DIVISION THREK — BRAINS. 26 1 



P. M. Grekn (president First National Bank). 



W. Aug. Ray (president San Gabriel Valley Bank). 



I. B. Clapp (acting by appointment for the Congregational 



church). 

 I. J. Reynolds (for C. C. Reynolds ; acting by appointment of 



the Friends church). 

 Geo. C. Hubbard (acting by appointment for the Christian 



church). 

 P. G. WoosTER (acting b^' appointment for the Universalist 



church). 

 C. M. Parker (acting by appointment for the Y. M. C. A.). 

 G. A. SwARTwouT (manager Pasadena National Bank). 

 C. H. Converse (acting by appointment for the Presbyterian 



church). 



The council was not averse to re-enacting the ordinance, word for word, 

 as it had been sustained by the supreme court ; yet it was not until Septem- 

 ber 15 that this could be properly effected. And the liquor men, not know- 

 ing of the defectiveness of the ordinance, had already gotten up a petition 

 which claimed to have 513 lawful signers to it, and reading thus : 



"We, the undersigned citizens of Pasadena, county of Los Angeles, 

 and State of California, believing the present ordinance No. 45 to be detri- 

 mental to the best interests of this city, do respectfully petition your honor- 

 able body to call an election at an early day, of the voters of this city to 

 vote on the question of the repeal of said ordinance No. /5, and the adop- 

 tion in the place thereof of an ordinance to regulate the sale of intoxicat- 

 ing liquors by the high license system "; etc. 



This petition had been referred to the judiciary committee of the City 

 Council — and while it was held under consideration, the Enforcement Com- 

 mittee by its chairman made the following points or suggestions, during 

 various personal interviews with regard to it : 



I St. The petition and its signers' names ought to be published so that 

 all citizens concerned may see whether the signers are all voters and tax- 

 payers here or not. The original petitioners for the ordinance did this at 

 their own expense ; and these petitioners against it ought to be put to the 

 same test. 



2d. The original petitioners for the ordinance pledged money in bank 

 to indemnify the city against any expense which might arise from the 

 granting of their petition. These high license petitioners had asked the 

 city to incur the expense of a special election. They should be required to 

 put up the money themselves, just as the other petitioners were. 



3d. Such an election would be a non-statutory affair, not governed by 

 any law of the state ; and hence any amount of fraudulent voting could be 

 practiced, without any recourse at law to prevent or punish it. 



4th. The question of maintaining ordinance No. 45 was distinctly in 

 issue at the last city election, and the present council was elected on a plat- 

 form in favor of its maintenance. Hence, by our republican system of gov- 

 ernment, that policy has a right to stand in full force until the next lawful 

 city election. 



