The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-02
LIQUOR MEN WILL Battle
Adopt Measures for a Vigorous
Campaign.
WILL ATTACK LEGISLATIVE ACTS
Interesting Proceedings Of State Convcn'
tiou OF Retail Liquor Mcu-iIave q
Powerful Organization Which They
viii Use for Their Betterment.

| WI" Iss io' A"s' "e'e'
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Before dlsbanding last evening the
| retail liouor men of this state. who as
sembled i'm annual convention in Music
| Hall yeste,day, determined upon and
| set afoot a vigorous campaign against
the Brooks high license law.
They claim that 1t Is extortionate and
| propose to secure by legislative enact
ment a reduction of at least so per cent.
in the present fees. For this purpose
| a committee of fifteen, to be known as
| the executive committee, which was Sc
| lected by the general state committee,
| immediately following the adjournment
of the afternoon session, will provide
| for the maintainance of LOBBYIST at
Harrisburg. who, with the assistance of
the committee on legislative enactment.
will draft a new license law and secure
it's presentation and passage. If possi-
BILE, at the next session of the legisla-
| ture.
| In addition to this primal object the
| committee will endeavor to have re-
pealed certain other laws which are
| considered by the association either
| oppressive pr fanatical; and, also they
will take pfecaution to prevent the in
PRODUCTION, or at the most, the pass
age of ann, further legislation mimi
| cal to the Interests of the LIQUOR men.
yh-vr Plan of Cnmroisr
| Tn ,ho n lrass of tho stoto nr,,aort
| pichanS TO t,arso, - 49, .. 20
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| cnn,n,,ttn i, ,,'ns ,, .". Ies .hs,.
| ~ ar,a,,, w" nc ..ouSn
III $50 =, 80, ~, 20 ~ ISL, hlo'l'is ,n
, OnO ,,'i,,, "ao @ a,,e'inelship ,, Vi leur.y
dro ~, ,'ron 'JvV .,o,e aNa,iao!e ilIen ~
Iv o,oani. ,his p,obuseu ~ 'noiouSn
sb,na Co., ,,,.! i ~! my WI 'hliS
20 aythn ~. niS anu ~ Is Mopeu
~ ~ etnnvi I,n 80 iesisiature irienuiy 10
| H. nIaa., NJ ~ ~. a. ieust 10 prevent
,,a @ ,,n',ia.' ~, ~. sne'r aNoweu enemies
s,H "a. uuIaiiH 'hose whoin tney term
| Presjdent pattarsor T., h;s, ,,,
| averred thai the liouor Jaagua 10 s;,,'
ply a prot lctiye association II is not
affiliated NTH any politicaI marty hnt
II battling of its own accord for tho
rights of / / members.
! Chairmai Andrews of the lap;Slat t;,,.
| committee in making his renort out-
| lined the work that had been accoy.
plished so flr and what is contemnIat.
| ed for the ,oming year. His commit
| tee. he statti, watches the doings of the
legislators at Harrisburg and advises
their liquor constituency whether or
|
| IL they hapben to come nm for re.alac-
tion. If a Legislator hesitates or ra-
fuses to sell things in the same light as
the associaI ion lobbyists, his constitu-
ents who re members of the league
| are called upon to exert their Influence
with him /, bring him to their way of
thinking. No legislation eycent that
which Immediately pertains to the re-
tail liquor trade is interfered with by
| the league If occasion demands n
however. tie leagues Harrisburg conn
mittee may see fit to combine issues
with the brewers and wholesalers thus
| making a most formidable alliance and
| one which must doubtlessly have great
"eisht'
The Officers and Delegates.
| THE oficars of tho ,oog,a oro. p,o,
| ar rd p,tta,snn nna,;is ~ n,sh
Unai. pIestuea', ihiladeiphla; !;
Z: o. HueRestein 1rst vice-president,
Pittsburg; Jacob Etzel, second vice.
president, Reading; Samuel Moore, re-
cording and corresponding secretarv
| Philadelphia. Gerald NcKern'an 6nan
cial secretlry, PuttsvilIe. 7 VT MA" No
phey, tredsurer. harrisburg; Arthur
L. martin, sergeant-at-arms, Scranton; /;
7. II. Nolan, organizer, Philadelphia;
tee Harris burg Execmtiye .ace com u'i,,. miitae
| Henry I,ierz chairman pbiJo da,nhia .
ir,,s,o a.. e"aillah; ni, Ihiiaueipnia'
7, w. pt;r, aairii,;o rilaueipmla I Wllilam
r.. Weper, Fhilaueipnla; ftugh kenney,
Philadelphia; John ]. Mullaney, Phila-
! delphia; Gottlieb Dapp, Harrisburg:
Henry Bolster, Allegheny; ]. A. Sny
der Iancaster. D. Howard zerhy
yyyii,io ,,sn,,i,.I W II,cca..
''ilaiSp5ra, aJr o. " ,r,9' nu,r9rt' Alien.own;
=. d. An''reWs, iipusViiie, chairman
| legislative committee; Alex. Mueller.
jr, Philadelphia, secretary legislative
|
All these. with one or two exceptions
were nres,nt M ,ha oon,ant,on
"ts TN i,., ~ a., a. VIC onNenlion.
,s1 dhr ,,sa %, aeiega.es numbered n,, about
| l5O representing every portion of the
state, and were as follows:
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. - paoror
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Mueler a., "A: Mueller, Mueller sr,i ,;n Joseph Mier
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IL, II + Ketr,ev ~ i,rannar ~ ~ IL. nei-
~ rh Mei.,Ty; nTeh'1eri W , T.. heter,
| pacharacI Tbonas pnItan IIann,
4pRay 0Rayle pat@4 oons Henry
Uai: tnan:er Dotrei' .rt iiarIy , Le;me, samuel
unsas Tnisa o'''' s"e' nus" v 'osie'
'"pa.a Pnad,mcg w o'g gaooh E,vo, Johr ,,hrrht
| Iahn E Snaar, nan, 49, Iodt So
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C,c.ne'' yvli" "e'''e'' william" pa'ey'
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| - o., oLar W,irarn Lanstar
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