, 1873-08-23
THE COUNCIL.
Aid. NIcGrntll's Little Ga1no in
Calling the Special Meet
ing Spoiled.
An Attempt to Rush Through the Sun.
day Saloon Opening 0rdi-
nance Frustrated,

nance Frustrated,
Thore was special meeting of tho Council
yesterday evening, tho Acting Mayor In the
chair. Present, Aldormon Dowon, Dixon, War.
rem, Mcdenniys, McAvoy. Sidwell, Pickering,
Tracey, schmitz, Culorton, McClowry, Cowry,
Bailey, Powoll, O'Drion, Clark, Koloo, Miner,
Sherwood, Moore, Cleveland. Qurls, lfcGrath,
Eckhardt, Stout, Alahr, Longacher, Schaffner,
Carney. Cannon, Corcoran.
FINANCIAL
Tho ndverso report Of the Finance Commlttoo
on the claim Of T. Lotz & Son, for pay for work
dono on tho west wing Of the old Court Housc,
Was takon up. It is claim which has been be-
fore tho Council and the courts for four years,
md bus boon defeated in both placos.
AID. sohafInor movod to rocomnit, in order
TINT the claimants might argue their oaeo be-
foro the Committee.
Tho motion to roconmit was agrood to-yeas,
as; nays, 6.
Tho adverse report Of the same Committee
on tho claims for damages of James Kinny WAS
conculrod in.
| SUNDAY nEEn.
The ordinance providing for allowing saloon-
keepers to soil liquor Sunday, provided thoy will
koep their front doors and windows closed, was
taken up.
| AID. McGrnth moved to waivo tho engroBs-
ment.
Aid. 11cainuess moved to postpone the whole
mattor till tho first Monday in December.
Aid. kcGrath said tho judiciary Committoo
had carefully considered tho mattor, and decided
I 1t was bettor to compel snloot,-koepora to koep
their doors and windows closed Sunday, rathor
than to allow them to bo opened in tho aftor-
noon. Ho preferred tho lattor way but Aid.
| In fa1f frsf
ordinance, mud that, II g mans doors woro shut
aud blinds down. it was nobody's buaincss what
waa going. on in tho house. AS it stood, it
seemod to him tho beat thing that could bo done,
| Home mon now kept open Sunday, whilo othars,
moro cloaeiy watched. could not sell at all. Ali
the hotels constantly sold, though thay had no
more rights than any orderly saloon. It was
time to put vt atop to that injuatiic1e. a1d to the
tho ordinance was passed, the police would hayo
time to look aftor thiayes and pickpockots.
AID. Powell moved that the ordinance origi-
nally retorred to tho Committee bo laid over ai,d
published, mud the one reported temporarily
| postponed.
AID. Sherwood was opposed to any postpone
ment, and was roady to meet tho isa,le at once.
lie could hardly realizo low any Alderman
cowardly ono, large majority, he thought,
believed tho best iutoroata Of society required
tho saloons to be closed Sunday. Others
thought closing them endangered tlloir personal
uUtEty, Auu WAlLGQ LAGIu UpG0s From Cltll0r
stand point, tho proposed ordinance was IN eva-
sion. II ho wantod boor Sunday. he would like
to go III at tho front door. Looked at from the
other silo. It ,sAs wrong, becauhSit allowed q
hurtful thing to DO carried on in sneakipg
vote for such IN ordinance.
AID. Sohaffner spoke, sustaining tho ordinance.
AID. McGonniBB Ind ut last learned tho real
object OF tho call, which was to pasa tho vio or
TINT any Alderman should advocate anything Of
tho kind. Ho wanted tho low to stand ~ 1t was,
| and the people insisted On tho enforcement OF
| tho Sunday ordinance, aud that AID. Mc0rnth
| and sohatfner thought tho Same thing in their
| hearts.
AID McAyoy said tho liquor question had cre-
| ated moro ill-fooling than any question that had
ever come up In tho city. An obsolete law huu
boon revived, striking at about tho only business
which WIS Legitimate business. There woro as
good men in TINT as any otner occupation. Tho
whole troublo waa that the authorities did not
n aasrlmate n,,eu IN gransing Gensog aud tho good
posed ordinance to DO q legitimate compromise.
It preserved the peaco, aud yet allowed OF the
| purchase Of liquor By tho workngmon, for
Whom ?1 Sunday Taa tho only day Of rooreation.
effort to stop the sale Of liquor at drug
stores and restaurants. Tho SUNDAY
law WINS not enforced. AID. AfcGonniss
had said ho knew Of but one saloon on State
knew Of forty, for ho sold them tho beer Satrr-
day, and got tho kege back Monday. Tho law
WAS farce and 4 mocLery-only Yoxation and
persecution. They had bottof pass the ordi-
nance aud Hette tho question before tho election,
Aid. McGrath denied the special meeting had
boen called to put through tho pending ordi-
nance. uo again defended tho ordinance, aud
believed d majority Of hiB constituents fa~
yored It,
Aid. 'Quirk objectod to postponen,ent, and
wanted an immediate voto.
AID. 6idwou also protested against any post
ponenlont.
Aid. powolla motion to postpone was Lost
yoaH. 8 (; nays 20.
Tho motion to poapono till December WAS not
agreed to---yeaa, II +; nays, 81.
Tho motion to waive tho ongroBBnient was lost
yeas, 15 nays, 17--aH follows !.
- ,Itas-McAyoy, Tracey, schmi.z, Cullerton, Nc
o!owry,- Ol'rIen, Keloo, Mcasah Eckhnrdt, Stout,
Mahr, LeugsehsE, achalfner, Caunon, and 0orcoran
~ mMy:-nexen. Dixon. Warren, Mcoenniss, sidwall,
Mcksrng. oiowry HatIoy POWELL Bond, Clark Miuor,
hhurwood, Moore, oloveland, Quirk, aid Carnoy-17.
motion to refer to tho Clork for engross.
mont wan lost by Il similar vote.
The ordinance WAS then placed on dlo-yeas
10 nays, IL.
Tho Council thon adjourned.