The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-12-27
TWO DENIS0N
SALOONS CLOSED
Decision Of Supreme Court on Moon
Law Places Council in Embar-
RAISING Position.
JOHN sAeeAU AND kLINkER GO
Arrangements Made Whereby They
Sell Their Stocks to More For.
tunate Dealers Who Remain

IundlS OcdISTS VINO nSU1dIn
The late decision of the supreme
court, Interpreting the Moon law, put
crimp in the calculations Of the sa-
loon keepers throughout the state,
who flattered themselves that nothing
in the law could operate to put them
out of business and that any saloon
doing business at the time the Moon
law was passed could renew it's per-
nit from the city council and operate
as long as a petition of general con-
sent was in force.
The holding of the court is that
while the law went into effect on July
4, 1909, certain limitations on the
rights of the saloon dated from the
passage of the act on April Is, 1908.
The court holds that where there
were more than the legal number OF
saloons in operation at the time the
law was passed legal permit could
not afterwards be obtained by sa-
loon not then in business under any
consideration and not by one then in
operation after the general consent,
then in force, had expired. In other
words. the holding OF the court is that
all permits expire by operation of law,
on the expiration of the general con-
sent, and that there is no ground for
the claim that a saloon may continue
indefinitely.
preme court is to compel reduction
of the number of saloons to the re-
quirements of the Moon law, that is,
not more than cne saloon for each one
thousand people, and it becomes the
duty OF the city council to see that
the law is complied with.
1t should cause no surprise TO hear
that q great deal OF dissatisfaction re-
suits from the action of city councils
where saloons are operated in reduc-
ing the number to conform to the
Jaw. 1t is proving embarrassing for
councils as well as saloon keepers
but nevertheless it is a duty which
must be discharged. The city coun-
Gil of Denison on Friday night under
took the unpleasant task of deciding
what saloons could continue and
what ones should go out OF bus.
mess, and it is inevitable that
criticism must follow that action. 1t
is said that some arrangement was
made among the saloon keepers them
selves and that those who remain will
make up something to those who re-
tired so that the blow will prove less
severe than otherwise. Under the
action of the council Martin SagGau,
r. c. Mccarthy and P. 4. Flynn re
main in business and john Saggau
and John klinker retire. The many
friends Of John Saggau resr-t that
he was not permitted 10 continue III
business in view OF his conservative
record and the enterprise he has
shown in building up the south side
of Broadway. The Review, While
recognizing the embarrassing sitUa-
tion i'll which the council was placed
in having to settle the question, does
not consider itself retained to defend
or criticise it's action, but under all
the circumstances it perhaps would
be just as we'll to postpone criti-
cism of the action CT the council at
least until all the circumstances
which governed its action are under
stood 1t was inevitable from the be-
ginning that some one must be dis
appointed and if not those who retired
then at least two Of those who were
retained. 1t is said the council CON
sidered the order in which the sa
looms applied for permits and favored
the three first making application
We hear that at Schleswig John H.
krOhnke is allowed to run. while the
saloons OF F. w. Mohr and Matt Lo-
renzen are closed At Charter Oak
Marcus Wickman is open, while the
,ther two are closed pending con
empt proceedings against them
At Vail Ted kennery is given con-
sent by the town council and consent
from the others.