Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-02-03
Saloons OPEN A|lA|N
Supreme Court Grants Stay, sus.
pending Effect of the Recent
Decision.
Result is TO Reopen All Saloons
Closed Under the Courts
Decree
Application For a Rehearing TO Be
Heard Opportunity to Secure
New Petitions.
,ecjal 10 Times Rep,tl,liean.

$3.50 49,, = -. - \
court has granted stay q suspending
he effect OF the recent decision in che
iscasesof West vs.. III, under which near
( Is two-thirds Of the saloons 81 the state
We're closed. The effect IF this order
was TO Immediately reopen the saloons
here. Last evening the courts order
was telegraphed to the saloon men all
lover The s,ate and wherever the recent I
decision was effective the old order was +
resumed today. The SALOONS were DID,
/ ing business here last evening within /
an hour after. the stay was granted.
Yesterday afternoon Jltdge T. :. /
Morris; and Fritz Conrad, representing !
/ Defendant Ill ard the Retail Liquor
4 Dealers Associations appeared before I
/ 1.-THE supreme court and asked leave toi
4 file a motion for a rehearing in, the III
Lease. This was granted, and as soon as
1.-the petition was filed they asked that a
/ stay be granted suspending the effect
Eof the decision rendered until they can
be heard on the petition This was ar
gued. and at the conclusion it was di-
ERECTED that the stay be granted, and ii
4 WIS SO entered Oh LIZ. Ittbitl VI Xix
4 court lit was urged hat the defend
sliants attorneys have found several new
points that they wish to present to the
court on rchearing. and that 10 deprive
the saloon people of their rights under
the old petitions pending a rehearing
would be an injustice. should the su
4 premc court on rehearing see fit TO
reopen the case.
ut, lf6p
men. said: About all can say is that
we have secured u stay, that it has
neen entered Of record in the supreme
I, court and that the saloon men Of Des
Moines ard every town in Iowa that
!, were brought under the ban by the re-
cen. court decision, nave been restored
70 all the privileges they enjoyed before
the decision was rendered and con re-
sopen their places Of business.
Ne have flied u petition for a re-
hearing and expect when 1t comes up
(, tor consideration TO ne able TO present
some features of this case to the su-
/ prene court III such /; Way as u con-.
vince thai body that We are entitled 10
a reopenins Of the case and ultimately
l., a Favorable decision. No. there
Z haveu't been any great number Of new
tquestions raised and those THAI We Viii
E present viii be technical. but &c eS-
Il peet 10 lay more stress on some Of the
= points already submitted.
y can't say when Ne Viii be heard 81
q this petition. II i, comes up in tbs
regular ortier II Viii. NOT BE- until tbs
y May term and II is my opinion Il Nil
q not be until ,hen. OF course there is
= the prospect thar the case will ne ad-
vaneel. either On motion Of the su-
d preine court or. at the request If other
parties TO the suit but dont thinl
thar is at all probable.
4 While the motion for a rehfaring Is
pending the Des Moines saloon men ex-
poet IL have completed the canvass ..
= their new consent petition and % ilaye
B it favorably passed upon by the boare
/, Of supervisors. They are II the oiin-
! ion that saloon men in othes cities WI
= not lose time in having prepared new
Z Ipetitians. eSen should the supreme
!, court deny a rehearings by the time tbs
Ipending motion is disposed cf.
:, The temperance committee yesterday
gave out the following statement TO tbs
Ipubiic:
That the condition of the saloot
question now being agitates may b'
a fully understood, attention is called t
~ ~ the ljtloWitlS !'4'Ai ~
g court OF Iowa has held that all saloon:
* in the city of oes Mones haze beer
le running in violation of law since octo
X her i. 1857 Ii IS sufficient answer Z
n Mr.. Parkers claim that thu county VII
it have to pay him back $1,000 OF take
IN paid unless he IS permitted . eontgu
Of in business, To say that If Mr.. Paike
i. Will pay the fine of $500 for each am
every day he has run his thirty saloon
in the city the county Will be willing I
refund his 5000
I, The saloons cannot. legally run il
Des Moines unless a majority Of n
voters VINO voted at the election las
fall decide 10 let them run. The so
called saloon petition is the consent 9
y decision of the voter that saloons ma
: run: the board Of supervisors only dc
~ termine the question OF whether or no
D the voters give their consent. Hun
dreds Of people have signed the Sc
called saloon petition who. if the
would consider the matter as It reail
ed lis. would not have given their consen
a Every voter wilo signed that petition
81 as he passes thru this city and sees til
Ir! saloons running in full blast. debauch
ry ing and debasing the youth OF the cit.
be can console himself With the though
that when the matter was prs
he sented to him he decided that the 50
rs looms might operate in Des Moines
his is not question OF whether or not II
saloons shall run or not run, the Ia
says they shalt not run unless the No
ers say they may. so the refusal en- II
= part of the voters to consent for 81
~ looms to run leaves the law as il is.
~ THE question of whether or NOT
~ majority Of the voters voting at II
election last fail have decided that $;
looms may be operated in Des Moin'
he Twill be determined by the board of 81
RS perv!sors of Polk county at their NEE
vs. ling on February II. Already scores
az voters who signed the so-called salo,
ific petition have i-consiGered the matt
n and on more mature deliberation d
,ra Ecided that they do not want to be u
20 sponsible for the operating of salool
ar lin this city and have signed stat
yor ment withdrawing their ranles fro
.b- the petition OF consent for the operati.
md of saloons. / is no diseredit upon al
ms citizen To reconsider the matter al
w. withdraw his name; congressional lie
islative and judicial bodies. lodge
churches. in fact all classes of socie
Us: and all classes of persons reconsid
-, a 4t,.,;,, f,r,,a, actions and chance onj