The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-02
LIVELY SESSION
OF CITY COUNCIL
President Davis Rules That
None of License Applications
Are Before the Body.
MARTIN IN EVIDENCE.
BUT TAMER THAN USUAL
Another Meeting Tuesday Eve
ming to Hear Applicants;
Much Wrangling.

of the city council Thursday evening
20 consider the twenty-four applications
for liquor licenses held up Wednesday
evening, that none of the applications
was properly before the council, for
the reason that the clause of the ordi
nance requiring the original applica
ton to be filed with the city recorder
and duplicates with the license collector
and the treasurer had not been complied
with, in that the original applications
had never been filed with the recorder.
and under Mr. Blacks suggestion the
applications were referred back to the
license committee, with the city attor'
uev associated, to report back TO the
.itv council Monday evening.
The license committee will meet IN
the council chamber ut | clock Sat
urdav morning to consider the appllca-
tions and hear the applicants. In the
meantime. the applicants whose appllca-
tions are in doubt Will not be molested,
but will be allowed to do business.
Considerable Wrangling.
This was accomplished after consid-
cradle wrangling, The first question
arising was whether the council should
sit in committee Of the whole or In adj
iourned session This determined In
favor Of the former. II then developed
that the city recorder had not notified
the twenty-four applicants TO appear for
the reason that he had not been fur
nished with an official list of their
names. Mr.. Stewart wanted to adjourn,
but his motion TO that effect met with
no second.
s.I second the notion was heard
from the neighborhood OF Councilman
Wood s chair, then occupied by License
Collector Samuel !. Goldman.
''I want 20 know, Mr.. President, by
what right the license collector seconds
n motion in This council, warmly de-
nanded Mr.. Martin. springing TO his
feet.
BY none replied President Davis.
Mr.. Martin, in low voice accused
Goldman of seconding the motion. but
Goldman promptly denied the accusation.
lyon did returned Mr.. Martin,
and you may take that as you
please
This closed the incident, and Mr..
Reedall then moved that the applica
1ions be referred back to the license
committee, associated with the city at
1orney, TO report back to the council
Tuesday evening. This motion also was
strenuouslv objected TO, and although
seconded, was not insisted upon.
The application of Hanak & Rnnlph
ing all the other applicants who had
appeared without notice, but while the
citY, attorney was examining 1t Mr-
Hall renewed his silly motion of We'd
nesday night that all the applications
ccompanied by affidavIts to the effect
that the applicants own the tXires and
the building or else control the lease
thereon be granted Mr.. Hall con
tentjon being that the council has no
right 10 60 behind the affidavit except
by court proceedings for perjury.
Stewart s Exceptions.
Mr.. Stewart took exceptions TO Mr..
Halls statements. declaring that the
council, being g court of last resort in
this matter, has the absolute night to
90 behind the afidavits which, he de-
clared, in many instances do not snow
the facts. but merely show things as
they appear TO be. For instance. he
said, several atfidavits make 1t appear
that the applicants OWE the fixtures or
the buildings, whereas the county rec
ords show that the Salt Lake Brewery
owns or controls twenty four saloons,
Wagner twenty and Fisher about the
same number.
"Now. then said Nh Stewart, elf
these persons can show that since the
assessment was made they have bought
their fixtures and taken over bona fide
lease on the buildings they occupy,
VIII be willing TO grant them licenses.
Otherwise, ! will not. -
Mr.. Fernstrom declared that he was
not in favor of wholesale whitewash-
ing any more than n wholesale holding
up of licenses. He suggested that the
applicants produce their leases and other
property records. and if these bear out
the afiidavits then the disputed licenses
be granted
hi Iftf hf ost at ,--,C
had been examining Hanak s. Runph S
application, interrupted Mr.. Fernstrom
with the statement that the application
had not been properly made out. The
affidavit shows that the lease on the
building is from the Brigham Young
Trust company. Mr.. Dininny pointed
out, while the lease itself shows that IL
IS from the Fisher brewery. Rumph
mad also attempted TO make affidavit
for the firm. Neither was it shown that
the provision requiring the fling of
the original application with the re-
corder had been complied with, the at
toTney pointed out. The council should
also inquire as to whether the proper
bond had been fled, Mr., Dininny said
Mr. Black Statement
Mr. Black said the license committee,
of which he is a member. had gone over
the applications carefully and given a
lou OIL lllne duu dlleuDlOn 10 Luem ana
tried to do justice by every applicant.
In his opinion, there is not a single
one of the twcnty-four applicants who
would be willing to testify under oath
that he believed that he has not been
given fair treatment. "We are TAX
ing up lot Of time unnecessarily. -
said Mr.. Black. "This is matter for
committee, and / therefore move that
this committee Of the whole rise and
that these applications go back to the
license committee and the city attorney
for report next Tuesday evening, the
applicants TO be given q hearing before
the committee in the meantime.
City Recorder Moreton interiected be-
tween the motion and the second that
lie had not been furnished with a list
OF names of the applicants to summon
before the council Thursday evening,
and accordingly, had sent out no notices.
Mr., Hall objected to not bearing the
applicants present then on the grounds
that the failure to send out notices to
them was not their fault and insisted
that those present without notice should
be given "A hearing, but President Davis
Inf he orr, min oil