The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-19
NATIONAL LIQUOR DEALERS.
Their Convention to Begin in This
City To-day.

The fifth annual convention of the Retail
Liquor Dealers of the United States will
begin at the Grand Hotel this morning.
Twenty-Five States will be represented by
three delegates each. A number of brewers
and liquor dealers have arrived. The fol-
lowing are the national officers of the asso-
citation:
N. Y.
First Vice observation-disclosures Koehler,
Second Vice observation-disclosures f. Lally,
Minneapolis. MINI.
Third Vice President-John F. Weiss, Can
ton, o.
Secretary-Robert ]. Halle, Chicago
dressI'rerSohH W No How Nra St Louis
Mayor Taggart will deliver the address of
welcome. which will be answered by Pres
tdent Morrissey, and the rest of the morn
Ing will be taken up by a general session.
5 o'clock, and the evening will be spent at
the theaters
o'clock and last all day. In the evening the
delegates will take an Illuminated street-car
ride. and supper at Fair Bank. Thursday
morning there win be a business session.
and in the afternoon there will be a mass
meeting at Mozart Hall, addressed by F.
i. Jordon. OF Washington. d. c.; Charles
Schweighardt. of St. Louis; August Mette
secretary Illinois Liquor Dealers Associa-
ton: +. Fl. Nolan, national organizer, and
quet at the Bates. and Friday the delegates
will give to seeing the city and enjoying
themselves.
A number of delegates arrived last even
ing and there are now something over one
hundred on the ground. The executive COM
mittee held brief session at the Grand Ho-
tel and the officers handed in their reports
but they were not read and no action was
taken upon them The committee will meet
again this morning and go over the reports
The most important ones are those sh wing
what has been accomplished in the way Of
legislation in the various States. The liquor
dealers believe they see a tendency toward
more liberal dealing with their traffic
throughout the country, and claim it is a
reaction against the extremes of prohibit
tive legislation. such as was tried in Kan
sas and Iowa. The reports also show the
strength of the state organizations, and It
is shown that the league is pushing rapid
~ into the Western States.
At the headquarters in the Grand Hotel
last evening was q tub of ice filed with
a choice assortment of the best the local
dealers could put forth, and the delegates
were entertained with plenty of drinks. p.
H Nolan, the national organizer, enter
tanned the crowd with his experience as a
Quaker minister. When he asked at Pitts
burg for a ticket to Indianapolis the agent
asked him If he wanted one of the min
isters' tickets at reduced rate, and he
took It, On the train one of the sure-enough
ministers came up and shook hands with
him asking after his health. He was some
what astounded when Nolan opened his
grip and asked him TO have something"
Late in the evening other of the delegates
were telling their experiences ct the EN-
pire IT seems that some OF them had sim
ply followed the crowd and gone there. TAX
Ing their wives along. Il fought II was
kind O. queer" explained one of the vic
tins "unt my wife, she tink Il vas mighty
PECULIAR. But ven dey sit up unit do de
'hooty-cooty' den We COON away"
There Is but one candidate for the presi-
dency-AuRust Koehler, OF Orange n. j.
ard he will probably be elected unani-
mously.
DELEGATIONS are on hand from Omaha and
Minneapolis asking for next years conven-
ton. A delegation from Columbus. o.. will
be here on the same mission to-day. and
Ashevilie, ~. g, has put In a bid by letter