Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-06

| under the cover of n lager beer license.
| To compel one hundred men who are making
| bare living for themselves and families by
| retailing u little beer il connection with small
groceries to quit their business OF pay penal
| ~ of 565 u year because u half u d"zen scoun
drels have eluded the vigilance of the police
and sold whisky under cover of the beer Ii
cense, is an in ustic, and m absurdity. 1t il
| furnishing the Innocent for the remissnes'
! of the officers Of the law in failing to punish
| the guilty.
| Third-This change is in the interest of the
| rich and to the disadvantage of the poor. II
| tends to make the liquor business more lucra.
| tive and to deprive the poorer classes of the
| moderate profits they have realized when there
was much competition. 1t practically says nc
man shall deal in beer or ale unless he has 500
| raody cash in his pocket.
Ard it places heavier burden OF taxation
to support the city government upon one OF
| the most respectable and law abiding classes OF
| our citizens, tn whom be.r and ale arc ss harm
! less and rs necessary articles of diet as IL tea
to class Of our citizens of equal respecta-
bility.
For these reasons We recommend this ordi.
nance be not passed.
WALTER Il. SASBoRN,
Chairman of Committee on Ordinances.
Adopted.
The ordinance referred to was then put
upon its second reading and lost.
Yeas none nays 8.
OF Committee on Gas
Presenting time table for the lighting and
extinguishing of street lamps.
Referred to Comptroller.
MISCELLANEOUS.
By AID. Smith
An order directing that fire alarm box be
placed at the corner of Dayton and Western
avenues.
Referred to Committee on Fire Depart
ment, with instructions to report thereon
at the next regular meeting of the Council.
Yeas 5, nays 1.
By Aid. Bell
Au order to place a fire alarm box at Rice
street, at it's junction with Blanca street.
Referred as first above.
By Aid. Bell
An order directing the chairman to ap-
point committee of three, of which COM
mittee the chairman shall be one, to inquire
relative to the truth, as to whether the pub
lilo levee is in possession of, or is being used
by any corporation or other parties for pri-
vate purposes.
Referred to Committee on streets, rs one
of same tenor introduced by Aid. Grace was
passed at this meeting. (See resolutions.)
By Aid. Bell
An order that all reports of city officers aud
Committees of the Council made to the
Council be printed in full unless otherwise
directed.
Referred to the COMMITTEES on Ways and
Means aud Alderman Ssnborn.
Claims Presented
J. King, 1885 81; II. S. Saroni, S4sS 50
I. Staples, p1l.51; Robinson & Cary, $500;
P. II. Kelly. $50 90; Dispatch Printing Com
pany, 1912; 2. F. Egan g. Co.. SIS 90 ;
Grigg=, johnson & Rhodes, S15 so; Fl. F.
LANCE. $12 Is; Otto Dreher, SIS Is; Prender-
CAST Bros, $3.50; Ranney e. Hodgman,
$3.50; Mccarthy & Donnelly, $3.50; C. L.
Horst, $500; Sisters Of Good Shepherd,
S6S.OO: II. 2. Hall, $660.17; A. Richter,
1926 90.
Referred to Committee on Claims.
An ordinance was read entitled IAN Ordi-
nance to Appropriate Money to Pay Patrick
Kelly for Loss of Horse On Franklin
Street"
Aid. Sanborn moved to suspend tho rules
to allow said ordinance to pass 10 its second
reading.
The motion prevailed.
Yeas-Ald. Dowlan, O'Connor, Grace, Bell,
Sanborn, Smith, Brennan, Minea, Mr.. President
3
The said ordinance was read a second
time and pass, d.
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