Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-06

4 PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED
An adjourned meeting of the restaurant
keepers was held last night at S@ngerbund
Hal Afr. John IL. Russell i'm the chair, and
t.corge II 'Hines secretary. The chair
called for a report I'm the committee APP
pointed at previous meeIn- ufaw up .
new clause in the Morrill, bill in .'ath,h 70
the liquor traffic for the purpose of suD.HF
ting II 10 the committee on District Affairs
IN congress as an amendment.
hr. HOTatiO Browning. from the commit
tee. reported that they had not vet matured
"a bill, but had concluded TO adopt the old
law passed by the Legislative Assembly in
1872 as the basis of the law wanted.
Mr. Louis Schade. from the same commit
tee. stated that after examination of the va
rious laws upon the liquor question they had
decided To adopt the old one which had been
long time in use and gave both the liquor
dealers and the public general satisfaction.
Major Richards, in his testimony before the
law. which re"- ---vT uI the old
to ,, ..~.r-s NJ applicants for licenses
nr,S.w, signatures of all residents and
PIofeFty holders Oh the Same square where
such reStauraB, is In no onened instead of
CII u" Sc liyi ing the square opposite
~ ny eoiiih Ittee asked for further time TO
IT. - u al report.
DIT. eorge Jueneplan thought they should
- ii 10 organize at offt'e 20 that they could
nt'' o a more effective protest against the
sirrHi bill; the liquor dealers are the men
Sho uphold the government and not the tenn
fSrance men He moved that they proceed
IN organize by the election of permanent Off
GERS and sign their names az members:
agreed ia.
Mr.. AbneT moved that the present tempo
raTy oaiccrs-JOhn III. Russell president and
George W. Holmes secTetaTy-be declared
leTnlSlEput officers for the ensuing year:
adOi ted unanimously.
Hr Russell. after thanking them. remarked
that perhaps some of the temperance men.
nae mhers Of the Young Mems Christian As
Spclation, or The descendants of the pilgrims
who came over i'm the AIayflower. m gilt not
consider Il an honor to be elected chairman
of the Liquor Dealers Association He did,
though. as he recognized the members as
honorable and high-minded gentlemen.
ttheerS.l MI the abuse heaped upon the
liquor dealers should not be laid at their
doors. The blame for drunkenness was not
with the seller of liquors. but should be laid
upon the drunkapls themselves. Our tenn
perancc lecturers say that the dealers cause
all the trouble. IL is not so. The trouble is
that these temperance fanatics, by their
OncrOJlS laws. drive all the honest and good
men from the business. The selling of liquor
can be made as respectable as any other &C.
cnIatiOn. He promised that ii should be his
endeavOr. as president of the association. to
elevate the business, so that the odium Shal
not be laid at the doors of the dealers. Is
hardware dealer to be condemned because he
sells q revolver to a man who commits SUI
fcfde by il? The same course of reasoning
applies to seller of liquor. What they most
need Is a law to prevent the INSCRIPTIONS
dealers from procuring license. Ii is not de-
Tied that some dealers will sell whisky to
drunken men. They must get rid of these
men. and confine the selling to hOnorab bic
The chair appointed MeSsrs. Louis Sehade,
Abner, Browning, Robb, Helmus, DounelIy
and WOrSch as n committee to draft con-
StitutiOn and bylaws.