White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-12-02
MAYOR ROBERTSFORCES
NEW RENO VICE DISTRICT
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will you fight? We fought fer our
country To this no one seemed to
pay any attention, not even Mayor
Roberts, and it was afterwards sug-
gested that perhaps the statement,
we fought for our country" may
not have dropped az sweet music in
the mayors ears, because it may have
recalled to him the memorable cam
paign of 1918. 1t will long be re-
membered that the present mayor of
Reno was then representing this SOW
ereign state in congress, and when
he became a candidate for the senate
he met with serious opposition in his
own party. His war record was then
laid before the people and to it was
ure the overwhelming defeat he suf-
fered at the polls.
Following the action of the mayor
and city council last Monday night
interest turned to a discussion of q
recall or the substitution of the is
Both methods seemed to have many
supporters but when the difficulties
which attend such movements are
thoroughly considered it may be de-
cided to simply let the medicine
which the doctor has injected rest
until another and more desirable ply
sician may be conveniently called il
That the matter will be kept in mind
however, and that ii will not be al
lowed to die of sleeping sickness seen
assured by the fact that those OPP
posed to the are not of thu
type that will permit themselves tt
be. overcome by temporary reverses
particularly when such reverses ma,
be overcome merely by energy.
When the issue does come, Will
no doubt the action taken by thu
mayor and city council will receiv,
the Endorsement of tho handful o
persons interested in the matter fol
the money that is in it for them
selves" it is generally understood
that it will fail to receive any fur,n
err Endorsement.
1t cannot hope to receive the in
dorsement of the party in which
Mayor Roberts has for many year.
been a shining light if the ~utterance.
of the party organ Immediately fol
lowing the action are to be taken a.
a guide.
Referring editorially to the matter
the Reno Evening Gazette said:
ORDINANCE No. 325-It canno
be said that the amendment of or
dinance No. 1926 will materially
change the order of things, insofar
as the problem to which it relates
is concerned. For thirty or forty
years restricted districts have beer
tolerated in this and other Nevada
cities. For a very brief periodicals
winter and spring the activities o.
the Reno district were suppressed
1t reopened when the new admins
tration came into power. What the
council did last night was to prac
t1cally emasculate the prohibitive
ordinance, the provisions of which
were not being enforced.
Five OF the six councilmen de.
fend their action with the state.
ment that it is better to have nc
law upon a subject than to have ont
and net enforce it. Against then
were those favoring absolute pro
hlDlt1on and those who thought II
better to retain the old prohibition
law in order to mako police con
troll more effective. Standing on the
sidelines and exerting an influence
OF unknown extent, were a handful
OF persons interested in the mat
ter for the money there is in II
for themselves. They represent
the most sordid page in the chan.
ter.
Unfortunately the city will de
rive from the affair q considerable
amount of injurious advertising
Otherwise the social life of the
community will proceed rs before
orderly and well behaved, as it ey
lists in the average American CITY.
For a moment the sordid, mercen
airy life and ambitions of a small
minority have been thrust into pub
lie view and every one reminded of
its continued presence.
The Gazette believes the emas
culation Of the ordinance was a
bInnder. The amendment carried
last night means that in certain dis
tricts of the city practically all re-
strictions and police supervision
have been completely removed.
However, the mayor and a majority
OF his councilmen declare they re-
ceive da mandate from the people
in the last election to this end.
The next election will prove the
truth Or falcitu aR The r4a4aNA