The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-14

ness and will attend to -mine," said
Hughes angrily.
II ann came back from Blakely.
Well. I want you to understand
| that am not going to have anyone
question the sincerity of my motives"
Il simply asked why you hadn't
voted then as you vote now
It's none of your darn business. I
just want you to understand that you
are brushing up against a different
| man than Horn
You go over and attend to your
| said Blakely.
And the dust settled down once
more for the evening.
The question came up first on a mo-
ton to adopt the report of the judi
ciary committee WHICH was against the
repeal of the. ordinance. Councilman
Stanley, chairman of the committee,
moved the adoption of the committees
| report.
Councilman Horn Immediately ask
ed for the adoption of a substitute
motion to repeal the ordinance. He
said: LAS 1 have introduced the or
dtnance / will explain that I have not
introduced it without considering at
length what is best for the city of
Topeka. If we enforce this it will
prove hardship on the people of To-
peka. 1t is so far reaching that we
don't know where it is going to end.
The easiest and best way out of 1t is
to repeal the ordinance. I think. 1t
would be so far reaching that the mil
Ter of the city would not be able to
run his mills on Sunday and the man
who has to clean his boilers on Sun
day would have to leave it go to Mon
day and perhaps shut down all of
that day too
81 have been in theaters three times
in three years." said Councilman Mil
Ter, land they would have to starve
il they depended upon me. But this
is not a question of law and order, but
a matter of principle. Has one class
of people the right to insist on anoth-
or class that they should come to
their way of thinking? 1t is within
the province of this council to repeal
this ordinance and tell the people to
amuse themselves in an innocent way
on Sunday If the theater presents
theater manager in Jail. Let us be
tolerant
"I can't see that a theater, five
| cent show or Vinewood has anything
to do with this. Theaters are not
mentioned in this ordinance. 1t is
question OF labor" said Councilman
Stanley "I hope for one that the
laws of the state of Kansas will be
upheld
1.-The craving for entertainment is
disease Of the American people"
said Councilman Blakely: There
ought to be one day of rest and
should like to see my friends and
neighbors resting on that day"
81 believe that the law is intended
| for every man and that no Partially
should be shown said Hughes.
get ice at my door on Sunday, that is
not necessity; the city of Topeka
cleans out and washes boilers on sun
day, that is notn ecessity. 1 think
the council should enforce the law
now that 1t is the law against all
half of the council who have not VOL
ated it. Enforce it against the cigar
man. the paid choir and the organ1st
| that pumps the organ. You ran the
church without choir and an organ
wears ago and you can do 1t now.
| Later Councilman Horn introduced
the following resolution:
| Whereas the supreme court by Its
| recent decision has upheld the sun
day labor ordinance. therefore
"Be it resolved that the mayor be
| and fs hereby requested by the city
council to enforce said ordinance to
| the letter..
This it is hoped by devious route
to result in killing the ordinance. 1t
was referred without question to the
committee on judiciary which Will
see that it is carefully pruned.
The dogs made one more vote and
| gained one new champion last night
Councilman Miller. They have hve
| of the councilmen now.
The ordinance to repeal the sixty
| day tie up dog ordinance was in
troduced by Councilman Hughes. A
motion to suspend the rules and
| place the ordinance on its final read
| ing last night was MADE by Council
man Lannan.
| al; no
| good faith. 1t seems to me that we
| are trying to repeal a ordinance with
| a great deal of haste" said Stanley
| II have no fear that if the dogs
| are turned loose that we will have
rabies but if we do keep them con-
| fined 1 am sure that we will have
| dozen cases of rabies. They will get
mad from their confinement and bite
your children in playing with them.
You will have trouble, now mark my
word said Lannan.
| On motion to suspend the rules
the vote was: Ayes, Councilmen How
ard, Lannan, Miller, Fraser and
Hughes; Noes, Councilmen Jordan,
Van Ness, Blakely, Horn, Tandy, Kutz
and Stanley.
The ordinance to repeal was then
referred to the committee on health
| and sanitation.
| Tagged to this was a resolution
which provides that the mayor shall
have authority to engage the services
| of twenty-five men to act as assistant
| dog catchers for the purpose OF rid
ding the city of cur dogs that have
| no owners. The resolution was in
| troduced by Councilman Jordan.
| The mosquitoes in the ponds in
North Topeka might as well take in
their bills and curl up their toes for
the sanitary department was author
| lied last night to spread crude oil all
over the pools of water in North To-
/ peka for the killing of the pests.
| 1t will cost 1929 to make the
| proper reconstruction of the sewer
| 10 Of Polk hefxPRn