The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-20

be Held IhurBday.
Topeka, Kan, Aug. 19.-Salina in her
trouble with licensing the joints is a
mixture.
At the last meeting Of the city council
the presiding officer refused TO put the
motion to take up the ordinance iicens-
ing the joints for revenue and a bolt
was the consequence. This is some
thing strange even for Kansas, but
bolt 1t was. A rump city council was
formed and the ordinance was passed.
OF course big legal question is now
up. II is not known whether a city
council has the right to secede froms
presiding officer who will not put an
appeal from his parliamentary rui-
ings. But if the counciimen in Salina
who want licensed joints have a major
ity of the people with them it is pre-
dicted here that the joints will be
licensed.
People in Salina, like those of the entire
state, are tired of being taxed to death
for the cost of liquor trials. Another
meeting of the council will be held
Thursday night. There is, biood on the
moon.
The Salina Republican, which is IN
friendly to the proposal to license the
joints and consequently against a ma
jority of the council gives the follow
ing account which is OF course colored
70 stroke the local Prhibitionists the
right way:
The city council met in regular ses-
sion last night, held it's monthly circus,
passed the annual special tax leyieS and
attempted TO pass the joint license ordi-
nance, and then adjourned. The ses-
sion lasted just six hours.
1T was a trifie past when Mayor
Hayward called the council to order.
Every member was in place and there
seemed to be considerable interest in
the proceedings. George White, w. r.
Gels, John Buchi, w. p. Thacher, c. X.
Underwood and two or three others
were present early in the evening, and
Drs. Line and Foulkes came in later.
After the reading OF the minutes the
ways and means committee reported
three special tax levies for the repair
and wiring of sidewalks and cutting
weeds. The clerk then began his annu-
al evolutionary performance of reading
these ordinances, which covered forty
five pages of legal cap. w. r. Gels and
Councilman Heusted slept peacefully
through the greater part of the reading.
while the rest of the audience amused
themselves in divers ways.
when these had been passed the gen.
eral tax levy was laid over for a time,
and the monthly appropriation amount
ing to s1,292.76 was passed.
Under the head of miscellaneous bus
mess a remonstrance containing the sig
natures OF 797 voters was presented
license ordinance. Krause moved and
Miller seconded that the remembrance
be referred TO the ways and means COM
mittee. A miscellaneous assortment OF
documents We're then read and referred.
and the council began preparations for
going into executive session. Before
that action was taken, however, the
mayor gave opportunity to the visitors
to address the council, and DR.. Line
spoke briefly concerning the nemon-
STRANGE. He said that no personal fight
had been made on any of the council
men, but that the temperance people
We're standing up for right against
wrong. DR.. Line was confident that at
least a thousand signatures could be Sc
cured to the remonstrance is a thorough
canvass should be made.
THE visitors then filed into the police
court room and the city fathers began
their secret deliberat lions.
THE council remained in executive
session for some time discussing the
general tax levy. After-they came out
into open session again motion was
made TO take up the license ordinance.
AS is was not in the form of a reconsid-
Grafton Mayor Hayward ruled il out of
order, but would not tell the license
9 ba m Iva he mo
ton, and as none of them knew enough
about parliamentary rules TO bring the
matter up in proper form, they simply
sat In helpless silence.
Then followed long period in which
nothing was accomplished. Council
man Tuthill would move TO adjourn. but
the motion would be voted down by q
vote of six to two. The general tax
levy was brought up and wrangled
about for an hour. At length Miller
left the council chamber and hunted up
an attorney to find out how to get the
license ordinance before the council.
When he came back he posted Ward,
and about 1:3o Miller again made the
motion TO take UP the offending ordi-
nance. Mayor Hayward again refused
TO consider the motion, as ii was not
made, and Miller promptly
made an appeal. The mayor would not
put the appeal, and Miller then usurp-
ed the power OF the mayor by assuming
the craftsmanship and put his appeal,
which received six votes
Miller then commanded the clerk 10
read the ordinance, but Mr.. Bower said
he was acting under the instructions OF
the mayor and council and would not
obey Miiler's commands. Miller then
assumed the duties OF clerk as well as
mayor. and read the ordinance section |
by section. AT the end of each section |
Ward moved the adoption of the sec |
ton, Blatherwick seconded it, and Mil !
Ter would put the motion and declare il |
carried. Mayor Hayward asked Miller !
10 produce his authority for his proceed |
ure' but that gentleman had TO au-
tnorlty other than that he had been |
told TO DO 50. Councilman Tuthill made |
a constant objection TO the proceeding |
put all 10 no avail. When Miller had |
concluded his reading, he called the roll /
on the final passage OF the ordinance,
and Miller, Blatherwick, Hagler, Ward. |
hrause and Heusted voted aye; TuthilI |
and Crawford, no.
As there could not legally be two l
chalrmen OF the same meeting at the /
same time, the ordinance will hardly !
staAu tue test OF the courts. II the /
rump council had been duly organized /
WITH a chairman and clerk who could 1
certilF 10 the passage OF the ordinance,
the result might be different. As il is.
II shows a profound Ignorance on. the |
part OF some OF the counciln,en OF This |
city
When that matter was disposed Of /
the council tried 70 take up the general |
tax levy again, but they could not agree
upon anything. and At O'clock this /
morning an adjournment Was taken I'll l