put this matter up to the pe peoble orile mr air young 1 I would peter p eter efer to inake it a matter for an election only the saloon men ire are asking for a change of police the are not asking for a return to the ouen saloon sa system stem mr hansen again int erupted with nith a question 34 to the matter hiving been injected inic eted into the fast it it PiLe lection tion mr ecung mr ile christen en ani were elected on the same ame ticket with nith meers lewis andies and jes continual on page 7 f CITY COUNCIL OPENS SALOONS continued fron page one sen aei ind v a were A ere ik owe d prohibition aste iste 11 mr lewis if the bm ill nia na joritz borit of the speaker WAS as not t able to his prohibition views mr air young D zide not I 1 other ag of a pr aronal onal kiture vere at ork nork to defeat me the liquor question was not considered in n the election and until the people have a chance to express themselves them belveg on this sion I 1 would favor fanor the motion that there be ro change chirite in ili the present ordinance and I 1 believe it will be better for or the city min christensen was as the next to give to his viniss he said in part 1 I 1 regard this as ri a most vital question que are lined on both aides of it I 1 realize that it tal W s time to accomplish acorn i i great reform but I 1 am convinced that much gic I 1 has been d under t tre present ent system there is not the same hoodlumism sow now tivit tint existed before minors are not uni r the eime temptations and conditions altogether are improved imp 1 I do do not befit vi the question of prohibition entered into ane last election richfield is I 1 natural na republican and that is the only thing thail that accounts for the result of the election I 1 do not believe th it the note ote given to the gentlemen who had declared declai ed for strict regulation in the primary that a matonti of the of richfield favored licensed salo ns I 1 believe that the vote was simply a recognition of v the business ability of the candidates on the republican ticket and their business ability was considered by the voters more than was nas the question of license or no license in the past the salon men have not lived up to the regulations that have been by former councils oun and there is no evidence that will vill do so in the mr air L lis kis wat wa the next member to express himself hn ile he md 1 I want to say that my greatest desire at this time is do that halh will if lie be of the L realest erea test benefit to richfield my anly observation ii is that the conditions in Rach held after the ref uil of license was naas much worse than I 1 hid h id ever seen it before the lust last cit citi election ejection it was still worse after the election the saloon men wye wre told that if the them expected an consideration for lic license enc thy my had to keep a semblance of decency and condition coll editions were nere improved from that time if license is refused now old conditions will be revived I 1 would rather see sec in an open front door to a saloon than an open back door ill ili ni opinion this que stoin wa a vital one at the last election arid and it accounts for the eleanon alei ele tion Aion of mi masef self arid and mr jessen I 1 declared as favoring license in ili preference to th the e existing conditions and I 1 expected that declaration tu to defeat me but instead lead I 1 ASS aris elected and I 1 consider ithac that had mch todo to do with my election if a strict regulation ordinance is passed by the co council ancl at this time ind and the saloon men will wil I 1 not obe it I 1 will vote for anything that any councilman will suggest that will bring brine about better conditions it pa prohibition would prohibit I 1 would gladly vote for it I 1 will nill vote for anthina an am thing that will nill improve Kich neld and in advocating license licence and strict regulations in preference to the present system I 1 believe it to be a step forward and not lot backward the conditions prevailing to gether ge ther with the ending endine of the cases which were started against the saloon men have determined me that a I 1 change to a license system will be for the betterment of the cite A K hansen hanen folloder foll fol oded loed mr air lewis and in opening he stated that th ahr wished he had the wisdom of oe a solomon in deciding what was bet belt for the city of richfield lie he as follows 1 I 1 was opposed to the prohibition mo movement ement when it nas as inaugurated by the former counsil count alter after it went ent into effect the license on oil other bu business jis bou houses ses ind and thy the tax maxs s were increase I 1 I 1 assisted as mtr as bussi ble the of the ordinance arid and when cases ot of alliet liquor sell ling were ere obtained in spite of increased license and taxes there was an air empt cit citi treasur tre 3 conditions in the cit mi mii be tetter no non than ahn they ere last ast dst cear but up until the fust first of the scar conditions as to the liquor situation were bad the request of council members to the saloon men to be decent may be responsible for the bettered condition I 1 believe that in spite bif if the re defiance of 9 doon mm and the disregard of the regulations an ordinance can be framed that will kill either make them act within the ordinance cr break him up in bu business sines one thing that ha hai disgusted me with the attempt at prohibition is the absolute indifference of the men who were bowline loudest for prohibition inese anese men have come to tire nie with a story of liquor selling announcing that it was A as going on every day and that it would be an easy thing thine to catch them at it I 1 have said to them all aou ou are lust the men we want to help us in this right fight get the evidence and either eweart badart 0 a complaint or be prepared to go into court and hilp hi lp us by bour our testimony anvari anvan abl aali they haie hae refused to do thi this and one man in particular said 1 I do that if oud joud give me aur whole d d sheep berj that is one reason why I 1 favor a change chance of methods I 1 am not in ili favor of saloons but I 1 seek the best methods of handling handline this liquor question the people hae not stood to the back of the council and aided in ili enforcing the law and men who were loud in their declarations for prohibition have been absolutely passive in the matter and would not offer aid in the he enforcement of the prohibition ordinance I 1 want ser see the to best method of handling the liquor question arid and to my mv mind it will be je better by high license icente and strict regulations andrew jessen had less to sy say than han any of the councilmen counci linen but he was emphatic in ins his opposition to the present sa system stem he said if could be made to win I 1 would favor that system ys tern I 1 belleve believe that strict regulations reg ions wound be better than the present system and would bring about the conditions wanted A high license and strict regulation would be better than present Londi condition tion of thit I 1 am sure I 1 know of six or seven even places in ili richfield where liquor I 1 is sold at present arid and a lacen licence e ordinance with strict regulations would vituld bo be hetter better than the present prohibition all the councilmen hiving having had bad a chance to express themselves it D Y young arg again took the floor and gave nent enec to a few comments 1 lenow I know that the counci councilmen I 1 men in the former council who hid opposed the prohibition ordin ordinance ince were honest in their oD opposition position arid and let it be said to their credit that the them gave all tha aid they could in enforcing it after it became a lan la in former years I 1 was a member of the city cornei council then a high license arid and strict regulations ions ordinance vis as palsied this thi i required a elfar clear view of the liar rom and was make the saloon keever run his palce as other bu business siness houses were run the rhe saloon men closed then their doors at ai d defied the council anat council was i Le ned b by the people for this the license was placed at a dear but the saloon keepers declared the strict regulations made the saloon busi ress uj unprofitable profitable they refused to remove the obstructions from their wl windows and defied the officers they declared that they stand the liei ne placed at sl 91 or more hut but with restrictions the business busi nesib would not pay A K hansen again called attention to the refusal of to aid in ili enforcing the present pres crit ordinance and he did not belinic belicke the people were behind the cresent sy system tem john added I 1 lew few words jr ir chieh atch he it seems to me mc that the i whole hole question leation lan can be summed up thus la Is it right to hae saloons lor for our boyf to attini attL ni if it is not right thin then the council hii has no right to permit ermit such places to be established even though the citizens should refuse to help enforce the ordinance if f the establishment of chest the places is wrong the council bib b ib no right to grant the privilege even eve if catiz citizens ns have not as assisted bisted I 1 believe the ma blonti borit in ili this city citi would oppose tire gr glinting inting of a license ihl question iu estion vis ia cilla for b one or tile the members but the others insisted that the mavor be alard from on the matter maor major christean Christe Chri Tn n demurred at first but ji liall s nd kid thit that as the others were being plied on record on this matter tit hl mient just as well mike his position n oln lie he said ahe question before us is odeol on of great importance import anc and one of the hardt harde it for me to settle in ra own mind it would aptecar app taras as though we were going baLk backward yard instead of im fork forward sard to grant license at this time I 1 have listened to the craige here of conditions being worse now than lefure lefore and of stories of drink enness after prohibition went into effect but I 1 am not convincer that such N was as the case when mien the matter came ill up in the last council it was vas decided rather eastly and not enough consideration was given to it in fact prohibition was established before the city was quite prepared prepare ii for it in drafting the ordinance it was found that a revision 0 of ordinances the ordin inces was after the refusal to arant license the cit citi was practically all without a liquor ordinance for three months and the city had no power to check the illicit sale of liquor As soon as the ordinance become effective cordi eions were better when the election occurred the citizens understood that the holdover councilman was in favor avor of strict regulation arid and license rhe citizens understood that with the election of two license and rel regulation ru lation councilmen a maio majority rity would be secured to pass pan i i license measure and that may flak hae e been what NN was as a amed med at atter after election conditi conditions uns as to the sile of liquor were much worse then ca baes cs were secured against the saloon men and when ithe the court ruled in ill favor faor of the cal eit conditions again changed arid and that for the better this may have been brought about by councilmen or others giong to the saloon men cin an telline them to act dec decently fitly of thea the v an anted teda an const dera tion 1 I do not believe that the young people have access to places where hobor is sold as much as formerly lor merly an conditions generally are better than formerly formell for merl if there are drunks on the street now they should liquid be put in lail all the people from towns near rich hel all declare that conditions in this city are better in that their bos and men do not get liams d aas easily as they could formerly As to a business man declaring that empty beer bottles were found on oil the streets the morning after the salt lake commercial club had been here I 1 want to say that I 1 was among the visitors up until flip time of them leaving here and I 1 saw no evidence of any such drinking 1 I dm am with the aneil i in this matter if a majority maio rity thinks that a license ordinance is best I 1 will do ih mi best besl to enforce it personally I 1 favor prohibition if things run loose under the proposed license ordin ance then some other tri method ethod will have to be adopted if the ordin ordinance ince is 13 changed I 1 will do all in ili my mi power to enforce the new ordinance fhe conditions condition here could be materially improved imo roved if the citizens would assist and this is especially true of the prohibition element citizens have fj bren br en ery cry aicer to make 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