The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-08-19
IMMENSE ROLLS INCLUDE
1929 SIGNATURES
National Issue Club Expected to
Take Matter Into the Municipal
Election.

pie, of whom only 90 were children,
the anti saloon petition compiled by
the National Issue club was present.
ed to the city council at its session
on Monday evening and was "laid
on the table indefinitely" by motion
OF Councilman .Ianeck, supported by
Councilman Null as seconding the
motion. Only two votes were re-
corded against this action, those Of
Councilmen Meigs and Millar. Coun-
Gilman Shaw was absent from the
session.
That there is politics behind the
move was the statement made at the
council meeting and not denied By
either Dr.. Granville Lowther, who
presented the paper as president of
the club, or by any of his supporters.
The fight will be taken into both the
city election in December and the
general election in November Both
DR.. Lowther and Councilman Meigs
are expected to be candidates in the
election, the former as democratic
nominee and the latter as republican,
and an attempt is being made to
make Lowtehr material from the
stand taken by Meigs that the petit
ton should not be granted. as it did
n In ,f al
or taxpayers in the city and that the
question was raised not as a moral
but financial question by the men
backing the move.
DR. Lowther presented the three
petitions, reading first the one sign
ed by the voters Of North Yakima,
sos in number He said it repre-
sented rs per cent Of all persons can
vassed excepting in the Fifth ward.
where a majority were secured
The petition from outside the city
limits had col names of voters, and
the third petition had ZIG signatures,
Of which 90 were children and the
remainder women.
The National Issue president ar
gued that the taxpayers of Yakima
county were called upon to pay taxes
for criminal cases in court which were
brought about directly or Indirect
~ from the saloons. He said these
costs amount to twice as much as the
saloon license revenue.
That he would have to pay $50
extra taxes this year was the belief
OF the rancher-real estate man, who
said that % per cent of the taxes
were spent to carry on these cases.
When. he had finished his state
rent Councilman Null moved that
the question be deferred for two
weeks. Councilman Miller present.
cd a resolution calling for a Sitting
committee" of three councilmen to
be named by the mayor, to segregate
the list so that the council could
learn who We're qualified voters,
heads of families. not heads Of fam
flies. taxpayers and voters, as well
as the percentage of taxes paid by the
petitioners. This report, he asked,
was to be made at the next meeting.
Mayor Lombard asked DR.. Low
Their if the question would not be up
at the general election or shortly fol-
lowing, owing to the stand taken by
the two big political parties. DR..
Lowther said that it would come up,
but the action would not accomplish
closing of the saloons for two years
and the club wanted immediate ac-
ton.
Councilman Janeck said there was
no use fooling about the question, in
dicating that the minds of the council
members had been made up. and
moved that the subject be laid over
indefinitely.
Instantly Councilman Meigs was
on the floor. and appeared in support
of the Miller motion, only desiring
that the matter be referred to the
police and finance committees in
stead of a special committee.
Alittle tilt with Councilman Jan
eek resulted in Councilman Meiss
saying that he would eventually vote
against the granting of the petition
because 1t was gotten up as finan-
cial question and the list was not OF
taxpayers, and in addition it was a
minority petition. He said: There
is a good deal of politics in this move
anyway" but maintained that any