Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1919-01-08

DoAS VI VI dulIdtc WIFI the IOllOWlng
churches:
Men Women
Scandinavian NJ. E.. $500 "a ~
Swedish Mission -- Is 81
Swedish Lutheran ------ 26 p
Norwegian Lutheran $50 "a &c
The First Methodist --- 81 II
1876 IFS
A total Of 81 signers against Mr.
Emrich's 81. @
1t was earnestly argued before the
City Council, that in consideration OF
the moral welfare of the community. we
should have one, showless day in. the
week, namely, Sunday. >=s'=~>'z +
1t is well known fact, that in spite
of the presumptuous assertion in EN-.
rich's petition that lit (the theater)
in no manner nterferes with any religi-
GUS service, more people would have
attended the church services had it not
been for the Sunday movie, and that
the services in the First Methodist
church were directly interfered with
by the commotion' around the opera
house. u 49, = .:>Jt 2I2i.k&
That the Sunday theater is a strong
temptation to draw our young people
away from the. church is self-evident
You father and you mother and you
teacher can bear testimony to this fact
When it came to the deliberation OF
the Council, however, the moral ques
ton as well as the City laws were
swept aside.
The City Ordinance relating to pic
ture shows provides that written ap
plication for license shall be made al
least thirty 800 days prior to the
date when license is desired to go into
effect, and that, upon receipt of sucl
application the City Council shall make
Investigations as it shall deem neces
sary and shall grant license to sucl
applicant, UNLESS it appears that the
provisions of this act are being violated
or are about to- be violated" 1t als<
provides, that 'tthe license shall be
posted in a conspicuous place within
the theatre and picture thereof shall
be exhibited upon the screen at the
commencement Of each performance.
Mr.. Enrich filed his application for {
license under the above mentioned
Ordinance December 7th, 1915 ,''T..
The records of the City Council dis
closed the fact that Mr.. Enrich NEVER
HAD A CITY LICENSE and that his
predecessors (Hanson's) license ex
pired October LIST, 1918. The Council
was reminded of the fact that Mr.. En-
rich having violated the City Ordi
nance, it (the City Counci]) could not
legally grant him license The Coun.
Gil, however, on December 10Th grant.
ed the license, and had the effrontery
to give the public through our local
papers the camoufage reason therefore
tO-wit: ,
cat last nights meeting the Council
issued the license for which Mr.. EN-
rich had previously applied, but took
no action on the Sunday closing mat.
ter, maintaining that there is no law
prohibiting theatrical performances on
Sunday and that. therefore, the subject
| was oulSluc 1Su1CL1Ou.
In the final vote by the Council we
find that the motion to grant Mr.. En-.
rich a license to operate his. moving
picture shows Sundays as well as week
days was made by Mr.. Hage and sec
Onded by Mr.. Henderson, and upon
/ voting, Mr.. Hage and Mr.. Lamberson
voted to sustain the motion, while Mr.
Naeseth and Mr.. johnson voted against
it. Yes, that was the situation; two
for and two against The immediate
responsibility to tip the scale was now
upon our Mayor, Ralph B. Taralseth
"Shall tip it for Mr. Enrich, who has
violated the ordinance by operating his
show without City license and who
insists on operating on Sundays; OF
shall tip it for the church people who
petitioned for one showless day in the
week." That was the question that
faced the chief executive officer Of our
city, and what did he do? By his vote
| it was decided that Mr.. Enrich should
have license to show EVERY DAY IN
THE WEEK.
Our criticism Of the City Council ex.
tends, Of course, only to those members
that voted Tor the granting Of the Ii
cense, and we take this occasion to con.
graduate and extend our gratitude. tc
Messrs. Naeseth and johnson for the
noble stand they took.
The Assistant Attorney General Of
the State holds that "a Village or CITY
Council may pass an Ordinance pro
hibiting Moving Picture Shows on The
Sabbath Day"
May our City Council have wisdom
e. RECONSIDER their at.tttion and give Il
70 a3dad
This movennen II behalf of neral