The Sentinel=record., 1914-01-28

County Judge Mooney and the en- tire personell of the city council spent
 more than an hour in caucus last night previous to the special session of the municipal body to pass on the
 license for the sale of liquors in the city and in that meeting the issue ing of the promises made by the cti- zens committee to the people relative to the restriction that had been plac- ed
 The council had at first passed an ordinance providing for a midnight closing, and later, after raising the
 license to $1,200, had amended the ordinance so the saloons could remain open until 1 o'clock in the morning. County Judge Mooney yesterday in granting the licenses put the midnight closing restriction in the license,
 In the caucus last night the issue had to he determined. Judge Mooney stood pat on every promise included in the restrictions stating that he had placed them there and that he would revoke the licenses if the restrictions were violated
 The whole of the contention was settled in caucus. therefore there was nothing of a public discussion of the points involved when the matter came up on the floor of the council cham Der. Every applicant for a license within the police zone was passed cn favorably with the exception of that of J. c. Cobb, 4O1 Malvern avenue whose application was held up until the next regular meeting There is a remonstrance against this application.
 The matter of reducing the city license was not even contemplated as had been stated in an afternoon pub Iication. The council did not have any idea ot making the reduction, and for that matter almost every license had been pald III fuL Lefore the caucus was held. The ccUrcl passed favor. ably on 22 licenses, and two whole sale licenses making a total of $27 7,400 paid into the city treasury last night [ City Attorney Mclaughlin, as spokesman for the council on the sub dect made the announcement before the petitions for license were acted on by the council of the fact that the city ordinance had read 1 o'clok, where the judge had adhered to the former restriction, and said,
 "The council will cooperate with the county judge in the enforcement of the restrictions, and will in the near future amend the city ordinance to read that the saloons shall close at midnight The saloon men whose petitions are passed on here tonight must accept them with the condition that they will have to close at mid might and the city clerk will be au- thorized by this council to make a special note in each license that it is granted on the acceptance of all the coalitions imposed by the county court"
 The saloon men were notified also that if they did not care to accept the conditions, or wanted to with draw their applications, after this ia- formation, they could have the priv ilege ot doing so.
 Interesting in connection with the settlement of the license question was that yesterday the telegraph of fces were so filled with business rel ative to the matter that extra forces had to be put to work to send out Hundreds of visitors drop ped in to send messages to friends that the city was not tight any longer, and to come on and make a visit. Some of them termed the is- isuance of the license the lifting of the lid," and urged friends to come and join them at the resort,