The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-15
AHIIS ARE ACTIVE
Opposition TO Saloons File
Complaint at Guthrie.
TWO CHARLES ARE NAMED
Hearing VIII be Held in Case
Next Monday.

Guthrie. 0. T.. Dec 1.-THE Anti
saloon League has fled a protest before
the board of commissioners of Logan
county against Charles Doty and Charles
Howe, otherwise the 1.-TWO Charles.
saloon keepers Of Guthrie, demonstrating
against the granting Of their petition for
license. The hearing is set for Monday.
The League has also protested against
the granting of a license to F. J. Wycon
of Marshall The board has granted a
wholesale beer license TO H. a. Braun
for the Ruenelli-Braun company.
The Anti-Saloon League resists the
Two Charles " application on the usual
grounds, alleging the use Of screens and
the keeping Of slot machines.
In the Wykon case no charge Of yiolat-
ing law is preferred, as Wykoff IS new
man in the business. His petition came
before the board about three weeks ago,
but was met by the Anti-SaIoon Leagues
allegation of insufficient signatures, which
on hearing was sustained and license re-
fused. Wykof later returned with a new
petition bearing the legal number of sig
tlce which is two weeks in this terri
tory the local league at Marshall secured
list of Wykoff's signers and made a
canvass Of them, securing the withdrawal
Of enough signatures to run the number
below the legal requirement The league
thereupon fled its remonstrance. Be
sides the plea of insufficient signatures
the local league viii also object TO the
granting Of the petition, on the ground
of fraud. alleging that in their canvass
they discovered two men whose names
appeared, who claimed that they had not
signed the petition.
The league has encountered a new case
at Deer Creek, in Grant county. The
county clerk of Grant county, it seems.
issued a license to Jacob Betsche on the
eleventh day of the legal fourteen days
notice. The league took It up and began
proceedings to secure the revocation Of
the license Superintendent Swan went 10
the scene and was on the point Of apply
ing for a mandamus from Judge Nc
Aztec, at Enid to compel the county clerk
Of Grant county to revoke the license
which he had issued within the period
Of legal notice. Betsche thereupon went
to the clerk last Thursday and asked 20
have his license revoked and a new one
issued. deeming himself made safe by the
fact that now, at any rate, there could.
be no question on the score Of legal no
tice. This the clerk did The league,
however. deems that the new license is,
except only colorably. identical with the
old license and win keep I'D its legal
fight upon it. The league viii apply to
the supreme court, at its January sitting
for a writ Of mandamus against the
board Of commissioners Of Grant county
to compel them to revoke Betsches's IL
cense, on the original ground Of insult
6cient notice.
The league claims a victory in the case
Of the license issued to Braun for the
RuemelIi-Braun company. The applica-
ton was first presented for the company.
but as the league wants a possible often
der Identified in advance, and as the law
reads person and not COMPANY" they
went before the board with remon-
STRANGE which headed off the license
Braun, personally, having since qualified
according to the law, the board has is
sued the license, and the league has no
further interest in his case