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The Now Close At 9

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Parent Issue
Day
19
Month
March
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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Two matters of great importanoe came up for discussion and settlemont at the counoil meeting Monday, narnely the ordinanoe to allow the saloonkeep ers to open their doors at 6 a. m. and close them at 10 p. m. standard time, and the qnestiou as to whether the Fourth ward sewer shonld be constructed. It was plain to even the most ordinary observer that a determined effort had been pat fortb by the opponents of both measures to defeat them and that the chances were their efforts would be sucoessful. The after resnlts showed Iiow well the work had been done and the ordinance and resolntion both of them went down in defeat. All the aldermen except Aid. Coon were in their places when President Hiscock oalled the council to order. When the qnestion of passing the saloon ordiuance as drafted oame np for discussion, Aid. Moure offered an amendment to it that the time of opening the saloons be 7 a. m. and of closing at 9 p. m. standard time. Aid. Brown in speaking against the amendment said that if the amendment carried it wonld be a bad movement. "These business men," he said, "occupy mauy places, pay rent and taxes, and pay tbeir debts. They ought to have juft rights so long a3 this business is recognized by our government and ought not to be subjected to hardships. To open at 7, which means 7 :30 local time, does not give them time to clean up and air out thair places. The liquor dealers pay much into our city treasury Eor the privilege of doing business. The state law expressly states that cities may pass ordinances to close the saloons between 9 and 11 p. m. This early honr is intended for villages, where tbere is np organized po)'-;e force, and the law-makers ilid not mean that 9 o'clook was the proper time any more than 11 o'clock. " .,■ Aid. Maynard in speaking iu favor of the amendment said the saloon business was uot like the grocery business. It was during the last hour at nigbt when the saloons were open that the most damage, the most violence and the most shooting was done. Aid. Grossman spoke in favor of the saloon men and told of ona local option town of 0,000 inhabitants wbere he had seen more drunks than he had ever seen iu this city. There were 14 drug stores in that town. He claimed that if the saloons were olosed at 7 p. m. there would be jast as many drunken meu ; they wonld only start at it earJier. Aid Brown again spoke in favor of the passage of toe ordinance. He said he opposed it because it would burdea the city with expensss. Now the coanty bore part of them. When he was oounty olerk he learned tbat in eight yeais the expense of proseoution was twioe as muoh as the fines amounted to, and it wonld be likewise in this city under the ordinance. The vote being taken on the aruendment it stood as follows: Yeas - Aid. Maynard, Moore, Dell, Sbadford, Bhodes, Soule, Cady, Danforth- 8. Nays- Aid. Kooh, Grossman, Lanbengayer, Burke, Brown, and President Hisoook - 6. On the final vote to pass the ordinance as amended, Aid. JRhodes changed bis vote to"nay" and the connoil stood a tie. The ordinance did not pass and the state law is thus operative in the city. Aid. Maynard offered a resolntion to have the city clerk notify the mayor of the action of the conncil before 9 a. m. the next day. Aid. Brown thonght such au actiou wonld be insalting and moved to lay the qnestion on the table which was carried. The ruayor's veto of the council's action in the fonrth ward lateral sewer matter then carne np in whioh he gave as the reason for bis veto that a majority of the property owners were against sewerage, but he recommended that a different plan be followed so tbat certain portions could be sewered. The mayor's veto was snstained by the following vote : Por the veto - Aid. Maynard, Moore, Laubengayer, Sbaiford, Soule, Bhodes, Cady, Danforth, President Hiscock; agaiust it - Aid. Kocb, Grossman, Dell, Bnrke, Brown - 5. City Clerk Mills read a petitiou in which 213 residents were against sewerage to 85 for it. Aid. Burke said the petition was not a fair one, the man who took it around was prejudiced against the sewer. He had 31 more names for the sewer on one he had. A oommnnioation fioni the board of public works also recommended that the sewer be bnilt. Monday, April 5, is the date of the city election.

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