Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-03-24
Council Adopts Resolution to Pay In
formers Sum of Money for secur-
ing Convictions.
WARM DISCUSSION OF SUBJECT
AND MAYOR DECIDES TIE VOTE
Bond Issue Brings Good Price and It is
Decided to Build No Incinerator
for While.

The city council last night passed a
resolution providing for the giving Of
a reward of $25 to any person who shall
furnish information leading to the ar.
rest and conviction Of a person, firm or
corporation selling liquor contrary to
the ordinances. The vote stood seven
ard seven and the mayor cast the decid.
ing vote.
The resolution was introduced by Won
Eschen, Of the health and police com.
mittee, and there was u spirited discus
sion.
Southwick wanted to know where the
fund TO pay the rewards would come
fyom.
Won Eschen believed that it would
come indirectly from fines collected.
Brown thought there should be re.
wards offered for convictions for other
laws, if rewards were necessary for the
enforcement Of this one,
Jones did not think it was necessary
to spend the money He was willing to
let the police go ahead and catch the
violatos, He believed in waiting to
see what they could do,
Policemen too Well Known.
Won Eschen declared that the police.
men could not collect the evidence
They were too well known, he asserted.
Southwick said he was in hopes that
the liquor question had been settled but
it kept coming up in the council. Ho
believed it would be as well to offer
rewards for convictions in cases involv.
ing other law infractions,
Presnall declared that the liquor
question would never be settled until
It was settled right. 1t was impossible
to get evidence through the police and
in larger cities the practice was com.
mon to have plain clothes men do the
work, he said,
Spaulding could not see where the
city would get revenue il Jail sen.
tence was given an offender,
Cummings Makes Charges
Cummings declared that certain mem.
hers Of the council had declared that
they would oppose anything coming
from the health and police committee
and II seemed they were making gool
their word. Reference was made TO
Ss5 reward for anyone giving inforna.
tiop leading to the conviction of any
saloonman who sold liquor to black.
listed person and It was contendcd by
southwick that no convictions were SO
cured as a result
Mntou declared that he was opposed
to the offer Of reward because he Ice
hcvcd that if the police wanted to
find the bliudpiggcrs and bootlcgers
they could do 80, Their hearts worc
not inclined that way, he asserted, and
Furthermore he did not believe there
we're half so many illegal liquor sal1s
as people said He knew there were
Illegal liquor sales and told Of men who
travelled into town with grips full Of
liquor and disposed Of IT, lilo know that
a certain policeman hail been told Of
bhndpigging and nothing came Of it.
Cummings Tired Of Accusations,
Cummings declared he was tired Of
accusations being made and the failuto
Of the aecuscrs to como forward and
cll exactly what they Gncw lie iu.
sisted that tho evidence should be furr
she'd inc police II, would not charge
men with delinquency unless he knew
IL to be y fact, lie said he was keep.
ing close tab on the police and believed
thcy were doing their duty,