Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-12-05
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SALOON.
Does the Hon. Mayor aud
Council Bid for Them?

A1ooS sno hoA. iuayOr ana
Council Bid for Them?
In Sttu,dsy's issue of the
"IIMEs' over thu pledges and sig
natures of the Hen. Mayor aud
Councilmen, the following state-
ment in egard to the saloon is
made. eve will say that there
Is no law for their REGULATION as
present" While we are not en-
dowaa with the power to discern
the thoughts and intents .of
The hearts OF mep, We gladly ac-
cord to our esteemed officials the
credit of having correctly express
sed the status Of the case.
Is it really true? Are we not
lahoring under pELusI6 NJ Can
1t be that "there Is no law for the
regulation of the saloon at pres
-nt?"
There are only two ways by
which saloon can run in the
stata OF Iowa. LEGALLY aud lille.
,sALLY. If they are run according
o law, The Mulct Law" then
here IS LAW aud very EXACT
ING LAW at THAT.
Ii as our worthy Mayor and
Council have stated there is no
such regulation, then the saloon is
an outlaw and subject 10 such
sse .t'reat as the statutes provide.
The word CIRCULATION" 1 take
it as used in the article under dis
MISSION. means RIGHT IN LAW.
That the code nf Iowa affords no
protection to the saloon whatev er.
's certainly fact worthy of con-
Iteration.
"A. present that is the exact
t n'lirg of the saloons in our
citv.
Our esteemed Mayor and Coun-
ell after admitting that the saloons
have no protection or rights in
LAW. proceed to promise that in
case eighty per cent of the le-
gal voters give their consent to
leg lize the saloon, they will en-
f,rce the same.
eve have no way of Judging
the future but by the past"
In the memory of persons now
living, and even within the knowl-
edge OF our CITY FATHERS, the
saloon men under the pretense of
: petition of consent, opened and
~un saloons in the town of Mis-
souri, Valley.
How were these saloons run?
Did the saloon men conform to
the provisions of the MULcT LAW
ss to building. shades, screens,
hours, sales, and many other ex-
press conditions of the mulct law?
1t was certainly in evidence at
that time in the face of MANY
open and fragrant violations OF
the law under which the saloons
pretended to run THAT THERE WA
no LAW REGULATING THE SALOON.
Later, when the court enioined
the saloons and the whiskey men
under the mask of running TEN.
perance saloons, resumed operas
ton. it was decidedly manifest
that there was no law for the
REGULATION of the saloon. More
recently when "THE MANNER IN
WHICH THE SALOONS HAVE BEEN
ALLOWED TO !RUN" had aroused
the righteous indignation of every
law respecting citizen it was once
more discernable that there was
NO LAW REGULATING THE SALOON.
Is it true and tacitly acknowl-
edged by our Hon. Mayor and
Council, that the saloons have
been and are now illegally rum
ming in our city?
ls it possible that our esteemed
officials are PARTICLES CRIM1N1s in
the saloon business and without
the pretense of Claw for their
Regulation"
If the saloons be permitted to
run unchallenged under the sub
terfuge of a sufficient petition.
1t when even their pretense was
removed by tn, court and the sa-
looms were stripped of every ves-
tage of legal protection, The Hon.
Mayor and Council, knowingly
permitted their continuance? 1 re-
spectfully ask of what value is a
pledge for the future?
These men will have no addit-
ional obligation. If their oath of
Office has failed in THE past
what at the FUTURE,
w. Il, DOUGLASS.
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