The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-05-21

monstrances would be withdrawn.
They had been filed. he announced in
conclusion because Stokes could get
no assurance of proper consideration.
Looked Bad TO Fuesler.
Councilman Fueser spoke up:
"These look like bogus remonstrances
according to the report OF the attor-
ney." This remark was greeted with
applause from the big crowd which
packed the building.
The Ed Grant and c. A. Peterson
applications, not being accompanied
by bonds, were not formally up for
consideration. Ed Grant had request
ed that his application be not read.
Barnhart Denies a Deal.
City Attorney II. F. Barnhart under.
took to explain to Judge Cones the ma.
ture of the local situation ande the eX.
listing deadlock. He said that no man
was at liberty to say who would get
licenses from the council. If the APP
! plicants came in with clean hands and
on fair footing he said they would
find it would be a good deal like the
land drawing at Bonesteel. He said
that fair minded men could construe
for themselves whether or not the re.
monstrances had been filed for the
purpose of coercion.
Mr.. Barnhart announced that he did
not believe that his office prevented
him from appearing before the council
at the proper time to represent the
cause of one of the applicants, Martin
Sporn, his client.
Judge Cones, in behalf of Stokes, in.
sisted that action be taken on the
Stokes application. The city attorney
said that what the counsel insisted on
cut no figure. Mayor Friday said that
the council would act if the remon-
strances were withdrawn.
Barnhart on the Job.
City attorney Barnhart then played
a new card. He announced that ION
behalf of his client" he would file a
remonstrance against Stokes. "And
we will prove what we charge" he
added. Barnhart got a paper and be.
gan to write.
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The council turned it's attention for
a moment to druggist permits. Mayor
Friday said he was opposed to any be-
ing issued unless the drug stores paid
the same occupation tax as the sa-
looms. Applications were received
from the Kiesau Drug company, Asa
X. Leonard, George b. Christoph and
C. j. Fleming. Fuesler voted favor
ably on the first application read, but
after that the vote was unanimous
against issuing drug store permits.
Withdraw Remonstrances.
Judge Cones now withdrew the re-
monstrances against Berner, Weiden-
feller Sporn and Koehn.
Council Takes Recess.
The council then took a fifteen-min-
ate recess. All eight councilmen held
conference in one of the Office
rooms. 1t was the first all-council con-
ference held in a fortnight or longer,
When the council came back to the
council room, saloon licenses were is
sued to w. G. Rerner, John Weldon
Teller, Emil Koehn and Martin Sporn
The vote was unanimous.
Vote Stokes Down.
This left a seventh license still to be
granted. The application of William
Stokes was the only one before the
council without remonstrance
against it. The Stokes application was
then taken up and voted down by a
vote of seven to one.
I Tuesday Next Meeting.
The council selected next Tuesday
evening as the time to hear the re-
monstrances again w. A. Redmer and
Otto Selling.
The whole question now seems to
be which of these two men will re-
ceive the seventh license.
Six Saloons Open.
Norfolk which has been without a
saloon for thirteen days, had six sa.
looms Monday morning, all of the places
which secured licenses opening up
promptly