The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-01

ana ADJ TO DISCUSS tUelT cases WITH
Judge Gowans of the juvenile court,
Mr.. Stewart pointing out that the com
mittee had denied the application of
the drug store at Seventh East and
Seventh South, the Doull Drug company
Mt Main street and Post Office place.
and the George t, Brice Drug company
by the Kenyon hotel for selling liquor
on Sunday, and said that the Robinson
drug store at West. Temple and Post
Office place ought to and will be denied
a license for the same thing, along
with the other applications turned down
for the reason that they are brewery
owned or controlled places.
Martin Objects.
At this point Mr.. Martin began his
objection. which afterwards became
frcnzied, to denying the twenty-four
licenses, saying that he doubted Mr.
Stewart s statement that they are brew
cry owned or controlled places, and
suggested that the applicants be sum
moned before the council this evening
to show why they should be given
license. This followed the adoption of
the committee report carrying with il
the granting of the other 107 licenses
Following the adoption Of the com
mittee report the discussion waxed gen
eral and Mr. Hall advanced The silly
argument that it was doubtful if the
committee or the council has tho right
TO go behind the affidavit and deny
the asked for license until ii has been
established In court that the applicant
has committed perjury. Then IL was
time for the council 10 take cognizance.
Mr.. Hall held. and act upon the apph
cation. Fred G.. Loofbourow, district
attorney, was present and Mr.. Hall
called upon him to take cogniZance of
all this.
To which Mr.. Stewart replied that
Mr.. Loofbourow was present in the in
terests Of firm-meaning Hanak &
Rumph-that had made affidavit that
ii owned the fixtures five days before
the bill of sale from Fisher s was dated.
The application for license bears the
out, and the bill Of sale is dated June
%.
This brought Mr., Loofbourow 10 his
feet with the admission that he was
not present as district attorney, but In
the interests Of Hanak & Rumph, who
have been in business at the same place
for ten years. he declared, and have
always conducted an orderly place.
While the bill of sale was dated June
26. he admitted. the purchase had been
made and completed on April 21, the
money having been paid over then. AS
evidence Of this Mr.. Loofbourow offered
10 produce the receipt for the money.
H'It doesn t sound reasonable TO me, -
replied Mr.. Stewart fbut it may be.
IF the brewery S books show that the
money was paid over April 2l and the
sale made then ! am willing to grant
Hanak & Rumph a license, But ! m
willing to bet that they don't show
any such thing.
Martin s Chance to Talk
In the general and heated discussion
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ad iournment. seconded from two or
three different quarters, the under
standing being that the twentyfour sa-
looms in doubt should be closed for the
dav, TO which Mr.. Martin violently OBJ
iectcd He did NOT get much Of
chance, however. for his fireworks until
his name was called on the vote for
adjournment Then he broke into
bitter TRADE against Mr.. Stewart and
Mr.. Black
81 don t know as much as I would
like 10 know about these twenty-four
licenses, shouted Mr. Martin, fbut
I'll venture to say that few of them
are brewery saloons. And it has come
to a pretty pass when two members OF
this council can dictate 20 it and put
citizens out of business. What kind of
hierarchy is this anyway
Out of breath Mr. Martin paused in
his flight Then he broke Out anew.
FThese twentyfour applicants were
brought up here, pinned together IN
three different punches. with the IN
itials in the corner respectively OF the
three different leading breweries. the
Salt Lake, Fishers and Wagener s.
Mr. Martin paused again, this time
10 find the applications, but they had
disappeared.
Appealing TO reporters for corrobora-
tion as to this assertion and receiving
If, Mr.. Martin continued;
you are trying 10 take fall out
of the breweries, but instead you are
really taking away the business and
livelihood of .twenty-four citizens,
whose affidavits are certainly better
than some peoples word. They have
made the proper affidavits. Why not
give them chance for their hfeI
You will bear from me about this if
you don t give them 4 chance. lf a
single Que Of the twenty four appli-
canis refused a license IS closed today
want 10 tell you that every other
liquor house in Salt Lake City will
have 10 be closed. ] give notice right
mere and now that If these men are
not given a chance | will give notice
Of reconsideration upon the granting
of the other licenses and hold the whole
thing up for a week.
Tied Up for Week.
As this was in the middle of the roll
call Mr. Stewart and one or two 9th
crs raised the point that Mr., Martin
could not then give effective notice of
reconsideration. but the chair ruled
with Mr.. Martin. which holds the mat
ter technically in allegiance for
week.
The vote upon adjournment was as
follows. Councilmen Ferry and O'Dou-
nell being absent and Mr. FerDstrom
being out of the room;
Ycas-Black, lIodgson. Raybould,
Reedall, Cowburn, Stewart, Wood,
Davis-S.
Nays-HolIey Hall, Martin. Muir
doch-4
Mr C0wburn changed his vote TO no
aftorward, but did not state for what