Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-28
CLOSE SALOONS
Il SABBATH DAY
White House Bar Had License
Refused by City
Council.
A WARNING 70 vloLAToRs.
Nulyey Charged That Chief Sheets
Had Acted In Bad Faith In
The Matter.


A precedent was established by the
,,tv council last night, which, II fol-
,.red IN the future, will result In every
.aIoon in the city being closed on sun
aavs. The council concurred In the ac-
lion az Chief OF Police Sheets. who re-
fused to renew the license of Wineman
q Metoalf, proprietors Of the White
House bar until the case against the
,,sn charging them with keeping their
saloon open on Sundays and selling
uouor is disposed Of in the police court.
The license for the place expired yes
tsriey and after the council meeting
sst night Chief Sheets issued orders
10 close the saloon up.
This action viii be a warning to all
o.ber violators OF the Sunday closing
ordnance and will no doubt be very
benencial TO the morals Of the city. The
ordinance provides that any person
convicted OF selling liquor on Sunday
shall he denied license for six months.
When the matter was brought up last
night there was quite an argument
about 1t.
MuLvEY ACCUSES SHEETS.
Mulvey charged that the chief OF
poljce was acting In bad faith In the
matter and that there was something
hack of his action. He did not under
stand why one place should be picked
out by the chief and made an example
of In such a manner when every saloon
in town was doing the same thing, and
argued that the matter should be re-
ferred to committee so that the men
could receive a fair hearing. He said
that Ii would be a very easy matter Tor
the chief to abuse his power In regard
10 refusing licenses ana cause finan-
clal loss of thousands OF dollars to the
proprietors OF saloons and put them
out of business and he contended that
the ordinance did not give him any
such power without the sanction OF the
council. He moved 10 have II referred
10 the license committee so that the
matter could be adjusted satisfactorily.
Black moved that the action Of the
chief be concurred In. Holiday raised
the point that the council could DO
nothing else but uphold the CHIEF as his
action was final. Holley was In favor
of having the matter referred 10 the
committee and declared that II the
chief revoked the license OF every sa-
loon that was selling liquor on Sunday,
there would not be saloon left In the
CITY. Preece also favored referring the
matter. He said that all the council
men knew that the saloons all over the
CITY were open on Sundays and he did
not believe IN the chief singing out
one saloon and making an example OF II
and allowing all the other saloons to re-
main OPEN
uiARNTNC, GIVEN
Martin was of the opinion that the
chief should be sustained. as ne hau
warned Wineman & Metealf 10 keep
closed, and they failed TO need the
warning, The point was raised thal
ne men had not been convicted yet.
es the case had been continued until
Ian. .. This did not change the senti.
mont OF the councilmen, however, ana
when the motion TO concur in the chief's
action was put, II was carried by
vote Of II 10 3, Those who voted against
IL are Mulyey, Holley and Preece,
Later Ia the meeting Wells intro
duced a resolution, instructing the
mayor and chief OF police to enforce
the law in regard to closing the sa-
looms OH Sundays, and that their atteh-
ton be called to the discussion OF the
subject by the members Of the counci'
IN which II was disclosed that the vlo-
atlon OF the ordinance in that respect
a general throughout the city
CALLED IT A JOKE.
Mulvey said that he considered the
resolution somewhat of a Joke. but mat
he would vote for IT, The resolution
was adopted, and after the council aG-
journed, Mulvey Informed Wells that
IL he would introduce resolution clos
ing I'D the clubs which sell liquor on
Sunday, he would back him up in IL.
Mulyey decla red that the clubs sell
liquor on Sundays as well as other
days, and don't pay any license Tor II
at all Wells told Mulvey to draw UP
the resolution as he wanted II. ana ne
would Introduce It at the council meet
ing neyt Monday night.
The old trouble over painting tne
street sprinklers was brought up again
upon the report OF the sprlnkllng com
mlttee which recommended thar the
work be done by the street supervisor
az n cost not 10 exceed S23 for each
sprinkler. Black moved as an amend
ment that the matter be referred TO
the board OF public works, with m
structions to advertise for Dids LOT
painting the sprinklers
OFFER ~ PAlNl'
A letter was received from George
Roach. who offered to paint the carts
some time ago for SIS each, IN when
he declared that he had been denied
hearing by the committee, He quoted
figures TO show that the paint could 90
purchased for less than 81 for each
wagon. Martin made a heated tax
IN which he denied that the paint could
be purchased at any such price as
quoted by Roach. He Insisted that
the city could paint the wagons better
and cheaper than any one else ana Ina.
It should do the work and not wait
70 bids TO be advertised for and delay
y work until spring when the carts
VII. be needed.
After Black and Crabtree had made
q strong fight to have the matter re-
forred TO the board OF public WORKS