Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-07-27

HIS HONoR, MAYOR KING, thinking that we
were NOT quite fair in our allusion to the late
action of the Council upon the ordinance re-
sraining saloons, called our attention TO the
fact, that the present ordinance is u decided
advance upon the Old one, notwithstanding il
extended the time from 0 to halfpast 10. The
provisions of the new ordinance forbidding
driasihg, after the limited time is ref IRE l.
to aS decided improvement upon the old
one, as under that, the liquor was, i'm some
cases, bought before nine o'clock, and the
drinking not being forbidden, it was drank
any time afterwards. The Sunday provision
is also cited as very important one. The
old ordinance contained nothing that protect.
ed the sacredness of the Sabbath. In these
respects we are not disposed to question the
positions of the Mayor. They are both i'm
provemcnts OF the old one. But il was not the
object of the article IN the Telegraph, to com.
pare the relative merits of the two ordinances
SO much, MS 10 criticise the apparent want of
tone upon the subject of regulation and re-
straint Notwithstanding the rckety charac-
ter of the old ordinance, and its want of strin.
gency, the Marshals reported to the Council
that the saloon keepers agreed to accept the
situation and abide by its requirements It's
defeat arose, not so much from its Incomplete
ness, as from the indisposition and lack of re-
spect for, and observance OF its provision by
some OF the council themselves. The same
support of that ordinance which will be nee
ssary TO enforce the present, would, perhaps,
with an occasional evasion, such as has been
lfit tod ,oI tl,nt o; az,
except as to Sunday traffic, which has not 0c-
CURED, so far as we have heard, except with
the Vanderberg saloon, which is of recent
| date. The old Board and officers did not care
for obedience to that ordinance, they rather
consulted their accommodation, and did not
want the closing at nine. Now, with the
time extended for measuring mans capacity
| for swilling down beer, ii remains to be seen
whether the present council will be any more
earnest in requiring obedience to its provis-
ions. That there are members of the Board
that would exert themselves toward this end,
cannot be denied; but have the majority the
virtue to do it, is the question? The extern
sion of the time is, in itself, an evidence OF
laXity and yielding to the saloon interests, and
this is the very spirit that has made the whole
thing nulty. The position OF the Telegraph
was that there WIS II want of tone in the char
acter of. our village lawmakers. II after hay
ing fixed the limit where the present ordinance
putsit, and giving every one ample time to
get rs drunk as major, removing nearly all
the objection TO such an acl, the council shal
stand straight up in their shoes, and insist up
on strict obedience TO the ordinance, the re
spcct that should attach TO the Office o
councilman, which has been heretofore so el
fectually sunk, will, measurahly, at least, b
recovered, and the people will be pleased L
see such evidences Of constancy and steadi
ness What is wanted in our village counci
is virtue, TO construct wholesome laws, bu
whether we have this to the ,iul extent, or not
we certainly have right to expect consisten
cy and steudiness OF purpose. Having passed
an ordinance, one that SO vitality concerns thu
pecuniary and moral interest of the public a
the present ordinance, let us see it lived up Il
and enforced, d criticism ON this point, at leUsl
disarmed. Thus much has been said somewha
in advance. We trust that all that is asked vii
be yielded, and that the present council wil
show themselves worthy Of the trust repose
in them, ready to see the wants of their con
stItuency, and earnest for the enforcement @
every wholesome measure of their adoption
/
a REPUBLICAN ELEcToRs will not forget tn
meeting ON Saturday evening, ~, in the seV
eral townships Of this county, for the appoint
ment OF delegates to Congressional Conver
ton 10 be holden at Warren, on Wednesda,
the 3lst day OF July. BY the basis of repr,
: senlation, each town is entitled to onesdel,
!, gate, and Ashtabula, Conneaut, Geneva Jeffel
(, son and Kingsyille, each an additional one ft