The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-01
Attorneys Are Present.

the exception of Councilman Mulvey. who
did not appear. and Councilman w. Mont
Ferry, who was excused, were present.
and participated in the debate. Among
the spectators were q number of saloon
men and attorneys, who, it is understood
will take up the cases of the saloon men.
and fight them through the courts. con-
tending that the chief has not autocratic
power to refuse to grant licenses, or to
order their revocation
\ communication was read from the
chief of police in which he stated that the
application of the saloon of CaeSare Brunn
for a renewal of his liquor license at 1876
West South Temple street was rejected
and denied on the ground that Paul Papo-
witch. bartender. had BEN arrested and
convicted in the police court OF violating
the Sunday closing ordinance on Dec 3
Councilman Black moved that the council
concur in the recommendation of the
chief
Then the fireworks started. Councilman
+. $. FernStrOm of the Third was recOg-
nized. and before he had concluded his
attack upon the administration. was called
TO order by Council President Davis. and
was ordered TO confine his remarks to the
question under discussion. This order was
evoked by Fernstrom's reference to the
McWhirter robbery.
A Matter of Revenge.
at is matter of revenge" ne said 1T
is no secret that the saloon ran open on
Sundays before last election. The party
i'm power called on every saloonman i'm the.
CITY and demanded that they contribute
70 the campaign fund. A few of them re
ting punished because they opposed the
bulldozng tactics. 1t is a matter of re-
vengc. Will that help to build up the
city? / say that it is damnable.
eve have had eleven months to find
out if tho chief of police knows any
thing about crime. Look at that Nc
Whirter case when two men were robbed
of $4,000. That showed that the chief
o. not nfr,or e1,r Z
crime
Council President Davis raped with
his gavel TO call Fernstrom to order, but
FernstrOm continued.
The chief is not above criticism. That
McWhirter case is an example. The &C
counts OF that case were read by the
people. and they think that this case
shows whether he's sincere or not
You will find in a few months that
the doors will swing wide open again.
I've seen ii before. Is that the kind of
administration that Salt Lake needs ?
That offense was committed three weeks
ago. The town was wide open then on
Sundays and everyone knew il.
Councilman Holley seconded Council
man FernstrOm's motion to refer. He
said that he believed that every state
ment that FernstrOm had made was true.
He said that he wanted the matter in
vestigated from start to finish.
Mr.. Blacks Retort.
II don't see how Fernstrom can make
that delightfully."- frank and open appeal
for the nOn-enforcement OF the ordinances.
in view of his oath as a councilman "
said Councilman Black caustically. '-All
of the saloon men were notified by the
police department to close They seemed
to he willing 10 take their chances to
get a few dollars in trade and now they
are getting run for their money. A poor
little barber opens his shop TO shave 2
man on Sunday and gets fined S25, and
that's all right. but it seems to be a
part of the ethics advanced here to al
low the saloon man to sell liquor on
Sunday"
The motion TO refer was lost by a vote
of 10 to Those who voted TO refer
were Councilmen Fernstrom. HOlley ano
Preece. The vote 10 concur in the chief 5
recommendation was carried by the Same
vote. the three councilmen opposing it.