Evening journal., 1907-10-09
LICENSE MEN
HAD A LIVELY
MEETING
tcortlnuea rrom rIrst Pasel

treated the FilipInos shabby 400 years
previous TO the coming Of Uncle samy
"what has Chat to do with prohlbl-
tion," roared Mr.. Hogan.
Horace q. Eostburn announced that Mr.
spaid would answer the arguments Of
Mr. Hogan at the same corner On satuf-
day night
"Thcn hope. replied Mr. say.or that
The friends Of license will be MORE order
ly than the friends OF anti-rcerso have
been here tonight"
spsid Wanted to Speak
Hogan's initiation for quest ols a. what
finally caused the small szoi uproar r e
speaker announced that he would listen
to questions and Superintendent snald Of
The county public schools. forced his way
through the crowd and to the speakers
stand ana wanted TO make an oNplana-
ton. The license mon would not lot him
get on tho platform. Thon It became owl
dent that the crowd was divided In It's
syhpathics
Let him get up. a lot Of fellows shout
ed. "Put him out" cred other ana there
waa great confusion and the policemen
mingled rapidly among the crowd
Hogan had nercely assailcd spa'd de-
claring that be had been privately in
formed that spaid would not meet him In
debate because he Hogan was a qrafry-
man, and other similar reasons. spad
denied he had ever made such an asser-
ton and Hogan announced the denial to
tho crowd
Hogan said IL spa'd persisted he woull
publish letter from responsible citizen
telling Of the nsperslons sraid Is alleged
TO have cast upon Hogan which spaid
donled. Finally Spa'd retired amid jaers
and cheers
Some ono yelled Beer. beer. beer"
Let them 30 20 Bette and get soda
water" was another.
Hogan vigorously denied that the liqucr
dealers had anything TO a, with the meet
inE. There Is no liquor man IN our or
SANITATION. he said They call us 'booz.
ors,' but you know that isn't true" said
Hogan.
A volley OF questions started IN and
then some of the old time snge Taxes
began 20 fire questions az Hogan. Ia tie
racket Hogan made a sweep OF his hard
and knocked OF Chairman say'ors new
hat which caused Chairman saylor and
the rest 70 laugh. II hope we shall declp-
itate prohibition IN the same manner"
said Hogan quickly and this caused
laughter nnd cheers. About this time
some man in the second story Of tho Ceh-
tral Bank building called out through the
clear afr: That's right. Billy, give them
a lemon"
Then the battery Of Single Takers in
the rear and front of the stand got at
work Those who think all the anti
license folks are good people only 10
be found az church meetings viii be
disappointed There we're plenty OF
swearing people in the side slSirmlshes
and debates OF words The single tax
doctrine is Equal rights for all and
special privileges for none" one tail.
well-known Single Taxer walked to
within n foot of the platform and ask
ed Hogan II he believed in that doc
trine Hogan said he did. Then
how can YOU support 'he saloon which
IS special privilege"
Single TAKERS About
Hogan said he preferred the least OF
two evils. tho saloon to the spealxeasy
Other Single Takers fired similar ques-
tions. The fire OF words. back talk.
general pushing and hauling. was be-
coming very lively and the license mon
then decided that II was time to ad-
iourn A posse OF young men. anti
license men. surrounded the wagon
and wanted to take possession of Il
NJ IA
declared they had paid ten dollars for
the wagon and wouldn't give It up.
Wen give you the ten dollars"
The license men were prepared to
hold their wagon against all comers.
Several policemen got around the
wagon. which served as a stand By
this time several dollar bills were
flashing IN the crowd that surrounded
the wagon.
Here's dollar towards II, and
here's another" The nwearing brigade
got busy on both Sides But the
license people did not give up their
wagon. and finally the speakers re-
tired. The license band had long since
quit.
After the speakers left the crowd
fingered. and split up In punches.
and furious side debates In every di-
rection commenced. some of the people
lingering until nearly midnight
MANY OF the crowd were good
natured onlookers The license people
were highly indignant after the meet
ing. and declared that there had been
no disturbance by them at any Of the
anti-license meetings. and they want
ed orderly gatherings