The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-12
CURFEW SHALL n II
CITY COUNCIL APPEARS IN TUE
ROLE oF BESSIE
AL the Little Basil Underwoods of the City
Can Come and so as They Please With
out Restraint-CromweuM inick Thinks
st Will be to Their Detriment But IL
Unable to Shake Loose the Grip of the
Heroine of the Clapper-When the Vote
is Taken 1t Counts Two for and Ten
Against

The city council met last night to trans
act their regular routine business and to
vote upon the curfew ordinance which
has attracted so much notice of late The
vote resulted in the defeat of the meas
ure.
The audience was the largest which has
appeared in the council chamber for
months. The row of seats upon the floor
were ali occupied, while in the gallery
there was quite a large number Of dad
dies. papas, fathers and bachelors who
had gathered TO see the fun in the arena
below. When council opened no corselet,
sword or shield could be seen or anything
resembling these pieces of armor except
ing the cuspidors. and these resembled
targets more than shields from the con-
slant shots aimed at them.
When the time came for the measure
20 come up every one became still, await
ing the contest. The smoke slowly as
cended from the cigars of the toreadors
and City Clerk Smith turned the bull
loose. The audience held their breath.
but no one waved red rag and the bull
appeared 20 be quite harmless.
After the reading of the ordinance
Councilman Minick moved to suspend the
rules and put the ordinance upon its pas
sage. 1t was seconded by DR.. Shultz. \
vote was taken resulting in the motion
being defeated by a vote OF 10 4. Mayor
Cox then informed them that by that
vote they had refused to allow the meas
u-e to come up, whereupon Councilman
Knob,och moved to reconsider, and this
time it was carried
Mayor Cox here read a communication
WI ich recommended an amendment that
would make the law operative on mar
RED men. This produced considerable
laughter and DR.. Minick remarked that
the amendment should be allowed to go,
e IL would perhaps do a little good
The first section Of the ordinance was
then read. Mclean offered an amend
ment in good faith that the age be re-
duced to IA instead Of 10. Throckmorton
then offered an amendment in derision
suggesting that the age of be substitute
ed. followed by Knobloch, VINO wanted
the hour made 11:55 instead of 3 o'clock.
DR.. Matthews mere appeared from among
the audience and presented a communi-
cation TO the council written by himself
in which he denounced the measure as
interfering with the rights of parents and
abr.deing the liberties Of everybody in
general.
DIR. Minick then arose and answered
the arguments, denying that this was the
case. and he also stated that he did not
expect the measure TO pass. DR.. Mat
thews had denied the right of the council
to pass sucn a law, while DR.. Minick had
affirmed that it had the right to lessen or
prevent CRIME in any way it saw L
The roll was then called, resulting in a
vote OF 10 to 2, thus defeating the meas
ufe, Mr.. Daniels voting with DR.. Minick.
In voting against the measure, Mr..
Tnrockmorton said in substance:
Il do not wish any one to misinterpret
my motive in voting against this ordin-
ance. When Il first came UP I thought it
was a good thing, but / have had it
shown &c me in an entirely different light.
I think that it is the parents duty to see
10 II that their children are kept at home.
l keep my own at home, and / have no
trouble in doing so. Thelittle boys who
appear upon the streets. as l take il. do
SO because their home is made so disa-
greeable for them that they do not care
70 stay there Of an evening. This orCin-
ance. if enforced. would compel them to
remain within the doors of such a home
or be compelled to take refuge in places
Of vice. If their homes were pleasant,
they would stay there. Another thing is
that these little fellows will soon learn
10 appear upon the street and always be
going for A doctor when caught by po-
iicean. They are shrewd little fellows,
and would defeat the officers unless the
city had Is or 100 of them, which it can
not afford
DR.. Minlck replied iaughingly: 9TH let
the speech go without reply"
Every one present seemed to feel from
the start that the measure would be de-
fsated. DR.. Minick said a few days be-
fore that he did not expect il to carry.
DR.. Shuts. VINO has been fighting the
measure from the start. sat still and said
nothing. The entire affair was terribly
disappointing as a spectacular perform
ance- Every specta tor was expecting 10
witness some kind Of time worth seeing
but the show was fake all through and
u an admission fee of a cancelled post
age stamp apiece had been charged, the
gate keeper and ringmaster would have
been mobbed. There was no dust raised
nor even a hair turned. and the audience
went away apparently satisfied with the
result Of the vote, but very much disap-
pointed over their evenings entertain
n1ent.
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