The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-01
NO SALOON IN
CITY MAY KEEP
OPEN LEGALLY
Row in Council Results in No
Action Being Taken on
Applications for Licenses.
TWENTY-FOUR ARE
CHARGED WITH PERJURY
SPECIAL MEETING TONIGHT TO
RECONSIDER ADOPTION OF
REPORT BARRING THESE.

Every liquor saloon I'm salt Lake City
will be doing business illegally for the
next week. The licenses all expired
at midnight last night. A special
meeting of the city council was held
last evening for tie purpose of grant
ing new licenses to applicants but
ended in general melee.
When the license committee attempt
ed to have twenty-four applicants for
license refused. on the ground that
they were for saloons owned by brew
cries, Councilman L. j. Martin, after
a violent speech, gave notice Of motion
I To reconsider the adoption of the entire
report which granted licenses TO over
I 100 of the applicants. at the same time
making threat that an attempt 20
close any of the twenty-four tomorrow
would result in all the others being
closed
That the game of politics was being
/ played was evident from the opening
/ of the special meeting. Not only were
/ all the members, except COuuCilmen W.
Mont Ferry and =. j. O'DonueH pres
I ent, but J. i. Darmer and S. p. Arm
strong, prominent members Of the So
called American party very much i'm
/ evidence at the start Later Frank J.
| Sefrit and C.. J. era btree- both mem
!
tee. stroiled i'm separately. All OF
/ them took an active interest in the
/ proceedings
Another special meeting of the coun-
I ell viii be held this evening when the
/ twenty-four saloon men who are sup
/ posed TO be controlled by breweries
( viii be given an opportunity to show
+ that they own the places for which
/ they are asking licenses.
Report Is Presented.
/ The proceedings began with the pre-
| sentatiou of a report of the license
! committee by the chairman. J. J. Stew
/ art, and signed by the other member
/ Of the committee Thomas r. Black.
/ In moving the adoption of this report.
/ Mr.. Stewart said the committee had
/ carefully gone over the list of apple
/ cants and mad elImins ted number
| whom it was felt had not been living
/ up to the spirit of the liquor ordinance.
/ These were for the most part saloon
men who had been in business for some
/ time, and not new applicants. in these
I cases the county records showed that
/ they did not own their fixtures though
( in applying they had made affidavit
/ that they were prOprietOrs, as the or
/ dinance required.
F. S. Fernstrom. councilman from
| the Third ward, had no fault to ind
lsWith this but also had a list which he
said should be considered. This was Of
saloon men who had been fined for
selling liquor to minors. It included
the names of Fred Kuster, III Main
street, fined so on March j; Henry
Hanson, fined $40 on March is; Ger
mania saloon, 70 West First South
street: W. p. Clark, fined $50 on May
10; Charles Harvey. case pending;
Frank Ali. case pending, and John
Lundberg, 325 state street
Mr.. Fernstrom argued that there
should be some connection between the
juvenile court and thar the court
should be asked to report such names
to the council. tt was decided that
Judge Z. G.. GOWans would be asked
/ to do this in future.
1t was then decided 10 hold out from
the licenses granted the names of Fred
kuster the Germania saloon and
Frank ALL and that the committee
should discuss their cases with Judge
GOwans The others mentioned by
Mr.. FernstrOm were either bar tenders
or now out Of business.
Mr. Stewart also volunteered the in
formation that the committee had
turned down the applications for
licenses Of the drug store at the corner
Of Seventh South and Seventh East,
Of the DOull Drug company. near the
federal building. on Main street and Of
the George #. Brice Drug company, in
the Kenyon hotel building. because Of
their record in selling liquor on Sun
day.
Then Trouble Started.
Then trouble broke loose. Mr.. Mar
tin began by doubling MIR. Stewards
word that the twenty-fOur names held
up were controlled by the breweries.
He moved that they be given an op-
portunity TO appear before the council
on Thursday evening After the report
of the committee had been adopted
this was put to vote and carried.
Then the discussion became general
on the twenty-fOuT names held up.
Councilman L. r. Hall doubted If the
committee had the right to go behind
the afFidavits and accuse the appli-
cants of perjury. He brought I'm the
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