The Portland daily press., 1892-11-22

The appearance OF this advertisement
did not at first attract any unusual at
tention. Everybody knows about the
large volume of business which the city
liquor agency is doing under the present
Democratic administration. 1t will be
remembered that one of the charges On
which the Democrats rode into power
last spring was that the city kept legal
lied rum shop at the agency. Mayor In
graham was especially vociferous, and
was going to abate this nuisance speedi-
ly. How he has kept his promise is well
known. The agency has been run more
like rumshop than ever, and the adver-
tisement seemed like perfectly logical,
though perhaps indiscreet sequence.
But when the eyes of Aldermen Cup
till and Stevens rested on this advertise
ment black-featured Wrath was at once
seen perching above their eyebrows.
They are of the committee on agency,
and are supposed to have charge of its
management. They at once went to
Agent Carr to administer to him the
proper discipline. But Agent Carr siren
uously denied that he had ever inserted
any such advertisement.
Here was a strange state of things!
The institution actually seemed to be
getting free advertisingl
Then Aldermen Guptill and Stevens
turned on Mr.. Lyman 81. Nelson, propri-
etor of the programme, and taxed him
with playing wicked, practical joke on
the city liquor agency, or perhaps rather
on the Portland city government They
averred that Mr.. Nelson should suffer-
by legal proceedings if any could be OBJ
tanned.
A reporter of the PRESS went to Mr..
Nelson's house last evening to learn
what he knew about the advertisement.
Mr., Nelson said that the advertisement
came as others did, in the regular course
of business. He employed Mr.. Chas. NJ.
Saulson, of No. "a Brown block, to solicit
advertising for him. and Mr.. Saulson had
brought this advertisement with others.
Mr.. Saulson was next seen. He was
unaware of the wrath of the city fathers,
and seemed surprised that there should
be anything in the advertisement to cause
trouble. He said to the PRESS reporter:
ssThe advertisement was brought to
me by man, stranger to me, who direc-
ted that it be run month, and who paid
for it in advance at the regular rates. The
advertisement was badly written, and
with his knowledge and in his presence,
I rewrote it,
''Who was that MANI"
81 do not know who he was"
ssyVas he Mr.. Carr, the city liquor
agent?'
81 do not know. That was not the
name he gave me-"
"What name did he give you?'
81 prefer not to say. I took the adver-
tisement in the regular course of bust
ness. have been in Maine but few
months, having come from Chicago.
saw nothing out of the way in the adj
vertisement I knew that they were
selling liquor at the agency to whom
soever wanted to buy; and of course
saw no improperly in their advertising
their business if they wanted to. have
| as vet no reason to doubt that the adj
yertisement was authorized"
This is where the matter rests. Mr.
Nelson had the advertisement suppressed
| as soon as he heard that the authorities
disowned it.
Mr.. Saulson, who has been in Maine
only about eight weeks, seemed m9cf
surprised at the Developments over wha
seemed to him perfectly proper ad,
vertisement.