The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-17
LIQUOR LICENSE
QUESTION DELAYED
Council First Votes in Negative
and Then Decides to
Reconsider.
MULVEY MAKES AN APPEAL
LEHMAN WOULD BUILD STOCK
ABE WITH POLICE GUARD.

After discussing the Salt Palace Ii
sense question until nearly midnight
last night. the city council voted TO re-
fuse the application OF Emil Lehman
for liquor license, and then decided
TO reconsider the question next week
The application of Heath brothers was
brought up for a minute along toward
midnight but motion to take recess
until Wednesday night carried, ana
more oratory was thereby postponed
Women representing several organ
4ZatiOnS were present, and as soon as
the minutes were read, Councilman =
S. Fernstrom moved that the Lehman
license application be taken from the
hands of the license committee and
acted upon by the council. Then he
repeated the motion every few minutes,
but the matter did not come up until
the regular order of business.
J. 3. Moreton, chairman OF the license
committee. objected TO this proceeding,
saying that the committee had not had
time 10 consider the matter, but other
members of the license committee were
willing that IL should come before the
council without their recommendation
Councilman NJ. z. Mulvey and Council
man Mark Reedall were the only ones
who spoke in favor CT granting the Ii
cenSe, although on the vote MulVey and
c. II Reed were the only ones to vote
in favor of Issuing the license j. b.
Moreton, however, voted to refuse the
license, and then gave notice that ne
would call the question up again az the
next meeting.
As ]. B. Mckinney grew eloquent in
opposing the issuance of the license,
the lights grew dim, and only slow
music was needed to complete the dra-
matte scene He reviewed the oppoS1-
ton TO the license forcibly, and when
1t was suggested that to refuse the Ii
cense would be a step toward prohibit
ton he said 1t was Just such resorts
that were forcing the prohibition oues-
ton to the final issue.
NIuIvey Makes Appeal.
NJ. E. Mulvey based his appeal for a
license for Lehman on what he termed
fair play, saying If he mad his way there
would be no license issued to any re-
sort He said II would be unfair to
refuse q license to Salt Palace While
Saltdir and Emigration canyon were
allowed to sell liquor and he classed
Salt Palace SIS the poor mans resort.
The reply to this was that the city
council was responsible for Salt Palace,
but it was not responsible for resorts
outside the city
81 tell you, we can't shrink the re-
sponsibility Of this matter" said CoUn-
Gilman FernstroIn, and then the vote
was taken. A suggestion that the
Heath brothers application be referred
to the COMMITTEES on sanitation and
sewers failed OF support
In renewing his petition for a license,
Emil Lehman sent communication, in
which he offered, # the license be
granted, to build fence six feet high
around his place and station special
policeman ct the gate, who would see
that no minor of either sex and no in
toxiceted person be allowed within the
stockade and who would allow no one
TO carry liquor outside.
The question of protecting citizens
living IN the northwestern part of the
city from high water brought forth
considerable discussion, and also
brought forth the remark from A F.
Lawson that that part of the city had
not had the representation in the
council that it should have had. He
was looking at F. s. Fernstrom when
he made the remark, and Mr.. Fern
strom promptly moved TO shut him
off,
The matter came up in a petition
from the property owners that the dis
abled gasoline engine in the pump
plant maintained jointly by the resi-
dents of the district and the city be
traded for an electric motor. NJ. Z.
Mulvey and L z. Hall wanted to ap-
pTopriate $500 for immediate relief.
but the matter was referred back to
the committee.
When the question of market places
came up a petition from s. H. Auer-
tach and other owners of property in
eliza beth street protested against the
use Of that street by hucksters, and
the whole matter was referred back
TO the committee.
The petition of DIR. P P Musser and