The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-16
FARO ON THE ASCENT
On Reconsideration the Game Is Sent
Back to the Attic.
A VOICE FROM THE COUNCIL
In Special Session Some Aldermen
Say That They Voted Under
Weight Of Misrepresentation
A"Hunch" and a "Switch."

The city council at a special meeting
last evening reconsidered IT'S action Of
Wednesday night in granting a permit
10 Joseph Vogler TO conduct a gambling
house on the ground floor at No. %
North Main street, revoked this permit
and decided. by vote of . 70 5, to
stand by ats original decisFon-tha,t
there must be no gambling on the
| ground floor. The aldermen who took
| part in the remarkable proceedings Of
"Wednesday night began to hear from
| their constituents In short order. and
the switch back TO the original pro-
| gramme, while not entirely unexpected,
created a good deal OF surprise on ac-
count OF It's suddenness.
Yesterday morning Mayor Thompson
received a communication from Alder
men Rowe and Montgomery. stating
| that the matter of issuing a license for
| gambling house on the ground floor
to Joseph Vogler. for which they voted
on Wednesday evening had been mis-
represented to them. They stated that
they wished to move TO reconsider the
vote by which this permit was granted
and asked that a special meeting of
| the council be called in order to give
them an opportunity to do so at once
and dispose of the matter. A formal
call for a special meeting was after
wards signed by Rowe. Montgomery.
Pascoe Schatzlein and Rodda and plac-
/ ed in the mayors hands. and the meet
| Ing was called for last night. Notice
OF the meeting was served on all the
aldermen and they were all present ex-
cept Knowlton. who Is sick In bed. and
Walsh The council chamber was
crowded when the mayor called the
meeting TO order and read the call and
| the communication from Rowe and
Montgomery. in which they stated that
fhaxv h.aA ta.l L.. - xr
| petition for a ground floor gambling
permit through Misrepresentation and
a Misunderstanding. The discussion
| that followed was very brief and the
meeting was over in Is minutes. Byrne
caught the chairman's eye first and de-
| Evered a few emphatic remarks. II
am opposed to gambling either up
stairs or downstairs or anywhere else"
he said. IF my vote could abolish
| gambling in Montana, ~ would certain
| ~ be cast that way. i believe that the
proper way to get rid of the gambling
| evil Is to faunt 1t I'm everytbody's face.
and Tor that reason i am in favor of
| allowing gambling houses on the
| ground floor and letting them run wide
| open"
| Pascoe and Rodda briefly announced
| their opposition TO gambling on the
ground floor. Pascoe said that he had
| no objection TO people gambling 4 they
| wanted to, but he had strenuous OBJ
| 1ecuons to their doing 1t on the ground
| floor and in plain sight OF everyone.
| He said that Butte is commencing to
| put ON metropolitan airs and he urged
that gambling be carried on upstairs.
'Twenty years ago." said briggs
I'VE used to gamble on the sidewalks,
and no one complained or made a kick.
| Things are different now, however. and
believe that gambling should go up
| stairs"
Harrington expressed the opinion
that IL II was legal to conduct gamb-
ling houses and men paid licenses for
so doing, they had a right 10 locate
them either on the ground floor or up
on the roof or anywhere they pleased.
Rowe then moved 10 reconsider the
action of the council ait the previous
meeting In granting permission to Jo-
seph vogler TO run gambling house
| on the ground floor. Byrne moved to
| lay the motion on the table and his mo-
thon was lost oy the folio wing vote:
Ayes-Byrne. Gamblers. Harrington,
Heilig. Vfvion, g. Noes-Cannon, Car
| der, Cook, briggs, Montgomery, Pas
coe Rodda. Rowe. schatzlein, 8.
The motion to reconsider was then
carried by the following vote:
Ayes-Camnon. Carder. Cook. briggs.
Montgomery. Pascoe. Rodda, Rowe.
| Schatzleiu. 9.
Noes-ByrIre. Gamblers. Harrington,
Vogler's petition was then read
again and laid on the table by the
same vote. Heilig entered a protest
| against all of the proceedings of the
meeting on the ground that they were
| all irregular and out of order, and at
| his request, his protest was filed on
| the minutes. He based his protest on
a section In Roberts Rules of Order,
which provides that a second motion 20
reconsider an action of any dellbera-
| tive body cannot be entertained after
one motion TO reconsider has been act
ed upon. The mayor ruled on this ques-
| ton that each alderman has a right to
move to reconsider any question. The
| council then adjourned.
No use buying a watch. Newbro
| gives them away. Everyone gets a
watch. No drawing or lottery. For