Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-25

An adjourned meeting of the city coun-
Gil was held last night with every alderman
in his seat, and the lobby completely
packed by an interested crowd of specta-
tors. The veto message of Mayor Ames
was the first business taken up. The fol-
lowing is the message:
MAYORS OFFICE,
M1NNEAPoLIs, Mimi, April Is, 1883. {
70 the Honorable City Council of the
City of Minneapolis Gentlemen: 1 here
with return to your honorable body, with
out my approval, an ordinance, entitled
IAN ordinance regulating license in the
city of Minneapolis" for the following
reasons:
First-That in section 3, chapter 4, of
the city charter, subdivisions first, nine
teenth and thirty fourth, are given the vo-
cations and things that the city council
may license. find in the ordinance above
referred to that you have provided for Ii
censing the following vocations and things
which are not authorized under said char
ter: The licensing OF pool tables, astrolo-
gers, fortane-tellers, Chinese-balI games.
and all other games, Except nine or ten
pin alleys wherein any ball, ring, shot or
missile is shot, thrown, or in any manner
propelled against any mark, image, or OBJ
ject whatever. There being no authority
for collecting these licenses, 1 recommend
that they be stricken from the list of voca-
tions and things to be licensed. In my
opinion you can regulate these things, but
you cannot Impyse license. In the ordi-
nance passed you provide for a license Oh
pool tables, billiard tables, bowling alleys.
shooting galleries, ETC., and in another por-
ton you provide for another license fee for
"all games wherein any ball, (ring, shot
or missile is thrown, or in any manner pro-
PEELED against any mark, image, or obsta-
Gle whatever" This imposes two taxes
against billiards and pool.
Second-You provide in the ordinance
what l consider to be too small fees or
charges to be made for hacks in carving
passengers. If carried into effect it would
result In the withdrawal of hacks from our
streets, which would sadly cripple a bust
ness necessity. AS an illustration of one
of the evil effects of the ordinance as
passed l cite you to the provision which
provides that infants under five years of
age, if accompanied by adults, shall not be
charged for conveyance. If some kindly
disposed person should desire to give a
dozen children a ride for few hours, the
owners of hacks might be made victims to
your proposed law.
Third-In another section you provide
that male and female prostitutes shall not
be allowed in saloons. AS this is some
what vague it might be we'll to designate
whether you mean by the term male
prostitutes" the males who prostitute the
public press.
Fourth-You provide also that no
gambling or game of chance shall be car
ried on in licensed saloons, and still in
another section you provide for billiards,
pool, ETC., which are games OF chance, and
that they may be carried on if the privilege
is paid for.
Fifth-It is also provided in the ordin-
ance that the concerts, theatrical and oper-
attic performances of any society, whereat
the singers, actors or performers do not
receive compensation for their services
shall not be charged a license; but If said
singers, actors or performers do receive
compensation for their services license of
twenty-five dollars shall be exacted for
each performance. Now, the fact exists
that the Turner society, Harmonic society,
Norden society, Crusaders society, Good
Templar's and many other kindred socie-
ties do give entertainments where not only
foreign talent appears, but where, univer-
sally, the bands engaged to furnish instru-
mental music, are regularly paid for their
services.
Sixth-A license of one thousand dollars
is placed upon theaters. This, in nv
opinion, would work injustice in two di-
rections. 1t would close permanently
theaters which play stock companies with
an occasional star" and which are sup
ported at popular prices" by the poor
people who are not supposed to be pos
sessed of the requisite culture and wealth
to patronize the plundering operate
schemes and prices Of the present mo-
nopoly.
To make my ideas more thoroughly I'M
derstood [ recommend that every foreign
theatrical, operate or concert troupe that
plays in the city be charged twenty five
dollars for each performance. This is
very modest charge when circuses are
taxed five hundred dollars per day and
three hundred dollars for each succeeding
day. The amount of money taken out
OF the city by each is not in proportion
to the charges made for license. If TWEEN
ty-tive dollars is charged for our principal
hall-and we now have but one-and il
should average four nights per week
(which is a moderate estimate) the city
would realize 5000 per year. The for
eign companies that are to come here will
be properly bled anyhow; and the ques-
ton Is whether the city shall receive the
blood money, or whether it shall go to
those who gleefully laugh at the PROPOSE
ton to rob their neighbors. but ask you to
let them 60 scot free. The fact is the peo-
pie who dance have to pay the fiddler in
the outcome. AS these performances re-
quire police services in and around the
halls where they are held they should be
required to help pay the expense which
they of necessity incur. In cases where
there are theeters run with permanent or
stock companies, where the members are
residents of the city, occasionally sup
porting ''stars'') think the SUN of one
hundred dollars per year a sufficient Ii
cense for them to pay.
Seventh-We now come to what con-
slider the most Objectionable feature of the
ordinance under consideration. The coun-
Gil has chosen to make the licenses for the
sale of liquor political issue. With the
! best of feeling towards every member of
your honorable hodv and with rnaIica 10