The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-01
MORE BACKBONE
I BY CITY COUNCIL
IN GRANTING DRAM SHOP t.
CENSES IN CAIRO FOR THE
NEW YEAR.
REJECT APPLICATIONS
Of Men Who. Failed to Answer sum
mons Requiring Them to De-
fend Themselves Against
Complaints.

/ Another special meeting of the cit
council was held last night for til
purpose of passing upon application
for license to do business during tn
new year. There were present Iii
| Honor Mayor Parsons, and Alderme
Burke, Davis, Meehan. Ferguson, Gol
man, Snyder, SculIin, Koehler. This
/ tlewood, Bourgeois, Nellis, Kelly an
Magner.
The first act was the passing of
| resolution declaring that during til,
| new year tho city council would re
fuse to transfer any license granted
except In case of the death of ths
original licensee.
The clerk read reports of the com
mittees on finance and police, jai
and fire departments. upon the appli
cations for bonds for dram shops
wholesale liquor dealers, pharmacists
paWnbrokers and junk dealers. All
applications submitted the night be
fore and published in yesterdays
Bulletin were favorably passed upon,
excepting the applications for dram
shop license Of Chas. p. Powers, 2505
Commercial avenue: j. G. Jaynes, 514
Commercial avenue, and Richard
Franklin, 407 Ohio street; also the ap-
nlication for junk license OF Joseph
Solomon.
There was considerable discussion
about these cases which developed d
strong disposition on the part of the
city council to pursue a less lenient
policy toward men who abuse privil-
eyes granted them by the city au-
thorities. AT the meeting of the com
issisfeee n#naed dnIing the afternoon.
Chief Egan had reported adversely
upon several of the cases. 1t was de.
seloped that Jaynes was the uncle Of
ssffian named Evers who was to con.
iuct the saloon for him at Sixth and
Commercial. Evers had come here
rom Cape Girardeau and the mayor
II that city informed Chief Egan that
ivers had been refused license to
'eep saloon there, because he was
'ot considered proper person to |
onduct such place. On motion OF |
alderman Snyder this application was
aid aside and action deferred until |
he matter could be more thoroughly
inquired into.
In the case of Chas. Powers. Alder
nan Snyder reported that the com
littee had cited him to appear and
rake defense against complaints that
ad been filed against him. He had
iiled to appear and the committee
did not wish to recommend
ne granting of h1s application. Pow
RS appeared before the city council
ter and explained that he did not
nderstand that ne was to appear
pfore the committee and went to
urphysboro instead. But the matter
as not taken up by the city council. {
Richard Franklin mad also failed to
,pear before the committees to ex.
ain why he had not complied with
peated requests to improve the {
ndition of his place on Ohio street |
ne chief had reported that he had
ore than once demonstrated with |
r. Franklin against his keeping a S
gro ~spieler" or drummer on the !
lewaik in front of his place to dis. /
butte cards to passers-by and invite 1
em into the place. Franklin had T
piled that Barnum & Bailey be-
we'd in advertising and he saw no a
ason why he should not do so. t
Alderman Scull;n said Franklin's v
ice and the manner of conducting q
had been the cause of more criti. Il
IN among the people who pass
ing Ohio street. than all other \
ices. Il
Alderman Koehler stated he also tl
a demonstrated with Franklin with.
/ avail.
Franklin's application was laid
de for future consideration.
rhe committee had cited eleven ap- !
rants to appear and answer com.
ints filed against them and all but
! three above named gave satisfsc- 6
y ffithisstF bHnt tHt9 "Obfb ub tth
mother interesting scene occurred
n the application of Joseph Solo
n the Junk dealer. about whose
&C on Third street. people in the 10
ehborhood have long made com d
int. On motion of the council III
ef Egsn was requested TO make a ma
tement concerning Solomon. The hs
ef recited several instances where O.
Solomon had bought stolen prop se
y notably those of the Carroll Con 20
iotion Co, the r. L. Halliday Mil. SC
Co. and the Mobile & Ohio rail- vi
d company from all OF whim vsiH- sh
p brasses had been stolen which sh
re found at Soiomon's place in
te OF the laiter's denial that he
anything of this sort The CHIEFS
allied story OF how the property
] found was interesting.