, 1873-11-26


Kircllofr and Eckhartlt, III to tho powor Of tho
Common Council, without tho conaent Of tic
stato. to repeal that part Of tho llccllso law
which mikes It condition Of the llconao to soil
liquor TINT tho anloen alall DO closed Oh Sum-
day. Tho power Of Tho Common Council in the
promises Ia ample. The city charter proyidop
TINT tho Common Council shall hayo powor-
IN regulate tho selling Or giving away Of my ardent
spirsa, by any ahopicopcr, tratcr grocer, to ho
drunk In aty nhop, store. grocory out-houac, yar
garden, or other placo III tho cty.
10 forbid tho selling or giving away Of arcnt spir
ita or other ntoxlcaslng liquors 10 any child anpre
ttcc, or servan without the consent Of B or her a-
rent. guardian, mustcr, or mistress.
10 lcenae, regulate, mud restrain tavcrn.keorcrs,
groccra, aud kcercra Of ortnaros vlctunling, or
other houses or ptacoa for tho selling giving away
Of wines other liquors, whether ardent, ylnous, or
formontcl.
Tile power mud control Of tho Common Coun-
Gil over this subject is complete. Acting undor
that power, 1t has In Hovoral iustanccn and in
sovoral ordinances prohibited tlo sale Of liquor,
ctc., and The kooping open Of tho saloons Oh
Sunday. It haa mado Sunday -oloB(ng ono Of tho
conditions Of the license itaelf. All thcso ordi-
nnncos having boen enacted by tho Common
Council, that bpdy mny as readily repeal
thom MI.
Thoro being, therefore, no room for contro-
vorsy aB to tho power Of the Common Council to
repeal tho Sunday clause in tho licougo law and
tho other Sunday proldbittonH' 1t is pertinent
question why tho Common Council should not
do 30. If tharo was one thing moro distinctly
at iBBue than another in tho lato election, 1t was
tho Sunday ordinance. That Issue waB Distinct
ly made months boforo tho election; 1t was
thoroughly uudorstood by all yotors, and every
lnau WHO went to tho polls or staid away on oleo-
tion day knew that the ono ticket repro.
uentcd tho Sunday laws mud tho othor tho
abolition of auch laws. Every man elootca to
tho Common Council was elected on that isBue.
Tho people elected the anti-sunday Inv ticket
by majority Of moro than 10000. There eau
be no doubt Of tho popular will as expressed at
tho polls. Why, thou, should not tho City Coun-
Gil carry out the popular demand2 What reason
can they give for not doing 80? We trust TINT
thoro is no intention to resort to tho cow
ardly and dcmoralizing policy Of lctting tho OBJ
jectionablo law stand on the book without en-
forcing it. That policy is Of all oshora tho most
dcspicablo aud unworthy. It is disgraco-
full to the city, and involves q per
eistcnt disregard Of official obligations and
oathu. Mayor Colvin must, upon his oath,
execute the Sunday low as vigorously as Mayor
Moaill, Mayor Bond, or any other Mayor. Tho
polce will be under the aamo obligations to
arrest, and tue coutts to flno aud imprison, aud
be not repealed, no will havo the old controversy
all over again, ind made perpetual. The refusal
Of tile Mayor to enforce tho law will rondor linn
liable to impeachment, aud that its enforcement
will 10 domaudod thero Is no doubt. The Com
mon Council cannot shirk this question, nor
throw tho responsibility on the Mayor. Tho
Council was elected to repeal those lawe and
they should tako tile responsibility.
The opening Of tho saloons on Sunday by no
means involves the countonanciny of disorder
II tho public pence and ordor can 10 maintained
in the Balloons eix days and nights in tho week,
they can bo maintained on soyon days
equally we'll. It waa tho declared purpose Of the
Peoples Purity to suppress the disorderly placcs
entirely, and to leaso tho orderly and wc1l-con-
Quoted ones FREQ from Sunday molestaton.
Now lot tho1n do. it. They will not End tho sup
portets Of Mayor Bond in tho rocont election
whimpering at any honest, nnnly courso thoy
Eaay tako. But II they come short OF thoir plat
form; II thoy proclaim themselves III favor of
tho Sunday ordinance hut opposed to its cn-
forceruont, they will win respect from nobody,
and breed row in their own CAMP which will
trouble thonl hereafter.