The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-01
REFORM LAWS
AND BLUE LAWS
City Council Touches Liquor
and Restaurant Ordinances
With GingerIy Fingers.
ARE LAID OVER ONE WEEK
BLANKET ORDINANCE DOES NOT
MATERIALIZE.

Everything in the reform line in the
way of legislation by the city council has
| gone over for another week. There was
an early closing ordinance and the res
| taurant license ordinance, and revo-
cation of liquor license by the chief OF
police. but they all went over until next
Monday.
| When the recorder had waded only a
| snort distance into Martin ordinance 1or
the closing of saloons from j. o CLOCK
| every night till O'Clock. and SUNDAY
closing from midnight Saturday tn mid
| night Sunday, Mr.. Martin felt moved TO
| remark 10 this effect:
Mr. President, | am heartily in favor
/ OF this ordinance, but | desire to add TO
IL an amendment. / 90 not wish TO con-
ceal from you what this amendment IS
IL makes the ordinance all the stronger
The amendment is simply that the pres
ence of any person in saloon during
the closed hours shall be prima Iacle
evidence that liquor is being sold there
and the entering or leaving of any per-
son from the place shall also be con-
strued as prima facie evidence that lduor
rs being sold there. | ask that this be
laid over one week. so that il can be put
into shape by the city attorney.
Blue law or amendment asked Mr..
Davis. Laid over one week, next or
der
The ordinance affecting restaurants was
read: Mr.. FernstrOm said that the ann
the wine rooms and booths in places
where liquors are served, the places
that debauch the morality of the city.
The time has come. said Mr.. Fern
strom. when the sentiment of the people
of the United States is for the prohib-
ton movement. We have either got TO
go Up or down. The question here Is.
Have we got the courage to say that We
don't want this evil? "
Mr.. Stewart said that while he and Mr..
Raybould were on stunning expedition
the other night
But there were six of us. Mr.. Stewart
interjected Raybould.
One Place Was Bad.
True. true; 1 had forgotten. Well, we
saw things that / never had any idea ex-
listed. We went into one place which was
the vilest place that l think ! ever saw.
Mr.. Martin said that Stewart was right
that they did go into place which he
believed to be morally foul I'm for an
ordinance regulating dumps of this kind,
all right. but I'm against pulling out a
mans architecture that runs legitimate
business.
Why if Ibis ordinance passes, you
can't go into the Wilson hotel and get a
drink or a bottle of beer sent up to your
room
'Oh, no: oh, no.: said several.
How about that, Judge Dininny?"
And Judge Dininny rose calmly, adjusted
his glasses, and announced that so far as
/ remember the terms of the ordnance
And then Mr.. Martin said that if the or
dinance passed there would be no privacy
in any restaurant in town, and that when
a man and his wife went into a restaurant
the wife was the object of crowd of
gawks who ''flirted much as they can
without getting their head smashed
Mr.. Holley said that the restaurant bus
mess in Salt Lake is one in which many
thousands of dollars is invested, and he
believed 1t no more than right that the
proprietors be given chance to be heard. |
He moved. therefore, that the ordinance
go over until next Monday night and that |
the persons interested be notified to ap-
pear at that time. The notice to appear |
is to be left to newspaper publicity. for |
nobody officially knows who the interested |
parties are.
Chief of Police Pitt sent in communion
ton recommending the revocation of the |
license of Tedesco 6, Co. at 337 South West |
Temple. because. he said. they sold liquor |
on Sunday. Tedesco & Co. were notified |
to appear next Monday night and show |
cause.