Bisbee daily review., 1906-07-14

The foregoing in brief summarizes the more important steps taken by the city council at it's special call meeting held at the city hall last night, the original purpose of which was to appoint judges and clerks for the election. As intimated in the h. ternational-American of Wednesday the matter of severely disciplining c. D. Walker, proprietor of the Eagle cafe, against whom e case In which he is charged with violating the wine room ordinances of the city is now pending in the local court, early re- ceived the attention of the council. The matter was brought up in the form of a communication from Mar shal Stambaugh, which had the en. dorsement of City Attorney Lockwood in which the marshal complained of Walker, reviewed the trouble the city officials had had with him and sub mitted his conclusion that the wei fare of the city demanded the revo- cation of Walkers license. He con- plained that Walker consistently and made the assertion that he would con- tinue to do so.
 Lockwood Supports Complaint.
 Supplementing the complaint of Marshal Stambaugh and in answer to the observation of Mayor Adamson, that the city had ordinances which covered the violations complained of, and his query as to why the officers had not arrested and prosecuted Walk CT, City Attorney Lockwood said that of all the ordinance, <:1 t.le Scatu-e books none was quite so hard to enforce as the wine room ordinance, for the reason that it was near to impossible to get competent evidence from the very nature of the offence. He furth- CT said that MT. Walker had made the defense that one of his employees had sold the liquor in disregard of his orders and that Walker would prob ably continue to make that complaint
 Some further discussion followed and Alderman Rice moved that Wal ker be cited to appear before the council Monday night and show cause why his license to do business should not be revoked, which carried unanim OuSly.
 Band Appropriation Cut Of
 The members of the council being unanimous of the opinion that they were exceeding their legal rights in appropriating money for the support of the Douglas band, by an unanim ous action discontinued the appTopria- ticn to become effective at once. The right of the city to repudiate the ap- propriation for the past month which has already been drawn by the band, on the same ground, was admitted but no action was taken to collect the money which had already been drawn by the band.
 Several things appear to have en- tered into the action of the council in this matter, among them the discOrd which has arisen since the Fourth of July, alleged dissatisfaction of mem bers of the band and some adverse criticism which the action of the coun- cil making the appropriation aroused! When was added to these the cer- tainty that the council had no legal right to make an appropriation of this character there was not dissenting voice when the question of stopping the appropriation was voted upon.
 Appropriation Illegal.
 The city attorney in advising the council on the legal status of the mat ter explained that the council was no more than board of trustees for the city and that they could be held re- sponsible for any disposition of money made by them which was not within the law. He said they could be made to pay for every cent of money aF p-opriated to the band by resolution f any succeeding council or probably by legal action on the part of any citizen.
 The question was broufht up by Al Herman Simms and the motion to dis continue the appropriation was made by Alderman Rice. The city council did not want it understood that there was any personal animus in the mat. ter and the use of the city hall as a band room is still offered the band. Election Officers Named.