The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-04
CLUBS WILL PAY
LIQUOR LICENSE
At Special Meeting of City
Council Proposed Ordinance
Is Discussed.
MEANS SUNDAY CLOSING
Main Object Is to Legislate to Drive
Out of Business the Many
Legitimate Institutions.
MEANS SUNDAY CLOSING

Clubs OF salt Lake are to be licensed
10 sell liquor upon payment Of $500
or $500 per year. the illegitimate clubs
are TO be closed by a city ordinance,
which will define club, and the
clubs are to be brought within the
city liquor ordinances. which will
deny them the right TO sell after mid
night or on Sundays.
This was practically agreed upon at
special meeting Of members of the
council held in the council chamber
yesterday afternoon, which was at
tended by representatives from the
six legitimate clubs and several retail
liquor dealers. The saloon men did
not have anything TO present, but
were there merely to hear what was
said and to urge that something be
done to license the clubs and TO give
them better chance.
The members or the council at the
meeting were: A. j. Davis +. G..
O'Donnell, L. J. Wood. J. B. Moreton.
Martin Mulvey, Walter G. Lyme and J.
W. Mckinney.
Clubs Represented.
Representing the six clubs were
Waldemar Van Colt Of the Alta club.
]. Walcott Thompson and George n.
Lawrence Of the University club. Jo-
seph +. Game OF the Commercial club,
A. w. Raybould of the Elks. Max Bea-
yer of the Eagles and II. W. bennett
Of the Moose. These are considered
the Legitimate clubs in salt Lake, and
the council is seeking to make them
pay a license for selling liquor to
members and to bar the doors to all
others.
As a means Of carrying out this
scheme Mr.. Thompson. Mr.. VanCott
and Mr.. Lawrence volunteered their
services TO work with the city attOr-
ney's Office i'm drafting an ordinance
which viii establish the identity Of a
club. Representatives of the clubs
declare they are willing to pay some
| license if il will help the city in its
effort 60 weed out the illegitimate
clubs. which are organized for the ex-
press purpose Of selling liquor and
gambling and thus evade the city or
dinance
No representative Of the druggists
| was present. though members Of the
council wished to hear why they
/ should not pay as much as the retail
/ liquor dealer.
All Of the club Representatives
! spoke I'm regard TO the matter. They
commended that they should not pay
/ the $1,000 demanded Of the retailer
for the reason that the saloon man
has the general public as his patrons
while the clubs have the saloon merely
as one Of the Incidental club features
and that liquor is dispensed merely Il
members or occasional visitors. and
/ then only by cards. They said they
| had been in the habit Of dispensing
| liquors on Sunday because they did
not believe the city ordinance ruled in
regard TO them. But the representa-
tives declared that II a license Of about
$500 were To be charged they could
pay this. and they would abide by tho
city ordinances.
] J. =. MoretOn. member OF the coun.
Gil, showed the club Representatives .
list OF 100 places I'm Salt Lake. Outsid,
Of the licensed saloons. where liquoi
was being sold at retail. These wer,
mainly i'm rooming houses and so
called clubs. he said. Under the pres
ent condition. the clubs organized sim
ply to dodge the ordinance were payinl
nothing into the revenues OF the city
ne said. and the saloon man was get
ting no protection. He declared tina
as the ordinance now stands the cit,
cannot get at these clubs because the,
! claim the same protection as tn
legitimate clubs.