Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-27
Restrictive Legislation.
The Temperance NIeasures-EIeeting
 Turn Hall.

Ane Iemp6FAnce N1SaSufeS-R1eeL1hS hb Turn Hall.
 The meeting at Turn Hall Saturday even- ing drew out considerable number of peo- pie. It was held in answer to call circulated Saturday for worlingmen to assemble to consider certain matters before the Legisla- ture. The matter to which public attention | had been drawn was in the nature of re- | port made to the Legislature by commis- | sion on revising the present liquor laws. | This commission propose that any employer
 can have the selectmen of any town serve ! notice on liquor dealers not to sell to such persons as they name This is thought, | if passed into law, an invasion of everybody's personal constitutional rights, and the Ger | mans particularly object to anything that has | look of illiberality regarding the free condi- tions of American citizenship.
 1 Wiegand Schlein, editor of the Connecti- l cut Repu6lit01aer, was elected president of ! the meeting H. R. Wright was chosen vice president, and David Bretzfelder secretary. MT. Schlein announced the object of the l meeting as described in the call and said i there was one clause in particular-that for bidding saloon keeper to sell to an employe ! after warning from his employer that was l objectionable. Among other matters need ! ing looking into was proposition to dis criminate between citizens in the matter of taxation.
 Mir. c. F. Bollman spoke. He believed in l temperance, but not in compulsory absti- ] hence nor in any unjust abridgements of in- l dividual rights to satisfy spirit that was not | unjustly styled fanatical. Mir. Bollman re- viewed some of the features of the bill pro- posed by Messrs. Wayland, Wheeler and l Tibbetts-the legislative commission on the ! revision of the license law ;-that forbidding the sale of intoxicating beverages to persons after notice from their employers pecially odious The speaker did not even approve of the former provision giving cer- | tain relatives the power to object to selling | to an individual. That was an unwarranta- ' ble interference with personal rights. If the
 law was modified to apply only to common ! drunkards, the speaker would not regard 1t as objectionable. But there no such ex- ception. This, said Mr. Bollman is a mat ! ter in which we are all interested on account of it's relation to individual liberty.
 J. B. Sargent was the next speaker. He ! was opposed to one measure of the proposed bill, because it made an unfair discrimina- ! tion. Employees had as much right to con- l plain of the habits of their employers as the | latter had of them. He was also opposed to | the bill because it adds to the powers of the ! employers and increases their duties. AS re- gards the direction of the personal habits of ] their help, employers could not supervise. 1 ! am not in favor of any measure which 1n- trenches upon the personal rights of the 1n- dividual
 Town Agent Reynolds was called upon. He said The liquor dealers of New Haven paid $44, 900 for the privilege of carrying on their business. The expense to the town last year of maintaining the outside poor was $31 ,00O-leaving a balance in favor of the town, against license receipts, of some SIP, 900. AS he regarded saloon keeping,
 it was 8 legitimate business. The Uni
 ted States recognized it and so did the
 State. If it was not legitimate it should be | ahOIiSha6. if laOItIn1atA fbATA ShluiI he
 oppressive restrictions and burdens placed
 upon 1t. He then described the workings of
 the present provision of the license Jaw in
 regard to notice against selling by members
 of, families. heavy expense would be en-
 tailed
 Captain Lawrence O'Brien, Charles Diet
 terlein and MT. Wright, the secretary, opposed
 the measure, denouncing the spy system and
 expressing the view that the friends of the
 measure took @ narrow view of the subject
 not comprehensive one.
 The following resolutions were adopted:
 WHEREAS, The commission appointed by last Legislature for the purpose of ming, revis' ng and changing the laws of this State relating to intox
 eating liquors, has reported and recommended 10 our
 General Assembly, now in session, change in said by law empowered to prohibit at the expense of the spirituous liquors from selling to h1s employees and
 Whereas Said committees report further proposes and recommends give rights privileges to class of citizens and to deny the to another equally entitled thereto by declaring that in tion with said committees proposed act no person ! shall be deemed taxpayer who does not pay to the town in which he resides direct tax upon real or personal property-both of. which recommendations we consider unwse, unjust and against the spirit of our institutions; therefore
 Resolved, That protest against the adoption of l said report part of our laws and respectfully request the Senators and Representatives from New Haven to use their best enueavors to prevent said committees report from becoming the law of this ' State
 The meeting then adjourned. A meeting with the same object is to be held in Birming- hop Monday