The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-27
MAY KNOCK FARO OUT
An Ordinance to Be introduced Pro-
hibitiDg Gambling Altogether.
A GOOD, STRONG PETITION
Business Men Who Are Opposed
to Ground Floor Caming-Publlc
Opinion Is Against the NuIs-
ance All Through.

There will be a petition presented at
the council meeting tonight which
ought TO convince some of the aldermen
that they are defying public opinion
when they vote to grant licenses for
gamblin on the ground floor. 1t is not
a very lengthy petition for no effort
was made to get IL signed by citizens
generally. The only endeavor was to
get the representative business men of
Butte to sign II and I'm this those who
circulated the petition have been mar
velously successful, and probably never
was a petition of the kind more gen.
orally signed by the men who do bust
ness right on the main streets of Butte.
The petition reads as follows:
'fo the Honorable Mayor and Members
of the City Council of the City of
Butte:
"Gentlemen-The undersigned resi-
dent taxpayers of the city of Butte re-
spectfully represent to your honorable
body that we understand there is a
united effort being made to secure IL
censes for gambling on the ground floor
As we are of the opinion and belief that
gambling carried on in full view of the
public is a menace TO good morals and
society, we most respectfully petition
your honorable body to pass an ordi-
nance prohibiting gambling on the
ground floor OF any building in the city
OF Butte: and your honorable petition
ers will ever pray"
This petition bears the signatures of
the following business men and firms in
the central part of town:
Good Luck Shoe & Clothing company:
Red Boot Shoe company; John
ORourke; +. +. Gallogly & Co.; c. H.
HaentZe: James d. Legs; Courtenay,
Case q Gravelle company; Frank Bou-
cher: Macdonald & Lynch: Isaac Will
liams; S. Genzberger; The Palais Royal
AZ Assay company; Bennett Bros. COM
pany; A. F. Bray; II. NJ. Bluett: Thorn
as Lavelle; r. II. Sherman T. M Hold
gems; w. +. Jackson; T. r. Gentiny;
u. c. Carpet company; r. II. Paxson;
X. nj Campbell; j. w. Morris; Filing
wood & Reznor; John l.. Carroll: Pax
son & Rockefeller; Butte Undertaking
company; stephens Grocery company;
i. Strasburger; George p. Bretherton:
X. r. Frasee; c. NJ. Brisbee; Joseph w
Weiss; j. c. Eckenbeck; A. Well: =. j.
Brophy; Parchen D'Acheul Drug com
pany; Hight a Fairfield; Prahman Dry
Goods company; Babcock G. Co.; ID. NJ.
Newbro Drug company; d. J. Hennessy
Mercantile company; Cash Clothing
company: II. Il. Calkins; egel Clothing
company; Davidson Grocery company:
Dolan * Murray; Newton Bros; Pat
Mullins; J. Ross Clark e. Co.; John Ca
plice & Co.; Henry Jonas; L. V. Maze;
Union racine halfway company; r. NJ.
Renshaw: Dan Brown. FREQ p Hol-
brook; Louis s. Cohn; ]. II. Curtis; NJ
Silverman; II. Il. Owen; James II.
Lynch; ]. r. Oppenheimer: H. j.
Bnme; A. III Barrel; Barrett & Jackey:
Whiting q Alexander; John q. Evans;
futile Manufacturing & Supply com
pany; Thomas f. Courtney: s. +. King;
Alex j. Johnston; Hoge, Brownlee q
Co.; Fayette Harrington; First Nation
al Bank, by Andrew ]. Davis. cashier.
That is a pretty good list of names.
and 1t is believed II will have some
effect on some OF the aldermen who
may not have known how the people
OF Butte feel on the matter. There is
certainly strong sentiment which IA
vors no gambling at all IL there must
be gambling on the ground floor Mayor
Thompson and Assistant City Attorney
barrow were busy last evening draw
ing up the ordinance prohibiting gamb-
ling altogether. That will also be in
troduced at to-night's meeting OF the
council