Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-29
Only Ten Saloons is
Decree Of Council
For the Ensuing Year
Council Rejects Applications of Curt
DeGraff and Frank Sears for
Liquor Licenses. Is,

Liquor Licenses.
BY unanimous vote of the seven
members present lderman Fergu-
son being out of the city--the appli- |
cations Of Curt DeGraff and Frank I
Sears for permits to sell liquors were
rejected by the councilmen Brown,
Balsiger, Cornwall, Hagna, Hanten,
Johnson and Langwill.
There was no discussion, SO far as |
the council were concerned they evil
dently knew what they wanted to dc.
and intended to do, and they did it, !
although they listened patiently to
what the attorneys representing Mr..
DeGraff and Mr., Denis, respectively,
had to say.
Ministerial Association.
When the application of DeGraff
was reached In the course of busi-
ness, committee of three, represent
ing the local Ministerial association,
Messrs. Lewis, Kearns and Christian
son, offered protest, following Mr.
Cornwalls motion to deny the appli-
cant license.
The committee said that while the
ministers object to license on gen
eral principle, they wished to enter
a protest against granting license
to either Mr.. DeGTaff or Mr.. Sears on
the ground that the reputation of
their respective institutions has not
been such as to justify permitting
them to continue to sell liquor in Wa.
1 tertoWn. s3
Represented by Attorney.
Mr.. g. Mcfarland. appearing as
/ the attorney for Mr.. EaGraff, ad-
dressed the council in behalf OF his
client He urged that Mr.. DeGraff has
accordance with law---at any rate, he
1 has never been convicted of offenses,
in this connection, nor, indeed, has
The ever been even arrested, to say
nothing of convicted. 8
During the course of his remarks
4 he touched upon the charges CON
tanned in the complain Of Ballou in
an action for divorce, declaring that
the case had been settled out OF
court, SO far as the charges against
Mr.. DeGraff are concerned. He also
inferentially criticised the attorneys
4 for BalIou, saying that he believed
!. much of the rumors regarding the De
4 Graft place might be traced to them.
4 Sherin Responds.
!, The observations Df Mr.. McFar-
land brought A. l.. Sherin to his feet
A He said he did not appear as the at,
tOrney for anybody, nor as the rep
resentatiVe of anybody but himself
He said he opposed the granting oil
a license to DeGraff for the reason
that he was not deserving OF one
had not conducted such place as
to be further entrusted with the re
sponsibilities of operating a saloon In
WatertoWn, and that he is not fl
person to manage saloon.
4 The passage between Mr.. McFar
land and Sherin became quite warm
at times, and finally the mayor closed
further discussion by calling for the
vote, which resulted as already stat
ed.
BY the same unanimous vote Iii
cense was refused Frank Sears, and
also e. l.. Denis of the West hotel
4 Mr. Glass appeared as attorney for
Mr.. Denis, declaring that since the
4. three other leading hotels have sa-
looms the West should not be denied.
Mr.. Denis, he said, would have no OBJ
4 lection to the councils refusal to
i grant him license if licenses were
4 denied the other hotels.
4 But the council turned down the
i application.
4 AS an Offset to the loss OF the IL
4 cense money Of two saloons, the
A council raised the fee from $3.50 to
Il $500, thus making the receipts from
( the ten saloons the same as from the
twelve last year.
The First Veto.
A small sized sensation was sprung
when the mayor submitted veto Of
4 the ordinances increasing the salaries
4 OF the city engineer and the city aud
tor-the former from $1,000 d year,
as at first fixed by the council to
s2,400, and the latter from 5000 to
/ 81. 400.
In his veto the mayor called atten-
/ tion to the platform of the Public
Welfare movement, upon which the
mayor and council were elected, he;
said He could not, therefore, agree!
with the majority Of the council CON
cerning the proportion Of increase.
He intimated. however, that iii
| THE majority wished to confer with
the minority with a view to reaching
some sort Of compromise, he lad
no objections, which was taken by
outsiders to mean that the mayor
would approve an increase (tl1e en-