The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-07
SANE As prohibition
Is the Regime Now Prevailing
in Oklahoma.
SUPREME COURT DECISION
Which Virtually Puts a Seal
on Every Saloon Door.

Guthrie, o. T, Sept. 6.-The Anti-Saloon
league gained signal victory in the SUI
preme court today by securing a peremp-
tory writ of mandamus revoking the Ii
ouor license Of Marrinan Bros, of Okla
homa City. pending the outcome of an
appeal in the same case in the district
court Of Oklahoma county. In the opin-
ion of well-informed lawyers the effect
Of the supreme courts ruling, If the
Anti-Saloon league presses its victory
closely, will close every saloon in the
territory and practically force a condi-
ton Of prohibition without the aid Of
additional Iegisla ton. The circumstances
connected with the case are substantially
as follows:
Last spring, when the liquor dealers of
Oklahoma City filed their applications for
license to carry on business they Were
met by remonstrances signed by Rev. H.
Z. Swan and others connected with the
Anti-Saloon league When the county
commissioners subsequently, met to pass
upon the applications the remonstrances
We're disregarded and licenses We're or
dered to issue, whereupon the remon-
strators took an appeal to the district
court, where the cases are still pending,
the liquor dealers in the meantime con-
tinuing to transact business under the
license issued by the county commission
ers. The next move of the Anti-Saloon
league was to apply to the supreme court
Of the territory for writ Of mandamus
to compel the county commissioners to
revoke the license of Norman Bros,
as a test case, and argument on the ap-
plication was heard by the court today,
with the result that in an oral opinion
delivered by Chief Justice Burford it was
announced that an appeal from the ac-
ton Of the county commissioners acted
as a revocation of a liquor license, and
it was ordered that a writ of peremptory
mandamus be issued against the county
commissioners of Oklahoma county d.
recting them to revoke the liquor license
issued to Norman Bros.
Judge J. r. Keaton, who appeared with
r. G. Hays Of Oklahoma City as coun-
sci in resisting the granting Of the writ
of mandamus, speaking Of the probable
effect of the supreme courts ruling. said:
while the peremptory writ is directed
only against Norman Bros, Of course
it follows that it applies with equal
force in every case where an appeal is
pending from the issuing OF a liquor IL
cense Nearly every liquor dealer in Ok
lahoma City is involved in a manner sim
liar to the Norman Bros, and under
the ruling Of the supreme court they will
have to close up business until the ap-
peal is heard in the district court. If
this advantage is followed up practically
every retail liquor dealer viii be driven
out Of business. Any person can file a
remonstrance to the granting of a LIQUOR
license, no matter how friyolous that re
monstrance may be, and II overruled by
the board of county commissioners he is
privileged to take an appeal to the dis
trict court, and If overruled in that court
see no reason why further vexatious
delay cannot be caused by carrying the
appeal to the supreme court Thus. you
see, several months will intervene. dur
ing which the liquor dealer must perforce
under the present ruling of the supreme
court, close up his place of business"
The only other opinion handed down
today was by Justice BurweIl affirming
the action Of the district court of Kav
county in the case of James G. Raigins
versus the Geiser Manufacturing com
pany.
The supreme court adjourned today I'M
I'll the January term, having cleared the
docket of every case. with the exception
Of the cases still in the hands of Justice
McAtee, who was not present during this
sitting of the court No changes were
made in the schedule for the fail terms
Of district court, which is as follows:
FIRST DISTRICT-BURFORD. JUDGE.
Payne county, Saltwater second Mon
day in September.
Lincoln county. Chandler, first Monday
in October
Woodward county, Woodward, fourth
Tuesday in October.
Logan county. Guthrie, second Thurs
day in November
SECOND DISTRICT-TRWTN, JUDGE.
Washita county. Cloud Chief Wednes-
day. September 10
Custer county. Arapahoe, Wednesday.
October 5.
Cleveland county. Norman. Monday.
October 8.
Kingfsher county. Kinghsher, Monday.
November ;.
Canadian county. FL Reno. Monday,
November g.
THIRD Observation-Disclosures. JUDGE
Oklahoma county, Oklahoma City, Sat
Urday. October z
Greer county. Mangum, Tuesday, Sep
TENDER Il
Pottawatomie county. Tecumseh. Tues
Gay. October @
FOURTH DISTRICT-HAINER. JUDGE
Beaver county, Beaver, Tuesday. Sep
TENDER i.
Kay county. NewlSirk, Monday. Sep
TENDER -
Usage Nation. Pawhuska, Monday. oc-
tober -.
PaNnee county. Pawnee, Wednesday.
November
Noble county. Perry. Monday. Deem
her 3
FIFTH DTSTRICT-TATEE. JUDGE.
Garfield county, Enid. November ~
Grant county, Pond Creek Septem-
her 10
Dewey county. Taloza. September 70.
Day county. Grand. o5tober %
Blaine county, Wat1nss, October T.
Woods county. Ava. November /
sheriff Goes After Tom Hook.
Guthrie o. T. Sent s-Sh7-tT T n
Grant 81 Psvnee county has gone Il the
Indian Territory with requisitian papers
on judge gin of the Northern district.