The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-05-05

Rises to Remark q Few Things
About Mayor Of POcatellO and
Governor Of Idaho.
With n tie vote In the city council
on the question OF Sunday movies 10
Salmon Mayor Thomas John Atkins
cast his vote a. the deciding balance
in favor of tile proposition at the
special meeting of the body last Tues
day night, thus eRActing the ordi-
nance that has aroused more discus
ion than any other Ia this town for
many day At required the better
part of the session lasting till mid
night TO arrive 1t the final vote and
the orstOrical Are works Of tie may
OF, who spoke with liVid lips and set
and dawn cOuntenance OF the Vlori-
our heritage OF American liberty,
Tia Law and the prophets, taking &C
casIon to raN hide the mayor OF Poe.
atello for vetoiHg a similar ordinance
and the governor OF this state OF Ida
no for count enancIng and not veto
Ing state vide prohibition.
The council vas divided like this
For Sunday movies Bellamy, Bun.
dy, Haug.
Against Sunday movies LaMun-
yan, MineEt, Watkins.
1t was noticeable that two of tile
votes cast against the measure wer9
those OF councilinen who themselves
had signed for the sO-called sunday
shows, and who had the necessary
amount Of courage to right a wrong
even though they themse vles lad
committed it, TIE adverse vote Of
Minert, who is salmon piOueer and
kindly mau as any pioneer ever was,
brought fo' th applause that even tire
igorous Tapping OF the mayors gavel
could not repress. The announced
vote of La MunySn, who held n SINH
lar position as that Of MineFt, was
applauded only a little less. These
two were the heroes of tile Sunda,
movie ight in Salmnn, while Wat
kins, the councilman who SO d with
MinerL and LaMunyan, Was be first
to indiacate the Stand the three took
against Sunday shows.
Meanwhile the oratOry OF the may
or Was boiling and hubbliug over. L.
hurst forth as follows:
Gentlemen Of the Council, and Is
teemed ciliLsrs whom we are so glad
to have present this evening, this Is
the first time since | have had the
honor to be your mayor that tie
vote has given me the iviege Of
deciding any question.
Explaining myself In thLs matter
wish 10 state that the law under
which this ordinance has been intro
duced Is al enabling act pissed ny
the last Legislature, and We Ike II.
''Other laws we're passed by that
same legislature which you men who
have opposed lI,iA measure gloried In
ana which we do not like. refer to
the prohibition Law. In our last gen
eral election we elected a Democratic
Governor who was known the state
over as broad-minded mar, a man
liberal nf thought aud action. tie
had come out smphattcAlly for that
primary principle nf Democracy, tie
rule OF the people. But he departed
50 far froG that primary principle as
to sign q dill which the legislature,
the representatives Of The people, had
paSs-d making TIE state dry. So the
town has been dry TO your satisrSc-
lon. Now we have q chance ~ re.
gain part OF our rights.
Gentlemen, j am not doing this
from a personal reason. DO not
want a SUNDAY moving picture sbo~
for myself Neither myself nor my
wife will 10 to Nj FraLisr's show on
Sunday. ! GO TO CHURCH And
support the church Win ny in
fluencs, help in church ~urk, and /
give my time TO church work, and