Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-19
PERSONAL LIBERTY.

PERSONAL LIBERTY.
First Annual Meeting of the Liquor Deal
ers' National Conventional Speech by
Congressman Deuster, of NiiIwaulzee-A
Thorough Organization S.ffected-ResoIu-
lions Denunciatory OF the Prohibition
Movement.
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 1S.-The first annual
convention of the National Liquor Dealers
and Manufacturers Protective association
of the United States met this forenoon.
Leopold Ballenberg, of Peoria, ILL.,, pre-
siding. Congressman Deuster delivered an
address Of welcome, in which he said: 'sBut
recently wild, desperate crusade has been
inaugurated in some states against the very
existence of your fourishing and prosper
GUS establishments, in which we all know
there are invested hundred millions of
capital, and upon which thousands and
thousands of workingmen and their famil-
les are dependent. 1t is a new outbreak
of fanaticism, such as we have had occa-
sion to witness at different times and
periods before. It is the offspring of
blind passion, and, blind, as it has been
born, it will run its race.' The speaker
counseled a close and more complete or
ganization, to vindicate, guard and protect
the fundamental principle of the right to
personal liberty.
M. Rubens, delegate from Chicago, then
made a motion to exclude all outsiders,
including press reporters, which, later some
discussion, prevailed, and a guard was
placed at the doors. The proceedings of
the session resulted in electing Frank P.
Falk, of Milwaukee, chairman, August
Timm, of Illinois and j. II. Koth, of Mis-
souri,, secretaries. The chair appointed the
following commissioners:
On fnance-Chas. Kaufman, Nebraska:
NJ. Hartmann, Wisconsin; F..Madlend, ILL
nois.
On organization-H. Ru5ens, Illinois;
P. 81. Baker, Pennsylvania; Charles j.
Metzger, Illinois; D. L. McGufin, Nebras-
ka; M. I. Ullman, Dakota; A. E. Leicht,
Illinois; Albert Ziegler, New York.
On resolutions-Chas. Feinz, Illinois
@. W. Conrad. Pennsylvania; Henry Schus-
ted, Minnesota; Christian Schubert, Kan
sas; j. q. Roth, Missouri.
All the states in the Union were repre-
sented, except three, among which is Indi-
ana, which telegraphed that the org aniza-
ton there had just been effected.
In the secret afternoon session the COM
mittee on organization recommended that
the name of the association be changed to
s'the personal liberty league of the United
States" to be composed of various state
protective associations, the management to
be in the hands of an executive committee
of one from each state, one from the distil-
lers' and one from the brewers associa-
ton; annual dues to be $3.50 for each
state society and, $50 for each society
in territory. The committee on resolu-
tions reported the following:
WHEREAS, The Prohibition party has in
the last few years entered upon an ag-
gressive war against the cause of personal
freedom, and has succeeded by hostile
legislation in some states in passing laws
violating the principle of personal liberty,
destroying legitimate business and iniuri-
GUS to the productive industries and COM
mercial interests Of the people;
WHEREAS, The said prohibition party
has of late years formedIa strong, energetic
and powerful national organization, and
by the means thereof have met with all its
successes, while on the other side the
liberal party has been inactive and
either not orga nized at all or
only insuf6ciently, and in
few local. ties;
RESOLVED, That there now exists the most
urgent necessity of the formation of a ma
tonal organization capable of meeting the
enemy when and where he attacks our
rights and business, and of Strengthening
our common cause in order to save our
property from confscation and destruc-
ton.
RESOLVED, That our cause is not only the
cause of legitimate business, but the
cause of great principles-the principles
of personal liberty, of the protection of
men against the unwarranted and despotic
usurpation of power belonging to free cit
liens of this country and the destruction
of the rights which never can be surren-
dered to state or society.
Resolved, That we congratulate and at
the same time thank the state of Ohio for
its last victory by which, for the first time,
it has arrested the wild and fanatical pro-
hibition movement, and that we commend
its example and Organization to the rest
of the states.
The report was adopted and the follow
ing executive committee chosen:
Illinois, Leopold Ballenberg; Wisconsin,
Guido Hanson; Minnesota, Geo. Benz;
Kansas, Chris. Schubert; Pennsylyania.
p. F. Becker; Nebraska, Charles Kaufman !:
Missouri, j. II. Roth; New York, j. a..
Long; Dakota, n. Pullman; MARYLAND.
VIM. Metzgar; National Brewers asso-
ciation, Emil Schandein, Milwaukee. The
session then adjourned until tomorrow,
and viii probably last till Friday.