The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-27
ORDINANCE WAS
 READ BUT ONCE
COUNCIL HOLDS A DOUBLE cAU GUS ON QUESTION OF RE
 sTRlcTINo SALOON ZONE.
Mr. Eisele of the Citizens Committee
 Suggests Report Be Made to the
 Whole Committee, and People Dealt with Fairly.

An ordinance proposed by the cit izens' committee, which has in hand the circulation of the petitions for saloons, was discussed by the city council in a double-header caucus last night. read once, and then an ad. iournment was taken until next Mon day night. when some other dlsposi- ton may be made of the issue,
 The ordinance submitted by the cit izens committee provided for a police zone in which licenses should be granted, beginning on Park avenue. with Division street, just north of the Majestic Hotel; then south on Central to Olive street; on Valley street from Reserve street to Market street; on Ouachita avenue south to Hawthorne street; on Malvern avenue south to Gulpha street; on Elm street from Market to Orange street.
 The city council went into causcus in the mayors office on the subject and quite an audience awaited out side. After the council had spent some time in this caucus the mayor and members entered the council chamber. Alderman Petit suggested that the city clerk not call the roll for the present, and the council mem. bers would listen informally to discus sions on the ordinance, after it was read once for information.
 The ordinance was read and then Tom Doherty of the Second Ward stated that he would oppose the Gul- pha street extension on Malvern ave nue if it applied to both sides of Gul | pha street, and also unless no license was to be granted to any negro to run a saloon. or to any white man who would permit negroes to bp sery. ed No man can run a saloon for negro trade without gambling in con nection," said Mir. Doherty, 'and ii we are Co clean up Malvern avenue from the rough stuff joints we must be careful about who gets a license.
 Attorneys Farmer and Sawyer were present as counsel for the Miller Brewing Company, which asked that the lines south on Elm street be ex- tended 10 Grand avenue, as this brew ing company owned property there The attorneys represented that it was district not objecting to saloons and that no general harm would IT, suit from the extension.
 Mayor McClendon asked Mir. Eisele of the citizens committee what ho thought Of the ordinance as it was read.
 "I can not speak for the commit tee" said Mir Eisele. For myself know the difficulties the council meets in placing restrictions. So far the council has done its part well in en. acting restrictions on the sale of liq uors. This committee has pledged the good faith of the council and the administration in the districting of the saloons, and we have secured many names to this petition on that representation We do not want Co be arbitrary. l believe that we should call the full committee of 100 citizens together, after this council has decid. ed on it's police zone, and that we should show the full committee of loo what we have been able to do. and that committee can then take the stand before the people as 10 what has been done, and if the people want their names off the petition they should have opportunity to take them off. l do not believe that many will want to come off, but do believe that such movement will be fair dealing with the people"
 About this time the council decided that another caucus should be held. There were present Aldermen Peden. Mclaughlin Williamson, PettM. Rigs bee' Shepherd, Ledwidge, Burgauer, and Sigman, the new alderman from the Sixth Ward, who had been duly certified out by the election commis. sioners yesterday.
 The council did not hold so long a caucus this time, but on re-enter. ing the hall had the clerk read the ordinance one time, and before the roll call was made on it, MT. Petit suggested that there were four aloAr. men absent, one, MT Burgaurer who had been in the last caucus, having leIt the hall He thought all of the council should be present when t,a ordinance was passed on. and orrsra1 motion to adjourn until Monday