Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-11-02
Saloon Bunch Fails in Its At
tempt to Job the Voters
Of Pullman

Judge Chadwick in a decision hand
ed down yesterday. holds the notorious
rewardine ordinances. passed recently
BY our eity council. null and void. and
has issued q permanent writ Of man
date demanding the city clerk 70 reg
lister all voters in accord with ordin-
anee No. %. the original ordinance
dividing the city into three wards.
This decision is . victory for the
rights Of the people as against the
e0nnivances Of political tricksters who
seek b. hook or by crook 70 defeat the
will Of the people. and 10 % iuggle
our elections that the interests Of three
saloons can be protected. On Septem-
Der 18th the city council had intro
duced. read first. second and third
times and passed. an ordinance divid-
ing the ity into three wards. making
material changes in the existing ward
boundaries. evidently calculating 70
make two Of the new wards safely
wet, and 20 hulk as much Of the
dry vote as possible into one ward.
the lines a. run being most ridiculous
in the extreme. and causing the ave-
rage voter who did not put the saliva
tion Of the saloon above al other con-
siderati0ns % aFsan arms a siae awza-
mary action Of the council. Mayor
Gray resigned mis- Office rs mayor
rather than sign the ordinance. and p
W. Lawrence was elected mayor Al a
special session Of the council. and ~
once affixed his signature 20 the docu-
ment.
Action was al once brought in the
superior court TO test the validity Of
the new ordinance. and after one Of
the most bitterly contested suits ever
heard in cur SUPERIOR court, a decision
has been rendered against the new or
dinance.
The ordinance was attacked upon
the validity Of its passage and publi-
cation. E. s. Burgan. the nominal
plaintiff. being represented by Attor-
neYs Neil, Mathews and lamar. while
z. X. Hanna, Of Colfax. vas attorney
for the city officials. Every technical
objection POSSIBLE was presented 10 the
hearing Of the case on its merits. and
Hanna wasted days q time in exhaust
ing ais oyer-supply Of bot air before
the facts in the case could be present
Cd TO the court.
In his decision Judge Chadwick
holds that ordinance 10 be legal should
have been Published in the Tribune.
which Is the Official newspaper Of the
city. and that the attempted publica-
tion In the News. an alleged news
paper backed By local liquor interests.
was not legal publicatien. To Be Of
force for the December election. IL was
necessary that the ordinance b passed
and Published sixty days before such
election. but is passage b. the council
being delayed 70 the last possible meet
iag. the Tribune vas unable 70 publish
within the reuuirea tine. and the
council attempted 70 get publieation in
the News and By posting. which pub
leaton is now declared illegal.
Judge Chadwick in hls decision
says. anong ether things:
1T vii be seen that the matter q
posting Il eliminated IN this case for
tee rcasans. First. thers were ether
newspapers published In Paslman. and
seeoadly. the cosneil did not % direct
Had PuIlazAn - ofseial paper1 II
il had the public interest ~ vel a.
TIE iaw rsquirss that TIE ordnance be
published therein- Il IL the policy
q - lzs - psblizA psklie eseamssts
in papzr sslscted Ter TIT pzspuss ~