Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-06
Mayor Mccarthy and Alderman
Bryant Collide
THE GAMBLlNGLAW
Mayor Declined to Put Bryant's Mo-
ton and Was Sustained by a
Tie Vote of the Council.

The feature of last nights meeting of
the city ounce was the animated, discus
sion of a resolution, introduced by Alder
man Tom Bryant, instructing the chief
of police to enforce ordinance No. 402,
prohibiting gambling within the city linn
its. Mayor Mccarthy asked Alderman
Bryant if he knew of the existence of
gambling IN Butte. He said he had in
structed the officers to carry out the law
and he was Of the opinion that the police
duties were being well done.
Mr.. Bryant replied that he had recently
visited three gambling houses, and had
engaged in the play, losing his money in
each instance.
Mayor Mccarthy stated that the city
was possessed of an honorable police
judge and he advised the alderman to go
before the judge and swear to a COM
plant. He concluded by saying that he
would not entertain the motion for the
! adoption of the resolution.
Bryant replied that if the mayor would
not put the motion some one else would.
Alderman Knowlton was of the opinion
that the city council had the right to in
| struct it's officers.
The mayor, however, declined to be per-
suaded from his position.
Bryant reminded his honor that earlier
in the evening a motion instruct.ng Off
GERS to look after arc lights had met with
no opposition.
the mayor. He contended that Bryants
duty was to swear to a complaint if he
knew the law was being violated.
sad the neWsDa Ders Of the
city, had been chronicling the fact that
the gambling law was daily being brok-
Ell.
The mayo replied that he did not be-
lieve all he saw N the newspapers and
that if a man did he would go crazy. He
advised Knowlton to take an appeal.
Then followed some discussion between
Macarthur and kncwlton and the latter
then appealed from the decision. of the
chair in refusing to put the motion for
the adoption OF the resolution, Knowlton
putting the appeal himself. The vote was
as follows:
A~yes-Ferns, Kelley Kroger, Macarthur.
Medin, Smith,.
Noes-Bausman. Britt, Bryant, Elder
kin. KnOWlton, Virtue-6.
mfbault, Noyes, Page,
Siebenaler.
Knowlton declared the chair sustained.
The following petitions We're received
and referred: Mrs. Ball. asking for a
rebate of taxes; from peddlers asking for
a reduction of licenses on AGRICULTURAL
products; from Lavelle Bros. and H.
Arken asking that taxes be related; from
the Anaconda Copper Mining
praying for a franchise to operate a street
railway; from citizens praying for the es-
tablishment of the grade Of Broadway
alley, between Hamilton and Montana
streets: from citizens asking for the
opening of an alley on South Main street;
from pawnbrokers, asking that the law
be amended so as to allow them to keep
open until 10 o'clock Saturday night. ana
night preceding holidays; from citizens,
praying for the splinkling of Platinum
street between Main and Wyoming; and
from the Montana Heating and Ventilat-
ing company, praying for license to do
business.
The attention of the police was called
to the fact that many are light globes
We're being broken by malicious boys.
A letter from Senator Thomas T.. Car
, ter, acknowledging the receipt of a copy
of the resolutions adopted by the city
council, inviting President Mckinley tc
visit Butte, and stating that the resolu-
lions would be laid before the president
was read and filed.
A letter from the Transfers Union
thanking the council for IT'S recognition
of union labor, was read and filed.
The trustees of the M. E. Church Soutt
asked permission to extend buttresses fol
the new church IS inches over the bound.
airy line, and the request was granted.
Chief Lavelle submitted rules ani
regulations for the government of thu
was referred to the fire and water com.
mittee.
Contract and bonds Of T. r. Kinds, J
. J. Farrell and II. NJ. Stanchfield were ap
proved.
Bonds of G. w. VINEYARD and Harmon &
, Co., scavengers. were approved.
The reports Of the city officers for Jun
were read.
A warrant for $3.50 in payment fo]
the new city corral, was ordered drawn
The finance committee reported tn,
> treasurers accounts in the pink of condi
ton.
Thu street and alley committee sub
! mitted a report recommending tina
Gold street be opened from Washing
ton to jackson: that the claim of VIM
= Atkins be disallowed in toto; that tn,
question of opening Washington from
Gold to Aluminium be postponed; tina
Thos. McGarrick be granted a rebat,
of $5.5S; that petition Of Mrs. Hopkin
. and ]. f. Raymond be disallowed; tina
, F. x. Giard be allowed a rebate of $l3. "a
!. in regard to the petitions Of Jane
O'Brien and Patrick Meeks further tim
: is asked.
: The report was adopted.
: Kelly's resolution providing for tn,
construction of a district sewer on Ga
lena street, from Oklahoma avenue t.
Gaylord street became a law.
By resolution, introduced by Macarthur
81, 900 was transferred from the genera
; to the emergency fund.
I Virtues resolution, providing for side
: walk construction, was adopted.
: A resolution. by Macarthur providin;
, for the creating Of a new s%prinkling dis
trict, was adopted.
4 Thu electric franchise ordinance of tn
. Anaconda Copper Mining company wa