Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-13
Council Deals With Saloon Cues
ton at Its Meeting Mon
day Night
PERMIT IS NOT REsclNDED
Recent Action, in Not Allowing Re-
movals Even Within Saloon Dis
tricts, is suppIanted by Removal
Resolution to Lorenz iii - sieg Goes
After Six Saloons.

Ben Parker will continue to operate
his saloon on South Third avenue, neal
Market street, and the council has ia
ken a favorable stand on removal per-
mits within saloon districts. Lorena
Ill was given the consent of the body,
at it's Monday night meeting, to re-
move from South Center street to
South Third avenue. Mr.. Sizes, after
six different saloons. attempted to
amend Mr.. Webster's resolution to res
cind the Parker permit, but was ruled
out OF order.
The first regular meeting when all
members We're present resulted in the
long looked-for permit resembling res
olution from Mr.. Webster. The reso-
LUTON covered the b. +. Parker place
on South Third avenue. near Nevada
street, which was found open after
10 o'clock last summer. Mr.. Abbott
was the only one who spoke on the
resolution. and said that until he had
been given more evidence that a viii
full violation had taken place, he could
not support the resolution.
Mr. Sieg came in with an amend
ment, in which he wished to revoke
the permits of six saloons-the Lorenn
III place, old Wetzstein bar, on North
Center street; the Bernstein saloon,
on North Center; the Parker saloon
on West Main, known as the Yelling
ton bar; the old Gus Biermann place
on North First avenue; the Bernstein
a
p E. Clifford place, corner of Nevada
and Second avenue.
Mr.. Webster called the chairs at
tention to the fact that Mr.. Sieg was
out of order because in resembling the
permits of saloons, acted upon in
granting, separately, must be consid-
cred separately in resembling. Mayor
Jones ruled Mr.. Sieg out of order.
On the Webster resolution Calhoun.
Iseman and Webster voted aye, and
Sieg was excused from voting.
Saloon Location is Changed.
Mr.. Webster then brought up q
change in location in favor of Lorenz
Ill, who now conducts a saloon at
410 South Center street. Mr.. III want
ed to move to the Kirby & Howe
building, corner of Third avenue and
Nevada. Mr.. Webster explained that
the removal matter had come up be-
FORE and he had opposed it on the
ground that possibly by not granting
removals the number of saloons might
be lessened. He thought by lesseniing
the number better saloons, better
government and better condition of
things generally might result. AT the
same time, Mr.. Webster said, he did
not believe in holding up a saloon
man, as some property owners in
Marshalltown were doing, when they
charge three or four prices for rents,
and fancy prices in allowing saloonists
to do business near adjoining proper
ties. One property owner says to a
councilman he does not want saloon
to be moved; another comes to him
and says to have it moved. Mr.. Web
ster said the council is placed in a
position in which it could not pos
sibly satisfy every one. He considers
that the only consistent way for the
council to act is to allow the property
owners to fight among themselves for
the business, and take a stand as a
council in allowing removals within
legitimate saloon districts, where the
saloons will not be offensive to resi-
dents, and where police protection can
be furnished without additional cost.
Mr.. Webster cited two cases of
what he termed "hold ups" that had
come under his observation. One was
where good, consistent church men,
Der and prohibitionist had eased his
conscience by charging a saloonist
$500 to allow saloon to do business
next to his property. Another is get
ting $25 per month in the same way.
On the adoption of the resolution all
voted aye with the exception of CAL
houn, Iseman. Kreutzer and Sieg.