The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-02-12
MAYOR is SUSTAINED
Council Votes Not 20 Reinstate Tiyoli
Saloon License.
Four Of the Aldermen Back Up the
Mayors Action.
AID. JOrgensen Favors Having Fewer
Arc Streets Lights.
Council Responds BY Ordering Seven
Council Responds BY Ordering Seven
More Put Up.

The council last night turned down the
application of D. j. Brown for the rein
statement of the Tivoi liquor license.
The vote stood four against granting the
application and two in favor. The al
dermen who opposed the reopening OF the
Tivoli were Aids. Coy, Jorgensen, Klein
schmidt and Mckinley, and the two who
favored it were Aids. Roemer and
Schroeder.
The matter was discussed in brief
secret session before the meeting, and
it is said that Aid. Kleinschmidt came
out openly as opposed to the reopening
of the place. Aid. Jorgensen also an
nouounced his determination to oppose
it.
The lobby was filled to its capacity
when the aldermen were called together
in open session, all answering to their
names. The audience was largely COM
the reopening of the Tivoli, but Presi-
dent Zimmerman and Director Hielscher
| of the Standard Brewing company oc-
cupied seats well up toward the front,
and there were others present who would
| have liked to have seen the license re-
stored.
No speech making was INDUCED in,
but dozen or more persons were pre-
pared to uncork their oratory had any
one started the ball rolling. The reason
why no one accepted the invitation to
speak was probably because there was
feeling that the aldermen had decided
in the secret session how they were 60
ing to vote.
| AID Coy brought the matter up by
moving that the license reinstatement
matter be taken up from the table,
where it had been placed three weeks
previously. This was carried, and Aid.
| Coy then moved that the application for
reinstatement be indefinitely postponed.
There was only silence when the mayor
asked whether anyone had any remarks
to make. The question was then put
to vote, and the motion was carried,
| as previously stated The result of the
vote was received with applause.
When the minutes of the last meeting
| were read, AID Jorgensen moved that
| the minutes be amended so as to read
that the council employ H. L. Schmitt
and also Judge Severance and j. A. Fit
tie if necessary to assist the city at
| torney in defending the city in the Bar
Der Asphalt company's suit. This did
not meet with second, and a recess
| was taken to talk the matter over in
| private. 1t was here decided, as was
done a week ago, to allow the city at
torney to make his own selection of as
sistance, if any is needed, as being the
most courteous course SIS well as the
best for the interests of the city.
A. M Olson Gets License.
A liquor license was granted to A. M.
Olson, and his bond, signed by John
Nyquist and Geo. M. Phillips, was APP
proved. The recorder read the names, at
first "Oscar Olson" and Rev. f. B. Cow
| gill asked whether he had not been con-
victed at the term of court last summer.
1t was then learned that the applica-
ton was made by A. NJ. Olson. Mr..
| Cowgirl asked who A. M. Olson was, and
whether he or Oscar Olson was to be
the proprietor of the saloon. The law.
he said, did not permit the license to be
granted to man convicted of viola
ton of the liquor laws. No one could
answer this, although Aid. Coy said that
he would like to have light on the mat
ter The motion to grant the license
received five votes, Aid. Coy voting
mo-
The claim of Herman Krummel fol-
$500 for injury to his thumb from fall
on a cross walk at Second and Rock
streets, was read and placed on file.
A communication was received from
d. ii. Lindsey, agent of the state board
of control, relative to there be-
ing no partition between the mems anC
women's cells at the city hall, and asking
what the city proposed to do about it
The matter was referred to the commit
tee on city property.
A petition was received, signed by thir
teen persons and firms, mostly from
north of Main street, asking that the
Tivoli license be reinstated, in view Of
the changes made in the plans. 1t was
placed on file. The number of signers
thirteen, proved to be a hoodoo.
The committee on claims and ac
counts reported that it wanted to lool
into laundry bill for $50 from the fir
station.
Street Lighting Discussed.
Aid. Jorgensen, chairman of this com
mittee, said that the bill for $466.S3 TO
lighting the streets with arc lights dur
in December and January should be look
ed into, and special meeting held fo
the purpose. He said that no city in tn
country lights its suburbs with $65 ar
lights. The city is up against it. Street
in the suburbs have lights where tn
lights do not shine on enough propert
to pay taxes enough to pay for tn
lights. At the same time, well built u
:. portions of the city have no lights, an
should have them. There is great d.