People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-16

E. r. DeYOE, WIN. GELINO,
E. E. PEMBER, GEO B. DEAN,
W. II. DEMUTH, L. J. FRENCH
1AYOR BROWN
An ordinance repeating Malt Ordi-
nance, No. 574, passed August p,
1893, was presented to the city cOun-
Gil at the adjourned meeting held last
night for the purpose of considering
the petitions from the temperance
people of the city. The ordinance
was placed upon its passage and after
a lengthy discussion of the temper
ance question and the problem Of
Suppressing joints, vote was taken,
resulting in five cOuncilmen voting
for the repeal Of the ordinance and
five voting against 1t. Mayor BrowD
cast his vote for the repeal.
The ordinance thus goes to its sec
ond reading and will come up for
consideration at the next meeting
Of the council, Monday, October 4.
1t will then be read and voted upon
by sections and placed upon its 1nal
passage. With the cOuncilmen and
the mayor voting as they did last
night, the repeating ordinance will be
passed.
The discussion in the council last
night pending the vote taken on the
repeating ordinance, covered nearly
every phase of the temperance ques-
tiOn. The matter was discussed from
the point Of benefit to the city as
well as from the view of being detri-
mental to the morals Of the cOmmun-
ity The council room Was crowded
and there was a good Sprinkling of
temperance workers present who
freely discussed the all absorbing
question with the members of the
council.
The result Of the discussion was
that those members of the council
who were not particularly in favor
with or against the malt traffic agreed
to vote for the repeal of the Ordin-
anCe upon assurances from the county
and city officers that every effort
would be used to close the joints and
absolutely prohibit the illegal selling
of liquor in this city when the Ordin-
anCe was repealed,
A number Of the prOhibtiOniSts
present volunteered their assistance
to the officers in their effort to con-
Wet the joint keepers of Wellington.
Willis X. Folks, who of all the pro-
hibitiOnists in tie city is regarded as
earnest in his convictions and ready
to back them up in a practical man
ner and is willing to devote a little
time and money to the cause Of tenn
peTance if necessary, arose and offered
to do everything in his power to
assist the officers in COnviCting liquor
sellers. He made the same state
ment to the council that he made to
the Fourth ward alderman in 1913,
when the present malt ordinance was
under passage, that rather than see
the city obtain its revenue from such
sources he was willing to give up his
home if necessary to do 50.
Rev. E. A. HOyt, Sumner WhitSOn,
W. H. Schultz and Rev. H. A. Dough.
ty offered their encouragement and
moral support to the officers in any
attempt to suppress the liquor traffic.
When the matter Of considering the
petitions was brought before the
council the work Of reading them was
dispensed with. The supplementary
petition which was circulatedthrough
out the city during the past week and
which was said to contain some 642
names, was not read at the meet
ing last night. The council took
action on the Strenghth Of the four
petitions from the young peoples So
cietieS of the churches and the VIC.
T.U, already before them.
The malt ordinance, whose repeal
was under action, was read and then
its intended successor was introduced.
Upon motion of Councilman Crane
the repeating ordinance was placed
upon its passage, Then the talking
began. Thos. Buttrey, who had &C
cOmpanied the delegation of temper.
anceites to the meeting, arose and
wanted to advise the council on the
iaiquities Of the liquor business, but
the councilmen wished to discuss the
subject among themselves first, and
Councilman Graft was allowed an op-
pOrtunity to state his position on the
temperance question. Mr.. Graf said
that he had always been and Is still a
temperance advocate. He was In
favor OF the repeal Of the present malt
ordinance if he thought it would bring
about the condition prayed for by
the petitioners. But he wanted
assurances, and it was through Mr..
Crafts pointed questions to the
county attorney and city officers that
they were forced to state their posi-.