The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-03
RETAIL LIQUOR DEALERS.
Seyeaty-F Attend a Meeting al
Saengefbund hall.
WILL Fight PROHIBITION MOVEMENT
Tire Greatest Secrecy was Nanifssssd
and kethinG Was 70 Be Gwen OFT
10 tbs Newspapers.

Ths retan iiqror dealers Ct Hsustss =sz
last zight 81 S4eaFe-Sr11 bal Il -es-s-ss
10 ne following iny1fstiaz;
SALOON KEEPE3S-ATTENTI TON
Houston, Texas, April, iSs--DeE- 81
The stringent and unfair Laws .11r 11vs
been enacted seEtzst tie &1E1r Gsflsrz =
the State, together with fks sr<Iz1rsd a1z
determiped oasisuEht q the v-e11o1fcu- SIS
forced many Of the A4ugr t6Gle-s clr ~
house AID home We, - SSs- 1898
20 organize and be prepared fcr he sz-e1-
gepcy. whether II Re te rget q rs12ae1tl91
neve 10 our midst CT IN rs tZ-h1zsta VI
cinity. We therefore wc1l1 re.-asz t1Ri
you attend a rasetiaE al sasnraron-3 bal
on Friday, Nay ., ~ = % ard asst e
the organization q q e9ltd11tic1 1hat MI
be able 10 meet cur oEzzllzs1 Zoe a. t1e
ballot BOX on crmmcE leTeA Fsiy Tray.
The Committee Hcus.cu szluo- Eeeps-s-
P. S.-We1ld also cali ycur atrsltioE 70
the enclosed Clipping. taken from a New
York daily paper Co1uttes-
A. 3. LlzgsrEIan.
The clipping referred 70 reads az follows:
WORK OF THE PB0HIBITioSIsTs.
The question Of liquor license prohibltion
AID local option mar forever prove ne
81 contention 60 long Is mans frailties
ration and few nanrElists dare expect tie
near approach OF the millennium when
strong drink shall cease 10 stlmBlste the de-
sire % large number 81 ordinary weak
rnortsis. me facf. however. thar uqnor laws
have BEEN enacted Ia ali parts q the coun-
try to regulate mans consumption q al
spirituous drinks Is evidence that a good
percentage q our popuistion teileTes tnat
the State, county ~ town should be 4eld
in a measure responsible for tie Eeak and
erring. II We take prohibition q is most
liberal Interpretation, we nnd that nearly
half the population Of ths Jnited states )
living under local option ~ state pgnllhl-
lion Laws regarding the sale q Intoxicating
drinks
Ia studying the aEores given by the prohi
bltioa enthusiasts We md that 81 least I'VE
States have cnatten Tfoh billion ~ local o.
town. These I'VE States, waieh Asve been
the pioneers iu mis- movement ore La'f1.
New Hampshire, Neru'niii Kansas anl
North D8kora. But ether states ate HCbrlr
Is generally governed 6y Ihe ssme prohlhi
tory laws, the few exceptions hsrlIy heil-
sufficient 70 remove them from fuE .aTae
class The whole ~ Geoyeia l. under state
prohibition or local "pfiuu avs. Hlia the
exception Of four cities. South Dakota iTh
the exception n d few cities ana trWH-;
South Carolina with me exec Ftaal W tta
cities; and Iowa with tke eX epflsu ~
twenty I'VE altes. iu Montana HHIg "a fe1
counties hsYe adopted i0ra. optic. ri F-n-
hibiuoh N any form tHt ~ most % iAs
other States there ls 9 E""1lF array ~
towns counties and cities whiee laNe o.
cidrd TO reform themselves concerning
strong drink. II New York stat Fe have
drawn the strict line q abct.hIDg thc salv
II splrituous drink, aud in Mgssa -husetts.
but Of 253 towns and cities, 20 asre fallen
In line. Illinois has 70 her credit go NlAss
and towns ent3ying local opti0a Jaws. uul0
500, Michigan 900 Wisconsin Stt Nebraska
go. Minnesota 400, New Jersey 20 aud
Ali the other States have moved in iae
% more on less extent. mslT 81 them
adopting local prohibition laws according
TO counties rather than bg towns U- ritirs.
In Alabama 20 ont o. * counties are re-
ported to he under prohibition aws; .n
Arkansas. ~ Out ~ - ronuues' lu Ficrah,
% out Of - counties; ia Kentucky. 90 CIT
q 49, In Louisiana. 20 out ~ Pr coant.es
IN Maryland. - oar of - co1nties, Ia
Mississippi. Il ouJ - - counrie. ira 5l.s-
souri. - ont OF 10 counties in NoF'A
Carolina. 60 ont NJ 90 countes; To- Pcursvi-
vsnla. ~ cities and towns and - counties;
10 Tennessee 10 ont NJ 80 counties; 10 Texas,
Of 1fG oaunncs iu West Virginia fn ont
q - counties. sad ,l Washington. 80 cities
and TOWNS lAttle Delaware has haf the
Island - 81 Us eties and towns DO those
numerous cities. towns aui counties N is
estimated that there Is total population
Of about 1AW1po people.
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When she meeting was called 10 order
there Rere probably seYeaty-hye saloon
men 10 tie haH. Nenspsp.l reporter. we're
barred and Il was agreed that nothing he
gwen oct regarding me ueetlug lts object
Or result This Information was Impaired !
" the secretary, AR J.. Gus Mueller (
AFTER the meeting Hdlnumea AZ 70 80
o'clock Post reporter catered the han {
and was informed by Mr. Mueller that IL
Was E!-nply meeting ~ gaioon men "a 70. I
tai dealers In iquar 90 lcnE out for their
ovn Interests Further thHu this Ma /
Mueller would not talk
ON the outside il was learned that tho
meeting Had taken steps 80 fcht the al.
legged prohibition moyement. lul that rpso-
lutions had also beeu adoptei thanklnr
the present administration for the siniiy
manner 70 which the liquor dcaIers mad
been treated in Houston