The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-18
WILL REMIT FINES
Mayor Green Says Certain
Classes Are Exempt.
May Work on Sunday Without
Violating Ordinances.
WARRANTS ARE OUT.
Include Clerks, Reporters,
Druggists and COnfectiOners.
judiciary Committee Gives May
or Vote Of Confidence.
WARRANTS ARE OUT.

cream, soda water. cut flowers, con-
fectionery, cigars, tobacco, newspa-
pers and periodicals. also fresh meat
and fish, before 9 o'clock in the morn
ing from April l to November 1 on
Sunday is not violation of the sun
day labor law, declares the mayor fol-
lowing an Interpretation of the coun-
Gil as to what constitutes necessities.
Wherever fines are assessed in the
police court following the issuance OF
warrants for labor involved in the sale
of the above articles the mayor will
make a remittance of the fine to the
party arrested.
Il shall remit all fines to those who
are arrested for working in connection
with making a sale of any of the
above articles said Mayor Green.
Twenty-one warrants were issued
this afternoon on complaints sworn to
by ]. r. Kearney, d. b. Lederman, d:
d Easter and NJ. A. Gilman, all of
whom are connected with the the
atrical interests of the city, calling for
the arrest of twenty-one different per-
sons, most of them clerks in drug
stores and cigar stores, though four
Of them include employees of the Capt.
tai, who are charged with labor on
Sunday in getting out the Monday
morning edition of that paper.
The complaints were presented to
the city attorneys office just before IL
sented to Judge S. S. Urmy of the po-
lice court and following this the war;
rants were issued and arrests made.
The following is a list of the parties
arrested, the charge and the complain
ant:
John Mrash. Rowley drug store. sale
tobacco. ]. X. Kearney.
James Manusos, sale tobacco, J. r.
Kearney.
Edwin Usher, sale of screw driver. ].
Il. Kearrey.
w. S. Plummer, Central drug store,
sale of tobacco, ]. r. Kearney.
o. E. Hughes. Stansfield's, sale of
cigarettes, d. B. Lederman.
Albert Marshall, sale of cigars. D. B.
Lederman.
F. NJ. Curtis. sale of toothbrush. ].
Orrin t. Crawford, sale of cigars. ].
r. Kearney
Fred T. Walker. sale of toothpaste,
d. d. Easter.
Frank Brown. Capital, NJ A. Gillian.
J. E. House, Capital. d. D. Easter.
]. +. McAfee, Burghart's, sale of
cigars, NJ. A. Gillian.
George Rollins. engineer Page flour
mills. j. r. Kearney.
M. F. Rigby, sale of candy, ]. r.
H. c. Tromp. sale of cigars, D. B.
Lede-man.
George Flad. sale of cigars. d. B.
Lederman,
VIM. Flower. Capital j R. Kearney.
Art Hargis, sale of cigars, j. r.
Kea-ae-.
A. L. Metcalf, National hotel, sale of
cigars, d. B. Lederman.
johnson, sale of postal cards, ]. r.
Kearney.
Robert Smith, Capital, D. B. Leder-
man.
Following the statement made by
the mayor all but three of the above
twenty-one will have their fines re-
mitted, these three sold articles which
are not listed in the items given as
necessities. The fine fixed by law is
not less than So and not more than
$25 for each and every offense The
minimum of 50 will probably be as
sessed.
THE city council on January 9Th of
this year passed a resolution interpret
Ing what it considered to be necessi-
ties" said the mayor. This was done
with respect TO the enforcement of
the other law, the sale of merchan-
disc on Sunday. The grocers asso-
citation petitioned me at that time to
close stores on Sunday in compliance
with that ordinance. Having this in
depreciation of what are necessities
l can under the Sunday labor ordin-
ance assume that the sale of the ar
ticles named by the council as neces-
stiles is not labor. The ordinance pro-
vides against any work other than
that of necessity or charity Follow
ing the Interpretation 1 shall remit all
the fines for work done in connection
with the sale of tobacco and other
items mentioned"
Vote of Confidence in Mayor.
The judiciary committee of the
council met at noon today and refused
to recommend the Of ho
olution introduced on Monday night
by Councilman Horn calling on the
mayor to enforce the Sunday labor or
dinance TO the letter.
The committee consisting of Coun-
cilmen Stanley, Blakely and Jordan
voted their confidence in the mayor's
Judgment and recommended in their
report to give him free rein in the
enforcement of the ordinance The
following is the report of the commit
tee:
To the Honorable Mayor and Council
of the City of Topeka:
Gentlemen: Your committee on ju-
dietary, TO whom was referred the fol-
lowing resolutions:
Whereas, The supreme court by its
recent decision has upheld the Sun
day labor ordinance, therefore he II
resolved. that the mayor be and is
hereby requested by the city council
to enforce said ordinance to the let
ter respectfully report as follows:
The Sunday labor law as embodied
in the ordinance referred to in the
foregoing resolution has been upheld
by our supreme court for many years.
The point decided by the supreme
court In its recent decision was thar
experimenting and managing a thea
ter was labor within the meaning of
the ordinance.
We believe that the mayor can be
trusted 10 enforce the Sunday labor
ordinance In harmony with the in
depreciation recently placed upon 1t by
the supreme court and in accordance