The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-12-03

EDITOR HERALD The manner in
which | am assailed by DR.. B. A.
Fichtner OF Confluence in your pa
per of Nov II, would seem to justify
a word in reply.
The Somerset County Signal is
not printed for the purpose of pub
fishing Liquor License Petitions by
the yard, but it has and will pub
lish the names of such persons as
sign said petitions, not to deiame or
impugn TIE motives of any, but
to give the public knowledge of the
men who make themselves response
BILE for the sale of liquor in the COM
munity, and are responsible for the
inebriety caused by licensed whis-
KEY. The Dr.gsays,d 4 published the
names of highly respectable citizens
OF Confluence in wrong connec-
ton" If so, it is because those
names stand on whiskey papers "in
a wrong connection" F
If any one doubts the fact OF any
names which | have published
being on License Petitions, let him
go to the Prothonotary's office in the
Court House and examine and read
the original petitions, from which l
obtained the names.
Mr.. Fichtner would have the read
ers of the HERALD believe that he
and those associated with him in
helping certain applicants get their
licenses in Confluence did nothing
in that direction whatever. He ad-
mits in former article against me
that he did sign ''letter of prefer
ence." What is letter Of prefer
ence but asking that a certain man
have license in preference to another
man % asking for them.
| append the article which ap.
pears in the Signal of November and
which seems to have stirred the
WRATH of Mr.. Fichtner to boiling
pitch. but which he utterly fails TO
answer:
WHAT Is AN APPLICATION
FOR LICENSE,
DOES DIR. FIcHTgER KNow?-Our
answer is: A petition with num-
Der of names attached, requesting
the Court to grant the privilege of
selling liquor to certain man ,e-
siding in the same vicinity in which
the petitioners reside. If the Court
holds such Petition or Petitions over
until further information can be OBJ
tanned as TO the fitness Of the party
or parties applying or, for other
reasons, the license is not yet grant
ed if citizens express their prefer
ence, and pray by certified letters
that license be granted Mr.. f., and
other citizens express their prefer
ence similarly and pray that license
be granted Mr.. S, and both F. and
S. have license granted them, what
have those citizens done but petition
ed the Court grant license TO their
favorite applicant?
Doctor" you may call it what
vou please-"Letters of Preference, "
or "a choice between two men. "
Such expression of preference" is
nevertheless, petitioning the Court to
grant license, and such letters of
preference are whiskey papers, not
wlthstanding their irregular form, or
iateness of date. The applicant who
solicits the signatures to such 'let-
tiers of preference" simply renews
bis efforts for license, and "in that
sense he re.applies." Hence we have
no correction to make, as demanded
by Dr. Fichtner, concerning our
statement in the last issue of the
Signal with regard to the applicants
at Confluence. It appears that the
Dr., in his efforts TO have plenty OF
whiskey in Confluence, whether for
lis own convenience or to make the
town lively? (deponent saith not,
wanted the fact that he was giving
prominent assistance in that direc-
ton concealed from the public, and
got left" He will have TO cover up
his tracks better than he yet has OF
he is left again.
A. S. BAUMGARDNER.
StovstoWn. Pa. Nov. 26. 1884.