Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-05
Twenty-Five No Bar to Taking
on More, Permits For Two
Others Are Granted
OPPOSITION is IN MINORITY
Proposal to Allow the Pilgrim Bar to
Reopen Causes Strenuous Objection
Which Lacks Numbers to be Sue
observation-disclosures on the Subject Is
Freely Expressed.

/! Saloons without restriction and with
out regard to locality is the evident
wish of the council, expressed by its
action of Monday night, when the Pill
grim bar, which has been closed, was
allowed to open and Lorenz Ill, the
Des Moines saloon man who already
controls two places in the city, was
granted a permit for the third, and b.
F. Parker, who subjects half dozen
places to operators, who are under con-
tract to buy his beer and liquors, was
granted permit for another to be es-
tabiished in the Finkle block. Web
ster and Abbott stood alone in the OPP
position, and made stubborn plea for
some sort of decency and restriction
in the matter. Their efforts We're use
less, as the majority of the body seems
to be Of the opinion that the twenty
two saloons is but a good start toward
the number the city should have.
Webster stated his position on the
saloon question a week or SO ago and
the stand he took was expected. It
was precipitated by the resolution in
troduced by Henry to grant permit
to Lorenz Ill to reopen and conduct
a saloon in the old w. c. Rails stand in
the Pilgrim hotel. Mr. Henry said II
was the desire of Mr.. Ames that a bar
be located in the building for the use of
his customers. Mr.. Webster's objec-
tons were nothing but ordinary, COM
mon sense statements of the situation
as it now exists, and with which every
one is familiar. With twenty-five al
ready, two of which We're in the i'm
mediate neighborhood of the Pilgrim,
he thought that now was the time to
call halt and begin to pick them
off, one at time. He favored high
license. but wanted it with restrictions,
and stated that increase in numbers
means lessening conformity with the
mulct law, as competition became SO
fierce that violations of the law were
common. The fixtures are already III
the room and Psenicka thought to give
its owner u chance to dispose of them,
He further extolled the character OF
Mr.. Ill, and highly recommended his
saloons, of which he already owns two.
as being most respectable places. He
closed his remarks by referring to Web
ster's remarks with This Grinnell
talk don't go on u.s." Arnold favored
it. while Kreutzer thought the council
did not have the power to regulate the
number and called it class legislation.
Webster took a last whirl at the mat
ter by citing the things to be considered
We're the character of the man, the To-
cation and the necessity. He pointed
out how Waterloo had cut the number
down to ten or dozen and kept 1t
there. On the vote the permit was
granted, Webster and Abbott alone
voting against it.
Another for the Fist Ward.
The heat Of discussion on the subject
was not allowed to cool off before 1t
was again resumed, this time brought
on by Ingledue, whose first matter in
troduced into the council! was that ask
ing for permit for b. +. Parker to OPP
crate in the F'inkle block. Webster was
again on his feet and MADE a plea that
the resident district of The city be kept
from the proposed saloon. Webster was
most caustic in his remarks regarding.
the character of Parker and said he
was no fit person TO operate such d
place. He classed it as an outrage
against the people of that part of the
city. Abbott took stalwart stand in
the matter and said he would oppose ii
and all other similar cases. II matters
were allowed to go on. he added, the
city would have thirty Inside of a year.
While the sentiment of the remainder
of the council was apparent, no one
rose to WELD the cudgei in defense of
the Des Moines saloonist, and an addi-
tional saloon. that having apparently
been left to T. +. Bradford. who repre-
scented Parker and who harrangued the
council for probably ten minutes on the
subject. He said the citizens had pc
ttioned for the saloon, and intimated
that the councilmen, mentioning Web
ster and Abbott by name, had been
placed in office by those who favored it,
He pointed out that it was not the coun-
ellis business TO pass on whether or not
1t was needed. On the vote the permit
was granted, the vote standing the same
as on the former proposition.
Abbott Goes After Plumbers.
Abbott proposes to level up, If posi-
Bile, the depressions in the streets
caused by the improper filling of eXca-
yOn6a NV p1,Ilphayc for wafer ar