Arizona republican., 1904-05-20

to enforce closing O. all. saloons from 12 o'clock. midnight. until 5 in the morning.
 The committee appointed was; R. G. Finch, Geo. Archibald and Rev. F. L. Drew. They found that the counci, were not in session and ha dno inten- ton of meeting that evening. But as a matter of accommodation to the peo- pie who were waiting at the public meeting they held an executive ses- sion.
 A short time later the committee accompanied by Marshal Brown re- turned to the hall. MT. Brown made the report to the assembly. He said that while the council had taken no vote and had not considered the peti- ton that it had come to the following agreement, three favoring 1t and two oppe sing it. They agreed, that if with in their term of office the people of Tempe would make no further agita- ton over local option, they in turn. would at their next meeting, rescind their action of last Thursday evening and would suppress gambling in the city. stlllsE HiN
 Carl Hayden moved that the report
 
 much argument on the part of many, J. w, Woolf, Rev. Drew, Rev. Chapin, Mrs. Windes. representing the w. C. T. U., and Rev. Fields. All made strong talks against accepting this re- port under such a condition. They were of the opinion that no restrictions as to their right to agitate the matter of local option at any time should be made. If the agreement that the coun- cil had come to- insisted upon this. that there would be no agitation of To- cal option for the next two years, they were in favor of not accepting the re- port, but on the contrary, of going ahead with the question of local op- ton.
 At this point Attorney Goodwin made a strong plea on the behalf of the ac- ton of the city council. He said that what they had done was what they considered for the best interests of the Town, they had done the fair and square thing, the people of the commu- nifty had got what they asked for in their petition, what more did they want? Tn the matter of local option, such changes could net be made in moment but required time, it was not policy to be too radical in the matter, rather let them alone and if the dry weather continued it was only ques- tion of time dntil they would go out of business of their own accord.
 At any rate they should be given much credit for doing as much as they had done and offering the agreement that they had. He continued at some length giving a number of facts. and figures in support of his ideas on the subject.
 Rev. Kloss followed MT. Goodwin and gave instances of his own experi- ence with local option and prohibition. He concluded his remarks by saying, Remember that the characters of a few young men that might be ruined are worth a thousand times more than any amount of revenue that would be received from saloons
 MT. Brown then spoke again and counselled the people to accept the agreement made by the council He said that before the council had come to this agreement, there were many who would have voted for local option who would not do so now after the council had made this concession. On this account he urged them to accept the report.
 Df. Jones then made an anendmenI 10 MT. Hayden's motion to the effect that a committee of five be appointed and that a limit of time (until the first day of June) be set for the coun- cil to put their agreement into effect. If at the end of that time nothing had been done, this committee was to call public meeting and the matter Of local option would be taken up where it was left.
 The motion was then put and car ried. Adjournment then followed.