Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-04
LIQUOR-DEALERS IN COUNCIL
ORGANIZING FOR ACTION.
Proceedings of the Secret Meeting
Last Night-Committees
Appointed-Etc.

high license advocates, were looked upon
in the light of honorary members, and
passed as such at the door of entrance,
which was specially well guarded against
all others, ard during the evening attend
ants of the meeting were directed to make
the circuit of the building and see that
there were no "cowans and eaves-drop-
pers. At o'clock the meeting was
CALLED TO ORDER
By the Chairman, G. W. Chesley Occupy
ing seats upon the stage were noticed Peter
Newman, Frank H. Lambert, A. H. Pow
ers, d. J. Considine, William Chenoweth,
Captain Siddons, James ii. Corbin and sew
eral others.
The Chair announced the object of the
call to be that of organizing SO as to be able
to defeat the higb-hcense proposition at the
election on Tuesday next. He said the
Secretary, James l. Felter, had other en-
gagements, and could not be present His
son, W. r. Felter, however, had come to
act In that capacity, and the Chair called
upon him to read the minutes. Mr.. Felter
read the proceedings of two meetings. The
date of the first escaped,
OUR REpoRrER's EAR,
But that of the second was March ID The
minutes of the first meeting showed that a
committee of two had been appointed to
consult with the editors of the Daily Epe1l-
ing Bee and the Sunday Leader. The min
utes of the second meeting stated that the
committee had consulted the aforesaid ed
itors and reported. The committees report
was received and the committee continued.
The Chair stated that if there appeared to
be no errors or omissions in the minutes
they would be approved as read There
appearing none, it was SO ordered.
The Chairman, G. w. Chesley, then adj
dressed the meeting. He said he was proud
to see so many present. The meeting had
been called in the interest of retail liquor
dealers, tickets of admission to them only
had been issued, and it was fair to pre-
sumo that
NONE OTHERS WERE PRESENT.
Mr.. Chesley was mistaken-Reporter |
This, he said, is your meeting you are di-
rectly interested. People are interfering
with your business. They call you keepers
OF dives. 1t costs money to tackle a fight
like this. We know what it cost to defeat
the Sunday law. The time is short.
Action, immediate action, is necessary.
Get all your friends and neighbors out on
election day. Enlist them in your cause.
II the high-license people succeed the
County Supervisors will follow suit, and
you will have to pay 500 month instead
of $50. If high license carries on Tuesday
next, venture to say that there will not
be fifty liquor dealers remain in the bust
ness. You are asked to quit your present
occupation and
GO TO DIRT HAULING,
The profits on groceries are so small, he
said, that the corner groceryman could not
lfNFn Il
selling beer and liquors.
The Chair asked that an Executive Com
mittee of six be appointed. After some
discussion the following names were sug-
gested by A. H. Powers, and the same
adopted: From the retailers, p Newman
and j. II. Corbin: breweries, Chris. Wahl
and +. G. Knauer; wholesalers, M. Cronan
and III. Weinrich. The Chairman. Mr..
Chesley, was added to the committee, max
ing it seven.
Mr.. chesley, again addressing the meet
ing, said
1T TAKES COIN
To make fight at the polls. This really
was the retailers fight but the wholesalers
and brewers proposed to stand by them
The retailers should raise, by assessment,
what they could, and the brewers and
wholesalers would raise the balance re-
quired.
Peter Newman said he thought that S.
each for the retailers was small enough an
amount, and he therefore moved that the
meeting levy an assessment of S. each on
all the retail liquor dealers. Let us do
that, and then go to work and show the
temperance people what we can do at the
polls. Let every man go to work with a
Will and enlist all his strength in the fight.
Another member, whose name escaped
OUR REPORTERS EAR,
Moved to make it 50 50. frye dollars was
more than many could stand and then he
could not see what SO much money was re-
quired for. If the retailers put up So 90
apiece, he thought the brewers and whole
salers should foot the balance of the bills.
The latter motion received several
seconds, and seemed to be quite popular
1t, however, was Immediately assailed by
many. especially the wholesalers.
A. III. Powers, a wholesaler, said he was
somewhat as;onished at this qubbling
about IS. 1t was no time to trade horses
when they were in the middle of the
stream. The election took place next
Tuesday, and if high license carried the
| retailer was assessed $50 per month What
was 50 toward ayerting such a CATASTROPHE
Continuing, he said: Gentlemen ask what
are we to do with the money? There are
plenty of places to use the coin The of
! iicers that you have elected tonight are a
sufficient guarantee that it will all be prop
erly accounted for. The importance of the
| occasion demands S. from each and every
retailer
Mr. Chesley-I am surprised that gentle
men ask us what we have done or are GO
ing to do W it'll the money. 1t is not right
for you to ask it, and
AN NOT GOING To TELL YOU.
Has there been any discussions in the Be.
and Leader in the last few days? | am
surprised that you should ask me 1t is
enough for me to say that we have used
money and want to spend more. There
are enough houses to let i'll this city now. !
hope the motion to assess retailers S. will
prevail.
After long wrangle the original motion
was put and carried unanimously, assessing
retailers S. each. In announcing the vote
the Chairman said he was proud of the act
of the meeting. He again alluded to the
fact that the advocates of high license called
them keepers of dives. He said there were
no dives in the city that he was aware of.
The S25 license had
CLOSED Up THE LAST ONE.
He said Sacramento was a model CITY
law-abiding. He compared it with East
ern cities where crime and lawlessness are
the rule and not the exception He ex-
pressed hope that every one present would
be out bright and early on election dav.
and see to it that mis- friends and neighbors
voted right. Convenient tables would be
prepared, and there would be no lack OF
men TO distribute tickets. If necessary, as
one gentlemen had suggested he advised
all to
CLOSE Up
Their places of business on that day and
devote their time and energies to the defeat
OF high license. Let us have free and in
dependent State, freedom of action, and no
New England laws instituted here, such
as Will allow no woman to be kissed on
Sunday. lApplause.] Prohibition and
high license means to us ruin.
Jerry Payne said he would close up his
saloon, pay his S., go out and work, make
ten votes, and show the long faced fell
lows what we can do [Applause.1
The next speaker said Mr. Chairman,
from your statement it appears that the Bee
has been seen, the Leader has been seem